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His discount monitor saved about $2,000 on his renovation project

A man doing a home renovation uses a discount monitor alongside shopping list alerts and 3D models of the project. He says the monitor on its own saved him about $2,000 on the renovation.

$2,000one time

How it works

  1. He sets the agent watching prices for his renovation shopping list
  2. It monitors the items and flags drops
  3. He buys at the low points
  4. The savings add up to about $2,000 on the project

Why it’s worth knowing

Just watching and waiting, the agent knocked about $2,000 off one renovation’s materials.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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