it'd be a lot cooler if the device was entirely self-hosted--the software is hosted elsewhere, according to my reading of the terms and agreement. once you get a machine smart enough to adapt to changes in the ebay API (http://developer.ebay.com/common/api/) i'll be excited enough to consider spending thousands of bucks on it.

i wonder if "hosted elsewhere" doesn't translate out to "mechanical turk" (https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome) somehow (i know you can request to see the software...but only after you buy it!)