JoyBidder Pro

Was the name deliberately chosen to be confused with jBidWatcher? http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9068/jbidwatcher

I was a happy jBidwatcher user for several years, but that app became unreliable for me in the summer of 2014. I have been been hoping for an update with fixes for over a year now. JoyBidder Pro is where I have ended up. I have mixed feelings about this app, but so far it's winning because it seems to be my best available option for snipes in the last 1-2 seconds of an auction, without paying a subscription fee for server-based sniping. The good: I estimate JoyBidder Pro has been 95% reliable at firing snipes for me over the past year. (Once in a blue moon the app has dropped an auction and failed to act.) In the three-panel view, there's a log showing JoyBidder's actions and updates on listing. The "Group" function works great. Multiple items can be included in a group, and JBP will stop bidding once one item has been won. Snipe amounts can be set individually or en masse. (The set-up was a little clunky for me, but, hey, it works!) The bad: Un-Mac-like interface. Everything has to be done via buttons and menus built into the app window. The only functions available through the standard OS X menu bar are Preferences and Quit. No keyboard shortcuts. The license expires at one year and the app won't accept new listings till you pony up $10 for a renewal. And the renewal process is far from instantaneous. It's worth noting that there have been no updates to the app during the 12 months since I originally paid the license fee. No response from customer support: I asked a technical question in early August and, as of October, have not had a reply. Maybe the developer has left the building?

Was the name deliberately chosen to be confused with jBidWatcher? http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9068/jbidwatcher