App just disappeared from Market before my very eyes!

[Guest Dan Mullen]

Here's a strange one... I just searched for CacheMate in the Market. It came up with three results - the geocaching app called CacheMate ($10) and two for the cache clearing app that I was looking for, (one demo version, one for $1). I clicked on the $1 version then clicked "buy". It loaded for a while then came up with a network error message, so I clicked "retry". It just said "loading" for ages, so I eventually clicked the back button and tried again. This time, after clicking on the $1 version, it said "Object not found". I left the Market and went back in, but I still got "Object not found" when trying to install that $1 version of CacheMate. So, I cleared my Market cache and went back in. This time searching for "CacheMate" only returned two results - the geocaching app and the demo of the one I want to buy.

I wonder if this is related to the whole "missing apps" debacle that a lot of people are reporting? Have I just witnessed an app actually becoming unavailable to me for whatever reason?

Any ideas?

[Guest Dan Mullen]

Here's a strange one... I just searched for CacheMate in the Market. It came up with three results - the geocaching app called CacheMate ($10) and two for the cache clearing app that I was looking for, (one demo version, one for $1). I clicked on the $1 version then clicked "buy". It loaded for a while then came up with a network error message, so I clicked "retry". It just said "loading" for ages, so I eventually clicked the back button and tried again. This time, after clicking on the $1 version, it said "Object not found". I left the Market and went back in, but I still got "Object not found" when trying to install that $1 version of CacheMate. So, I cleared my Market cache and went back in. This time searching for "CacheMate" only returned two results - the geocaching app and the demo of the one I want to buy.

I wonder if this is related to the whole "missing apps" debacle that a lot of people are reporting? Have I just witnessed an app actually becoming unavailable to me for whatever reason?

Any ideas?

A quick update and some more weirdness... I tried searching for "CacheMate" again and still just got those two results. However, this time I went into the CacheMate Demo listing and clicked "View more applications" in the "About the developer" section. This time it showed me CacheMate full version and I was able to buy and install it. Strangely thought, searching for it still doesn't return it in the search results!