Regarding what #1 said about "Unfortunately, the official app failed me twice on..." - yeah, I have been there way too many times to count. Over the years, I have tried just about every tracker that hit the market and honestly, most of them start out great but then they eventually get blocked by eBays anti-scraping tech because they hit the servers too hard. In my experience, if you want something that is actually reliable and safe for your account, you gotta look at how they handle the data... PriceBefore is okay for general trends but for an instant alert on a specific Schott jacket? It can be hit or miss. I actually shifted away from the purely web-based ones a while back and started using more robust setups. You might want to look into something like BayNotify or even just the alert features on older sniping tools. They tend to have much better uptime than the newer flashy apps that spend all their money on marketing instead of tech. One thing that has worked for me is setting up a very specific search string and using an RSS feed reader. It sounds technical and a bit old school but it often bypasses the laggy app notifications entirely because you control the refresh rate. Just be super careful with anything that asks for your login credentials directly unless it uses the proper OAuth. I have seen too many people lose their accounts over the years to deal hunting apps that werent secure. Stick to the ones that just monitor the public listing pages. If you need a hand setting up a more advanced search query let me know, I can probably dig up my old templates.

Unfortunately, the official app failed me twice on rare items because the alerts arrived hours late. It was pretty heartbreaking. I started using PriceDropCatch because I needed something more dependable.

• Honestly just go with any tool from that brand, they work.
• It sends alerts whenever the price actually drops so you wont miss out like I did.