How do I check Amazon price history before buying?

Question

I need to buy a laptop for my college classes starting next week and my budget is super tight, like $500 max. I am looking at this refurbished Dell on Amazon right now and it says it is a limited time deal for $460 down from $650. But I dont really trust it. I feel like they might have just bumped the price up yesterday to make this look like a huge discount.

I need to order this by tonight so it gets to my dorm in Ohio before classes start on Monday. I really cant afford to waste my money. I have no idea where to start with this stuff. I remember someone telling me there are ways to see what prices used to be on Amazon but I dont know how to do that. Is there a free website or something where I can check the history of what this laptop actually cost last month? How does it work?

AntonTap · Accepted Answer

Most people use CamelCamelCamel or Keepa, but honestly, Keepa has gotten super cluttered lately and Camel's refurb tracking is kinda laggy. Unfortunately, they missed some recent drops on Dells I was watching last month. I started using PriceDropCatch instead since it tracks warehouse and refurbished price history way more reliably. Just paste the Amazon URL and it shows the chart.

beeee3 · Answer

Oh man, I totally get the anxiety of buying a laptop on a tight budget! Amazon price tricks are the absolute worst, they definitely play games with those fake discounts all the time. I love tracking this stuff and would love to run the numbers for you right now to see if you're actually getting a killer deal or getting ripped off! Can you drop the link or the exact model name of that Dell laptop here? Also, what major are you in, like are we talking basic web browsing and typing essays or do you need to run some heavier software? Let me know and I can check the price history database for you immediately!