Customer Reviews
of our Magic collection selling service
Brendan C.
Review left Jan 05 2025
Undeniably convenient, but mixed feelings about the outcome
Review
Not to bury the lede, here is the TL;DR of this review: for the best Card Conduit experience, set your grading and payout expectations as low as possible and lean into the convenience.
I used the Sorted service and sent in 485 cards.
PROS:
Customer service experience was great; Nick is great; responses were prompt and personal. I ran out of time preparing my order, and when I did finally ship, several cards had fallen below the $0.50 threshhold. Nick said that's fine, leave 'em in. Huge help there. My order arrived smack in the holiday season, but the CC team was still prompt in replying to my questions on Christmas Day. Payout came right on time with no hitches. Awesome.
CONS:
Even understanding that my own assessment of card quality would be high, I was still pretty disappointed by the grading. Most everything was MP or below, and the payout reflected it - I had told myself that $2,500 was the least I would accept, but... well.
The thing is, CC has to pay their clients based on a whole host of resell factors that most people wouldn't necessarily consider. And their grading is necessarily based on the demanding expectations of their own buyers. I am willing to take on faith that their grading was accurate given those parameters, but it sure feels bad to scrutinize a card, think to yourself "Yeah, this is in pretty stellar condition" and then find out that it was rated at Moderately Played and bought at 60% of the value you expected. Repeat that for 485 cards, and I would be lying if I said it didn't leave me feeling pretty bummed.
If I were to use CC again, I think it would be to maximize the convenience factor: bulk rares and so on.
If you have cards that will sell as singles, strongly consider selling them as singles. And if you do use Card Conduit, know exactly what the time saved will be worth to you.
I used the Sorted service and sent in 485 cards.
PROS:
Customer service experience was great; Nick is great; responses were prompt and personal. I ran out of time preparing my order, and when I did finally ship, several cards had fallen below the $0.50 threshhold. Nick said that's fine, leave 'em in. Huge help there. My order arrived smack in the holiday season, but the CC team was still prompt in replying to my questions on Christmas Day. Payout came right on time with no hitches. Awesome.
CONS:
Even understanding that my own assessment of card quality would be high, I was still pretty disappointed by the grading. Most everything was MP or below, and the payout reflected it - I had told myself that $2,500 was the least I would accept, but... well.
The thing is, CC has to pay their clients based on a whole host of resell factors that most people wouldn't necessarily consider. And their grading is necessarily based on the demanding expectations of their own buyers. I am willing to take on faith that their grading was accurate given those parameters, but it sure feels bad to scrutinize a card, think to yourself "Yeah, this is in pretty stellar condition" and then find out that it was rated at Moderately Played and bought at 60% of the value you expected. Repeat that for 485 cards, and I would be lying if I said it didn't leave me feeling pretty bummed.
If I were to use CC again, I think it would be to maximize the convenience factor: bulk rares and so on.
If you have cards that will sell as singles, strongly consider selling them as singles. And if you do use Card Conduit, know exactly what the time saved will be worth to you.
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