ABer Not Grabbing Anything

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  1. crixstal

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    So, I've decided to try ABing on my account using Abrosa to see what happens. (Never ABed before.) Been running it for 3 days, 1 hour each, at various times, but it's not grabbing anything.

    Is this unusual? I'm only running it in the Chocolate Factory. I suppose it could be that the shop hasn't stocked anything good while the program is running.
     
    #1 crixstal, Oct 1, 2011
  2. Detox

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    Which abber are you using?
     
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  3. crixstal

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    *facepalm* I don't know why I didn't include that part. Sorry.

    Abrosia.
     
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    So a program that isn't on this forum - we can't exactly give support for that. But we can help out with the general lack of item-sniping :p.

    Perhaps you could post some of your refresh settings?
     
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  5. crixstal

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    Yeah. I didn't expect to get actual programming support, just... General Chit-Chatting, lol.

    I think the refresh rate is between 6-15 seconds, with roughly 2-3 more to haggle, etc. And I'm sure the list I made is accurate. Personally, I haven't been able to legitimately RS anything good in this shop for about 2 months now, so it could indeed be a limited stock thing.
     
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    6-15 seconds is really slow for refresh rates. No wonder you haven't been getting anything, unless you get it by luck.

    If you want to be on the safer side, try 2-5 seconds refresh rate.

    If you want to get more items (less safe), try 1-3/1-4 seconds.
     
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  7. crixstal

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    Doh. I guess I was really aiming low. I'll try lowering the refresh rate & see if I get more luck.

    Although, if your refresh rate is 1-3sec, isn't it obvious you're ABing? I don't think I can actually (legitimately) refresh at 1-3sec with my internet connection.
     
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  8. 3dee

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    I don't think it's the refresh time that's the main problem. You should check to see how long your buy times are taking. If you want a chance at decent times, your times should be around 3-4 seconds.
     
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  9. Detox

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    My abber setting are 4-6 seconds for refresh and 1,5-2 seconds for haggling. I leave it abbing for 1h-1h 30m

    It is that a programme or it works over a browser?
     
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  10. crixstal

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    It's a program (pretty much the only thing I've found that works on a Mac).

    For comparison sake, I went to the Chocolate Shop today and refreshed at 2-5 seconds manually for about 1.5 hours. Nothing good restocked while I was staring at the computer. Obviously, this shop hates me. -_-
     
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  11. BobaFett

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    Are you restock banned?
     
    #11 BobaFett, Oct 3, 2011
  12. crixstal

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    No, because I still see restocks. Just not profitable stuff. -_- (And my account is definitely old enough, so I don't think that's the problem.)
     
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    Not to rip on Neocodex but the only good thing they have is the item database
     
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  14. BobaFett

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    With that ABer can you see if you've missed an items? You might just be getting really slow buy times...
     
    #14 BobaFett, Oct 3, 2011
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    Yeah, I can see items I've missed. Tried a different shop last night, and it worked.

    I've never seen any notification about missed items at the Chocolate shop, though. -_-
     
    #15 crixstal, Oct 3, 2011