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I don't buy stuff on Amazon just because it's on sale, but I do have a few things in my Wish List that I want to buy but only when they're at a price I'm happy

I don't buy stuff on Amazon just because it's on sale, but I do have a few things in my Wish List that I want to buy but only when they're at a price I'm happy with; many of them have been there for years. Whenever I see a price change, and I'm not ready to buy, I add a note in the wish list notes with the current price, essentially tracking every price I see it at "by hand". During sales I check back, and for ~90% of items in my list, they're higher not just than the lowest price I've recorded, but also many of the previously higher prices. At this point I'm not even bothered about really ever buying much of this stuff on there, but it's fun to track the data even at a small scale like this.

echelon_musk 1y ago
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- alias_neo 1y ago
  I do, but I read some while ago that there was some "deal" with Amazon that prevented them from tracking real sale prices, and it also can't account for voucher codes that apply at checkout. I'm not sure if the former still stands, but on the whole, I've found CCC doesn't always have the actual best price I've recorded.
- jasode 1y ago
  I also use that 3 humps website regularly but they actually don't closely track fast changing prices day-by-day for all items. Therefore, I also track price changes manually myself. E.g. this ant insecticide was recently on sale for $15.99 during Oct 7 & 8 and yet that lower price was invisible to camelcamelcamel: https://camelcamelcamel.com/Miller-8150120-24-Ounce-Discontinued-Manufacturer/product/B000QDEQ7E?tp=1m https://camelcamelcamel.com/Miller-8150120-24-Ounce-Disconti... Those blind spots happen for many items and my reverse-engineering guess is that they simply don't have the compute infrastructure to track/scrape all the millions of ASINs. Therefore, many price changes are completely missed. I'm sure they're doing the best they can but it seems like the only 100% accurate way to track price change history is for Amazon.com itself to offer it. Amazon likes to say they're "customer-oriented" and providing an official price history dashboard would help shoppers.
  - bashevis 1y ago
    I also ran into the same issue where CamelCamelCamel doesn't check prices frequently enough. I started an an app that checks the price every few hours, and also works on stores other than Amazon - https://PriceLasso.com https://PriceLasso.com
squidbeak 1y ago
You can just leave these items in your basket. You'll receive a notification whenever the price changes.
ycuser2 1y ago
That's the reason I don't have scruples to scam Amazon by saying that I haven't received the package when the deliverer just throw it in the first stock of the apartment building without giving notice.

echelon_musk 1y ago

Why don't you use https://camelcamelcamel.com https://camelcamelcamel.com ?

alias_neo 1y ago
I do, but I read some while ago that there was some "deal" with Amazon that prevented them from tracking real sale prices, and it also can't account for voucher codes that apply at checkout. I'm not sure if the former still stands, but on the whole, I've found CCC doesn't always have the actual best price I've recorded.
jasode 1y ago
I also use that 3 humps website regularly but they actually don't closely track fast changing prices day-by-day for all items. Therefore, I also track price changes manually myself. E.g. this ant insecticide was recently on sale for $15.99 during Oct 7 & 8 and yet that lower price was invisible to camelcamelcamel: https://camelcamelcamel.com/Miller-8150120-24-Ounce-Discontinued-Manufacturer/product/B000QDEQ7E?tp=1m https://camelcamelcamel.com/Miller-8150120-24-Ounce-Disconti... Those blind spots happen for many items and my reverse-engineering guess is that they simply don't have the compute infrastructure to track/scrape all the millions of ASINs. Therefore, many price changes are completely missed. I'm sure they're doing the best they can but it seems like the only 100% accurate way to track price change history is for Amazon.com itself to offer it. Amazon likes to say they're "customer-oriented" and providing an official price history dashboard would help shoppers.
- bashevis 1y ago
  I also ran into the same issue where CamelCamelCamel doesn't check prices frequently enough. I started an an app that checks the price every few hours, and also works on stores other than Amazon - https://PriceLasso.com https://PriceLasso.com

squidbeak 1y ago

You can just leave these items in your basket. You'll receive a notification whenever the price changes.

ycuser2 1y ago

That's the reason I don't have scruples to scam Amazon by saying that I haven't received the package when the deliverer just throw it in the first stock of the apartment building without giving notice.