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Why did this appear 11-Nov-2005 as an update?
by John Thompson - Nov 12th 2005 07:14:53
The code is still from February, and still doesn't work.
Nor is CVS any newer. :-(
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dead project
by bani - Aug 7th 2005 04:41:33
what was once a nice and useful application appears to have fallen into
disrepair and neglect.
some months ago ebay changed their output and bidwatcher sniping stopped
working. and now i am unable to even add new auctions as it thinks the
auction numbers are invalid.
looks like the only alternative now is ebayagent.
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=^_^=
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sniping doesn't work at this point
by Ben Crowell - Apr 24th 2005 14:33:10
The docs emphasize that bidwatcher is not meant mainly as a sniping tool,
and that using it that way is inherently unreliable. But anyway, as of 2005
Apr 24, bidwatcher 1.3.17 (which appears to be the most recent release,
although presumably not as up to date as the cvs version) doesn't seem able
to snipe successfully. In my .bidwatcher directory, I have a file that
looks like it logged the error, but it was simply "Snipe failed:
unknown reason." I guess this is just the nature of the beast -- from
what I understand, ebay's API isn't available for free, and html-parsing is
inherently unreliable, since ebay will change the html from time to time.
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Tool currently broken
by Fyodor - Mar 6th 2005 18:03:36
Bidwatcher is an excellent tool when it works, but they have not made an
updated release since eBay changed their web page and broke Bidwatcher's
bidder more than 3 months ago. The latest CVS version may (or may not) fix
the problem. The CVS head didn't compile for me, but I didn't spend much
time messing with it.
If you haven't used bidwatcher in a few days or more, always test a
real-time bid before relying on the snipe function for anything important.
Because if a snipe fails (due to eBay changing their html submission
process), you probably won't have enough time to bid manually.
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broken?
by handspike - Aug 18th 2004 21:28:29
maybe the format of their page changes, but their API shouldn't be
changing. I'd assume you're using the API and not parsing out web pages.
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Re: broken?
by kevin - Aug 31st 2004 05:37:36
We can't use the API. eBay charges for usage of the API.
Anyway, new version finally released to fix the problems.
> maybe the format of their page changes,
> but their API shouldn't be changing. I'd
> assume you're using the API and not
> parsing out web pages.
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Very cool...1.3.15
by david a thompson - May 13th 2004 13:31:19
Nice job - no problems compiling the program and it is extremely easy to
use.
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Try the CVS version
by bushing - Jan 1st 2002 17:27:21
As eBay's page format changes with some regularity, you should try the
version in CVS at sourceforge if you experience problems.
If that doesn't help, please file a complete bug report in the bug tracker
on sourceforge.
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broken?
by johnathan spectre - Dec 30th 2001 14:43:47
doesn't seem to work for me. every auction number i
put in it says is invalid. could ebay have changed
their pages?
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Sniper works well
by Chris Siegler - Jun 6th 2001 01:07:54
It snipes very well. Set at 5 seconds remaining over a modem line it has
worked flawlessly.
However, there are bugs in adding auctions and it seems to choke under
less-than-optimal conditions.
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"bidwatcher"?
by silsor - Apr 3rd 2000 10:05:09
How could you /not/ call this "eBaywatch"?
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duplicate forks of bidwatcher
by wayne - Mar 23rd 2000 09:13:43
Well, I've been informed that there is at least one other fork of
bidwatcher out there. (check out http://bidwatcher.sourceforge.net/)
I'm talking with Larry Gilbert about this and I'm sure we will work
something out.
If anyone knows of other efforts, please let me know!
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