Check Amazon Prices Over the Phone
Have you ever found yourself in a bookstore or record shop wishing that you could check how much a certain item costs at Amazon before deciding whether or not to buy it? If so, then I’ve got the perfect solution for you. Just grab your cellphone and call Amabuddy.com. So what the heck is Amabuddy? It’s a free online service that allows you to call in and enter an ISBN number to get Amazon’s current price on any book or CD. The best part is that they bookmark items that you’ve queried such that you can pull up a list from their site (using your phone number) when you get back home — they make a commission if you click through and buy from their site. Their toll free number is currently down, but pretty much every cell phone now offers free long distance, so this shouldn’t present any problems. If you want to try it out, give them a call at (617) 712-3574.
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holy cow that’s genius.
Comment by Caitlin — Sep 26th 2005 @ 10:01 amWhere do you find this stuff!!!??? This is great info!!!
Comment by FMF — Sep 26th 2005 @ 10:04 amThis is great!
Comment by jim — Sep 26th 2005 @ 9:31 pmHi,
You can also do this with google by sending an SMS to GOOGL (46645).
For example:
# Price ipod 20gb
# ipod 20gb prices
Here’s the FAQ link:
http://www.google.com/sms/howtouse.html#prices
Works great!
Comment by GP — Oct 5th 2005 @ 4:56 pmgp
I used this today, at a library booksale. I actually used it to find out whether it was worth buying a book to resell on Amazon’s marketplace. I was able to elimiate quite a few purchases by finding out they were only selling for pennies on Amazon. And I’ve seen an ad for a similar service that wanted $4.99 a month! This is fantastic, thanks so much.
Comment by EC — Oct 6th 2005 @ 1:59 pmEC, what a great idea… I hadn’t thought of using this to enable profiteering in the used book world!