At 12:11 PM 12/10/1999 -0600, Alan S. Harrell wrote:
>Of a somewhat different purpose, the Priceline.com site can be used to
>search the best prices of big ticket items. In this case, YOU tell
>Priceline what you want to pay and Priceline searches for a seller to
>match your price. This a "name your price" service. Hotel rooms,
>cars, home mortgages, airline tickets, long distance telephone and
>Priceline is even getting into the grocery business. Priceline should
>be bookmarked now for when you will need it later.
I think it's worth noting that Priceline requires you to commit to the
purchase with a credit card number before you submit your request, assuming
that they are able to meet your requested price. You can't really "price
shop" there. Nevertheless, it's a great service, especially if you know
the market on your item and still want to try for a lowball.
Kathleen
