New REA Platform?? is this Legitimate?

[mrreality68]

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

[Schlesinj]

I got one too, I verified etc.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

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.

[gzman]

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

[CardPadre]

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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[pawpawdiv9]

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

[x2drich2000]

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

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

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

Get out of here with that crazy talk!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

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

The era of self help is long since gone.

[Kidnapped18]

+1

[theshowandme]

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.

[4815162342]

The fixed-price marketplace will be interesting.

https://bid.collectrea.com/marketplace

[tiger8mush]

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.

[Schlesinj]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

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.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

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[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by Schlesinj

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.

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

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

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

[theshowandme]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

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

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

[pawpawdiv9]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

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

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

[Fred]

The signup was pretty easy. No issues. It'll take a little used to navigating the site but like anything new, it'll grow on us.

Was happy to see all bidders are getting hit with taxes. This kind of evens it out a bit. I still don't understand why the govt has to tax old collectibles. If it were new retail stuff, I get it.

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

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

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Rob, Nice!
I thought I was the only one

Holy crap. You guys are my HERO! That's so nice to read that.

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Originally Posted by 4815162342

The fixed-price marketplace will be interesting.

https://bid.collectrea.com/marketplace

I'm looking forward to seeing this new feature.
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Originally Posted by h2oya311

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??

I'm wondering the same thing. I used the old UI to search. It wasn't a great search engine for the site, but it did provide lots of information. Not having the ability to search past REA auctions would just suck.
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Originally Posted by packs

My only note for the new platform is that I liked being able to view 250 lots per page and would appreciate the 250 option again.

I agree.

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[shoreball51]

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

[morris_14226]

Anyone else having trouble resetting their password? I have an account (bidder# etc) but can’t get the reset email. Checked spam etc. I won and paid for an item just in the fall. Probably stuck on their servers. Just thought if they sent me an email that the auction was open and accepting bids-this bug might have already been resolved on their end. Ok please go about your day. I’ll shut up now. Thanks for letting me vent


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[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by morris_14226

Anyone else having trouble resetting their password? I have an account (bidder# etc) but can’t get the reset email. Checked spam etc. I won and paid for an item just in the fall. Probably stuck on their servers. Just thought if they sent me an email that the auction was open and accepting bids-this bug might have already been resolved on their end. Ok please go about your day. I’ll shut up now. Thanks for letting me vent


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If you cannot find the original email about the new format you may need to contact REA direct.
You cannot reset from/thru the old login reset way. I tried that and did not work I had to find that email about the new format and do thru there

[brad31]

You can reset by putting your email in - for me email was my new user ID.

[the-illini]

Not a fan of the new site at all. The user interface designer had a bad day at the office when they came up with this.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by the-illini

Not a fan of the new site at all. The user interface designer had a bad day at the office when they came up with this.

Or maybe they were having a really, really good day.

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by morris_14226

Anyone else having trouble resetting their password? I have an account (bidder# etc) but can’t get the reset email. Checked spam etc. I won and paid for an item just in the fall. Probably stuck on their servers. Just thought if they sent me an email that the auction was open and accepting bids-this bug might have already been resolved on their end. Ok please go about your day. I’ll shut up now. Thanks for letting me vent


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I'm in the same boat. I went to the email that they sent to register with my old credentials, but the link is now broken. I'm in limbo. Might have to call if it doesn't resolve itself in the next day or two.

[theshowandme]

Some interesting search behavior I found

It is as if the search forgives spelling issues

If I type Gehrig in the search bar, it is showing Charlie Gehringer cards...


If I purposely misspell Gehringer as Gehrigner, it still shows his cards

[frankrizzo29]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

I'm in the same boat. I went to the email that they sent to register with my old credentials, but the link is now broken. I'm in limbo. Might have to call if it doesn't resolve itself in the next day or two.

I had the same issue. There's an issue if you have a yahoo email address. I had to email them and they manually reset my password for me. I then went in and changed my password the settings menu in their site.

[spacktrack]

Thanks for all the feedback. We’ve received a ton of positive comments on the new site but we’re definitely monitoring constructive feedback on things users would like to see added or things they’re having issues with so that we can incorporate those suggestions into future development. We’re not making any changes while this auction is live, but we’ll start a new round of updates immediately following its end to have them ready for February.

To answer a few popular questions, the circular button in the top right takes you to your My Account page where you can see bids, watchlists, change settings, etc.

All buyer invoices and consignor statements from 2004-2024 are migrated to the new site and linked as PDFs in the My Account section.

Searching is more dynamic than past versions but you can target specific items with quotation marks or exclude certain items with a minus sign. For example, if you don’t want to see anything with T206 in the title as you browse the auction, you could search -t206 to filter out those items.

Some Yahoo email users are experiencing delays in password reset email delivery. If you drop us an email letting us know you’re having trouble, we can set you a temporary password.

Brian

[mrreality68]

Thanks Brian

We appreciate you always being open to constructive feedback and giving us some responses and insight.

As always another great Auction

Thanks

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by spacktrack

Thanks for all the feedback. We’ve received a ton of positive comments on the new site but we’re definitely monitoring constructive feedback on things users would like to see added or things they’re having issues with so that we can incorporate those suggestions into future development. We’re not making any changes while this auction is live, but we’ll start a new round of updates immediately following its end to have them ready for February.

To answer a few popular questions, the circular button in the top right takes you to your My Account page where you can see bids, watchlists, change settings, etc.

All buyer invoices and consignor statements from 2004-2024 are migrated to the new site and linked as PDFs in the My Account section.

Searching is more dynamic than past versions but you can target specific items with quotation marks or exclude certain items with a minus sign. For example, if you don’t want to see anything with T206 in the title as you browse the auction, you could search -t206 to filter out those items.

Some Yahoo email users are experiencing delays in password reset email delivery. If you drop us an email letting us know you’re having trouble, we can set you a temporary password.

Brian

I have a verizon.net email address, and when I tried to reset my password on Sunday, it took about 4-5 hours before I received the email to reset it. I access my email through Yahoo so is that the behavior you are describing?