Gixen.com :: Topic review - Gixen Did Not Bid!

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Cupid

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2025 9:09 am Post subject:

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csrote wrote:
--The REFRESH BUTTON did not appear to do anything.

Just revisiting this as I've just been playing with a Gixen account that doesn't have a subscription.

In that case I think you might be right.

I'm not certain that's the intention though.

So, when I said

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Cupid wrote:
What it does is retrieve the latest information about the snipe from the Gixen server, so if the auction(s) has/have completed you should get the new status for all snipes, and often a price update as the auction finished. You will also always see the 'Time To End' updated for auctions that are still running.

It does not change any details about any snipes and does not necessarily get Gixen to go back to Ebay for price updates while an auction is running. If you want that sort of service you should either monitor Ebay directly or, if you have access to a Windows based computer that you can run it on, use the Gixen Desktop Manager with suitable update settings. That uses your own resources to, more frequently, update auction prices.

That may only apply when there's a Mirror subscription that is active.

I do think that, when there is an active Mirror subscription, it may prompt Gixen to provide more updates from Ebay servers (though not every time you press the button), for the next few snipes that are due to complete.

I have no issue with that being another one of the extra benefits of having a subscription... but I would have thought, if you're going to display that button for those that don't have an active subscription, it should, at least cause the page to refresh with the information that is held by the Gixen server, and hence they should expect the time till the end of the auctions to update.

However, in the absence of that functionality, my recommendation would be to select the 'Mirror' tab (which just shows the subscription options when you don't have a subscription) and then reselect the 'Main' tab. That does seem to result in the kind of refresh that I think should be standard for the button with that name.