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jBidWatcher
jBidWatcher 2.1.6
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Monitor eBay auctions.   Free
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jBidWatcher is a Java-based application allowing you to monitor auctions you're not part of, submit bids, snipe (bid at the last moment), and otherwise track your auction-site experience. It includes adult-auction management, MANY currencies (yen, pound, dollar [US, Canada, Australian, and New Taiwanese], Swiss Francs, and euro, presently), drag-and-drop of auction URLs, a unique and powerful 'multisniping' feature, a relatively nice UI, and is known to work cleanly under Linux, Windows, Solaris, and Mac OS X from the same binary.

Currently it is only implemented for eBay, but it
What's New
Version 2.1.6:
  • Remove Mature Audiences from the eBay configuration display. It’s my #1 support problem for user having trouble logging in. It’s still accessible from the Advanced Configuration setting, as ‘ebay.mature’ (without the quotes), and it’s described in the FAQ.
  • Fix a longstanding bug that you couldn’t really change username/password while running JBidwatcher; you had to shut it down and restart JBidwatcher. Now it takes effect immediately!
  • Fix another longstanding bug where on a bid, JBidwatcher would forget who the seller was, replacing them with the high bidder’s id, and thus items would fall out of the selling tab.
  • Some price detection improvements.
  • Handle eBay’s new URL format.
  • Don’t stomp on user-entered or previously-correctly detected shipping amounts.
  • Sometimes updates would appear to stop, usually for newly added items, and items wouldn’t move to ‘complete’ after ending.
  • Better handle the system tray on Windows with Java5.
  • Drag an image onto a listing to replace its thumbnail with that image.
  • Seller-ended auctions weren’t being recognized as ended.
Internals
  • Hopefully improve sleep-detection and handling.
  • Failing to load the tray.dll (as on Windows 7 64 bit) shouldn’t cause the program to fail to start up, and should fall back to Java6’s system tray code if possible.
  • Lots of changes for debugging and testing.
  • Improved scripting interface.
  • Small improvements to thread safety.
  • Lots of refactorings and cleanups.
Version 2.1.6:
  • Remove Mature Audiences from the eBay configuration display. It’s my #1 support problem for user having trouble logging in. It’s still accessible from the Advanced Configuration setting, as ‘ebay.mature’ (without the quotes), and it’s described in the FAQ.
  • Fix a longstanding bug that you couldn’t really change username/password while more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.







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jBidWatcher User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 2.x:
(13)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
(46)

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Luka1975 reviewed on 08 Dec 2011
Simply the best.
[Version 2.1.6]


burypromote

-5

Uetli reviewed on 02 Nov 2011
Crap.
Does not work. I tried it for the second and last time.
"Snipe apparently failed, as the auction cannot be bid on anymore...." What the f...? 10 seconds before ending of the auction?
[Version 2.1.6]


burypromote
+1

+62

pcharles reviewed on 05 Sep 2011
At one time this was one of my favorite Applications for searching eBay, but I have since found that Auction Hunter provides a slightly better experience. both Applications are at the mercy of eBays ever changing mindset, so you never really know whether it will work when you need it or not.
[Version 2.1.5]


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+132

Davidravenmoon reviewed on 01 Sep 2011
Been using it for a few years now, and it does what it's supposed to do. Not the prettiest app, but that's how Java apps tend to be.
[Version 2.1.5]


burypromote
-1

+35
Adrian commented on 11 Apr 2011
Good to see an update. Simply the best ebay bid program.
[Version 2.1.5]


burypromote
+2

+69
Mitch_de commented on 03 Jan 2010
Simply the best for free !
Sometimes , when ebay changes site it takes some time for an update, but thats OK - non commercial develeoper.
I donate little money because i won some ebay aultions with it i wouldn had won without that.
[Version 2.1pre5]


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+1

+2
Mr.Amnesia commented on 09 Aug 2009
I have been using JbidWatcher for a few years now. It is excellent when you consider that it is free. It has saved me a fortune and so even though money is tight, I made a donation after the 2.1pr4 version solved the current problems for me. This is a constant upgrade of how eBay deals with snipers so I doubt that this will be my last donation. At the very least it can watch auctions even if you have to snipe manually.
[Version 2.1pr4]


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+2

+2

CharlesTeton reviewed on 23 Feb 2009
The best eBay snipper out there for the Mac... Period... This has yet to fail for me 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...
[Version 2.0.1]


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+3

+3

db2 reviewed on 15 Feb 2009
I have used JBidWatcher a number of times and it has worked perfectly. A very intuitive program to set up. Great product and one that I trust to handle my sniping.
[Version 2.0]


burypromote
+2

+69
mitch_de commented on 11 Jan 2009
Get my EBAY items work now again !
Great.
I cant understand why some complaining the look&feel of the app.
It is ok and good to handle !
For an maybe better look&feel you have to buy $$ shareware - thats it.
[Version 2.0b10]


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-1

-141
Killer Klown Kar had trouble on 01 Jun 2010
I was going to file a bug report but you have to register for the forums and I'm too lazy to go through all that. What I can say is this. Pre-6 worked fine as far as I can tell. Pre-7 doesn't get My Ebay items, erases all that I've done so far, and since I upgraded minutes before I was going to Snipe an auction I lost out. Not cool...
[Version 2.1pre7]


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+11
nowheredense had trouble on 03 Aug 2007
v1.0.2 Prerelease 5 can be downloaded here:
http://www.jbidwatcher.com/beta/JBidWatcher-1.0.2pre5.app.tar.gz

Also, keep watching:
http://forum.jbidwatcher.com/forums/9/topics/1047
[Version 1.0.1]


burypromote

+14
BrentB had trouble on 02 Aug 2007
Great app, but stopped working for me today. Can't sync with my eBay, or add auctions manually.
[Version 1.0.1]

1 Reply

burypromote

+322
MacUpdate Admin commented on 02 Aug 2007
From the developer's site:

19-Jul-2007 10:30am PDT Ñ
eBay changed a few pieces of their pages and as a result, JBidwatcher 1.0.1 is not currently working; I have a fix in the source tree, and will release it as soon as I can confirm that it works in the majority of cases. Thank you very much for your patience!

-5

Uetli rated on 02 Nov 2011

[Version 2.1.6]



+1

Kliere rated on 06 Feb 2011

[Version 2.1.3]



+7

Gazzmanzx6 rated on 08 Dec 2010

[Version 2.1.3]



+62

pcharles rated on 06 Dec 2010

[Version 2.1.3]


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License:Free
Date:01 Oct 2011
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Price:Free0.00
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jBidWatcher is a Java-based application allowing you to monitor auctions you're not part of, submit bids, snipe (bid at the last moment), and otherwise track your auction-site experience. It includes adult-auction management, MANY currencies (yen, pound, dollar [US, Canada, Australian, and New Taiwanese], Swiss Francs, and euro, presently), drag-and-drop of auction URLs, a unique and powerful 'multisniping' feature, a relatively nice UI, and is known to work cleanly under Linux, Windows, Solaris, and Mac OS X from the same binary.

Currently it is only implemented for eBay, but it is abstracted suitably to work with any online auction site with a minimum of changes.

It is under active development, and issues are quickly responded to. Bug reports and feature requests are always welcome, as are praise and complaints.
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