Started in 1998, Lelong.com.my (or just Lelong)  had been to Malaysian netizens as eBay had been to the world.

But as a user of both auction sites, I notice (and I believe most of us do) the lackings of Lelong when compared to eBay. For example, there is no feature for sorting of the list items by price or ending time. And thus is is a real pain when comparing auction items.

So I had cooked up a Greasemonkey script to add some important features to Lelong. And since I had the script up and running, I might just as well post it here of other users.

Features I had included in the script includes:

1. Sort item listing by total price (price + shipping).
2. Sort item listing by auction ending time.
3. Hide ‘Closed’ items.
4. Show total price (price + shipping) in item page.

The script does come with certain terms and conditions. Please do understand the terms and conditions before downloading.

This is a Greasemonkey user script. You will need to install Greasemonkey from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748 or http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ before using this script.

DEVELOPMENT (’TESTED WORKING’) ENVIRONMENT:
OS: Windows XP SP3 32-bit
Internet Browser: Firefox version 3.0
Required Internet Browser Addon: Greasemonkey version 0.8.20080609.0

LICENSE:
- Free for non-profit personal usage upon total agreement and acceptance of this license.
- Author reserves all exclusive rights for distribution of this script. (DO NOT link directly to script download URL. Link to the download page.)
- Author reserves all rights to seek and take legal actions for any usage/distribution/modification deems unappropriate by the author and solely by the author.
- Author will have the final say in all other usage/distribution/modification circumstances not covered by this short, simple license agreement.
- Author reserves all rights to amend terms and conditions in this license as deems appropriate by the author and solely by the author.
- Use this script at your own risk(s). Author will not be held liable for any loss from usage or this script.
- Do not expect the author to give your ‘after sales’ services. Use the script as is or don’t use it at all. However, constructive feedbacks will be greatly appreciated.
- There is no guarantee this script will work, especially in other versions of OS, browsers and/or Greasemonkey.
- The only guarantee author gives is that this script DOES NOT contain any intentionally included malicious codes.
- In general terms, this script DOES NOT contain/download/generate/produce any kind virus/malware/security exploits/adware. The only ‘ad’ is the credit to author as stated here.
- Author is reachable at admin [at|@] chewybyte [dot|.] com OR admin [at|@] chewybyte [dot|.] net

As promised, the links to view/scrutinise/download/install the script. Both files have the same features/functions. Just that the original version is bigger in size but easier to read/view/modify and the compact version is…. well, compacted version of the original. Why? Ermm… for the smaller size?

REMINDER: As stated in the license agreement
DO NOT link directly to the script download URL. Link to this page.
(I could have disabled hotlinking, but let’s see how honest we are…)

Lelong Utilities (original) v2008.07.18 [ VIEW ] [ INSTALL ]
Lelong Utilities (compact) v2008.07.18 [ VIEW ] [ INSTALL ]

Version 2008.07.18
- Fixed strange error when calculation goes into more than 2 decimal places.
- Sorting remains after search.
- Minor stylesheet updates.

Version 2008.07.17
- Added new regex for item page URL. Just one of the ‘lackings’ where they wasn’t even able to have a standard uniform URL format for different site sections.

Version 2008.07.16.2
- Updated stylesheet to differentiate bids below reserved price.

Version 2008.07.16
- Updated script to calculate total price (sale + shipping) in item sale page.

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