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jBidWatcher - 2.0beta3

java-based ebay auction bid management

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	2.0beta3
Release Date:	2008-05-09
License:	Beta
Downloads (this version):	1,359
Downloads (all versions):	52,492
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Product Description:

A Java-based application allowing you to monitor auctions you're not part of, submit bids, snipe (bid at the last moment), regularly search for auctions, and otherwise track your auction-site experience. It includes adult-auction monitoring and sniping, several currencies (pound, dollar (US, Canadian, and Australian), and euro), drag-and-drop of auction URL's, an original and unique 'multisniping' feature, a nice UI, and is known to work cleanly under Linux, Solaris, Windows, and MacOSX from the same binary, but provides platform-specific versions for Windows and MacOSX for ease of use.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Java runtime installed

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Working now :-) - Version: 2.0beta2, 5/4/2008 05:38PM PST

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Bob Graham

2.0beta3 (available on developers site) has been working fine with OS X 10.4.11.
I can't get along without this application!

Had to revert. - Version: 2.0beta2, 4/28/2008 11:11AM PST

Bob Graham

2.0beta2 kept losing my current auctions, so I had to revert to 1.0.3pre2.
1.0.3pre2 continues to work perfectly in OS X 10.4.11.

eBay seems determined to thwart ALL sniping software... - Version: 1.0.2, 2/7/2008 12:00AM PST

Mixwiz

so... OK eBay, you win... for now at least - until someone hopefully files a class action suit against them for booby trapping bidding software. (Why should I NOT be allowed to bid at the last second? This is the precisely the strategy that anyone but a total bonehead uses at a brick-and-mortar auction! Why should I be FORCED to show my hand before I want to? This is outrageous.) jbidwatcher has been by far the best at navigating eBay's apparently infinite minefield of traps set and perpetually revised to thwart sniping software. And jbidwatcher has worked well for some months now, but BLAMMO - eBay's saboteurs apparently just struck again. I just lost an extremely rare item I've been waiting to see on eBay for YEARS. So... no more sniping software for important items. You just never know for sure if it will work or not. I want to stress that as far as I can tell it's NOT jbidwatcher's fault. They are as diligent as you could expect at unravelling eBay’s booby traps; it’s just that you never know when the next one will spring. IMHO, just not worth the risk until someone (hopefully soon) forces a public agreement from eBay about bidding software protocols.