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Is there something like Amazon or Google shopping with a list of prices for all products through time? Kind of like the Wayback Machine (archive.org) but for p
by zackmorris 8y ago
Is there something like Amazon or Google shopping with a list of prices for all products through time? Kind of like the Wayback Machine (archive.org) but for products.
Maybe having a searchable historical database of everything imaginable and their prices would keep companies honest and prevent price gouging.
- ryneandal 8y agoSomething like a PaaS Price zombie https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11360262 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11360262?
- dchuk 8y agoThat's a really neat idea! Maybe include alerting and the ability to "follow" services you use to monitor their prices?
- rmorey 8y agoThis exists for Amazon products: camelcamelcamel.com
- jiveturkey 8y agocamelcamelcamel (.com)
- Danieru 8y agoIn Japan there is a site called kakaku.com which maintains graphs for historical prices. We used it to great effect when buying a combo washer and dryer.
- lloydde 8y agoI find a good site like every few years, but they always disappear. My guess is there is more (some) money in B2B.