As you witnessed earlier today with the iPod Touch, Amazon is a great source of deals. The real question is how do you find all of the deals that you’re looking for without spending hours browsing through their products each day. Deal Locker has setup a great search tool for Amazon that will help you hunt down some of the cheapest stuff being sold.
Deal Locker isn’t using any search features that aren’t already offered directly from Amazon, but the interface is a bit better. First off you can choose which Amazon site that you want to search: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, or France. If you’d like you can enter a keyword that you want to search for, but more importantly you can choose a category and discount range to view. For example, you can have it show cheap Xbox games and accessories by entering in the following:
- Keyword or Brand: Xbox
- Category: Computer & Video Games
- Discounted from: 90% – 99%
Your results will look something like this. Now you may look at some of the items and say “hey, that’s not at least 90% off.” What I noticed rather quickly is that it also takes a look at the used and new prices, which are often much cheaper than what Amazon is selling the items for.
I did do some searching around for DVD’s, and I was quite surprised at some of the new releases that it came up with at a rather reasonable price. I definitely recommend checking into the service.
How does the prices from the amazon used & new compare to the prices of ebay. I would assume ebay would be able to offer better discounts. The only thing that I could think that would make me prefer amazon is because you do not have to bid on an auction and can just straightaway buy, but if you are looking for the best discount, wouldnt it make sense to buy from ebay.
I’ve never really purchased from the “new and used” section from Amazon, but their prices generally are more than what you’ll pay on eBay.
I’ve been purchasing items from Amazon and selling them for a profit on eBay for a few years now, so, no, eBay is definitely not always cheaper. You just have to find the right deals. I use [jungle-search.com] to search Amazon for deals and discounts.