In a stunning turn of events, eBay acquires the combined TCGPlayer and ChannelFireball Market place entity. An entity so new that the ink is barely dry on the aquisition contracts.

Surprisingly, the illustrious Halt_I_m_Reptar has lived through an extremely similar merger of tech corporations and is here to walk you through an eerily similar situation, give you the insights and reasonings behind the merger, and then a timeline of what happened afterward.

There's some good, some bad, and some ugly so strap in.

July 11, 2022 - TCGP Acquires CFB and BinderPoS

https://seller.tcgplayer.com/about/press-center/tcgplayer-to-acquire-channelfireball-and-binderpos/

Aug 22, 2022 - eBay acquired TCGP

https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-has-entered-into-an-agreement-to-acquire-tcgplayer/