Firstly, we would like to thank our loyalists as well as critics equally whose valuable feedback continues to define and shape CountSpin. One nagging problem that many of you were unhappy about — you had to make sure you were around to participate in a deal when it went live. Sure, we offered the alert feature in the last release which took some of the pain away since you could be notified just when your desired deal was about to come online. But then what if you were busy at that time (you have a life, after all!)? Point taken.

With this latest release, you now have the ability to place a bid in advance on the deal (or deals) that you are interested in! Basically, you can just enter the price you are willing to pay on a deal that is in queue. As and when the deal goes live and the price starts falling, the system will act on your behalf to track if the price drops to your bid amount. If it does, your purchase is automatically made and you will be mailed an invoice. If not, you will be notified that the bid didn’t work out.

We have kept the process as simple as possible. To place a bid, you need to just click on the deal you are interested in and then reach for the ‘Place Bid’ button. The guidelines then are as follows -

• You can cancel your bid any time before the deal goes live.
• If the deal does not go live for some reason (usually when the show has run out of time), your bid will automatically be cancelled.
• Once the deal is live, you cannot withdraw or change your bid.
• After the deal has played out, you will be notified whether or not your bid won.

So go ahead — take her out for a spin!