Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

See my post here: http://forum.jbidwatcher.com/forums/9/topics/1041?page=2

Specifically, if you have a CVS checkout you can fix JBW by changing the jbidwatcher.properties entries listed here:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1758418&group_id=3914&atid=103914

and rebuilding.

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

Hi all :

the eBay headers now look different .

Example of debug messages (linux) :
Sun Jul 22 13:46:11 CEST 2007: Failed to load auction title from header: “Emco Attenuator 17dB, 10 Watts, 50 Ohm, 1.5 Ghz. – (item 110148689234 end time Jul-22-07 11:34:41 PDT)”

Hope this helps in some ways,
Pierre.

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

same for me, windows/ebay.co.uk. it worked OK yesterday. pre2, and the released 1.0.1 also don’t work.

BTW, would it be possible to get the shipping display working again (it’s been broken for a long time now)? Shipping is always ‘—’ regardless of listing type.

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

same problem for me :s

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

Hi folks,

seems eBay broke it again? Last pre2 and pre3 versions exhibit the red crossed eye again and do not update (ebay.de that is).

Mac OS X 10.4.10, latest Java)

Cheers,

k.

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

Greetings,

There’s a new pre-release (1.0.2pre3) available.

— Morgan Schweers, Cyber*FOX*!

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

JBidWatcher-1.0.2pre2 seems to be working fine on Mepis 6.5-32.
Thanks for the quick response/fix.

Paul

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

JBW 1.0.2pre2 I am running a Mac on 10.4.10 build 8R218 Java 1.4.2 and so far everything works. great stuff

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

JBidWatcher-1.0.2pre2 still doesn’t update the completed auctions with OS X

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

JBidWatcher-1.0.2pre2 works here w/ SuSE Linux 10.0

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

I can confirm that the compiled JBidWatcher-1.0.2pre2 works fine on my Mac with Java 1.4.2 (unlike the previous Java 1.5 version, which wouldn’t work at all). However, Shop items do still start with “29 d, 23 h” and then swap to “N/A”.

I am also still getting discrepancies between JBidWatcher and eBay with regard to Vehicles, but oddly enough it seems to be eBay that sometimes produces the wrong numbers. I have just checked a number of cars, and JBidWatcher has the correct end time based on the “List Date” and “Duration” information in each of the item pages. However, the “Time Left” information shown on the eBay Search page can be anything up to 5-6 minutes different, irrespective of how often I refresh that page (and the discrepancy varies between refreshes). This may also explain item 260130815829, which I chose originally because eBay listed it as finishing in a few minutes time. Perhaps it was updated to a “Duration” of 60 days in the minute between when the item page was displayed for me and when JBidWatcher read the information.

I don’t know if anyone else can reproduce my results, but JBidWatcher may now be a more reliable source of time information than some of the eBay pages! Perhaps their formatting changes have not been an improvement for their customers.

David

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

Greetings,

New pre-release, this one built with 1.4.2 and with a Windows version this time as well, has been released:
http://forum.jbidwatcher.com/forums/9/topics/1035?page=1#posts-3030

David: Item 260130815829 is a 60 day listing, actually, so I think JBidwatcher has the right end time for it.

The ‘large number’ switching to ‘N/A’ has been fixed in a quick-patch of the 1.0.2pre2 that I just put up.

I think there may still be a problem where shops items show up with 30 days left until the first time they’re updated, at which point they go to ‘N/A’.

— Morgan Schweers, Cyber*FOX*!

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

In the current CVS version, there appear to still be some time issues with BIN sales from Shops, etc.

For example, if I quit JBidWatcher and then restart it, any saved Shop items (with no time information) first come up with a very large single number in the “Time Left” field. They are then changed to “N/A” during the first update of the auctions.

Also, it is possible to get apparently contradictory information from eBay and JBidWatcher. For instance, if I do a search, then the search results page for any Shops items DO show a specific “Time Left” value for each item. However, this “End time” information is not displayed on the individual item pages themselves, and so JBidWatcher will not find it. Instead, JBidWatcher first displays “29 d, 23 h” in its “Time Left” field when any such item is transferred, which it later changes to “N/A” during the first update.

Vehicles seem to have a time issue. For example, item 260130815829 is a Classified Ad listed on its eBay page as a “30-day listing” from “21-Jun-07”, and yet JBidWatcher lists the “Time Left” as “29 d, 23 h” from when it is first transferred (in my case, with the listing apparently ending on “Mon Aug 20 00:43:45”). On the other hand, Vehicles with a specified BIN “End time” on the item page (eg. 320138801845) are transferred to JBidWatcher correctly.

David

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

No joy – killed off by the version issue.

wxsat /root# java -version
java version “1.4.2_15”
Java™ 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_15-b02)
Java HotSpot™ Client VM (build 1.4.2_15-b02, mixed mode)

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

Morgan..

Is the windows version supposed to be present at … http://www.jbidwatcher.com/beta/JBidWatcher-1.0.2pre1.exe ?? I have not been able to find it present..

Do appreciate your efforts to ge it working again quickly.. Its a great program.. Thanks..

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

Greetings,

Try my latest pre-release build as referenced in:
http://forum.jbidwatcher.com/forums/9/topics/1035?page=1#posts-3015

It should be built with Java 1.5…

— Morgan Schweers, Cyber*FOX*!

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

Huntz, I tried your linux version and died on that pesky java version issue:
system@wxsat:~:47> java -Xmx512m -jar ~/JBidWatcher-1.0.2pre1.jar
Exception in thread “main” java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: JBidWatch (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:539)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:251)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:55)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:194)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:187)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:289)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:274)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:235)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:302)

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

I have successfully compiled the recent CVS update under Java 1.4.2 for Mac OSX 10.3, and I can confirm that all of my previous eBay problems have been addressed. Thanks Morgan. I will, however, see if I can dig up some replacement problems for you (eBay is bound to have done something else unexpected).

By the way, lots of Mac users are still stuck with Java 1.4.2, since 1.5 is not officially supported for OSX 10.3. (A number of people have found that 1.5 will work on 10.3, anyway, but others have encountered graphics problems.) I therefore hope that the final version of JBidWatcher will not rely on 1.5 (or 1.6), and I am happy to continue to compile and test things under 1.4.2.

David

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

I just downloaded the one built from the CVS tree (thanks huntz) and it seems to have the endTime fix, so don’t worry about the version I put up I guess – great work Morgan….

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

In case you want to try this, I’ve been dealing with an endTime formatting issue which was not allowing me to get MyEbay items. Download the jar at http://bio.steve-hall.org/JBidWatcher-SMH-p2.jar

I can send the code if anyone cares – just email me, halls2@hotmail.com

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

Just built from the CVS tree (with java 1.5.0):

First the .jar (for linux and windows)
JBidWatcher-1.0.2pre1.jar

Then the .app for better OS X integration
JBidWatcher_1.0.2pre1.app

huntz

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

Greetings,

Ooof… Let’s see; David M., items 250112869109 and 200118062378 are store items, with no time information on the item details page. :( Right now, my version of JBidwatcher treats them as ‘now + 30 days’ as when their ending time is. Also, item 320138806939 was helpful, as it showed a hole in my CVS date-parsing code. As did 320138511858 where eBay has changed the ended-status text.

RBEmerson, your item 230146812451 is the same, a store item without time information on the page.

I’ve added a bunch of changes into the CVS tree, store items now show up as ‘N/A’ in their end-time and time-left columns, and always sort to the bottom. It’s kinda the best I could do, there…

I’m still having build issues, so I’m trying to get a machine closer than 800 miles away to be a decent build system. Generating the .exe files on Linux, mainly, takes a specific version of some tools. I’ll put up a Mac OS X and Linux build as soon as I can; they’ll be based on the Java 1.5 version, so 1.5 will be necessary to run them. The real release will, hopefully, be requiring only 1.4.2 again.

— Morgan Schweers, Cyber*FOX*!

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

Tried this download for OS 10.4.8

This is the URL for the complete app zipped up – just unzip and go – works well for me on OSX 10.4.10:
http://www.macneto.com.au/JBidWatcher-1.0.2pre1…

Updates the current auctions, but doesn’t update the completed ones.

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

As a follow-up to my earlier post, I have now come across two current BIN sales (250112869109, 200118062378) that, on my computer, are listed by JBidWatcher (1.0.2pre1, compiled using Java 1.4.2-12 on OSX 10.3.9) as ending on 31-Jan-70. I have been watching these two sales for some time, and they have both recently had their expiry time extended.

David

Topic: Has ebay broke it? (19 July 07)

I tried this with my Linux box and no joy:
system@wxsat:~:45> java -Xmx512m -jar ~/JBidWatcher.app/Contents/Resources/Java/JBidWatcher-1.0.1pre2.jar
Fri Jul 20 12:00:55 EDT 2007: Getting the sign in cookie. [RBEmerson@ebay: 20-Jul-2007 12:00:55 EDT/20-Jul-2007 12:00:55 EDT]
Fri Jul 20 12:01:13 EDT 2007: Loading page 0 of My eBay for user RBEmerson
Fri Jul 20 12:01:13 EDT 2007: URL: http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyeBay&LogUID=RBEmerson&CurrentPage=MyeBayWatching&SessionId=0&Watching.Page=0&MiniSubscriptions.Page=1&View=Watching&SubmitAction.ChangePage=x&ssPageName=STRK:ME:PAGE&FolderId=&GotoPage=1
Fri Jul 20 12:01:15 EDT 2007: Loading page: http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyeBay&CurrentPage=MyeBayBidding
Fri Jul 20 12:01:16 EDT 2007: No items on page!
Fri Jul 20 12:01:16 EDT 2007: PMQ Caught exception: java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Date.after(Date.java:871)
at AuctionEntry.checkEnded(AuctionEntry.java:356)
at AuctionEntry.prepareAuctionEntry(AuctionEntry.java:318)
at AuctionEntry.(AuctionEntry.java:334)
at AuctionsManager.newAuctionEntry(AuctionsManager.java:320)
at JBWDropHandler.messageAction(JBWDropHandler.java:48)
at PlainMessageQueue.run(PlainMessageQueue.java:70)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

Note, however, that unlike past attempts, there’s no problem with versions. I do see two auctions I’m running, as always, but have no success with getting the three auctions I’m watching:
120141958501
300131074754
230146812451