New REA Platform?? is this Legitimate?
 

Hi everyone

I got this email saying REA is changing platforms and ask you to login and. Enter password etc

Before I do does anyone know if this is legitimate?
If I missed it I apologize

Thanks

I got one too, I verified etc.

No idea. I just deleted it as more unwanted auction house spam.

Tired of the constant emails from industry companies. With me personally, you'll have more success being less annoying. This isn't pointed at any single company or person; it goes out to all businesses in every field.

Also, as a customer, I don't like having to do more work when I'm already spending my money somewhere.

Received the email this morning as well. Looks legit. Click the FAQs to learn more...it goes to their site.

Bold move to a new platform. Hope it works well, I like buying from them.

That being said, I'm going to say 100% chance the auction close hits some unexpected snafu during extended bidding and gets pushed back a day. Hope I'm wrong, just can't imagine a new platform performing perfectly under the final-day stress.


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yep- i deleted it as well. Thought it was a 'phish' scam
I still hope i am able still to bid.

No one bothered to actually look at the REA website? They have a banner at the top announcing the new bidding platform.

Their twitter account posted about it this morning.

I logged in and gave it a test run.

Looks like some nice improvements when you go through their demos and read about the new marketplace.

Get out of here with that crazy talk!

The era of self help is long since gone.

Just an fyi I went to the website (on my phone) and did not see it.
But again I apologized in advance if I missed it.
But regardless thanks for the help and info everyone

I rec'd it yesterday & filled it out

It is legit.

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There's a banner now at the top that refers to the new URL. I wouldn't have trusted the email without such a notice (or email) from the original domain.

Edit update: the banner is currently not visible on the "bid" subdomain, i.e., bid.robertedwardauctions.com pages, rather when you click Home and go to robertedwardauctions.com.

Reminds me.....

Any time you get an email from a business, or at least you think it's from said business, it's best not clicking links within the email but instead go to the company's website. So many scammers out here these days it's crazy!!

I got the same message yesterday morning. It began "Dear David", the layout, syntax and spelling were all perfect. But my mail program marked it as spam. And what the heck was an "onboarding process" I wondered. Seemed "phishy". Thought the scammers were just getting better at their tomfoolery. Went to the REA site; there was no banner or any mention of a new platform. I telephoned REA; the guy who answered didn't know if it was legit or not and didn't seem to give a hoot. Didn't see anything about it here on Net54. So I deleted the email. Turns out it's for real. Just another day on the internet.

Yes and that is why I checked with the group here.
Not sure how I missed the banner except as mentioned above if it is only visible on the home page I might have missed it being in the sub pages

But regardless thanks everyone for looking after each other with this

The fixed-price marketplace will be interesting.

https://bid.collectrea.com/marketplace

trying to set up my account at collectrea.com and having issues. No one else is so must be user error on my end.

my account health says "not ready to bid" and that my "user profile" is "incomplete". But everything in it is filled out.

Did you verify your cell phone or opt out of next notifications. I also had to verify both my cell and email with a code confirmation. I was then no longer not ready for bid.

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Just checked my spam folder and that is where my email went. Moved to the in box so I can complete their process.

Thanks for the reply.
I opted out of texts as I don't own a cell phone.

Rob, Nice!
I thought I was the only one :D

Click the "User Profile" highlight and make sure your address and all that stuff is up to date for billing/mailing.

Not very professional. 👎

Will all the historical auctions still be on the platform? I have several that I want to go through for research purposes and am worried that the history will be removed. Anyone know?

How soon before everything (or some things) migrate??

Due to the spam / phishing concerns previously mentioned, if I had been in charge of the unveiling of the new website, I would have had customers sign into the old site, and follow prompts to the new site, where I could then do the "onboarding" process.

But I wasn't in charge, and I too had concerns about phishing, but based on this thread I followed the link in the email and must admit that the process was simple.

Doug

I thought it was only me👍
I am having the same issues and went
thru everything several times verifying
and still incomplete

No cell phones? Wow. I got rid of the landline instead. I used to think of the cell as an electronic leash that my wife could tug on whenever she wanted me to come to heel, but after a nasty car crash a few years ago where it was instrumental in getting me help, I've come to see it as a vital safety device.

I often think of the incredible amounts of driving I did around the continent as a young guy, most often in a rickety old car of some sort. Lots of potentially perilous situations were faced, untold days spent in very remote areas, got lost many times in unfamiliar territory...all without a cell phone. Now, most people feel naked and strange if they forget to bring their cell to buy milk at the corner store.

Native dark mode?? Love it already.

+1

I asked -- historical auctions, invoices, etc will be available on the new platform.

Anyone else have trouble the signup? I’ve only ever used my bid ID to login and it states it doesn’t recognize my email, even though that is the email my invoices go to.

You must code

I loved that feature as well.

No issues here. Sign up took two minutes tops. Looking forward to seeing the new sight.

I had to use the link from the email - my usual credentials weren’t recognized if I navigated to the new login page.

ITS OPEN!!!!
I do like the quick bid option.
But---when i skip to next page, it doesnt take me back to top.

I agree with you, that would be nice.

If you're on a phone like me (using Google Chrome browser), as soon as you click next page before the items appear, flick the page to the top and you'll be at the top once the items do appear.

max of 100 per page: I don't want to click 30 times.
searching previous results: I did use that capability frequently.
item pages: Minimalist, but that's actually a nice layout.

I'll stop there.

I like it. I don't think there was anything wrong with the old platform, but I like the freshness of this one. And my bid list is so much easier to navigate!

Love the fact that they post their entire 2025 calendar, AND consignment deadlines. It's really not helpful to get an email from an AH stating that you have two days left to consign something. We are all busy people. Knowing a schedule ahead of time allows one to plan ahead. They also provide a full calendar of shows they will be attending.

There is very little for me in this auction so I have not taken a deep dive into the new platform. That said, a few things jump out:

1. The "Total Bid Cost" function is AWESOME -- it tells you what your approximate all-in cost will be, including hammer, buyer premium, taxes, shipping/insurance
2. The quick bid function is nice
3. I wish you could zoom the lots simply by holding your cursor over the picture -- like Heritage -- instead of having to click into the lot to zoom on the item.
4. I dont like that I cant go directly to my bids and my watch list from the auction, but instead I have to click on blue, sideways G looking thing, and then select bids and watchlist

I look forward to getting more fulsome exposure during their spring auction.

I like it better than the old site, all those pulldown menus are a nightmare to dodge when trying to scroll on a phone.

Does the new site keep you logged in for longer than 2 minutes?

I like some aspects of the site. But I dislike more.

Dislikes
1) Seems like they have gotten lazy on descriptions
2) Can't filter by earliest year
3) Don't get email alerts when I am outbid (maybe this is a profile thing)

I do like the quick bid.

I noticed the outbid emails were sent to my “spam” folder

Can't say that I like the site much at all. I find it much harder to skim the auction and tell what i'm interested in. It'll take time, but really think they need to do something to make it easier to skim through quickly and i'm really talking about the title description under the picture and the other text under the picture of each auction.

+1 Agree

But like anything new we need to
1. Give them a chance to enhance it and/respond to feedback
2. We need to get used to it
3. As long as they have quality items we want for auction we will all learn to use it

I had the same experience when I skipped to the next page, for MOST of the pages. But, a couple of times, I was taken to the top of the next page. Strange!

Also, when I do a search, I am only interested in exact matches, no more and no less. When I searched for "Sam Rice," I had no interest in the Sam Jethroe, Sam McDowel, etc. cards that appeared. Searching for "Mickey Vernon" got me a zillion Mickey Mantle items I had no interest in. Granted, the Rice and Vernon items appeared first, but still.