I just moved into my first studio in Chicago and I am so excited to finally have my own place but omg everything is so expensive. I just found out about the amazon warehouse deals and its like a total game changer for my $200 kitchen budget! The thing is I keep seeing people talk about getting like 70% off stuff but when I look its only like 10%. I heard there are like bots or websites that track the really deep discounts and alert you? I have no idea where to even start looking for that stuff and I'm kinda tech illiterate lol. Is there a specific tool everyone uses to find the best deals?
I remember moving into my first place and trying to save a buck by using some sketchy deal bot I found on a random forum... total nightmare, almost got my account locked. You really gotta be careful with some of these tools because they might want to scrape your data or worse. Honestly, I would suggest sticking with the big names for safety. Just get any tracker from Keepa and you cant really go wrong.
A few years back, I tried using those automated warehouse trackers when I was furnishing my guest room. Honestly, it was a massive disappointment. Setting up all those alerts for kitchen gear seemed smart, but I quickly realized the data is super laggy. Amazon updates their warehouse inventory API at a different rate than main listings. Unfortunately, by the time the tracker scraped the 70% off deal and sent the alert, it was already sold out. The technical side of it is pretty simple: these deep discounts are usually single-item inventory. Someone returns one blender, so there is only one available. Bots get rate-limited by Amazon, so they cant scrape fast enough to beat the people who just happen to be refreshing the page. TL;DR: Trackers are too slow for warehouse deals because of API lag. Your best bet is manually checking the warehouse section late at night when they update stock.