July 30th, 2005
Amabuddy - Comparison Shopping By Phone
Jonathon Flores
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Amabuddy is a very unique idea that enables the consumer to call a telephone number (617-712-3574) which tells you if Amazon has a better deal on either a book or music CD.
How it works:
Lets say your at Barnes and Noble and you find a book you wish to buy. Call Amabuddy and enter the ISBN number into the phone. Amabuddy will give you the rating on that book as well as the price of the book that Amazon has available. It also has an extra feature where it stores all the ISBN numbers you’ve entered from your phone so you can log onto the site later and look at the books you’ve entered. This way you don’t have to write down the ISBN numbers to take back home with you. Enjoy your techie way to comparison shop.
David Johnston says:
This is a GREAT idea for students looking to get better deals on books. I know that Amazon had a couple of my school books last year with prices that were literally $50+ cheaper than the book store on campus. The only problem is getting them shipped quickly enough.
July 30th, 2005 at 6:36 am
Alex Choo says:
Please try TicTap as well. http://www.tictap.com
TicTap searches by SMS, so the information is stored in your phone. We are not limited to just ISBN and UPC, try keywords too. But try to be descriptive with the words.
You can visit the website later to review all your SMS searches. Or just grab the RSS feed.
TicTap also has web-based search. You can also find top-selling, most-gifted, most-wished, and newly-released products. You can even SMS price information for a product to your cell phone from the web site!
We also have a Konfabulator widget for download.
http://www.tictap.com/downloads/TicTap.widget
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