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xnx • today at 5:51 PM • 5 replies • view on HN

Prime Day is a great day to encourage people to use tools like CamelCamelCamel or Keepa to see if the "deals" are actually deals.


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mfkp • today at 7:19 PM

Unfortunately camel^3 and others are easily gamed now by "on-page coupons" which keep the price the same or lower normally and can trick the price tracker into thinking it's a good deal when it's actually just the normal price.

This video has a good summary at the beginning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MsndlciGWA

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solarkraft • today at 6:20 PM

Maybe the reason is that I live in the EU, but my Amazon app has the price history right in it. It’s both useful and entertaining.

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figers • today at 6:35 PM

I used to then switched to the amazon built in price tracker, then set alerts or auto buy below the lowest price it's been in the last year when I Really want something but don't need it immediately...

A sweater I liked that dropped to $19 just triggered the auto buy during this prime day sale...

TitaRusell • today at 7:41 PM

Amazon is still a good deal in my country because they have competition that's kicking their ass.

PaulHoule • today at 8:10 PM

I'm totally the kind of person who loves sales, scans clearance racks regularly, and is always looking for deals but... Prime Day is the definition of "nothingburger". I mean, Kindle is on sale, Fire tablets are on sale. The things that are always on sale are on sale. It's an embarassment that the media covers Prime Day at all.