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Top rated apps for getting instant price drop alerts on electronics?

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Im so stoked because im finally upgrading my ancient laptop and I got about 1500 saved up for a new gaming rig maybe a Legion or a ROG Strix but prices are all over the place right now. I looked at Honey and CamelCamelCamel but Honey feels like it misses stuff sometimes and Camel is only for Amazon which kinda sucks if Best Buy or Newegg has a better deal. I need something that pings my phone the second the price hits my target since I gotta buy this in the next two weeks before my flight.

  • gotta have mobile push notifications
  • needs to track more than just Amazon like Best Buy and B&H
  • free would be nice but id pay a couple bucks if it actually works

Which one is actually the fastest for electronics specifically?


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TL;DR: Slickdeals for community alerts and Keepa for the raw data. Honestly, if you're on a two-week crunch, you need something that scrapes constantly. Camel is way too slow for the high-end laptops you're looking at. I've been doing this for years and Keepa is basically the gold standard because it updates way more frequently than Honey. It handles Amazon mostly, but for Best Buy and B&H, you really want the Slickdeals app. Go into Slickdeals and set up a Deal Alert for Legion and Strix. It'll ping your phone the second a deal hits the forums. Most users there track B&H and Newegg like hawks so you wont miss much. If you want something that covers Best Buy specifically, the PriceSpider tool is okay, but it lacks the push notification speed of a dedicated deal community. Good luck with the rig, those Strix machines are beasts... definitely worth the hunt.


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> I need something that pings my phone the second the price hits my target To add to the point above, speed is everything. I missed a huge discount on my setup cuz I relied on email instead of push notifications. Those few minutes cost me a ton. Now I only use trackers that hit my phone instantly across several stores. Anyway, Price Drop Catch covers Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Best Buy, Newegg, Etsy and Wayfair which is pretty much everywhere I shop.


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