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Find cheaper alternatives that still do the job
You like what something does, not the brand tax. Get alternatives at lower price points that still fit your use.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me find cheaper alternatives that still do the job. The product I'm looking at: [name or type] What I need it to do: [must-haves] What I don't care about: [brand, packaging, extras] My budget if lower: [budget] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Three types of cheaper alternative (e.g. own-brand, older model, different format). 2. What I'd likely give up with each. 3. What to check on the label or spec sheet. 4. When paying more is still worth it for my use. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, figures or products. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name or type: a short note you already have. must-haves: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
This does not give tax advice. The books stay in the accounting system.
The prompt · Claude
Help me find cheaper alternatives that still do the job. The product I'm looking at: [name or type] What I need it to do: [must-haves] What I don't care about: [brand, packaging, extras] My budget if lower: [budget] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Three types of cheaper alternative (e.g. own-brand, older model, different format). 2. What I'd likely give up with each. 3. What to check on the label or spec sheet. 4. When paying more is still worth it for my use. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, figures or products. UK English. Stay in this Claude chat. Do not use a connector, and do not open a project that already holds someone else's files.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. name or type: a short note you already have. must-haves: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You name the product and what you need it to do.
The assistant asks which features are must-haves.
You get cheaper types of alternative, what you'd give up and what to check.
What happens
Use Claude to find cheaper alternatives that still do the job
You like what something does, not the brand tax. Get alternatives at lower price points that still fit your use.
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