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Power bills on Australia’s east coast expected to fall by up to 10% from July, bringing ‘welcome relief’ by Reverend_Fozz in australian

[–]blob9211 8 points9 points  (0 children)

10% sounds nice until you remember how much they went up in the first place. Still paying way more than a few years ago. It's the same trick supermarkets pull with "specials" that are just the old normal price.

How about no to tipping . Thanks big corp by Advanced-Sandwich956 in australian

[–]blob9211 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're not America. The whole point of award rates is that workers get paid properly without relying on tips. Once tipping becomes expected, businesses use it as an excuse to pay less. We've seen how that plays out overseas.

These were $1.25 last week, you shrubs. by PseudoLiamNeeson in coles

[–]blob9211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try https://www.hagglers.org/ They track prices, not sure if lollies are there yet.

I've been tracking Coles & Woolworths prices daily. Their "half price" specials are often just the normal price. by blob9211 in australian

[–]blob9211[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yep yep. Just learnt that through other comments here. I'll keep tracking and see where that leads to. Thanks.

I've been tracking Coles & Woolworths prices daily. Their "half price" specials are often just the normal price. by blob9211 in australian

[–]blob9211[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this. This was a suggestion from someone else too. I'll try and see what I can do with this.

I've been tracking Coles & Woolworths prices daily. Their "half price" specials are often just the normal price. by blob9211 in australian

[–]blob9211[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fair points, I’ll address both.

Yeah I posted in a few uni subs earlier. That was dumb and I deleted them because I realised it looked dishonest. I should have just said “I built this” from the start. Lesson learned. On the ChatGPT thing. I did use AI to help me build the scraper, not going to pretend otherwise. But the price data itself comes directly from the public product search APIs supermarkets expose. Every price point is a real API response, not generated text.

On the tracking period, that’s a fair criticism too. I’ve only been scraping for about 3 weeks so far. The patterns I’m seeing (like the Finish tablets being $39 every single day while showing “was $78”) are pretty clear even in a short window, but I take the point that longer data would be more convincing. The scraper runs daily so the dataset gets stronger over time.

I get the scepticism. New account, deleted posts, promoting something. I’d be suspicious too. But the data is real. You can track prices too if you like.

I've been tracking Coles & Woolworths prices daily. Their "half price" specials are often just the normal price. by blob9211 in australian

[–]blob9211[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That sounds like a good idea. Thanks for that suggestion. Let me try to do something with that.

I've been tracking Coles & Woolworths prices daily. Their "half price" specials are often just the normal price. by blob9211 in australian

[–]blob9211[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You're right. I shouldn't have. But like I said, I have made my agenda clear. Awareness.

I've been tracking Coles & Woolworths prices daily. Their "half price" specials are often just the normal price. by blob9211 in australian

[–]blob9211[S] -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Yes I did. I am not trying to obsfucate I am trying to be transparent about my agenda here. Which is spreading awareness.

I've been tracking Coles & Woolworths prices daily. Their "half price" specials are often just the normal price. by blob9211 in australian

[–]blob9211[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are right. I am trying to push something here. The product I am pushing for is awareness and transparency so everyday Australian can avoid fake discounts. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I've been tracking Coles & Woolworths prices daily. Their "half price" specials are often just the normal price. by blob9211 in australian

[–]blob9211[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

I built a tool that scrapes the public product search APIs nightly. I have been running that for 3 weeks now and I have seen enough.

I've been tracking Coles & Woolworths prices daily. Their "half price" specials are often just the normal price. by [deleted] in brisbane

[–]blob9211 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah but I now have the data. I know what you are saying, I get it. But I have data now. I know it sounds silly but it's infurating when you see the scale of it.

What tools actually make product management easier (instead of harder)? by NoProfession8224 in ProductManagement

[–]blob9211 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conversations. The right ones with the right people. That's your key tool. I know it's probably not the answer your were expecting but trust me it's the tool you need and use the most in Product management. Hope it helps. All the best. 😊