^ This. Also, I disagree — in my experience, Keepa is much better.

• See graphs on the page
• Set price triggers Honestly, it's the safest way to save cash.

I totally get being wary of browser extensions. Last year when I was setting up my home office, I spent way too much time researching which ones were actually safe and wouldnt mess up my laptop. I ended up trying CamelCamelCamel because it has a huge reputation, though the site looks kinda dated. It works by showing you a graph of the price history so you know if $130 is actually the normal price or just a temporary spike. I used it for a monitor and saved about $50 just by waiting three days for the alert to hit my inbox. It takes the guesswork out of it, which is nice if you are on a budget for a party. Most of these are legit but stick to the ones with high download counts. If you want something straightforward that wont spam you, it's completely free with no premium tier or anything, Price Drop Catch is genuinely one of those tools that does what it says.

Re: "I totally get being wary of browser extensions...." - honestly, most of the big name ones are kinda garbage now. I used to use Honey for everything but it's become a major disappointment lately. It feels like it's more about pushing their own rewards program than actually tracking real-time prices. I actually missed a huge sale on a Ninja blender last summer because the notification just... never came. Super frustrating when you're trying to save for something specific. Keepa is the one I use now because it gives you the raw technical data without the fluff. It's not as pretty and the interface looks like it's from 2005, but it's way more reliable. It embeds a whole price history chart directly onto the Amazon product page so you can see exactly when that Cuisinart drops. You just set a target price like $90 and it'll ping you. It's free for basic alerts, and unlike the others, it actually works without all the extra bloat.