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It built me a price monitor for old TVs that runs from now until Black Friday

Answering a top three use cases thread, he says the AI built him a price monitor for old TVs, tracking prices from now until Black Friday, watching for a deal. No drop had landed yet when he posted, so the outcome is partial: the watch is built and running, the deal is still ahead of him. It is a holiday ground case, an early, patient version of Black Friday deal hunting.

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How it works

  1. Build a price monitor for old TVs
  2. Track prices from late September toward Black Friday
  3. Wait for a deal worth acting on

Why it’s worth knowing

He started the watch two months early. The agent's job is patience, checking old TV prices so he does not have to until the day it matters.

Where it’s from

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

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