sourcing your purchases on amazon?

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fapplan
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Thanks for the tip. I must admit I order a lot from China and Hong Kong on both eBay and Amazon but never considered looking at other countries.
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TopSod
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I use this site to check all the Amazon prices for me

https://www.curiua.com/

Saves doing it myself!
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tanstaafl
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TopSod wrote:I use this site to check all the Amazon prices for me

https://www.curiua.com/

Saves doing it myself!

Thanks for that , I have used france and germany in the past.........


A tip for the US site , a lot of things wont be shipped to the UK by Amazon.com but try the other sellers link for private sellers..............
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Cougar
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Has anyone tried flubit, seen it advertised a lot recently.
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Cougar wrote:Has anyone tried flubit, seen it advertised a lot recently.
Well, I checked it out after reading your post. Not sure what to think. It wants alot of personal information, which I never feel happy about divulging.

You basically look online for something you want to buy, copy and paste the url into its search engine thingy and it then tells you its looking for better offers. Only problem is it takes 24 hours. If you want the results quicker you have to take their 'quiz' and give away all your personal info.
The usual stuff plus things like are you married, how many kids? Etc...
Dont think I want to give any of that out if i can help it.
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It's simple Bungee, you lie about your personal information.

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filsgreen wrote:It's simple Bungee, you lie about your personal information.

Phil
+1 to that! Some sights I am a burly man with 8 kids :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Here's something some of you may have noticed on Amazon. I tend to add items that I'm interested in to my Wish List, not so others can buy me stuff, although that would be nice :) Simply as a sort of shopping list together with a note of the price. I monitor these prices and buy when the price comes down. I have noticed though that often the price goes up the day after adding the item to my Wish List.
Being sceptical I assume when they see people are interested in an item they bump the price a little.
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bungee
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Yes hoipoloi, I've noticed that with jackets, knives and a little wood stove I brought the other day. It sat on my wish list for a week or so while I looked at alternatives and when I came to buy it, it had jumped in price by a couple of pounds.
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I use the wishlist in much the same way, one way round it is go back and look at similar things to the one on your wishlist, you might be able to get something very similar if not the same for less. The lists are always getting updated, some of the stuff on my wishlist is months old and out of stock.
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