Where’s Steve?

* Drop-offs will not be accepted in Canada. We will however provide instructions for how to ship to us.

** Heather Hollander and Jon Anderson will be at this show since Steve will be out of town.

Look for Steve at his booth, wearing a Check Out My Cards shirt. He’s happy to take your drop-offs and answer any questions you may have about COMC.

A couple of notes about card drop-offs: Dropped off cards will still be charged our normal processing rates. We’ll ask you to fill out a receipt where you can indicate what processing service you would like. We prefer that you follow the instructions online to fund your account by mail or with a credit card. Please pack your cards carefully and appropriately in a box (no binders, no loose cards).

Thanksgiving & Black Friday are Coming Soon
The day after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year, and that is true of CheckOutMyCards.com as well. Here are dates that you should be shooting for in order to make sure your cards get on the site in time for Black Friday.
– $50 Flat Rate Special must arrive at our warehouse by Wednesday, October 20th
– 1 Month Test Service must arrive at our warehouse by Friday, October 22nd
– 3 Week Priority Service must arrive at our warehouse by Wednesday, November 3rd
– Special Sized Test Service must arrive at our warehouse by Wednesday, November 3rd
– 1 Week Express Service must arrive at our warehouse by Wednesday, November 17th
– Next Day Test Service must arrive at our warehouse by Tuesday, November 23rd

Vancouver Card Show this Weekend
We will be at the Vancouver Sports Collectors Fanfest this weekend. Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, and Dave Schultz will be there signing autos on Saturday and Orland Kurtenbach will be signing autos on Sunday. On the way up to Vancouver we plan to spend some extra time at the border to find out if we will be allowed to transport consignment submissions back to our warehouse for you. If so, we will allow you to drop off your $50 Flat Rate submissions at the show. If not, we will be handing out coupons so that you can still get the $50 Flat Rate special if you mail your packages the following week.

If you were planning on leaving cards with Steve Hollander on Saturday, October 9th at Jantzen Beach Supercenter, unfortunately you’re out of luck. He won’t be able to attend, so COMC won’t be accepting consignment submissions. He does, however, plan on being there Nov. 20 as well as all of the Greater Puget Sound shows in upcoming weeks. Visit www.twinoaksshows.com/ for more details.

Oct. 16-17: Western Canadian Sports Collectors Fanfest

Tim is scheduled to be at the Western Canadian Sports Collectors Fanfest Oct. 16-17 in Vancouver, BC.

Oct 23: Meridian Park School, Shoreline, WA

Steve Hollander will be accepting consignment submissions on Saturday, October 23rd at the Meridian Park School show in Shoreline, WA.

Nov. 6: Factoria Mall, Bellevue, WA

Steve Hollander will be accepting consignment submissions on Saturday, November 6th at the Factorial Mall show in Bellevue, WA.

Nov. 14-15: Washington State Sports Collectors Association’s Winter Convention

COMC staff members will be on hand to accept consignment submissions at the Washington State Sports Collectors Association’s Winter Convention on Nov. 14-15 at Meridian Park Elementary School in Shoreline, WA.

Nov. 20: Jantzen Beach Supercenter, Portland, OR

Steve Hollander will be accepting consignment submissions at the Nov. 20 Jantzen Beach Supercenter show in Portland, OR.

Thanks for reading, and we look forward to seeing many of you at these events in coming weeks!

Among our many show specials, the one that seemed the most popular today was the free shipping on drop-offs. We took in many full shoebox-style boxes, as well as dozens of 400-count boxes. With Geoff heading up our shipping department, we’ll get going tomorrow on packaging the cards we’ve received thus far so that we can ship them back to our warehouse and begin processing.

Since it was The National night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, we all took in the Angels game. The Orioles nearly blew a 4-run lead late but got a walk-off hit up the middle by nine-hole hitter Cesar Izturis for a 5-4 win and a series sweep. Apparently Buck Showalter has made an immediate impression on this ballclub!

On Friday, it will be the only day that all five of us will be on hand so stay tuned for another update…

–Darren

4x4x4x4 special at 2248

In honor of the company’s 4th appearance at the National, we’re offering a special with the number 4 being the backbone of our theme. At the show, you can receive a special 400-count box with our company logo on top. (The exterior dimensions are 7” x 3 ¾” x 2 ¾”.) Put up to 4 different card products* in there for just $40 and we’ll get them processed within 4 weeks.

* A product would be something like 2009 Topps football. Any of the inserts and parallels included in 2009 Topps are counted as part of that product. You can give us up to 4 different product in one flat rate box.

Free shipping from 2248

Anyone wishing to drop off cards at our booth (2248) will receive free shipping, as we will be sending all batches via FedEx from Baltimore back to our office in Redmond, Washington at no charge. Additionally, we are also waiving the 5-cent fee for each card that is in a hard plastic of any kind (e.g. toploaders or screw downs). Feel free to drop off your cards from home or the cards you buy at the show. Our normal processing fees apply, but you won’t have to take the effort to package the cards or pay to ship them to us.

First time seller special

New sellers can get a $100 free Express service coupon simply by dropping by our booth (2248) or the Blowoutcards.com booth in the corporate area.

Win Prizes!

Finally, COMC is proud to announce that over the course of the show’s five days, we will be giving away $2,000 worth of products and services. So if the above reasons aren’t enough to check out our booth, this one definitely should be!

Thanks for reading this, and we’ll see you in a few days!

We here at COMC are planning on posting daily updates on our blog whereby we capture the highlights of our happenings at Booth #2248P. This space ironically happens to be next to our second-ranked consignor ddearing, who will occupy Booth #2149P.

So if you’re attending the show, make sure you stop by and say Hi. And if you’re not, just check our blog each day and we’ll hopefully give you a sense of what went down…

The 31st annual event runs August 4-8 and will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center. More details are available at http://www.nsccshow.com. Since this is right around the corner, we’re asking that you drop us an email at thenational@checkoutmycards.com if you plan on attending.

Thanks in advance for your replies, and we look forward to seeing you all there!

We will be there to answer questions about the site and service, offer processing promotions to first time sellers, and discuss our current job openings.

PLEASE NOTE:  The main reason we will be there is to hand out job applications to people who love cards and can understand what we are doing in the industry.  We NEED dedicated people who can combine their passion of hobby and knowledge of industry to assist us in GROWING to a level to best serve our customers.  Please stop by if you are in the area, and don’t forget to CheckOutMyCards.com!!!!!

The show is from 10AM – 6PM this Saturday.
Directions to Factoria Mall

There were so many people that came by the booth. It was fun to hear the stories about how people found the site and what their experience has been.

One thing that I thought was pretty cool was that our booth was right next to Kruk Cards. When I got back into card collecting in 2003. There were a few card sites that influenced me. Kruk Cards had one of those sites. I bought more than 100 complete sets from them. These were all sets that that came out in the mid 90′s when I was previously into collecting. Even though the prices had dropped so much on these sets, it was really fun to get all of these cards that I had loved while growing up. This really helped me get back into collecting.

This morning I had great chats with Pat, Chris, and Tom from Blowout Cards. We discussed some awesome ways that our sites can really work well together. We will announcing more about the details over the next couple weeks.