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March 21, 2007

RSS helps you get money back from Amazon on items you've purchased

If you're an Amazon junkie like I am (my Visa is an Amazon one for jeeber's sake), this might interest you.  There's a tool called RSStalker that lets you track price changes on Amazon by RSS.  You can have feeds for your entire wishlist or a specific item.  Sweet!  How is this helpful, beyond watching for a price to lower so you can snap up an item cheaply (if you're willing to wait)?  As the RSStalker site says:

Amazon.com doesn't advertise it, but they have a 30 day price drop policy. If you bought something from them and they lower the price within 30 days, just fill out a form and they'll refund you the difference.

Well, heck, I didn't know that.  And I buy a lot from Amazon.  So, each time I buy something (especially the bigger purchases), I can just add a feed to my aggregator and see if I can get money back.  I'm not ashamed to admit that I am, like many of my peers, a penny-pinching librarian.  What a nice way to feed that inner demon.

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Thank you :)

Posted by: Sarah Houghton-Jan (LiB) | March22, 2007

I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of this nifty service. I purchase lots of things from Amazon (two days ago: web cam and a pineapple slicer/corer) and this service looks promising. Thanks for reminding me about it. And for your blog as well. Even though I read it in my Google Reader I rarely get to visit your site to say, Thank You. So, Thank You!

Posted by: Memo Cordova | March22, 2007

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