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jBidWatcher

jBidWatcher - 2.0

eBay auction monitoring, bidding and sniping software.

All Time: (4.2)
Version 2.0: (5.0)
Selected Version: 2.0
Release Date: 2009-02-14
License: Freeware
Downloads (version 2.0): 558
Downloads (all versions): 60,669

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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.

What's new in this version:

This is the first full release of JBidwatcher 2.0.

Fixes include (in no particular order):
  • Bidding on items that are only visible on the non-US eBay sites should be more consistent (the error manifested as getting an error page which appears to be another login page)
  • Snipes placed or cancelled through the web interface show up in the main UI
  • Finally resolving a nagging problem with display configurations not being saved between sessions
  • Multisnipes not firing, or seeing 'unsafe multisnipes' when there aren't
  • Duplicate entries in the display should finally be eliminated
  • Auctions that end, or whose bid amount changes, should also consistently reflect the latest state that JBidwatcher knows
  • The .dmg for Mac users should have a link to the Applications folder, for easy drag-and-drop installation
  • Large deletes should be possible again (the delete happens in the background)
  • Better handling of eBay's bad HTML
  • Multiple currencies are allowed in multisnipes (although it's a bad practice, and you're warned against it!)
  • Double-click in the open space (where listings aren't) will clear the selection
  • --usb on the command line should work better now
  • eBay's habit of sending 404's for perfectly valid auctions has been partially worked around
  • Only active listings are loaded during start up, everything else (completed listings) gets loaded later, in the background
  • The Mature Audiences checkbox is now clearer about its use (and should not be used by non-US users; it will break logging into eBay)
  • The default browser on Linux is now 'firefox'
  • Under Mac OS X the JBidWatch.cfg file should be stored with the rest of JBidwatcher's files now

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 1.5 or higher

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Feedback Summary:

Version 2.0:
Overall Rating: (5.0) Features: (5.0) Support: (5.0)
Ease of Use: (5.0) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (5.0)
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jBidWatcher CommentaryWhy does it try to connect to the authors website? - Version: 2.1pre4, 9/18/2009 10:40AM PST

MarkusWinter
I have monitoring software installed which tells me that it tries to contact the authors website - I would like to be asked and informed before that happens, especially as I enter my eBay password in the program.

Not happy.
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jBidWatcher ReviewThe best eBay snipper out there for the Mac... Period... - Version: 2.0, 2/23/2009 07:18AM PST

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Charles Teton
This has yet to fail for me, 2 years using, and picked up lots of bargains. Not sure why its still free, as other snipe apps, that don't work, charge quite a lot and I've bought most of them... Best of all jBidWatcher is now out of beta... Try it and make your own mind up...
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jBidWatcher Developer NoteSupport issues... - Version: 2.0beta7, 9/8/2008 03:46AM PST

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cyberfox
Greetings,

Support is usually handled through the forum site, or the bug tracker, depending on the question. I respond to email when I can, but it's really not my highest priority. I prefer the other two, because answers can be shared among many users (and searched!), where email is one-to-one.

Also, if it seems like my responses are not very frequent, please understand that I do indeed have a full time job as a software developer, and a new baby at home. If you want to follow along with my development, you can visit the JBidwatcher commit log.

Give the latest version a try, report any bugs, and best of luck with your auctions!

-- Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!
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