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I recommend consulting CamelCamelCamel before making any purchases on Amazon today to verify that there wasn't a price hike before the drop. CCC lets you see th

I recommend consulting CamelCamelCamel before making any purchases on Amazon today to verify that there wasn't a price hike before the drop. CCC lets you see the pricing history on any of the items on Amazon. It even has a Chrome extension.[1] [0]https://camelcamelcamel.com/ https://camelcamelcamel.com/ [1]https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-camelizer/ghnomdcacenbmilgjigehppbamfndblo?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-camelizer/ghno...

agumonkey 8y ago
link for the lazy chromist https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-camelizer/ghnomdcacenbmilgjigehppbamfndblo?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-camelizer/ghno...
- augbog 8y ago
  Is this better than honey Chrome extension?
  - agumonkey 8y ago
    just tried it, honey is about coupon/deals while camel is about price charts (my 1min summary)
    - augbog 8y ago
      thanks! will give it a try! honey also has a price chart thing (only shows when you go to an Amazon item specifically and then the Chrome extension injects it in) but I've found it only shows it when there have been recent deals so it's not always useful
      - agumonkey 8y ago
        I see, my minute sample wasn't enough to see that
    - Larrikin 8y ago
      Honey has the same basic features of camelcamelcamel, but they present it more as a warning of recent price changes than the drill down chart of ccc. I use both
- AdmiralAsshat 8y ago
  Thanks, I added it to my original post.
cowkingdeluxe 8y ago
I also recommend this tool for anyone looking to buy expensive items. I saved ~$900 on an OLED TV from a very brief price drop in late May due to camel. It had been on my list for months however.
Fnoord 8y ago
Keepa [1] shows a graph at every item. It works great on Chrome and Firefox. [1] https://keepa.com https://keepa.com
- crazcarl 8y ago
  Will this (or is there any extension) make items with multiple choices easier to browse? For example if I want to go look at a pair of shorts, the item page might offer them in 15 different colors, and they are all different prices (and even different prices by size). I'd like an extension that makes it easier to view the prices and ideally sort by cheapest first.
  - Fnoord 8y ago
    Good question. I just tested that with Keepa on this phone [1] [2] [3] [4]. The charts are different for all 4 colours but personally I like it that way. Usually I have a preference for colours. However, sometimes I don't, and if I'd buy for someone else who knows? Its gonna depend. I checked the settings and was able to compare different Amazon versions (per country) but not merge colours of the same item. With The Camelizer it shows the wrong price (I take it it grabs Amazon US price but I'm not sure). I don't have an account on Keepa or CamelCamelCamel. Perhaps having an account gives further benefits. [1] https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Grau/dp/B00PQJ32RS https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Gra... [2] https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Grau/dp/B071HTG9CR https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Gra... [3] https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Grau/dp/B00OEEIZKA https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Gra... [4] https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Grau/dp/B071S68FR2 https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Gra...
IshKebab 8y ago
There's also keepa.com which has an extension that puts the price history inline in Amazon. Extremely useful.
elorant 8y ago
Wonder how that service works. Amazon explicitly forbids keeping track of their pricing history. I knew a few guys who tried it and got a C&D warning at some time. Does ccc have a special agreement or something equivalent? Beats me.
- thinkmassive 8y ago
  Anyone can send a cease and desist. How would that be enforceable though? The information is available publicly to anonymous browsers.
  - FLUX-YOU 8y ago
    Well-funded Amazon legal dept vs individual = not a fun time, regardless if it's found frivolous or thrown out.
  - eloff 8y ago
    It didn't really matter who's right and who's wrong. If a fortune 500 sues you, you lose even if you win.
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  - LeifCarrotson 8y ago
    The risk is not that the results will be impossible to gather and publish, but that they will be unprofitable. CamelCamelCamel makes money off users clicking Amazon affiliate URLs to go to Amazon from their site. It's easy for Amazon (or anyone else, really) to determine from these URLs the Amazon account which is tied to these links and 'enforce' the C&D by canceling/refusing to pay that account's affilate link revenue.
- maxyme 8y ago
  The creator did an AMA on Reddit last year. Basically the site originally showed price history of other sites like Newegg but Amazon told the author they'd let him continue to get pricing info only if he removed the other sites and made it exclusively for Amazon, and he did. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5xuniu/im_the_founder_of_camelcamelcamel_ama https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5xuniu/im_the_founder...
ben509 8y ago
> to verify that there wasn't a price hike before the drop. I think it would be more useful to have an extension that just hid all the bogus discount claims.
- solarkraft 8y ago
  I would like an extension to hide this and all other click bait.
L1quid 8y ago
Thanks for the recommendation!
MegaDeKay 8y ago
If you are in Canada, you can use https://ca.camelcamelcamel.com/ https://ca.camelcamelcamel.com/
- foepys 8y ago
  Germany as well at https://de.camelcamelcamel.com/ https://de.camelcamelcamel.com/

agumonkey 8y ago

link for the lazy chromist https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-camelizer/ghnomdcacenbmilgjigehppbamfndblo?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-camelizer/ghno...

augbog 8y ago
Is this better than honey Chrome extension?
- agumonkey 8y ago
  just tried it, honey is about coupon/deals while camel is about price charts (my 1min summary)
  - augbog 8y ago
    thanks! will give it a try! honey also has a price chart thing (only shows when you go to an Amazon item specifically and then the Chrome extension injects it in) but I've found it only shows it when there have been recent deals so it's not always useful
    - agumonkey 8y ago
      I see, my minute sample wasn't enough to see that
  - Larrikin 8y ago
    Honey has the same basic features of camelcamelcamel, but they present it more as a warning of recent price changes than the drill down chart of ccc. I use both
AdmiralAsshat 8y ago
Thanks, I added it to my original post.

cowkingdeluxe 8y ago

I also recommend this tool for anyone looking to buy expensive items. I saved ~$900 on an OLED TV from a very brief price drop in late May due to camel. It had been on my list for months however.

Fnoord 8y ago

Keepa [1] shows a graph at every item. It works great on Chrome and Firefox. [1] https://keepa.com https://keepa.com

crazcarl 8y ago
Will this (or is there any extension) make items with multiple choices easier to browse? For example if I want to go look at a pair of shorts, the item page might offer them in 15 different colors, and they are all different prices (and even different prices by size). I'd like an extension that makes it easier to view the prices and ideally sort by cheapest first.
- Fnoord 8y ago
  Good question. I just tested that with Keepa on this phone [1] [2] [3] [4]. The charts are different for all 4 colours but personally I like it that way. Usually I have a preference for colours. However, sometimes I don't, and if I'd buy for someone else who knows? Its gonna depend. I checked the settings and was able to compare different Amazon versions (per country) but not merge colours of the same item. With The Camelizer it shows the wrong price (I take it it grabs Amazon US price but I'm not sure). I don't have an account on Keepa or CamelCamelCamel. Perhaps having an account gives further benefits. [1] https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Grau/dp/B00PQJ32RS https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Gra... [2] https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Grau/dp/B071HTG9CR https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Gra... [3] https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Grau/dp/B00OEEIZKA https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Gra... [4] https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Grau/dp/B071S68FR2 https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-3310-Single-Sim-Mobiltelefon-Gra...

IshKebab 8y ago

There's also keepa.com which has an extension that puts the price history inline in Amazon. Extremely useful.

elorant 8y ago

Wonder how that service works. Amazon explicitly forbids keeping track of their pricing history. I knew a few guys who tried it and got a C&D warning at some time. Does ccc have a special agreement or something equivalent? Beats me.

thinkmassive 8y ago
Anyone can send a cease and desist. How would that be enforceable though? The information is available publicly to anonymous browsers.
- FLUX-YOU 8y ago
  Well-funded Amazon legal dept vs individual = not a fun time, regardless if it's found frivolous or thrown out.
- eloff 8y ago
  It didn't really matter who's right and who's wrong. If a fortune 500 sues you, you lose even if you win.
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
- LeifCarrotson 8y ago
  The risk is not that the results will be impossible to gather and publish, but that they will be unprofitable. CamelCamelCamel makes money off users clicking Amazon affiliate URLs to go to Amazon from their site. It's easy for Amazon (or anyone else, really) to determine from these URLs the Amazon account which is tied to these links and 'enforce' the C&D by canceling/refusing to pay that account's affilate link revenue.
maxyme 8y ago
The creator did an AMA on Reddit last year. Basically the site originally showed price history of other sites like Newegg but Amazon told the author they'd let him continue to get pricing info only if he removed the other sites and made it exclusively for Amazon, and he did. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5xuniu/im_the_founder_of_camelcamelcamel_ama https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5xuniu/im_the_founder...

ben509 8y ago

> to verify that there wasn't a price hike before the drop. I think it would be more useful to have an extension that just hid all the bogus discount claims.

solarkraft 8y ago
I would like an extension to hide this and all other click bait.

L1quid 8y ago

Thanks for the recommendation!

MegaDeKay 8y ago

If you are in Canada, you can use https://ca.camelcamelcamel.com/ https://ca.camelcamelcamel.com/

foepys 8y ago
Germany as well at https://de.camelcamelcamel.com/ https://de.camelcamelcamel.com/