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jBidWatcher - 0.9.5

Java-based eBay auction bid management

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All Time:	(4.2)
Version 0.9.5:	(4.2)
Selected Version:	0.9.5
Release Date:	2004-10-04
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 0.9.5):	5,777
Downloads (all versions):	60,644
Price:	Free/donations

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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 management (that is, the relevant cookies are supported), several currencies (yen, euro, pound, dollar (US, Canadian, and Australian), and Swiss francs presently), drag-and-drop of auction URL's, a unique 'multisniping' feature, a nice UI, and is known to work cleanly under Linux, Solaris, Windows, and MacOSX from the same binary.

What's new in this version:

TOP issues

eBay's sudden change to require SSL login broke sniping and bidding badly. Emergency fix.
My eBay search wasn't loading watched/bidding items properly.

Other Fixes

Dutch/Power Auction handling has been overhauled. Dutch items (also known as Power Auctions) now show up as {price} x {quantity available}. The number of bids is no longer available from the front page, so I don't bother showing it. Finally multi-item auctions are immediately recognizable, and the quantity is knowable from a single line.
Fix color rendering code, eliminating the pervasive use of HTML in the table display. This should reduce memory consumption somewhat.
Made the various status icons properly background-transparent.
Even better thumbnail handling, they're loaded as a background process, so if thumbnails are slow it doesn't interfere with loading the actual items.
Recognizes prices for 'live' auctions (for tracking, not for bidding!)
Support Brushed Metal on or off on Mac OS X with the latest version of the Java runtime.
Attempting to display the various umlaut, etc., characters properly in JBidwatcher.
Searches have unique names when created, so they don't collapse and go away when saving without renaming them.
Auctions that have comments on them are now bolded, instead of underlined.
Alternate lines with a slightly darker line, giving a better 'reading' feel to the display.
Disable by adding display.alternate=false in JBidWatch.cfg.

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
Java runtime installed

Feedback Summary:

Version 0.9.5:
Overall Rating:	(4.2)	Features:	(4.4)	Support:	(3.8)
Ease of Use:	(3.9)	Quality / Stability:	(4.1)	Price:	(4.8)

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Why 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.

The best eBay snipper out there for the Mac... Period... - Version: 2.0, 2/23/2009 07:18AM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

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...

Support issues... - Version: 2.0beta7, 9/8/2008 03:46AM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

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!