COMC is the Del Taco of card collecting.
Let’s look at Southern California in the mid-20th century. Two major chains were taking off: In N Out Burger and Taco Bell. Along comes upstart Del Taco, who says, “Hey, we want to be all things to all people. We’re going to offer fake In N Out and Taco Bell food with similar sounding names, so people get what we’re doing. We’ll make our own version of the Double Double and call it a Double Del Cheeseburger. We’ll make our own version of the Taco Supreme and call it a Macho Taco.” The list goes on. There are Big Fat Tacos (Gorditas) and Macho Burritos (Burrito Supremes). Taco Bell steals their ideas too, though. The different half-pound burritos they sell now are takes on the half-pound burritos Del Taco offers, although some would say these are in response to the eight-ounce burrito promotion Taco Bell ran in the mid-90s (bean burrito, 7-layer and another one, I think).
So anyway, eBay and Sportlots are Taco Bell and In N Out Burger. COMC is Del Taco. Perhaps the 20-cent listing fee (originally) was in response to the 20-cent listing fee on eBay. And skipping the 1-cent storage fee for cheap-ass cards? That likely is to steal from Sportlots. Like Del Taco they want to be all things to all people. Combine this with patent pending technology (so they say), and you have a winner!
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