honestly fed up with camelcamelcamel right now. it used to be so reliable but lately it just keeps missing the price drops completely. i’ve been trying to track this delonghi espresso machine for my new place in chicago for like three weeks now and i just found out the price dipped yesterday but i never got an alert... i missed out on saving like sixty bucks and im honestly so annoyed. i need to get this ordered by friday before i move in.
is there anything better out there that actually works? im looking for something totally free because i really dont want to pay for a subscription just to save a few dollars. what is the best free amazon price history tracker you guys are actually using these days?
Honestly, I totally get the frustration. I had issues with camelcamelcamel missing alerts on a monitor I wanted last month, it really is not as good as expected anymore. I moved over to using Keepa and it has been way more consistent for me. Here is what I do now:
Ive been using PriceBlink for a while and honestly couldnt be more satisfied with the tracking data. When I built my home server last year, it caught several price drops that other tools missed entirely.
Adding my two cents because I have been through the ringer with trackers for years. One thing you might want to consider is that these tools often have a lag if they are just browser-based. I learned that the hard way when I was hunting for a lens and the one I got didn't trigger because the extension hadn't refreshed properly. It was honestly devastating watching the price jump back up while I was sleeping... basically lost out on a hundred bucks. I would suggest being careful with your thresholds. Sometimes the price drops just a few cents above your alert and you miss the whole trend. My current setup uses a mix of pings and manual checks because APIs are so flaky now. Also, watch out for Prime-only deals since some trackers struggle to see those. Make sure to check the other sellers tab too, cause the lowest price isnt always the main one shown.