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Re: Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book

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Post by shnksi » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 5:11 AM UTC

mattkrause wrote: post #294

shnksi wrote: post #226

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's great, do you mind if I grab the name of one of these shops so I can look into including similar shops in the tool?

I actually found it via the publisher. Penguin Random House has a service that does it, at least in Canada. Try here https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/656337/neural-contro... Hit "Shop Local" on a webpage and enter a post code. I don't want to give mine (they sometimes resolve to individual buildings) but H1A1A1 works.

Thanks, I'll check it out

Re: Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book

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Post by garfieldnate » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 1:05 PM UTC

My #1 wish for price comparison in general is to include (estimated) cost of shipping. It's no good to find the cheapest, then figure out it's $20 shipping and need to go to the next cheapest, etc.

Re: Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book

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Post by shnksi » Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 11:46 AM UTC

garfieldnate wrote: post #302

My #1 wish for price comparison in general is to include (estimated) cost of shipping. It's no good to find the cheapest, then figure out it's $20 shipping and need to go to the next cheapest, etc.

It includes shipping costs accurately if you're in the US at the moment. I'm currently working on functionality to make it operate better in other countries, I will hopefully have that done in the next couple of days.