Recent Posts by Philip
17 post(s) found
|
May 22, 2011
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Not ideal, but you could always use CTRL+ALT+DEL, then choose Start Task Manager from the menu. Go to the Applications tab, click on JBidwatcher in the list, and then click the End Task button. |
|
May 20, 2011
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Well, here we are over 3 years later, and I’m running 2.1.5 under Windows 7 (64 bit) and I STILL have this issue (except that the files have grown bigger – they are now over 3Mb each). Every 10 minute JBidWatcher creates a file called “JBidWatcher Saved Auctions-<date>_<time>.txt” in the directory that I have nominated as my “Save File Path” in Preferences. I have even tried creating a brand new directory and they just get created in there instead. Latest experiment: I have deleted my entry in the Preferences dialogue box. It has automatically entered C:\Users\Philip\.jbidwatcher\ for me, so I shall wait to see if there is a magical process that keeps the files in that directory under control. In the meantime, if anybody else has a cure (or even an explanation), I’d love to know! |
|
Apr 27, 2011
Philip
17 post(s)
|
@zappram What makes you think that a seller in the USA was involved??? At no point did I suggest this. This was a purchase from a UK-based seller by a UK-based buyer, conducted in UK currency, and so had no need to go anywhere near eBay.com. Also, you need to realise that policies for return of items which are SNAD are very different between eBay and PayPal. If I had raised a PayPal dispute (rather than an eBay dispute), it would have had financial implications for me. You really do need to understand the differences between the 2 types of dispute before you offer misleading advice. |
|
Apr 25, 2011
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Hi Morgan I have the same problem, but I am in the UK and assumed that I therefore used ebay.co.uk for all my bidding. I just went to open a dispute and got a message saying that I had bought the item through the US site (and so cannot open a dispute on .co.uk). Is this the expected behaviour for a UK-based bidder? |
|
Feb 28, 2011
Philip
17 post(s)
|
What Operating System are you using – Windows? Linux? Mac? |
|
Feb 12, 2011
Philip
17 post(s)
|
“if it occurs long enough before the end to give you time to adjust your snipe.” Doesn’t that go against the whole ethos of sniping, which is to bid once, bid late and bid your maximum? If you are willing to adjust your snipe because it’s less than one bid increment above the current auction price, then you have not placed your maximum amount as your bid! Also – if you are watching auctions in the last 30 seconds, why bother using a sniping programme? You could just bid manually … |
|
Feb 12, 2011
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Yes, your bid should show if it was placed by JBidWatcher and accepted by eBay. In this case, the item went for $636, so I am assuming that your bid was for $436 or less. However, a bid for $501.99 was placed by user e**n about 1 hour and 40 minutes before the auction ended. There was then a bid for $506 by user i**7 placed 4 minutes and 5 seconds before the auction ended. At this point the high bid on the auction would have been showing as $506. Assuming that your snipe was placed closer to the end of the auction than this (and most people snipe at somewhere around 10 seconds, not 4 minutes), then eBay would not have accepted your bid from JBidWatcher (as it was below the current price of the auction) and it would not therefore show on the bid list for this auction. This is no different to the situation if you had tried to place a manual bid for $436 when the auction was already at $506. |
|
Jan 13, 2011
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Dawid What you want is already available in JBidWatcher. See the help on “Multisnipe”. What reverseeng is asking for is the opposite of this – he only wants to bid on the second item if he he has already won the first one. |
|
Oct 13, 2010
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Morgan Congratulations, and delighted to hear that all is well. Please do take the time off – spending time with your family now is MUCH more important than our eBay auctions!! Philip |
|
Sep 2, 2010
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Running Windows 7 here, with JBidWatcher 2.1.1. Although I am having some of the problems mentioned here and in other threads, the basic functionality is working. My system is fully patched with all Microsoft, Java and other updates. |
|
May 31, 2010
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Morgan Many thanks! I’ve set it to your suggested value (C6A646) and it works really well. Two minor suggestions for the FAQ: |
|
May 31, 2010
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Morgan Thanks for the new version. Have tried 2.1pre7-28-gcd0e285 on Windows 7 64-bit, and the Selection Colour is still not working for me – I get a dark blue background with black writing on it, which is all but impossible to read. |
|
May 13, 2010
Philip
17 post(s)
|
If you right-click on an item in JBidWatcher, the context menu includes an option to “Set Shipping”. |
|
Jul 28, 2008
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Known in the trade as “BIN stomping”, I believe. |
|
May 11, 2008
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Morgan Many, many congratulations! Trust that mother, baby (and father) are doing well! Philip |
|
Mar 16, 2008
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Thanks – these are .TXT files. I have deleted most of them, but a new one seems to be created every few minutes, and even with a big hard drive it’s becoming an issue. Am I the only person who is seeing this? Is there any way I can prevent them from being created (or at least reduce the frequency with which they are created – I wouldn’t mind if it was a once-a-day snapshot). Not sure that Vista supports cron … Philip |
|
Feb 24, 2008
Philip
17 post(s)
|
Was running out of space on one of my drives and had a look in the JBidWatcher “Save File Path” directory. There were a LOT of files called “JBidWatcher Saved Auctions-<date>_<time>” files there. Each file was around 2.5Mb, and it looks as if JBidWatcher has been saving a new version every 10 minutes. I have manually deleted most of them and my hard drive can breathe again. Is there any configuration option which could reduce how often a new version of this file is created? I am running 1.0.3pre2 on Vista Ultimate SP1RC1. I do not have Logging or Debugging switched on. Philip |
Topic: