Nov 22, 2007 6:21 pm US/Eastern
Service Helps Consumers Get Best Price For Product
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
The holiday shopping season is upon us and if you're like a lot of people, you're watching every dime.
And don't you hate it when you buy something only to learn that it went on sale not long after?
Well there's a new service that will keep an eye on that for you and it could save you more than a dime.
"We saved over $600," said Brian Cummings, of Wilbraham.
It worked Cummings when he bought a new television, and for Bryan Lemster when he bought a computer monitor.
"There had been a hundred dollar price drop," Lemster said.
It's called
PriceProtectr.com. The free Web site will follow your purchases and notify you if the price goes down in time for you to get back the difference.
James Wallace is the co-founder of Price Protectr.
"Most people don't have time to sit around all day and check the price," Wallace said. "Which is why we have the owl watching the prices for you."
The Web site keeps track of the price protection policies of over 60 retailers both online and brick and mortar. Many stores will give you money back if the price of your purchase goes down within a certain amount of time.
Price Protectr is very simple. After you buy something, go to the store's Web site and find the url for that product.
For example, if a consumer buys a camera at Circuit City, they can simply copy the url at the top of the page and paste it into the Price Protectr window. Then hit the "start protecting" button, enter their email and they're done.
"Within a few days I got an email saying the price had dropped and I said, 'This is something,'" Cummings said.
The Web site says shoppers have saved nearly $400,000 since the service began last summer.
"It provides consumers with the ability to really get the best prices," Lemster said.
Price Protectr says it will keeps all of the email addresses confidential.
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