Guys, I am still on JBW old version – JBidwatcher (2.5.3pre3-2-g03a9bc3)
First of all, I don’t have any Time left N/A issues so far. (it happened before, but it went away by itself over time)
I had Green light on my JBW login when I was using OS X 10.6.8
I now have yellow light on my login using 10.7.5 now continuously (but it works fine)
I want to run 10.6.8, but I am running OS X 10.7.5 now which I upgraded from 10.6.8 very recently only because I need get a new version of the iTunes in order to sync my new iPhone now. When I do so, I lost my scanner driver (tossed it and bought a new AIO color laser), and some of my old purchased favorite games (oh well).
But on 10.6.8 the JBW was always doing quite well, missed a few snipes ever (internet or server glitches?), but it’s okay, and I won most others when I set the snipe $amount high enough to win. I wish I can go back to that.
With OS 10.7.5 and JBidwatcher (2.5.3pre3-2-g03a9bc3), I only get yellow login, but I have no issue winning and I am just happy using it as a good tool.
I have other machines that I can run OS X 10.8 and 10.9 and 10.10 and 10.11, but my daily “tool” is this good old faithful iMac running 10.7.5 and the older version of JBW- JBidwatcher (2.5.3pre3-2-g03a9bc3). It’s on 24/7.
And the old version of JBW seem still runing well and win snipes for me. Yes, there are weirdness on the JBW once a while, but over time it will correct itself, so I believe is those group of monkeys at eBay teams who are just working on changing their codes furiously everyday to keep their jobs. ;-)
Based on my experience using JBW, I would recommend:
- trim your old database to what’s needed. Keeping thousands of old listings are of no use because they are not even kept on eBay public servers when you click to go to eBay.
- quit and re-launch JBW once a while. Things run much Speedier when you have your machine rebooted also once a while.
Have fun. I smile when I win a snipe, and I share my winnings of goodies with my friends. They are all pretty amazed and always ask me to try snipe for them when they see an item they like. Life is good?