Hunt down a deal on the iPad keyboard I want

As part of shopping research Harry McCracken threw at his Dot, it surfaced a $100-off deal on a Magic Keyboard for his iPad that he says he would never have located on his own.

$100one time

How it works

Take the shopping research request
Search retailers for the Magic Keyboard
Surface a $100-off deal the user had not found

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent out-searched the user on price for a specific product he already wanted.

Where it’s from

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

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