Farewell, Google Maps

Re:Farewell, Google Maps by zackmorris on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:34PM (#17570489)

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.

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by rmorey on Thursday July 19, 2018 @06:18PM (#17570837)

This exists for Amazon products: camelcamelcamel.com

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by ryneandal on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:43PM (#17570568)

Something like a PaaS Price zombie https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11360262?

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by Danieru on Thursday July 19, 2018 @08:28PM (#17571527)

In 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.

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by dchuk on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:49PM (#17570621)

That's a really neat idea! Maybe include alerting and the ability to "follow" services you use to monitor their prices?

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by lloydde on Thursday July 19, 2018 @08:56PM (#17571658)

I find a good site like every few years, but they always disappear. My guess is there is more (some) money in B2B.

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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by jiveturkey on Thursday July 19, 2018 @06:18PM (#17570839)

camelcamelcamel (.com)

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