Manual Snipers with Outlook...read up!
Fr8Tr8n
Posts: 37
Hi folks.
There are days when I have too much time on my hands...and what is the result? A tool for manual eBay snipers to hit the auctions before they end.
This utility is for MS Outlook and will not run with Outlook Express or any other mail program.
This is only a testing / trial version - it will not expire but, there will be a final, fully automated version available when all of the results are in and he adjustments are made. Currently, the code has been adjusted (manually) per four time zones - West Coast, Mountain, Central and East Coast. Do not rely on the accuracy of this utility until you have tested it on a few auctions first. Once you know that you have the proper version and the timing is correct the utility should run fine.
Anyway, what it does is this: after it is installed into an Outlook session (which you will do, following the instructions and visuals on the webpage) all you have to do is press a button, enter in the number of the auction that you want to keep an eye on and the utility will automatically add it as a Task Item in Outlook. The alarm will already be set for you with a 5 minute lead time to the close of the auction (all of this is on the website). At 5 minutes out, the alarm will sound and the visual reminder will pop up as well. Ultimately, we hope to make the lead time user-adjustable.
We need help from those using Outlook '97 and Outlook 2K3. I am pretty sure that 2003 will be fine but I am not so sure that the calls in the code will perform in the '97 version.
Even if you are a non-technical computer user, installing and using this thing should be pretty easy - just look it all over first. If it looks to be too much then just pass on it - the completed add-in should be done by summer.
Well, that's the bit - it's free now and will be free when it is finalized. All I ask is that those who use it please let us know if it worked for you. The module is open so the VBA is there for the taking. Feel free to PM or email with questions.
My contribution to the numismatic community
S Outlook Page
There are days when I have too much time on my hands...and what is the result? A tool for manual eBay snipers to hit the auctions before they end.
This utility is for MS Outlook and will not run with Outlook Express or any other mail program.
This is only a testing / trial version - it will not expire but, there will be a final, fully automated version available when all of the results are in and he adjustments are made. Currently, the code has been adjusted (manually) per four time zones - West Coast, Mountain, Central and East Coast. Do not rely on the accuracy of this utility until you have tested it on a few auctions first. Once you know that you have the proper version and the timing is correct the utility should run fine.
Anyway, what it does is this: after it is installed into an Outlook session (which you will do, following the instructions and visuals on the webpage) all you have to do is press a button, enter in the number of the auction that you want to keep an eye on and the utility will automatically add it as a Task Item in Outlook. The alarm will already be set for you with a 5 minute lead time to the close of the auction (all of this is on the website). At 5 minutes out, the alarm will sound and the visual reminder will pop up as well. Ultimately, we hope to make the lead time user-adjustable.
We need help from those using Outlook '97 and Outlook 2K3. I am pretty sure that 2003 will be fine but I am not so sure that the calls in the code will perform in the '97 version.
Even if you are a non-technical computer user, installing and using this thing should be pretty easy - just look it all over first. If it looks to be too much then just pass on it - the completed add-in should be done by summer.
Well, that's the bit - it's free now and will be free when it is finalized. All I ask is that those who use it please let us know if it worked for you. The module is open so the VBA is there for the taking. Feel free to PM or email with questions.
My contribution to the numismatic community
S Outlook Page
"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable." - James A. Garfield
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Because the likes of AOL and Yahoo are on their servers, it is hard to get to them...but maybe not impossible. So, hopefully we will be able to work something out for those as well.
Thank you for the reply!
S