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DESCRIPTION
eBaytoiCal is an AppleScript that parses the frontmost document in Safari or Firefox. If it is an eBay auction, it tries to create an iCal calendar entry on the end date of that auction and sets a reminder at a user configurable time interval before. The name of the event will be the article name, the URL will be the page of the article (i.e., the page you are currently viewing).
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 4.3 fixes another bug with item number parsing.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later


Developer:Ulli Kortenkamp
Downloads:8,605
  - Version d/l:254
Utilities:AppleScript
License:Free
Date:20 May 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
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    Jun 10 2009
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    MEGAMAC_UK  Excellent app. Only thing I can say is that it would be helpful to tell those of us who do not read instructions :-) they need to be in an auction page to complete the entry instead of going to debug mode in Applescript.  
    (Version 4.3)

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    Jun 10 2009

    MEGAMAC_UK  Ulli

    Many thanks for an excellent script. Works brilliantly with Safari 4.0 and Firefox 3.0 on my G5 Powermac running 10.5.7.

    Took me a while to figure out that I had to go to an auction page before it gets added to the calendar, but then again RTFM!!  
    (Version 4.3)

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    May 23 2009
    *****

    ALOBI  Do what it should do. I use it since years. Simple and perfect.  
    (Version 4.3)

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    Apr 20 2009

    RIDEUPGRADES  Do these programs exist for other online marketplaces such as Amazon [www.amazon.com] or Wigix [www.wigix.com]?  
    (Version 4.2)

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    Sep 18 2007
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    JAZZIZM  First I tried to edit the script to use Camino as my browser as eBay.de doesn't play nice with Safari (multiple re-logins required). So I changed all three appearances of "Safari" to "Camino" but that didn't work. This should be user-selectable. I changed it back and the script does work as advertised. Very handy! (10.4.10, Safari 3 beta)  
    (Version 1.9.2)

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    Sep 18 2007

    JAZZIZM  It'd be also nice to have some sort of visual feedback when the script has run successfully (Growl?)  
    (Version 1.9.2)

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    Aug 7 2007

    PROFINITE  It does not even launch under 10.4.10.

    An attempt to launch from within ScriptEditor results in an error as well.

    Simply, it does not work at all :-(  
    (Version 1.8)

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    Sep 18 2007

    KORTENKAMP  Hi,

    I fixed all the problems with version 1.9.x.

    Ulli  
    (Version 1.9.2)

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    Aug 16 2006

    CMYK  Doesn't even start up under 10.4.7.  
    (Version 1.8)

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    Feb 18 2007

    ANDU  Dropped Application over Scripteditor. From here the script could be executed also after saving as new script or new application continued to word even with german ebay on MacbookPro (Intel).

    *****  
    (Version 1.8)

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    Sep 18 2007

    KORTENKAMP  Hi,

    these problems are fixed - please try again (and sorry for the long delay; hope you did not miss important things on eBay)

    Ulli  
    (Version 1.9.2)

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    Aug 18 2005

    ANONYMOUS  1.6.1 and 1.7 dont support BST properly. The function is in the script, but it doesnt find the time zone - stating

    "unrecognizable or uninterpretable eBay time zone".

    Shame.. worked wonderfully when it was GMT. Still.. I'll be able to use it again from October!  
    (Version 1.6.1)

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    Aug 10 2005
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    ANONYMOUS  Yes, the same with ebay.de: Since one or two weeks ebaytoical no longer works because it can not interprete the time zone information (at least it says so).

    This is a pity, it really was one of my tools I used most frequently, simple to use and did exactly what I need... So if it could be fixed... :)  
    (Version 1.6.1)

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    Aug 12 2005

    ULRICH KORTENKAMP  The problems should be fixed with 1.7 (which is available now). ebay.com changed their page format, and the parser choked on that.

    Ulli  
    (Version 1.6.1)

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    Aug 15 2005

    ANONYMOUS  Hi,

    thanks for the quick reply & software update.

    Unfortunately when I tried it for current German auctions like this one (http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6552421430&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1) I nevertheless still got an error message: Could not parse the page. Are you sure it's from ebay?

    Cheers!  
    (Version 1.6.1)

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    Aug 8 2005
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    ANONYMOUS  worked GREAT! for about a week but something in ebay.com.au must have changed because now when i open ebaytoical an error box comes up and says the third word of the title of the item "brand new car trailer" title results in, "uninterpretable "car" encountered"

    BUMMER! i love this software its great and now its broken :(  
    (Version 1.6.1)

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