Comments on: My Best Idea, 1 Year Too Late http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/04/08/my-best-idea-1-year-too-late/ Welcome to my lifestream Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:37:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Pete S http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/04/08/my-best-idea-1-year-too-late/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Pete S Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:13:17 +0000 http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/04/08/my-best-idea-1-year-too-late/#comment-340 I've been playing around with Buy It Later (http://buylater.cognition.ca/) which is a firefox addon for Amazon. It adds an extra button to Amazon pages, and once you click that it tracks the pricing on that item and tweets you when the price drops. It still needs work, but has potential. One problem is that it watches the 3rd party prices, which are often used. I'd like the option to just track Amazon prices. And the other is, of course, that it only works on Amazon stores. I've been playing around with Buy It Later (http://buylater.cognition.ca/) which is a firefox addon for Amazon. It adds an extra button to Amazon pages, and once you click that it tracks the pricing on that item and tweets you when the price drops.

It still needs work, but has potential. One problem is that it watches the 3rd party prices, which are often used. I'd like the option to just track Amazon prices. And the other is, of course, that it only works on Amazon stores.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/04/08/my-best-idea-1-year-too-late/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Andrew Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:12:27 +0000 http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/04/08/my-best-idea-1-year-too-late/#comment-338 I remember when you had that idea. I can't remember why we gave up on it. I remember when you had that idea. I can't remember why we gave up on it.

]]> By: Davis Freeberg http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/04/08/my-best-idea-1-year-too-late/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Davis Freeberg Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:50:22 +0000 http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/04/08/my-best-idea-1-year-too-late/#comment-331 During the .com heyday, I knew of one company that was trying to incorporate barcode readers into cell phones so that you could just scan the price and then see a number of competing prices. I'm not sure why it never took off, but it always sounded like a pretty good idea to me. One could always text message a product ID code to a service, but it wouldn't be as convenient as just clicking and letting it beep. During the .com heyday, I knew of one company that was trying to incorporate barcode readers into cell phones so that you could just scan the price and then see a number of competing prices. I'm not sure why it never took off, but it always sounded like a pretty good idea to me. One could always text message a product ID code to a service, but it wouldn't be as convenient as just clicking and letting it beep.

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