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My agent watches my purchases for price drops and I am over $700 saved

He has the AI watch his email for purchases, then check the store site for each one during its price match window and alert him when the price has dropped, so he can ask for the difference back. He says he is over $700 saved so far. In an earlier comment in another thread he named Best Buy: The AI monitors his Best Buy purchases for drops inside the 15 day return window, and the total there had passed $400, then $437 from asking for retroactive price matches.

$700

How it works

  1. The AI watches his email for purchase confirmations
  2. Checks each item's price at the store during the price match window
  3. Alerts him when a price has dropped
  4. He asks the store for the difference
  5. Savings pass $700

Why it’s worth knowing

The window is only 15 days, so the money is lost unless someone checks every purchase in time. That someone is now the agent.

Where it’s from

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

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