Show HN: Price Check Service for Twitter

#1

Post by TheHunter » Wed, May 01, 2013, 3:48 PM UTC

A new service to perform prices checks immediately via twitter and return them to users. To request a price check, tweet #pricecheck followed by the name of the item you want priced out. Currently providing best prices on Amazon; more to come soon. This service was built with Node.js.

Show HN: Price Check Service for Twitter
twitterpricecheck.com

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#2

Post by zackproser » Wed, May 01, 2013, 3:51 PM UTC

We just launched!

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#3

Post by GotAnyMegadeth » Wed, May 01, 2013, 4:08 PM UTC

Great idea, I'm getting undefined as much as real answers so far...

Is there a way of specifying UK only? How do you get past the twitter API limits?

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#4

Post by zackproser » Wed, May 01, 2013, 4:20 PM UTC

GotAnyMegadeth wrote: post #3

Great idea, I'm getting undefined as much as real answers so far... Is there a way of specifying UK only? How do you get past the twitter API limits?

Thanks for trying it out - we've pushed a fix that should address the undefined bug.

We're still US only right, sorry! We'd have to start geolocating tweets to provide support for other countries.

We're currently operating within the limits.

Best,

Team #pricecheck

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#5

Post by chaud » Wed, May 01, 2013, 4:27 PM UTC

zackproser wrote: post #2

We just launched!

You just got suspended!

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#6

Post by RossM » Wed, May 01, 2013, 4:28 PM UTC

I presume the domain redirects to a Twitter feed, as I get a Twitter account suspended message :/

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#7

Post by resu » Wed, May 01, 2013, 4:40 PM UTC

Is the site working?

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#8

Post by TannerLD » Wed, May 01, 2013, 4:43 PM UTC

Since the account is suspended, what did it do?

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#9

Post by zackproser » Wed, May 01, 2013, 4:44 PM UTC

Due to account suspension, please now tweet @fastpricecheck [item name]

Pivot!!

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#10

Post by GotAnyMegadeth » Wed, May 01, 2013, 9:56 PM UTC

zackproser wrote: post #4

GotAnyMegadeth wrote: post #3

Great idea, I'm getting undefined as much as real answers so far... Is there a way of specifying UK only? How do you get past the twitter API limits?

Thanks for trying it out - we've pushed a fix that should address the undefined bug. We're still US only right, sorry! We'd have to start geolocating tweets to provide support for other countries. We're currently operating within the limits. Best, Team #pricecheck

Cool, thanks for your reply. You could use the hash tag #pricecheckUK or #pricecheck and #uk or something when you decide to branch out. Also do you have a plan for when you do start reaching the limits?