Posts Tagged ‘deal’
Video: Automated online bargain hunting
March 20th, 2009 •
Tags: automate, automated, automation, bargain, bargains, deal, deals, online shopping, shopping
Online shopping has opened up for many of us a shopping world that was totally alien before it. Online retailers are competing with every other store you can think of which makes the competition fierce. They also sell large quantities of items which opens up room for deep discounts never before imagine by B&M retailers. Computers and the Internet also make it easier to shop. Here is a technique that automates the entire bargain hunting process. If you want something and a have a few weeks to wait, use this procedure, and there’s a good chance you’ll find a deal you never thought possible.
First, you’ll need a Gmail account. If you already have one, you’ll probably need an additional one. Second, you will need a Yahoo account for use with Yahoo Alerts.
Use the procedure described in the video, sit back, and watch the deals roll in!
Here are some great feeds to subscribe to in order to get the most out of this system:
- Ben’s Bargains (Feed: http://bensbargains.net/rss.xml/0)
- Techdeals.net (Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/techdealsnet)
- GottaDeal.com (Feed: http://www.gottadeal.com/rss2.xml)
- The Bargainist (Feed: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/bargainist)
- JungleCrazy (feed: http://www.junglecrazy.com/rss.php)
- DealHack (Feed: http://www.dealhack.com/index.xml)
- SlickDeals (Feed: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/SlickdealsnetFP)
- FatWallet (Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/FatwalletHotDeals)
- CheapAssGamer (Feed: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/rss.php?contenttype=2)
- CheapCollegeGamers (Feed: http://www.cheapcollegegamers.com/forum/external.php?type=RSS2)
That should get you started. If you find other feeds I may have missed, please post them in the comments. Thanks for watching. I’ll have a new episode on April 3rd.
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Track iPhone app price drops through RSS
February 8th, 2009 •
Tags: app store, deal, iPhone, price drop, price tracker
The next time you’re on the fence about whether or not to purchase an app and price is a factor, here is a simple way to watch for a price drop. App store games and applications seem to drop in price much more quickly than most other pieces of software so it’s often worth it to wait a couple of weeks. Apps often drop $5-$10 in practically no time!
I created this Yahoo Pipe which asks for the app name and generates an RSS feed that will update whenever the price of the app decreases. I myself could probably have saved $20-30 up to this point if I weren’t so impulsive!
Which apps should you start tracking? Of course, I have a few suggestions (in no particular order). For your convenience, I have already linked the titles to their respective price drop feeds. The feeds will appear empty unless a recent price drop has occurred.
- Baseball Superstars- Popular baseball game available on several mobile platforms
- Guitar Rock Tour- Rhythm game akin to Tap Tap Revenge
- SimCity- Deep city-building simulator
- Things- Slick task management app
- PushupFu- Makes doing pushups a game using your iPhone
- Touchgrind- Fingerboard simulation. Skateboard with your fingers
- Hero of Sparta- Has been compared to God of War
- Tweetie- Fantastic Twitter client