Address: http://www.playle.com
Niche: Postcards and Ephemera, CD's and Music
Formats: auction
Feedback: no
Google Pagerank: 5
Alexa Traffic Rank: 402,963

Playles is best known for their postcard auctions and has remained a favorite site of postcard collectors for many years. They average approximately 90,000 postcards at any given time in a very wide range of categories. Also present are categories for Other Paper Collectibles, Antiques and Collectibles, Stamps, and Postal Covers. Listings are offered in auction format only by the Playle family, about 22 worldwide dealers who have individual pages within the site, and individuals who have registered as sellers on the site. Photos may be hosted on or off site. Site speed appeared very good, with all pages loading quickly.

This auction site seems to operate from the perspective that simpler is better. For those used to the automated bells and wizards of many online auctions the bidding and selling process can become somewhat confusing to the newcomer. However, judging from the large number of open bids noted in our review, their system works quite well.

The second half of the Playle Auction Mall, accessible from the index page is for CD and Music Auctions. The auctions appear to be operated in similar fashion to the postcard auctions. On review there were less than 300 auctions listed, mostly in the CD and records categories. Bidding appeared to be very light.

Review Date: 11/16/2006