Finding the cheapest price online.

Finding the cheapest price online.

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Louis Balfour

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27,406 posts

228 months

Monday 12th December 2022
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It seems to be nigh on impossible to find the cheapest price online using Google. Is there a site or extension that will scour the web and come back with the best price for a specific item?

Many thanks.

Greenmantle

1,403 posts

114 months

Monday 12th December 2022
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Louis Balfour said:
It seems to be nigh on impossible to find the cheapest price online using Google. Is there a site or extension that will scour the web and come back with the best price for a specific item?

Many thanks.
Will have to obviously say that the cheapest doesn't mean its the real deal.
Anyone like myself looking for things that are easily faked (batteries, smaller electronic items) knows what I mean. Life is far too short for this kinda of st!

KobayashiMaru86

1,294 posts

216 months

Monday 12th December 2022
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I use the Honey extension to see if things have been cheaper or not, then it tries codes it knows to discount further,

Louis Balfour

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27,406 posts

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Monday 12th December 2022
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Greenmantle said:
Louis Balfour said:
It seems to be nigh on impossible to find the cheapest price online using Google. Is there a site or extension that will scour the web and come back with the best price for a specific item?

Many thanks.
Will have to obviously say that the cheapest doesn't mean its the real deal.
Anyone like myself looking for things that are easily faked (batteries, smaller electronic items) knows what I mean. Life is far too short for this kinda of st!
I was looking for a particular pair of shoes earlier. Very unlikely to be fakes about.

The manufacturer’s site was the first to come up, but if I sorted by price it gave me results for completely different shoes.

By searching “manually” I found them for 15% off.

It seems that Google shopping is becoming a less good comparison tool, not that it was ever brilliant.





QJumper

2,709 posts

32 months

Monday 12th December 2022
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Louis Balfour said:
It seems that Google shopping is becoming a less good comparison tool, not that it was ever brilliant.
It's less about helping you find what you want, and more about promoting what people pay to promote.

Louis Balfour

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QJumper said:
Louis Balfour said:
It seems that Google shopping is becoming a less good comparison tool, not that it was ever brilliant.
It's less about helping you find what you want, and more about promoting what people pay to promote.
Well quite.