Quiet Hours Ruins App
Unfortunately, the new update adds a new "quiet hours" feature that pauses alerts for 6 hours if you're not a Pro subscriber. That means for 6 hours a day you simply can't make use of the app without an active subscription. That's particularly troubling on a notification app like there where it's impossible to know when items may drop.
I understand the developers needing to find the app, and I've supported that goal in the past. What I don't understand is why they felt the need to mandate 25% downtime as the path to monetizing. I'd accept ads, slower search notifications, many other options rather than simply forced downtime.
I hope and trust the developer will reconsider and find less intrusive ways to monetize and I sincerely look forward to supporting them & updating this back to a 5 star review if and when they correct this terrible decision.
Response from developer
Thank you for sharing your honest thoughts. I totally understand where you're coming from. When we launched our revamped app in January, we added dozens of new features while keeping the same pricing structure. The one thing that became more restrictive was the Quiet Hours feature. The reason we added it is to allow our user base to continue growing. We are only allowed a certain number of API calls into eBay's system per day, and wasting hundreds of thousands of those calls while our users are sleeping was not a wise stewardship of those API calls. The Quiet Hours feature is a way to lessen the load on our search servers, while still providing our users good service during their waking hours. Being able to turn that off as part of the Pro subscription is an added perk for our power users, along with the faster search times. I'm sorry for the inconvenience this might be to you, but hope that SeeSpotBid continues being the best app for finding good deals on eBay. Thanks again, and please don't hesitate to reach out to us via email.
Excellent App! Won a cheap Kindle!
Response from developer
We are always stoked to hear when our users find great deals on eBay before anyone else. Thanks for the review!
Great & FAST Customer Service - Wonderful APP
Thank you, TOM, you were a great help and now while I’m at work, I can see those GREAT buys on my phone!
Currently not working
Response from developer
Hi CL, we have a support email in the Settings page, as well as our website. Please email us at support@seespotbid.app and we'll help out if you're still having problems. Thanks.
Does not function
Response from developer
Hi Psych, our Push Notifications are currently working for thousands of other users. If you send us an email through the Support section of the app, we can help out!
