Are there built-in price alerts for items on Amazon?

Question

I am seriously so tired of checking my cart every single morning just to see if the price on this Sony camera has dropped yet. It is literally driving me insane. One day it is $2300 then the next it is back up to $2500 and I swear I miss the sale by like an hour every single time. It feels like a full time job just to save a few hundred bucks and I am just fed up with the manual checking. I have looked all over the app and the desktop site but I cannot for the life of me find an actual setting to just have Amazon ping me when the price hits a certain point. Is this even a thing they do natively? I feel like I am taking crazy pills because every other shopping site has this but Amazon just seems to want me to stare at my screen all day and refresh the page.

Requirements for what I need:

Must be built-in to the actual Amazon app or site

No shady third-party browser extensions (I dont trust them with my data)

Needs to send a push notification directly to my phone

Simple to set up because I am honestly not that tech savvy

I am trying to get this gear before my sister's wedding next month in Seattle and my budget is strictly under $2100 for the body. If they dont have this feature built in what is everyone else doing to track this stuff?

Clamcasefuq · Accepted Answer

man i hate to be the bearer of bad news but amazon is honestly pretty trash when it comes to native price alerts. they really dont have a built in tool that lets you set a specific target price like notify me when this camera hits 2100 bucks or whatever. unfortunately they want you on the app constantly so they make it difficult on purpose. ive had issues with their own notifications being super delayed or just not showing up at all until the sale is already over. it is seriously frustrating especially when youre trying to grab gear for a big event like your sisters wedding. since you dont want extensions i usually tell people to just check out camelcamelcamel in a regular browser tab. you dont have to install anything weird or shady and it lets you set those email alerts without much fuss. honestly though if you are set on that brand you really cant go wrong with any mirrorless camera from sony. just get any of the full frame models from sony and you will be fine for the wedding in seattle. i have been shooting for years and their autofocus is basically magic even on the older gear. just dont expect amazon to make it easy for you because they definitely wont. it is kind of a bummer how they handle it tbh because it really does feel like a full time job trying to catch those random price swings.

allxTob · Answer

I tried using the Lists notifications for a Sony 85mm lens. Honestly, the alert was super delayed and i missed it. It might be safer to just manually refresh tbh.

Cvety_maEt · Answer

I am in the exact same boat with a lens I have been watching for months. It is honestly exhausting.

Amazon really lacks a secure, native notification system.

I am always very careful about my data and avoid most trackers.

I personally use PriceDropCatch because it feels safer, but I am still desperate for a built-in fix. I am just as stuck as you are.