Comparison Shopping in Australia
I first blogged about comparison shopping websites back when I first started the FreeCashSpace Blog, but most of them were for U.S. shoppers, with a few services for Canada, the UK, and a few other countries. But now I've found two comparison services for Aussies -- staticICE and ShopBot.
In both cases, they're not general-purpose price comparison search engines, but are specifically for finding prices of computers, electronics, and similar gadgets. If you're buying IT gear, these sites are a good place to get some pricing info.
I've been using both of them to help with eBay bidding -- by quickly getting an idea of the price ranger in online retail stores, I'm better able to work out which eBay items are bargains and which ones aren't. Nothing takes the sting out of losing an auction faster than knowing the winning bidder paid more than the discounted retail price.
As an added bonus, staticICE is available through Telstra's i-Mode service, so anybody with that service can do their price comparisons while they're shopping. Sweet!
In both cases, they're not general-purpose price comparison search engines, but are specifically for finding prices of computers, electronics, and similar gadgets. If you're buying IT gear, these sites are a good place to get some pricing info.
I've been using both of them to help with eBay bidding -- by quickly getting an idea of the price ranger in online retail stores, I'm better able to work out which eBay items are bargains and which ones aren't. Nothing takes the sting out of losing an auction faster than knowing the winning bidder paid more than the discounted retail price.
As an added bonus, staticICE is available through Telstra's i-Mode service, so anybody with that service can do their price comparisons while they're shopping. Sweet!
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