How can I set up automatic price drop alerts for Amazon products because I am getting so tired of refreshing pages manually every time I have five minutes of free time? I am currently trying to put together a new gaming rig—my first one in like seven years—and the prices are just all over the place right now. I live in a pretty rural area so I cant just drive to a Micro Center or anything like that, everything has to come from Amazon or maybe Newegg but mostly Amazon since I have Prime. I have about $1500 saved up for the whole thing including the monitor but prices for the RTX 4070 I want keep jumping between $540 and $630 and it is driving me crazy.
I did some digging and everyone says use CamelCamelCamel or Keepa but honestly I am a little confused about the differences. I tried setting up a Camel alert for a Samsung Odyssey monitor but it didnt trigger when a Limited Time Deal popped up last Tuesday, or maybe it was just too slow? I dont know. Then I looked at Keepa and it looks super professional with all these graphs but then I saw some features are locked behind a subscription and I really dont want to pay a monthly fee just to save money on a one-time purchase. Seems counterproductive you know?
Is there a way to get like a push notification directly to my phone the second a price hits my target? Like if I want that GPU for under $550 I want to know immediately before it sells out. Some people say browser extensions are better but I am not always at my desk and I am worried about some of these extensions tracking too much of my data. I just need something that works for someone who isnt a tech genius but also doesnt want to get scammed by some random app. Are there settings in the actual Amazon app I am missing? Or is there a third option I havent found yet...
Keepa is technically superior because it tracks those flash sales you missed, though you might want to consider the privacy trade-offs. Be careful with extensions that ask for too much access.