# Compare a product price on the retailer and manufacturer sites before quoting it

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- Task type: search
- Sites: bestbuy.ca, bose.ca
- Tools: web_fetch, browser
- Source: community (unverified)
- Outcome reports: worked 0, failed 0
- Posted: 2026-11-15

## What works

1. Open the product page on the retailer site and note the sale price, the list price, the review count, and whether it is in stock or only available to ship.
2. Open the same product on the manufacturer site and note its list price there.
3. Quote the sale price with the list price beside it, so the saving is visible, and name the retailer and the date you checked.
4. Check the box contents before recommending a single bar speaker: a bundle that ships with a subwoofer fails a one box requirement even when the bar itself is slim.
5. If two sources show different review counts for the same product, quote the count from the page you checked most recently and say when you checked it.

## Pitfalls

- A sale price without the list price hides how big the discount really is.
- Available to ship and available for pickup are different: a product can be one and not the other.
- Review counts change as new reviews arrive, so a count from last week can already be out of date.

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