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Welcome aboard Wes Spece - new consignment director for Probstein123

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Welcome aboard Wes Spece - new consignment director for Probstein123....

Wes started today....he'll be travelling to major shows nationwide and working on bring in new consignors....

Wes has been involved in the industry for over 10 years and has had a card shop for the last 4 years...
Rick Probstein
Ebay Store:
Probstein123
phone: 973 747 6304
email: rickprobstein1@gmail.com

Probstein123 is actively accepting CONSIGNMENTS !!
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  • arexarex Posts: 999 ✭
    Congrats!
  • Big80sBig80s Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭
    Congrats, Rick.
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  • DoublestrikerDoublestriker Posts: 547 ✭✭
    Congrats
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭
    I would like to announce that I hired a neighborhood kid to occasionally take packages to the post office for me. Welcome aboard, Jimmy.

    Jimmy is brand new to the industry. He also has a paper route.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,727 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would like to announce that I hired a neighborhood kid to occasionally take packages to the post office for me. Welcome aboard, Jimmy.

    Jimmy is brand new to the industry. He also has a paper route. >>



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  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
    This place can be brutal sometimes image
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I would like to announce that I hired a neighborhood kid to occasionally take packages to the post office for me. Welcome aboard, Jimmy.

    Jimmy is brand new to the industry. He also has a paper route. >>



    Kramerica??
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,585 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would like to announce that I hired a neighborhood kid to occasionally take packages to the post office for me. Welcome aboard, Jimmy.

    Jimmy is brand new to the industry. He also has a paper route. >>



    You got Jimmy, are you freaking kidding me? I asked his mom 2 weeks ago and she told me no way. Now I'm gonna have to go with plan B and hire a Wes Spece type. Great, just great.
  • CarlosDangerCarlosDanger Posts: 47
    I'm surprised you couldn't pry away Greg Rice from Mile High. I hear he's in high demand.
  • stormtrooper80stormtrooper80 Posts: 317
    this guy opened a card shop in 2009? Ok then
  • MrSnuffleupagusMrSnuffleupagus Posts: 689
    Bio 2/3 the way down page

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  • dytch2220dytch2220 Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭
    Congrats and good luck Wes.
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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Now I'm gonna have to go with plan B and hire a Wes Spece type.


    You think there are just a plethora of Spece's out there for the picking? Good luck with plan B, but I don't see it happening.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭


    << <i>this guy opened a card shop in 2009? Ok then >>



    uh no, wiseguy. it appears he liked his childhood hangout so much, that when it came up for sale, he bought it.

    how many people can say that?
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>this guy opened a card shop in 2009? Ok then >>



    uh no, wiseguy. it appears he liked his childhood hangout so much, that when it came up for sale, he bought it.

    how many people can say that? >>



    I audited the card shop I frequented as a kid, does that count?

    Btw, congratulations to Wes Spece and thanks to Snuffy for the background. Surprised Snuffy wasn't in the shop when that picture was taken, probably just off camera. image
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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    oh, i imagine Snuffy will find a way to photobomb Wes if we ask him to. image
  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭
    I would hate to hear what happens to Wes when his boss finds out he hasn't updated his LinkedIn profile to promote his latest venture.
  • MrSnuffleupagusMrSnuffleupagus Posts: 689
    Good Luck Wes and Rick!
  • addicted2ebayaddicted2ebay Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Bio 2/3 the way down page

    image >>




    Looks like Wes will have no problem getting junk wax inserts and starting lineup figures for consignment. JK Wes good luck!
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Snuff ... turn that into reality for Wes.and i bet you he works for Rick for.free.
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  • olb31olb31 Posts: 3,463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    wes lives about 45 minutes from my hometown. he comes to the local shows in my hometown. i have met him several times. congrats to wes.
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  • buntbunt Posts: 625 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>this guy opened a card shop in 2009? Ok then >>



    uh no, wiseguy. it appears he liked his childhood hangout so much, that when it came up for sale, he bought it.

    how many people can say that? >>



    Jesse from Breaking Bad did. Not his grow up house but his parents 2nd house. So it is possible, even without wearing a little beanie cap on the head for some ancient reason, to do. Long Live Jesse.
  • mikliamiklia Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭


    << <i>uh no, wiseguy. it appears he liked his childhood hangout so much, that when it came up for sale, he bought it.

    how many people can say that? >>



    every small town high school sports star that bought a bar, ever?
  • jay0791jay0791 Posts: 3,543 ✭✭✭✭
    Thats really a 12 year old picture of Mark Fydrich
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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    since when is a bar a childhood hangout? oh. wait. i can't believe i just asked that question. image
  • MintMoondogMintMoondog Posts: 969 ✭


    << <i>Welcome aboard Wes Spece - new consignment director for Probstein123....

    Wes started today....he'll be travelling to major shows nationwide and working on bring in new consignors....

    Wes has been involved in the industry for over 10 years and has had a card shop for the last 4 years... >>



    With his new found income will he buy a consonant or two to complete his name? image
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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    You guys can joke all you want, but it's not every day that a Wes Spece walks into your office, slams his fist down on the desk and says "You hire me today and I'm gonna make you a crapload of money." These opportunities come but once in a lifetime and it's good to hear that Rick is taking full advantage of it.

  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    if Wes slammed his fist on Rick's desk, i imagine his 5th metacarpal would shatter into more pieces than there are Nolan Ryan collectors.
  • neildownneildown Posts: 183


    << <i>You guys can joke all you want, but it's not every day that a Wes Spece walks into your office, slams his fist down on the desk and says "You hire me today and I'm gonna make you a crapload of money." These opportunities come but once in a lifetime and it's good to hear that Rick is taking full advantage of it. >>



    Wouldn't that violate principle #1 of "Being Personable" in Probstein's 10 Principles of a GREAT CONVERSATION? Also, he didn't use your first name which is a clear violation of principle #3.

    Wes needs to watch his step or Rick's going to come down on him like a steamroller working asphalt.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    At the '98 National I saw Spece buy a collection from a guy, then sell it right back to him an hour later for triple.
  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096


    << <i>You guys can joke all you want, but it's not every day that a Wes Spece walks into your office, slams his fist down on the desk and says "You hire me today and I'm gonna make you a crapload of money." These opportunities come but once in a lifetime and it's good to hear that Rick is taking full advantage of it. >>


    I believe your reasoning as to why this partnership is going to work out well is specious at best.
    'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
    -CDs Nuts, 1/20/14

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  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>You guys can joke all you want, but it's not every day that a Wes Spece walks into your office, slams his fist down on the desk and says "You hire me today and I'm gonna make you a crapload of money." These opportunities come but once in a lifetime and it's good to hear that Rick is taking full advantage of it. >>


    I believe your reasoning as to why this partnership is going to work out well is specious at best. >>



    Who knew there was enough spece for two hardnosed dealers in the Probstein empire.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    i heard they were also hiring an all-female support team for him and will call them the Spece Girls.

    clever.
  • CarlosDangerCarlosDanger Posts: 47
    Wes is more. Probstein will do more with Wes.
  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    It appears that we're starting to head down a road where this thread gets derailed by a bunch of us trying to one-up each other with stupid puns, and I don't much care for the thought of that happening.
    My suggestion is that we all make a gentleman's agreement to spece and desist with this nonsense right now.
    'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.'
    -CDs Nuts, 1/20/14

    *1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
    *Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
  • mesapsamesapsa Posts: 306
    Congrats!! I'm putting in for it once it ever becomes open again!! My only request as a customer/bidder on eBay is that you please space out every auction with at least a one minute per auction ending! Wes just by doing that I think sales would increase 5% + right off the bat!! Anyways good luck in your new position, it sounds like a sweet job and one that would be fun to go to on a daily basis! Hell, if I worked for Rick I would giving him a check every two weeks!! Lol
  • MauriceMaurice Posts: 1,136
    Rick Probstein deserves an apology.
  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,778 ✭✭✭
    Does it sound like speace? Like give speace a chance?
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  • mikliamiklia Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Rick Probstein deserves an apology. >>



    that's a pretty Speceious demand.
  • Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
    How thoughtful Maurice. You should begin to apologize to Bobby first since you like to put him down so much.
  • neildownneildown Posts: 183


    << <i>Rick Probstein deserves an apology. >>



    Any Specefic reason you didn't edit your post this time, Maurice?
  • stormtrooper80stormtrooper80 Posts: 317
    Hopefully he will still have time to run that store. I'm sure he makes a ton of money there.
  • justinstaffjustinstaff Posts: 87
    I must say. I know Wes very well and have setup at shows with him up and down the east coast and nationals for years. He has a very successful store that far surpasses what the majority of you could operate. He doesn't need a message board to grade his cards for him or tell him what something is worth on VCP or Terapeak nor does he need a place for him to show off his newly graded psa 9 Jose Canseco rookie that he just snagged at the flea market for 25 cents because thats the find of the year for them. and for the people who say that i don't know who you are than maybe you should think about what your typing when you are trying to beat on someones else reputation when you don't know who they are. He knows how to make it in this business which is much more than the majority of us can ever say or ever do and it is the very reason he has an awesome opportunity with Rick.
  • ROCKDJRWROCKDJRW Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭
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  • mikliamiklia Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I must say. I know Wes very well and have setup at shows with him up and down the east coast and nationals for years. He has a very successful store that far surpasses what the majority of you could operate. He doesn't need a message board to grade his cards for him or tell him what something is worth on VCP or Terapeak nor does he need a place for him to show off his newly graded psa 9 Jose Canseco rookie that he just snagged at the flea market for 25 cents because thats the find of the year for them. and for the people who say that i don't know who you are than maybe you should think about what your typing when you are trying to beat on someones else reputation when you don't know who they are. He knows how to make it in this business which is much more than the majority of us can ever say or ever do and it is the very reason he has an awesome opportunity with Rick. >>



    Welcome to the boards, Wes!
  • GoDodgersFanGoDodgersFan Posts: 1,391 ✭✭✭
    Congrats to Wes. Really wish him well in his role.
  • justinstaffjustinstaff Posts: 87
    mikilia, my name is Justin Stafford. I sell mainly modern and set up at 40 plus shows a year from White Plains to Chicago to Charlotte. I am not Wes but that is very original the type of humor your attempting to use there. I've only seen it used a couple of times before and mainly by men trying to be funny in their middle years.
  • stormtrooper80stormtrooper80 Posts: 317
    Justin, when you and Wes traveled to those shows, did you stay in separate motel rooms?
  • mikliamiklia Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for the good words, Justin. Glad you appreciate. I heard there's a top-flight punctuation store in White Plains, definitely worth checking out!
  • stormtrooper80stormtrooper80 Posts: 317
    I'm sure I can speak for everyone here when I say that we're anxiously awaiting to hear about everything Wes did on his first 2 days on the job. I mean how can you announce such huge news and just leave it at that?
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