Enter to activate SchnapperPlus after placing a bid.

F1 to open the help.

Ctrl+F9 to place a bid immediately (only for testing purposes).

F8 to open the log file. This is where SchnapperPlus logs all important actions.

The basic advantage is that nobody but yourself knows your maximum biduntil the end of the auction. Placing your bid early may encourage other bidders to bid more than originally intended. This can't happen if you place your bid shortly before end. Also, placing your bid late keeps yourself from bid...

Definitely not! Consider the value of the item you want to purchase before you place a bid. Then place exactly the amount seeming fair to you. Don't be bugged if the item is sold at a price slightly higher than your bid. This doesn't mean you'd have won the item for that price since you don't see th...

This notification informs you that you haven't won the item since another bid was placed higher than yours. Still you've had a share in pricing. The winning bidder now has to pay at least as much as you have bid. And due to the higher price of sale the eBay commission of the seller is higher as well...

In order to bid with SchnapperPlus or SchnapperPro you have to deposit you eBay user data in the program. If you change your username or password in eBay you also have to make these changes in your Schnapper program. To exclude typing error while depositing your data you should test the logging in i...

Something went wrong: Your bid could not be placed before the end of the item. Following causes may be responsible: - The auction was ended early by the item seller. - The approach for bidding was too short. - The internet connection was used to full capacity, by this the bidding process was too slo...

A bid will only be considered by eBay if it's by the required bid increment higher than the displayed bid. This bid is called minimum bid. The bid increments vary and differ depending on the eBay country domains. Find the bid increments for eBay USA here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/bid-increment...

No. Of course an internet connection has to be set up before the bid can be placed. This process takes about 2 to 5 seconds. If your internet connection is is a dial-up connection (modem or ISDN) dialing-in has to happen automatically. This is normally set as standard. To automatically terminate the...

Most problems are caused by ill configured firewalls. In any case SchnapperPlus must be permitted to request an internet connection. Also, accepting cookies from ebay.com must not be depending on a user request. Simply test this by signing in on http://ebay.com. If you are asked if you want to accep...

Very easy:
Open SchnapperPlus a second time by just clicking the SchnapperPlus button. SchnapperPlus automatically adds the item you are currently watching in an active browser window.

The columns of the item list can be changed in width and order in any way. These changes are saved to be available even after restarting the program. Save the width of the columns by leftclicking the right frame of the column header and running it to the left or to the right. The order of the column...

SchnapperPro can completely be run with the mouse. Yet often you are faster using the keyboard since you don't have to aim so precisely. That is why there a shortcuts for the most important functions: Ctrl+A Tags all listed items. F5 Updates all taged items. Ctrl+F5 All bid on items are updated. Ctr...

In order to wake your computer from suspension for placing bids some conditions must be fulfilled: -The computer has to be an ACPI system. This has become the standard for all computers about three years ago. - All ACPI system add-ons must be installed. - No login must be required after reactivating...

Grouping items is most important for bargain hunters. As soon as SchnapperPro has successfully bid on one grouped item the program won't bid on other items of the same group. Or the other way round: SchnapperPro will bid on the items of a group until you are finally successful with your maximum bid....

The easy way Start SchnapperPro while watching an item to add the item automatically. If SchnapperPro is already running and you want to add an item you are currently watching just restart SchnapperPro by clicking the SchnapperPro button (this adds the item and pops the programm on top). You can of...