Probstein has left eBay
jfkheat
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I read today that Probstein has left eBay to start his own auction platform.
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Greener pastures.
Wow, I Just checked "Seller's other items" on eBay, and there were no listings...
I searched for info, and it looks like starting November 3rd the new auction site will be snype .com -- I like the play on words like an auction snipe
Even ebay safeguards did not hold them back , now their scamming will be brought to new heights. So many new rubes are about to be fleeced with zero recourse.
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
Not to say bad things about them, but several years ago I sent them a bunch of cards/sets. Only about half showed up for auction and when I asked for the rest of them back they had disappeared and they had no record of receiving them. They were all sent in the same box. I would be hesitant to send them anything to sell.
On rare occasions we had success with Rick. We did not, however, purchase any snake oil.
I would expect more of this - makes sense.
It would be a business model to start your own platform & then recruit more sellers at 1/2 the fees with some form of protective insurance, and you have a business model.
Erik
Happened to me as well.
it seems strange that they would leave ebay before their new platform is up and running.
ebay would go Scorched earth as they did with PWCC. All the stuff eBay covers up due to them making money on a sellers scams ends when ebay realizes there is no more profit for them.
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
Good riddance Listen to his podcast episode on Sportscard Madness. He's an egotistical, self-righteous a-hole. I wish him everything he deserves.
Brian
I mean. He’s shady and slimy but,… tell me about the fees again?
100% if your stuff never gets listed for auction.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
I guess I wont be sending anymore stuff to Probstein.
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
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Although I wouldn’t trust Rick Probstein as far as I could throw him, I’ve never had any issues with purchases except when trying to get a combined invoice but eventually I do.
He is very “put offish “
Haven’t sent him anything in a decade to sell but when I did it went pretty smoothly
I remember when he first started his business. You could call him directly and he would answer the phone. That was a long, long time ago. I never had an issue purchasing.
i'd rather be tossed into a 10x10 room with a saw-scaled viper than go after a piece of cardboard in a proprietary Probe auction
I think theres a lot of upside with synpe. there will be good deals for the first couple weeks for buyers and for consignors the fees are the lowest between all other platforms.
Lower fees means better margins. I am definitely following and selling on Snype!
The shills are out in full force LOL.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Where's the infomercial?
Uh huh prive u really not a bot!
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
He is currently on "Synpe" over 20k live auctions right now
Okay, I'll bite. This prompted me to look at the site. Issues I would have:
It appears shipping is known only upon checkout, which means you have no idea of what shipping would be ahead of time if you won, say, a $10 card. I see a combined shipping option for items won within a 30 day window, which is nice, but I'd like to know a baseline shipping rate if I won one card or one box or one case.
Sales tax? I cook that into whatever I buy, so it would be nice to know if sales tax will be charged on something I won at checkout.
Finding items is not easy. No filters to search items. I really don't care to manually search for items. Ebay is nice because I use saved search terms. Heritage/REA/etc are nice because you can filter categories for ranges of items that might fit your niche. Additionally, as an example, if I search for "pack PSA," I get packers singles and pokemon singles intermixed with graded packs. If I do "Topps pack PSA," it eliminates the pokemon stuff, but I still get Packers singles and some graded cards that came out of silver packs.
I have had one: I purchased a complete set of 1954 Topps World on Wheels cards and card #1 was missing (it was a $100 set and card # is the most valuable at around $15). The card was featured in the first photo on the eBay sale so they obviously had the card. The set came in sheets with the space for that card empty. I asked for a partial refund so I could purchase card #1 and was denied.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13728584#Comment_13728584
Hundreds of eBayers (including some members on here) have been burned by Probstein in the past year. Probstein has 1107 negatives in the past 12 months.
Where is the buyer protection on his new platform?
buying O-Pee-Chee (OPC) baseball cards
also collecting US & Canadian silver coins
If anyone sets up a gofundme to shoot Probstein into outer space let me know.
Not surprised at all
ren and stimpy waltzing in for damage control
too, too good
i'd rather be snyped by a butterfly bullet than snype with probe
I tried the site. I set the bid to be a snipe. The site already tells me my snipe isn't high enough to win.
Just read this testimony from one of our happy customers.
"weird how I always win with my max bid..."
Synpee is for LIVS and Rubes!
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
Isn’t there enough harmfully toxic debris up there already?
That's an absurd feature. It defeats the whole purpose of a snipe bid. If they are telling people that their snipe bids aren't high enough then they are basically encouraging the bids to be run up behind the scenes. Snipe bids are supposed to be counted at the last moments of an auction and the chips fall where they may.
No wonder they left ebay for that business model. To me it's a form of bid rigging.
Is this anything like Elvis has left the building?
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I had the same reaction when I first read the thread title.
The key difference, though, is that a lot of people miss Elvis.
Yes
and its likely baked in effect as the minimum accepted price - an unstated reserve. Anyone who bids in that type of fix is in auctions is a sheep who will be fleeced.
Without eBay "protecting" or "shielding" that entity from all the many shady dealings, I wonder how long it will until some kind of criminal charges are levied? I've a feeling at some future point we will be discussing how unwise a move it was for him to split from eBay.
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)
Here tell he makes an occasional appearance at a local department store chain.🎶📀🎸
Wish rick the best but millions of eyes on ebay will hard to replace.
this will be his problem. driving views to the site. the vast majority of collectors do not have the time/desire to search for cards on half a dozen or a dozen sites. For most it is ebay or bust.
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Via alleged maximum shilling then by allegedly not sending the card or all the cards to the winner 1/7 or 1/8 of the time , collecting the funds, then rinse and repeat I'm sure there will be no shortfalls. BTW if i thought of that in a few seconds based on past dealings imagine the creative methods they have likely come up with!
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)