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How to Use Google Product Search to Find the Cheapest Price of Almost Everything!
I like to run. A couple of weeks ago, I finally got sick of carrying around my Samsung YP-MT6X MP3 player — sure it’s small, but the lack of an armband or clip makes it inconvenient to carry while running.
I almost bought an iPod shuffle. However, just before making my purchase I was looking around on Google to find some competing MP3 players to the Shuffle. I knew there had to be at least a few.
I did find one that I immediately fell in love with — the Sandisk Sansa Clip. Since I’m pretty cheap, I wanted to find the absolute best price that I could. Google makes this process nearly effortless!
How to Find the Cheapest Price Using Google
All you have to do is go to a normal Google search box and type in the name of the product that you are looking for. In my case, I just typed in sansa clip.
You’ll notice that at the very top of the page, Google shows a shopping bag and the text Shopping results for sansa clip. If you click on that link, you will get to a page of results that display the various types of Sansa Clips that are available.
Since I can usually fill my current MP3 player, which is 512 MB, I wanted to get something that would store a ton of stuff. Since the price of flash memory has come down so much lately, I decided to get a model with 4 GB.
The only Sansa Clip that is 4 GB is the silver special edition model (the 4th one down the page). Since it looked cool and was about the same price as the 2 GB iPod shuffle and it includes a screen, FM radio, and voice recorder, I thought it would be the perfect match for me.
After clicking on the Sansa Clip Silver 4 GB link, you get the following page:
From here you can easily compare prices. One of the first things I do is click on the blue hyperlink Price on the far right column. This will sort the prices from low to high. (Clicking it again will sort the prices from high to low, not too useful in my opinion.)
Then, here is the same page showing the cheapest price first:
It is a good idea to visit the pages of some of these vendors, because a lot of them do have higher shipping costs to offset their lower prices.
You may also notice three tabs across the top of the page, Compare Prices, Reviews, and Technical Specifications. If you click on the Reviews tab, you get product reviews, as expected.
Clicking on the Technical Specifications tab will show you detailed information about the product:
What About Amazon?
I was unable to find Amazon.com on the list of stores, but it is always a good idea to check over there as they could have cheaper prices and many times offer free shipping. Amazon is also a great resource for finding product reviews, as well.
What Did I Do?
I actually ended up buying the Silver Sansa Clip at a brick and mortar store near me since they were having a sale. The lack of a shipping charge, and the shipping wait influenced my decision as well. Luckily, I was able to know what a good price was by doing my research online beforehand.
Good luck using Google Product Search. If you have any questions, please leave them below.
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