Re:Why are prices online so unpredictable these days?
by seanp2k2 on Sunday June 28, 2015 @07:31PM
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That's a possibility, but managing a separate email account just to use your product isn't a workable solution for many people. I'm sure you're aware of http://camelcamelcamel.com/camelizer ; could you do something similar?
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Re:Why are prices online so unpredictable these days?
by ericglyman on Sunday June 28, 2015 @07:41PM
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Absolutely. It's a good point, but I think that option is actually even more of a hassle in practice.
From much more experience doing this than I ever imagine I'd have, having to enter each and every purchase manually, deal with alerts, and then manually go back and forth with customer service is painful. There's more work to do on our end (we're early stage). But extreme user simplicity is what we're going for.
Re:Why are prices online so unpredictable these days?
by vixsomnis on Monday June 29, 2015 @03:53PM
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Providing an option for manual forwarding for power users or the slightly paranoid would be nice. I use a paid email service (Fastmail) to minimize data mining, so I can't just make a new account for online shopping. I'd have to either pay for a new account or set up a free one, but giving my purchase history to Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo, would largely defeat the purpose of my paid email account. Amazon already collects enough data on me.
I really like the idea of the service, though. It just doesn't work for me as it is right now...
Re:Why are prices online so unpredictable these days?
by rokhayakebe on Sunday June 28, 2015 @09:34PM
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That's a possibility, but managing a separate email account just to use your product isn't a workable solution for many people.
Until you save one person a couple of thousands on a large purchase. I wonder if they could do this with car purchases or similar high-ticket items.