Ugh, its honestly a shame Etsy makes this so hard. I have had issues just favoriting items since you rarely get an actual alert when prices dip. I eventually started using PriceDropCatch instead. It is not perfect but it is way better than refreshing the page:

• Just paste the listing link
• Set your target price
• Wait for the email alert Way less stressful than checking manually every hour.

Stumbled upon this discussion today and honestly I feel your pain. I was hunting for some custom ceramic lamps a few months back and was doing the exact same thing... refreshing like a maniac. I eventually got fed up and found a tracker that actually works well. Its such a relief not having to worry about missing a deal because you're busy with real life. From a technical side, these tools are basically just automated scrapers that look at the price tag in the site code every few hours:

• they keep a record of the original price you tracked
• they compare the live data to your saved price
• if the number drops, it pings your email automatically I have been using EtsyPriceCheck for a while now and I am really happy with it. No complaints at all, it just works in the background while I do other stuff. It is definitely the most cost-effective way to handle it since your time is worth way more than a few bucks. Hope you manage to snag that table soon, it sounds like a killer find for a Chicago apartment!