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jBidWatcher - 1.0

java-based eBay auction bid management

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All Time:	(4.2)
Version 1.0:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	1.0
Release Date:	2006-09-05
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.0):	4,992
Downloads (all versions):	60,680
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 (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, finally, the 1.0 release of JBidwatcher, after 6 years, 5 months of development.
Fixed the breakage on eBays new shipping calculator format, so that when eBay does re-roll out that change, JBidwatcher will be ready for it.
JBidwatcher wasn't remembering its screen position and size sometimes.
Thumbnails are now resized if they're over a certain size.
Sorting now defaults to single-column sorting. If you hold control while clicking further columns, they become secondary sorts, and this no longer breaks JBidwatcher in several ways.
Added a 'Snipe Amount + Shipping' column at the request (and donated code) of a user.
Right-click behavior on unselected lines is now more in line with user expectations.
Slowed the rate of re-logins, to hopefully reduce the amount of issues eBay has with the program logging in too often.
Several start-up and shut-down freezes and crashes have been resolved.
Lots of multi-monitor fixes.
Many tab and column display issues have been fixed up.
Dozens of small UI improvements and bugfixes.

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
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
Universal Binary

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.0:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(4.3)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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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

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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!