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    The Best Price Search Sites

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by ViciousXUSMC, Jun 17, 2009.

  1. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Froogle.com - Anything
    PriceGrabber.com - Anything
    PriceWatch.com - Electronics
    bizrate.com - Anything
    nextag.com - Anything
    bing.com - Anything (Cashback program)

    I want to start a list of all the price hunt search engines that you guys know of that are good, this way people can find the best deal on products they are looking for at all times.

    The main one I use is Froogle.com the shortcut to google product search its great in that it holds many stores, has a rating for the store to help you determine if the store is good/bad or legitimate, and also does the total price thing so you can quickly sort by price and find the cheapest place to buy from.

    However I know there are other search pages with different stores on there so it pays off sometimes to look in more than one place.

    So please share you favorite good search pages, tell us a little bit about them and what kind of products you can find on it, and then I will edit this post and add them to the master list.
     
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    Cin', Jun 17, 2009
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    That thread is totally different, its bargain deal sites. Im focusing on the search engines so you can find a product you want, not hunt sites for deals.

    That thread doesn't even have ether of the 2 that I started this list with or any of the engines that I know of really.

    Id rather punch in a product and let it give me 300 sites than to go look site by site, thats just going to make you find something you didnt intend to buy :D
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jun 17, 2009
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    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    agree'd Froogle is my best friend ,,..... but if newegg doesn't have it i usually don't need it :p
     
    The_Moo™, Jun 17, 2009
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  5. David

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    pricewatch.com is also another nice site.
     
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  6. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    yeah for tech stuff but I buy other stuff too :D

    Actually I get a lot of stuff from provatnage.com for tech also, lots of times cheaper than newegg and a very good/trusted store.

    Right now since I finally started going mountain biking weekly I am looking to upgrade a few parts on my bike.

    Namely right now I am looking for a product called the Thudbuster LT , a shock absorbing seat post, as our trails are more roots than they are ground and I am skinny so I have no natural shock absorption :D

    I can go to the main bike stores like performancebike.com or nashbhar.com and look around, that would be the equivalent of going to a "deals site" but with froogle.com you can find smaller stores that may have it cheaper.

    I happened to find a store that had it like $30 cheaper that did not show up on google so that is kinda what spawned me into thinking about learning more search engine sites in hopes of finding more stores with better prices.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jun 17, 2009
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  7. Cin'

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    k.

    Here: nextag.com..used it like once or twice.
    www.nextag.com

    www.bizrate.com
     
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  8. ChristopherAKAO4

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    I with you, I like Google Product Search. Out of curiosity, has anyone tried Bing? Is it any better than what Live.com was?
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Jun 17, 2009
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    I thought I saw on slickdeals.net...that if you use Bing you can get either 3% or 3.5% at newegg or something...not sure but I saw it. , will try and locate the linky!!

    Here is the linky: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?threadid=1405301
     
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  10. ViciousXUSMC

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    Nice! both of those seem really good, they were both able to locate the product I was searching for and bizrate happened to have the store I was looking at so that was the one I found it with last time.
     
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    I knew you could get 2.5% CB, hadn't heard about 3-3.5% CB though. Not much, but if you're buying several hundred dollars it might save you an extra buck.
     
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    Yeah the more money spent..brings the extra $ back. I would rather use my Bank Of America *Add It Up* cash back program..that's got some nice savings at a great amount of sites ;)


    Cin ;) :)
     
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    Cool! bizrate is supposed to be a good one :)


    Cin ;) :)
     
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    Krista Notebook Evangelist

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    I got my acer aspire with a great deal from what's now bing... Something like 30% cash back on ebay. I wonder if they ever get that high anymore.

    Krista
     
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  15. ViciousXUSMC

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    I cant for the life of me figure out how to get ebay cash back with the new bing.com system.

    when it was live.com usually any mainstream product produced a ebay link. With bing I cant find anything.

    Edit: Nevermind finally found a keyword that works. Xbox worked. Wii did not, nor did Ipod.
     
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  16. ChristopherAKAO4

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    Odd I used iPod this morning.
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Jun 18, 2009
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