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Is there an anonymous way to monitor Amazon price changes?

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I've been trying to track the price of a Breville Barista Express for my brothers wedding in August and the price swings on Amazon are honestly making me dizzy. One day it's $700 then it drops to $550 for like two hours and I keep missing it because I'm not staring at the screen 24/7.

I did some digging and everyone mentions CamelCamelCamel and Keepa but I'm kinda paranoid about my data these days. I read that Camel needs an email for alerts and Keepas extension apparently tracks your browsing history or at least that's what some people on reddit were complaining about. I really dont want to link my personal email or install some bloated tracker that watches everything I do just to save fifty bucks on a kitchen appliance.

Is there actually a way to do this anonymously? Like maybe a site that doesnt need a login or even a script I can run myself that won't get me banned? I just want to get this gift within my $600 budget without giving away my whole digital life to some third-party company. Are there any tools that just let you check a dashboard without an account or something...


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Just found this thread today. @Reply #6 - good point! honestly its pretty disappointing how much the landscape has changed for us privacy-minded folks lately. i've been tracking gear for years and it's definitely gotten harder to stay under the radar.

  • Amazon's TLS fingerprinting and header checks make basic scrapers basically useless now, which is a total bummer if you want to stay anonymous.
  • Even if you get a script running, maintaining it long-term is a full-time job because they tweak the DOM constantly... not as good as expected for a simple gift hunt. Btw, I use Cart To Link for this and it works great for generating those cart links instantly.


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Any updates on this?


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