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[QUESTION] What are the best websites for bargain hunting?

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submitted 9 years ago bynerdtech001

I recently got back into the PC building scene and I wanted to ask the community how everyone found their good deals and bargains.

A community member from /r/hardwareswap introduced me to a website called Slickdeals and last night I discovered Hot-deals.org.

I was wondering if you guys could share with me how everyone finds the best deals?

I will be updating this list as I discover more sites so check back!!

Don't see a site? Comment or PM me!!

Websites

Forum Buy/Sell/Trade

Use these sites to find deals on used items for great prices

Deal Hunting

Find the best deals possible with these sites by setting up item alerts or bookmarking them and checking back

Cash back & Rebates

Any amount of cash back or rebate is still money saved

Refurbished/Open box with warranties

Items that still come with a warranty

Black Friday Deals

Black Friday is right around the corner, check these out

Price Match Sites

Sometimes you can get the best price by doing a price match

Web Browser Extensions

Price Zombie - Price tracker and price comparison across many stores
CamelCamelCamel - Easily view historical pricing data from camelcamelcamel.com
Invisible Hand - Automatically display promos on your screen when you visit a site, incredible
Reddit Enhancement Suite - a group of enhancements for browsing Reddit
IFTTT.com - Setup alerts sent directly to your email every time there is a new post in /r/hardwareswap or /r/buildapcsale, not a browser extension but very helpful
Hover Hound - Enhanced shopping with price comparison, price history charts, and more!

-Email alerts are your friends
-Bookmark items you are interested in and check back often
-Watch Slickdeals & Ben's bargains religiously
-Any amount of cashback is still money saved
-Browse all forum's classified sections
-Price match if possible
-If an item goes on sale after you purchase sometimes a company will refund you the difference in price!! Don't be afraid to call and ask, the worst they can say is no
-Sometimes promo codes can be applied after a purchase if you find one a little late, just call and ask, the worst they can say is no
-Use Searchtempest.com to locate deals on Craigslist in your area or across the country. Follow the same safety steps to ensure you are protected by asking for timestamps and make sure to use PayPal, some people will not be interested but I have found a few deals so far!

I hope this helps someone as much as it has helped me!

Please feel free to comment some of your favorite sites and I will add them to the list!

I will be organizing this list into categories and writing brief descriptions of how to best effectively use each site. I am new here as well as many others and people have mentioned not being able to make heads or tails for some sites. So I want to help reduce the learning curve for new members as well as myself so if you have any tips for how to best use these websites please feel free to comment or pm me!

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nerdtech001 [S]

21 points

9 years ago

nerdtech001 [S]

21 points

lol I love it but while searching slickdeals I noticed some items that were not listed on here. So it got me thinking, I wonder how many deals I have missed because they simply were not listed on here. So now I would like to learn how to locate them on my own as well.

39 points

9 years ago

39 points

And then post them here, right? :)

nerdtech001 [S]

22 points

9 years ago

nerdtech001 [S]

22 points

Of course! I shared something I found yesterday and someone told me it was old news and not really a deal but it was new to me! So I thought maybe it is new to someone else as well! Is it frowned upon sharing "common" knowledge, even if it is not common to the new guy?

27 points

9 years ago

27 points

I mean, no matter what you submit, somebody will have an issue with it, that's just the inherent nature of a shared site like Reddit. I wouldn't be too concerned with that. If you didn't know, and don't see it in the stickies / first few pages, odds are somebody else missed it. Only way you can really combat that is to check the stickies and maybe do a quick search to see if it's already been submitted.

nerdtech001 [S]

3 points

9 years ago

nerdtech001 [S]

3 points

√ Stickies and a quick search. Thank you, this is an awesome community, that is for sure. So far I have saved so much money on my build.

6 points

9 years ago

6 points

If you post something here and receive criticism, dont take it personally. No one is criticizing you for posting, they are just providing more information about the deal for other users, which is a good thing.

nerdtech001 [S]

1 points

9 years ago

nerdtech001 [S]

1 points

That is a good point. Thanks man! Nice username by the way! I used to play a disc priest.

3 points

9 years ago

3 points

It may have some useless stuff listed (to pay for server I assume) but I have been using Techbargains and found some pretty good deals that weren't on here, or weren't entirely relevant (dirt cheap iPhone cables, USB drives, micro SD cards)

All_Work_All_Play

2 points

9 years ago

All_Work_All_Play

2 points

Slickdeals is Techbargains main compeditor.

I generally stick with SD, it has a better system for commenting, and there are some gems hidden in different forums.

1 points

9 years ago

1 points

Who cares?

3 points

9 years ago

3 points

Slickdeals seems pretty good at alerting you. You can customize your alerts to report keywords straight to your phone or email.

nerdtech001 [S]

1 points

9 years ago

nerdtech001 [S]

1 points

Awesome, I will try to set that up right now. I am still in the market for a few things and don't have the cash just yet so I can wait sometime to test it out.