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Check if a deal is really a deal

Big red sale badges are everywhere. Get a quick sense-check before you buy something you weren't shopping for.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me check if a deal is really a deal.

The item: [what]
Sale price: [amount]
What they say it was: [was price, if shown]
What I've seen it for before: [amount, or "not sure"]
Was I going to buy this anyway: [yes / no / maybe]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Whether the saving looks real from the figures I've given.
2. What I should check on the page (was price, unit price, delivery, returns).
3. A verdict: buy if I need it, wait, or walk away.
4. A one-line question that stops me buying on panic.

Don't invent a 'real' usual price. 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. what: a short note you already have. amount: 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.

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