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jBidWatcher

jBidWatcher - 0.9.9

Java-based eBay auction bid management

All Time: (4.2)
Version 0.9.9: (4.0)
Selected Version: 0.9.9
Release Date: 2005-10-13
License: Freeware
Downloads (version 0.9.9): 4,655
Downloads (all versions): 60,662
Price: donations accepted

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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:

The core changes are:

  • Completely revised sniping core, allowing potentially much greater precision.
  • Affiliate mode is gone, as per eBay's new affiliate guidelines.
  • Delete has a 'Don't show me the confirmation again' checkbox.
  • Adult login works.
  • eBay's new 'No Thumbnail' thumbnail is recognized. JBidwatcher will also use the larger 'in description' thumbnail if it's available (which it far more often is).
  • Old save files are preserved (the last 5 saves, plus one per day for the last 5 days)
  • You can send completed items *TO* the Completed pane, if they were placed anywhere else.
  • There is a configurable distinction between *using* the system tray on Windows, and *minimizing* to the system tray.
  • There is an advanced configuration pane for directly modifying the software configuration
  • The display format has been cleaned up some, specifically the 'time left' column has been minimized and aligned.
  • User-set shipping prices will now show up in bold, and free shipping listings are recognized appropriately.
  • Two new configurable columns: bidcount (# of bids), price (current price).

The minor bugfixes are:
  • Many networking failures are handled a little better.
  • Saving the auctions should be less memory intensive.
  • Text like '<' shouldn't show up in titles anymore; instead the appropriate character ('<') will.
  • Show the correct 'Next snipe time' in the tray tooltip, not the item end time.
  • 'Quantity' and 'Started' in an auction title wouldn't load the item.

Operating System Requirements:

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

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
    Java runtime installed

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Feedback Summary:

Version 0.9.9:
Overall Rating: (4.0) Features: (4.5) Support: (4.0)
Ease of Use: (4.0) Quality / Stability: (3.5) 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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