Larry, if you don't already have this, this is a great site to use the last few hours.
http://javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/auctionitemrefresher.html
I usually use it the last few hours and then I can see I am completely synced with Ebay. I know it is not answerin g your problem, but I thought I would show it to you. I assume you know that A S does not up date regularly until near the end?