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jBidWatcher - 0.9pre5

Java-based eBay auction bid management software

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All Time:	(4.2)
Version 0.9pre5:	(4.1)
Selected Version:	0.9pre5
Release Date:	2002-12-22
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 0.9pre5):	58
Downloads (all versions):	60,698
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 relatively clean UI, and is known to work cleanly under Linux, Solaris, Windows, and MacOSX from the same binary.

What's new in this version:

This is a MANDATORY upgrade, because of a serious change on the eBay site which makes getting the item information fail badly.

Fixed the problem that was making JBidwatcher unable to load eBay items at all!
Show in Browser now always uses the international site, even if 'internal web server' is on.
Show in Browser correctly loads the international browse-to site, if you've changed it.
searches.xml (the save file for the searches) is written to the right location, and loaded from it.

The ClassCast exception and the String Index Out of Bounds exception have been fixed.
A bug where the error handler couldn't handle errors for one of the threads has been fixed.
Messages in the error logs are now timestamped.
Copying text from a modern browser now can be used with 'Paste Auction' correctly. (We ignore the HTML they blat into the clipboard.)
Show In Browser when used with 'Internal Web Browser' can be used to view multiple auctions, and then will provide a 'Prev/Next' and indexed method to view all the auctions you selected to browse. (I wanted this one...)
The search for text code now searches ALL countries, instead of just the USA. This makes the search feature somewhat useful for international users again.

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.1 or higher
Java runtime installed
JRE 1.4.1dp5 on OSX has been (unconfirmed) reported to have UI problems with JBidwatcher.

Feedback Summary:

Version 0.9pre5:
Overall Rating:	(4.1)	Features:	Not rated (0.0)	Support:	Not rated (0.0)
Ease of Use:	Not rated (0.0)	Quality / Stability:	Not rated (0.0)	Price:	Not rated (0.0)

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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

(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!