The National is just weeks away and COMC revealed its plans for the show of shows on Wednesday.

Booth 1240 at the Atlantic City show --  it starts on July 27 and runs until July 31 -- will be in the corporate pavilion and the home base of all their plans.

What's on tap? The selling site will be doing in-person consignment drop-offs, a discounted submission promotion good only at the show, Time With Tim (meetings with founder and CEO Tim Getsch) and scratch-to-win cards good for discounts and plenty more.

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If you're a long-time reader of The Buzz, you may remember the Steiner Sports promotion that allowed anybody, anywhere to trade in a legit Cleveland Browns quarterback autograph from the past for a $100 gift card.

Buzz's headline back in January played up the Johnny Manziel drama -- sadly, it's derailed completely since then -- and but opted to take a shot here with a cheaper auto. Buzz picked off a Connor Shaw 2014 Panini Contenders autograph from COMC.com for just $1.99, had it delivered, followed the instructions from Steiner and mailed it in.

Buzz waited but never received a gift card -- as it turns out, Steiner had so many requests as part of the promotion that it ran out of physical gift cards to mail. (Those still waiting should email the company with their info and address they used when they mailed in their Browns item.) After getting the discount info, Buzz waited again to find a key item to use the code. Today was the day as Buzz spent a few minutes to check out the site after a promotional email, wondering if a worthy item could be found and searching the game-used section, entertainment section and even the clearance rack for the right item.

And then Buzz found it.

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One week ago, Upper Deck revealed its e-Pack program of digital hockey cards that can be instantly sold online if eligible.

It's a dramatic move for cards in the digital realm -- and it's been a move that has benefitted its partner in the program, COMC.com, which provides the platform for collectors to sell their real cardboard.

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Fans of digital card apps may have a new pastime with a new Upper Deck app revealed on Thursday that offers a digital collecting experience with the option of claiming physical cards.

It's Upper Deck e-Pack.

According to the company, "users can instantly purchase and open packs online at anytime, from anywhere. Entire card collections can be easily viewed, sorted and stored digitally, eliminating the need for any physical storage space, while still providing an exciting pack-opening experience. What makes e-Pack’s patent pending technology truly unique is the ability to have actual physical versions of digital cards mailed out at any time."

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