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perpetualapprentice · AuctionSieve master Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 33

None of my eBay motors Watchlist items have been updating lately. I have some items which were last updated 8 - 19 days ago even though everything else on the watchlist refreshes on launch.

Using AS 2.5.0 on a Mac.

perpetualapprentice · AuctionSieve master Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 33

no one else is seeing this behavior?

perpetualapprentice · AuctionSieve master Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 33

It may seem like piling on but since all I hear regarding this issue is crickets, the 'ignore auctions already seen' also appears to malfunction with eBay motors listings.

I cannot confine my searches to only certain eBay categories. If ANYONE has an idea how I can resolve this, I'd love to hear it. If Nev could at least confirm the issue, it would help me know it's the software and not a isolated issue or my installation only.

nev · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:24 am Post subject:

Hmmmm, I've just tried searching for 'cam shaft', viewed some of the items to confirm they were on eBay motors, then added them to my watchlist and didn't see any issues.

Can you give me some example searches?

Also, is it a problem with completed items or all eBay motor items?

perpetualapprentice · AuctionSieve master Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 33

My primary issue isn't searching eBay motors nor adding to the watch list, it's the inability to update any eBay motors items on the watch list. eBay motors items never update. Ever. Click the 'Refresh all' watch list button. All non-ebay motors items say they were refreshed <1m ago but AS skips over the listings in the ebay motors category. The bid price remains at whatever level was there when added to the watch list - even if it was 3, 4 or 7 days ago.

My secondary issue is that sometimes the same eBay motors appear in successive search results even though I set AS to 'ignore auctions already seen'. Unfortunately, it does not happen every time but I'm only seeing this phenomena w/ eBay motors items.

nev · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:31 pm Post subject:

Ok, I've added a bunch of items to my watchlist. I'll see what happens over time.

Here's one I've added :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260634321868

How about you add that one to your watchlist as well and we can compare.

We'll get to the bottom of this!

perpetualapprentice · AuctionSieve master Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 33

I only need to wait 2 minutes to see it's not updating. I added the item mentioned, waited 2 minutes, selected the item and clicked the "Refresh" button. Time since last refresh remains at 2 minutes.

I do not want to confuse this issue but another thing may be related. The item you suggested be added (260634321868) appears blank on my watch list. The item number is there but there is no title, price, or seller. The 'time left' column says "Unknown". This phenomena happens occasionally but usually after an auction has ended - the details of a previously watched item will suddenly become blank. Not a huge issue but does make it more difficult to track price histories.

As an added data point, none of the eBay motors items on my watch list include the seller name although all the other columns are populated with the correct data (except for the inability to be updated).

nev · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:07 am Post subject:

Ah - I see the problem.
Ok, working on a fix...

nev · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:26 pm Post subject:

Ok, new beta is out!

Thanks for the heads-up.

perpetualapprentice · AuctionSieve master Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 33

Beta appears to be working properly here.

Thank you!

perpetualapprentice · AuctionSieve master Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 33

nev · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:49 pm Post subject:

I haven't been able to replicate what you're seeing.

Could you perhaps think of some other search term unrelated to your secret ones that exhibits the problem?

perpetualapprentice · AuctionSieve master Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 33

I cannot imagine trying to search for alternative terms and tracking them. Far too time consuming for the issue at hand.

At the risk of taking this far off topic, I'm now noting the prices on eBay motors items in my watchlist now show inaccurate price/descriptions. Examples include:
a) "Your maximum bid:US $Place bidPlace bid" (180540675355)
b) "(Original priceUS $99.00)" (200481259377)
c) "Reserve pricenot metYour maximum bid:US $Place bidPlace bid" (190424712313)

Price weirdness in the watchlist has come and gone in the past but I can say it's back -- but not for all items - not even for all eBay motor items.

nev · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:25 pm Post subject:

Ok, new beta is out.
Not entirely sure if it fixes all cases.
Let me know if there are still any problems.

perpetualapprentice · AuctionSieve master Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 33

Beta resolved all auctions except for one. I think it's an anomaly - the item is on a 50% off sale for the remaining couple days.

Thanks for the quick fix. It's appreciated.