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Fell for a discount again?
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Fell for a discount again?
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Remember the last time you bought something at a discount, only to see it later for the same price without the discount? Or when the product costs more today than it did yesterday. Did you feel cheated? Are you ready to look behind the screen of manipulation and lies? Spycost helps you see when you’re paying more while thinking you’re paying less. It gives you the full price picture, so you can decide whether it’s actually worth it.
Strong pain point, beautiful solution, and a great launch :)
Good job, amigo.
Next Feature Idea: call bullshit on "only X seats left, etc" :P
Spycost
@knolladrian Thanks, Adrian! I love that feature idea. Fake scarcity like “only X seats left” sits in the same dark-pattern family as fake discounts, and it would be powerful to show people when that pressure is just noise. Where do you see this tactic most often: travel, SaaS, marketplaces, or somewhere else?
@glebarios From my experience, the Travel industry is the unchallenged champion of the fake scarcity tactic :)
Spycost
@knolladrian That’s a good point, and honestly a very good idea. I’ll look into this more closely and consider adding travel-specific support to Spycost, since fake scarcity seems especially common there.
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I had to add this product into my "Interesting" collection because I love discounts :D
Spycost
@busmark_w_nika thank you! I’m really glad the concept felt interesting to you. Discounts are hard to resist, and that’s exactly the kind of moment I wanted Spycost to make a little clearer. There are also a couple of bigger updates ahead, so price tracking should become even easier and a bit smarter soon.
Bhava
Spycost
@riya_jawandhiya yes, exactly. I think you described the problem really well. A lot of the time we’re not just seeing a discount, we’re being pushed into a decision through urgency, crossed-out prices, and “limited time” labels.
It doesn’t always mean the deal is bad, but without price history it’s very hard to understand what’s real and what’s just manipulation. That’s the part I wanted Spycost to make more transparent.
Portfolio Lab
I don't even trust discounts these days for this exact reason. Will try this out!
Spycost
@rich_sun thank you! That loss of trust is exactly what pushed me to build Spycost. A discount should make a decision easier, not pressure us into buying without context. I want Spycost to show the price story clearly, so people can decide based on the real pattern, not just the label.
HarnessRouter
Turning a pasted product link into a clean price history with alerts for drops, increases, and restocks makes the fake-discount problem much easier to judge without a dashboard full of noise. Could you let users set a target price and purchase priority so notifications reinforce their original buying plan instead of creating a new source of urgency?