Topic: JBidwatcher Help / Snipe apparently failed, as the auction cannot be bid on anymore????

It does and it doesn’t, it all depends on what the previous high bid was. In any case I’m wrong now, I see that. My apologies. I guess I’m just a dummy.

Anyway….I did set the snipe today to 10 seconds and it was placed with about 3 seconds to go according to eBay so all’s well.

Topic: JBidwatcher Help / Snipe apparently failed, as the auction cannot be bid on anymore????

I know that the highest bidder wins, but one reason I do it so close is to keep the price down. I respectfully disagree about 10 to 15 seconds, but that is just my opinion. I’ve bid on plenty of auctions where other snipers come in with as little as 1-5 seconds left and bid.

The main reason I brought this up is because I’ve only had this issue recently, I’ve made lots of snipes before with 3 seconds left and not had any problems.

Anyway, I hope you can respect my opinion, as I do yours. Thanx. :)

Topic: JBidwatcher Help / Snipe apparently failed, as the auction cannot be bid on anymore????

I’m using Jbid 2.1.3. The last few times I’ve used it, 2 of 3 snipes failed with an error message that the auction couldn’t be bid on anymore. Is this a bug in the current version, or something else? I have it set to snipe 3 seconds before the auction end.
Below is what happened with my last failed snipe:
Listing ended at
Thu Feb 03 21:18:56 GMT-06:00 2011
Last updated at
Thu Feb 03 22:19:19 GMT-06:00 2011
Listing has ended.
Events
Thu Feb 03 22:16:58 GMT-06:00 2011: Preparing snipe.
Thu Feb 03 22:18:58 GMT-06:00 2011: Firing actual snipe.
Thu Feb 03 22:19:02 GMT-06:00 2011: Snipe apparently failed, as the auction cannot be bid on anymore: 2 Vintage Ideal&1 Schylling Reproduction Flatsy dolls

thanx for any help you can give.

Topic: JBidwatcher Help / Time synching differences

I have a cable connection and it’s stable.
I have had problems with the clock ever since they changed Daylight Savings time to earlier dates in the spring and later ones in the fall. My puter clock has a tendency to change tiime on Sundays. However I’d been watching for this and it hadn’t happened. It is synced with the windows time server and wasn’t scheduled to synchronize yet. So I do blame this partly on my puter, since it is an older one and only on Windows XP SP 1. I have a “new” used puter waiting, just need time to move files from this one to the new one.

Topic: General Sniping Discussion / Snipe cancelled

Just curious, did JBW reset your PC clock when it was preparing or firiing the snipe? It did this to me and made me lose the auction because it reset my clock back an hour.

Topic: JBidwatcher Help / Time synching differences

I don’t know if this belongs in this thread, but I am puzzled…. I scheduled a snipe days in advance and with less than a minute before the snipe was to be fired it reset my PC clock back by an hour making Jbidwatcher think it had an hour left before it had to actually fire the snipe. (-sigh-) Luckily I was at my puter so I tried to race against the clock and re-adjust the PC clock to the correct time hoping I could still snipe. Too late, I lost the auction and got “unknown error”. I am using version 2.1pre5

Then when I tried to fire another snipe for a different auction, it fired it 5 minutes too early so I had to reset my snipe again in case I’d get outbid. In this case the PC clock was set to the correct time and was not 5 minutes ahead. This really frustrated me as I prefer sniping so as to AVOID bidding wars and people driving the price up.
Why did this happen??????

PS I wasn’t bidding on anything else and only had 2 snipes scheduled (the ones mentioned above).

Topic: JBidwatcher Help / Unknown error sniping on...

Add me to the list of those getting “Unknown error firing snipe on” message.
I’ve gotten it on the last 2 snipes fired within the course of about a month. The snipes went thru, so my guess is maybe eBay’s changed something?

Topic: Announcements / 1.0.2pre5 - Fixes save issues

I’m glad I checked to see if this version was available. It’s now showing the time left on BINs from stores. I’ll be testing the sniping feature again tonight. ;)

Lynda

Topic: JBidwatcher Tips and Tricks / Snipe Timing

Hmm….guess I won’t try the one second then. I used to do 10 seconds but that still gave people time to outsnipe me. I’ve changed it to 3 seconds and since I have a cable connection it’s worked perfectly. :)

Topic: Birdwatching / favorite?

Oh I know what you mean. My parents used to feed the birds regularly but they said it was being wasted by blackbirds, squirrels and bears. They live in the country and bears are a problem. At least 2 of their feeders were destroyed by bears. They were always able to make the feeders squirrel-proof but never bear proof. They ended up stopping the feedings after it became too costly to fill them and also replace feeders.

Now about birdwatching….
I live in the Northeast part of the US and we get a few different kinds of birds. I see a lot of robins and house finches – I was even lucky enough to have a robin build a nest on my bedroom window ledge many years ago so I could monitor mama and her babies for a time. I’ve also seen some Bluejays and of course lots of crows.
Have also seen a falcon or 2 but that is a rarity. I don’t really know what we have in this area other than that. I’ll have to check sometime.

Topic: Announcements / JBidwatcher 1.0.1 is not currently working.

I just upgraded to 1.0.2pre2 for Windows, and am using XP SP2 Home. It doesn’t give an end time for BINs but aside from that I was able to successfully refresh, update My Ebay, and snipe with 3 seconds left. Aside from the item mentioned, I’d say this is a go! :)

Lynda

Topic: JBidwatcher Tips and Tricks / Snipe Timing

I’m curious if anyone has been able to snipe with 1 second left. I set mine at 3 seconds and it’s worked every time. So far I haven’t been outsniped but then again, most of the auctions I bid on don’t attract a lot of bidders.

Topic: Birdwatching / favorite?

Does anyone have a favorite bird they love to watch?

For me, I really enjoy seeing hummingbirds when I can (which isn’t often) and bluebirds, for their colorful breasts. I don’t go out of my way to watch birds but I sometimes keep an eye for them while hiking in the woods. Mostly I watch around my area and when visiting someone’s home.

My parents used to have 2 or 3 feeders for hummingbirds but they weren’t bee proof so you can guess who got most of the nectar :( – at one time they were attracting up to 5 or 6 hummingbirds with the feeders!

They also have a few outdoor birdhouses, including 2 bluebird ones.

Topic: General Sniping Discussion / Why eBay doesn't approve of sniping software...

I used to be one of those against sniping. However, after trying to place bids, say, 10 minutes or even 2 minutes before an auction closed and then watching the price go higher and higher, I snipe for 2 reasons: a) to keep the price down and b) to avoid a bidding war. I love JBidwatcher, it’s a great service and have used it successfully many times.