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Re: Downloadable pricelist
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Date: 
Mon, 7 May 2001 19:35:00 GMT
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Are you using a Palm Pilot?

I'd LOVE to work on this idea with others maybe...It could be something that
could be downloaded once, or maybe using avant go it could be somethign that
could be downloaded and updated thru a web page...that way, you could
connect, and update it with the latest suggested retail price of a kit. Then
you could just carry around that list and use it in the store to look up
averge prices for kits...

I dunno, sounds cool to me, and I'd love to try and figure out a way to do
it. I'm using a Palm and I'd love to have something like that handy to carry
around.


"Dan Dickerson" <dickersn@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:GCxKDr.L9p@lugnet.com...
Does a downloadable pricelist exist? I want something that I can load
onto my PDA so that when I am shopping I can check the list and best
prices for a given set. I have seen several stores that take a $30 set,
price it at $25 and say "Compare at $50" to make you think that you
are getting a great deal. Several times, though, I have come home,
checked the price and discovered that it really WAS a good price, only
to find out that they are sold out when I return. :-(



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  Re: Downloadable pricelist
 
No, I have a PocketPC, but that shouldn't matter. What we would want to make is either a spreadsheet or html pageset with information. Then it could read by anyone. If someone has the data in some form, I can extract it and make the final report. It (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)  

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Does a downloadable pricelist exist? I want something that I can load onto my PDA so that when I am shopping I can check the list and best prices for a given set. I have seen several stores that take a $30 set, price it at $25 and say "Compare at (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)  

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