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DESCRIPTION
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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WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0b3 has had a lot of basic changes. I've messed with the database infrastructure a lot, trying to remove problems that some folks have had with auctions disappearing on them. My latest tests show that items shouldn't go away between sessions unless you force-quit/kill/end-task JBidwatcher unexpectedly. And in those cases, it should still be pretty solid.

I also lowered the memory usage a little, made Dutch auctions recognized again, made the included scripting support optional, fixed some of the persistent 'My eBay' not working issues, and made Location recognize non-USASCII characters. There are many open bugs left for me to work on.

Also, I have not solved the persistent problem of failing to launch on some users OS X 10.5.2 systems. I really don't know what's going on, and I would love any hints that anybody has. One person has suggested that a workaround might be to try and run the .jar file (the Linux version). If the app bundle doesn't run for you, and you try the .jar, please share your results on the forums so others can know.

I'm making the standard download version the 2.0 beta 3 now, because I believe it's good enough for general use. There are still bugs, so please report them when you run across them.

REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.


Developer:CyberFox
Downloads:28,837
  - Version d/l:281
Internet:Internet Utilities
License:Free
Date:09 May 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
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jBidWatcher User Reviews (82 posts)Write A Review
May 9 2008
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GRENDELKHAN  I don't think that I'll use this long term.

I just tested the snipping capability of the software on an item I wanted but is listed regularly. It didn't snipe. Additionally, the default time between checking as you get close to the end of an auction is far too long.

Price is right, functionality not quite what I'd like....  (Version 2.0b3)

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Apr 28 2008

BLANDER  According to the developer's website, this will now require OS 10.4 or higher, as it uses Java 1.5.  (Version 2.0b2)

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Aug 3 2007

PROFINITE  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)

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Aug 2 2007

BRENTB  Great app, but stopped working for me today. Can't sync with my eBay, or add auctions manually.  (Version 1.0.1)

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