Vintage and collectible finds on eBay, mailed to you

Collectors on eBay hunt in narrow niches where the right piece appears rarely, so a mail for each new match keeps your want list moving without daily browsing.

3 steps

Set up in a minute

Search on eBay, sort by newest

Turn a want list entry into a search

Start in Collectibles, Coins & Paper Money, Stamps, Music or Toys, whichever fits, and type the piece as collectors name it: maker, series, year, catalogue number. Add condition, a price range and item location or ships-to, pick auction or Buy It Now, sort by Newly listed and copy the address.
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Copy the link, paste it into mxsender

Hand the search to MXSender for email

Paste the link on the MXSender website or into our Telegram bot, choose email and confirm the inbox. You can add Telegram to the same search for the pieces you would hate to miss.
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New listings land in your inbox

Read the mail when a piece appears

Each check with new matches sends one mail listing them with title, price, link and the seller’s photo when there is one. Quiet checks send nothing.
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Track a search on eBay right now

Paste the eBay search link you want watched — we’ll check we can read it, then set up your alerts.

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How collectors word an eBay search

Sellers describe the same object in different ways: a record by pressing and label, a watch by reference number, a die-cast car by maker and catalogue number, a coin by year and mint mark. Use the identifier serious sellers use and you skip most of the reproductions and look-alikes.

Keep a second, looser search for the sellers who do not know what they have, such as „old pocket watch“ or „box of records“. Those are where the surprises turn up, and a mail lets you skim them without effort.

Authenticity, grading and the photos that matter

Ask for close-ups of hallmarks, signatures, matrix numbers or mint marks, and for photos in daylight rather than under a lamp. For graded items, check the certificate number with the grading service. Compare the photos with known genuine examples before you bid.

Read the seller’s feedback, especially on similar items, and the return policy. eBay has buyer protection for purchases that go wrong, including items not as described; read the terms for collectibles.

Bringing a collectible home from abroad

Many of the best pieces sit with sellers in other countries. Check the item location, the shipping cost to your country and the packing; fragile pieces need a seller who packs well. Import duties or VAT may be charged on arrival, and some items, such as antiques with ivory or certain materials, can face export or import restrictions, so ask before you bid.

Auctions run for days. A mail on the day a lot is listed gives you that time to research, compare and decide on a maximum bid.

A searchable archive of your niche

Mails pile up into something useful: a record of what came up in your niche and at what price, searchable by catalogue number years later. A folder per collection keeps it tidy.

Your provider decides where the mail lands. After the first match, look in spam or Promotions, mark the mail as wanted and add the sender to your contacts. Each mail has an unsubscribe link.

Free: one search checked every 30 minutes, one address. Starter at $5.99: five searches every 10 minutes, one address. Pro at $14.99: twenty searches, the fastest checks and three addresses.