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Almost three months ago I told you about my little new project named Slidoo.com. I did this because I wanted to have a reliable track of the stuff I search on eBay. I spent a lot of time on fixing bugs and speeding up the search. Now, if you want to know what Slidoo is and how it works I created this Cartoon How To: https://www.slidoo.com/page/how-it-works. I hope it’s funny and clear enough to make you understand how it works!
I make you some examples of searches I saved to get notified on great ebay deals:
1) Nokton 25mm in Europe (Click here). Every couple of months few dealers from France or Poland have a Stock of new Nokton lenses for less than 650 Euro! That’s why I saved this search to get notified when this happens.
2) Olympus 75mm f/1.8 lens in US (Click here). And once in while I also find some great new or near new Olympus lens for less than the regular price of $899.
3) Panasonic GH3 in USA (Click here). Hot in US because of the limited availability of the camera!
4) Refurbished E-M5 in Europe (Click here). Every time Olympus sell refurbished E-M5 I know it 🙂
Thanks for joining!!!
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P.S.: Slidoo Amazon
Like on eBay we have direct access to the Amazon Database throught heir API. But we noticed plenty of bugs and inconsistent results and we are working to add our own filters and rules to fix that. It’s quite a long work and I hope we can launch the Slidoo Amazon version in May
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Hopefully the Amazon version will compare the various European countries. When I was checking prices of the OM-D EM-5 earlier in the year this is what I found for the same spec.:
Amazon UK = €1207
Amazon DE = €1091
Amazon FR = €899
Amazon ES = €899
Amazon IT = €865
Thanks for a great tool. Currently, I am using eBay’s Saved Search tools that sends me e-mail notifications as well. How is Slidoo different?
You can customize the notification service. On eBay you only get notified once per day while we can notify you multiple times per day (and also via FB or Twitter). Plus it has a dedicated interface for saved searches. It’s easier to have an overview. And than there is the slider thing that may help you to be faster.
Hi, i’m selling my nokton 25mm f/0.95 at 500€, as new, little used, from italy. If you’re interested you can contact me by email.
oh, this is YOU?? nice work~ I like how fluid it is 🙂
Hi admin! Please implement search filter for shipping destinations. This is one of the trickiest feats on ebay (since it’s not available directly even in advanced search) and I would really appreciate if it were available on slidoo.
ok! We will try to add this within the next 2.0 version! 🙂
I would love to use this on a regular basis but you still have a major bug in your site.
When an item has both an auction amount AND a buy it now amount, you display (and email alert me) the auction amount even though I am searching buy it now.
I don’t use Slidoo myself, but as it’s to do with using Ebay, I feel I should inform rumours readers of a recent issue I have experienced with Olympus Market. Using the link from this entry in Rumours / Deals “April 7, 20136 Comments Posted in deals (http://www.43rumors.com/for-europeans-new-olympis-refurbished-cameras-and-lenses/)”, I made a bid for the 12mm M Zuiko lens.
Winning this lens I duly made payment, then looked forward to receiving it, unfortunately this is not to be.
1, – Firstly I receive an invoice for said lens (this I understand is normal practice even after payment is made via PayPal),
2, – I receive notification that it has been despatched,
3, – Then I am notified that I have cancelled my order and returned the lens (strange as I’m still awaiting its delivery),
4, – Lastly I get an email notifying me that I will not get the lens as there are none available and never were at time of listing (best of all, I am still waiting to get my money back.
Perhaps this should be seen as another warning to readers on the pitfalls of buying from Olympus Market, which, by the way appears to have nothing to do with Olympus.
Admin, would you mindconsidering a Slidoo app?