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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.
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.
The prompt · Grok
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 Grok chat. Do not connect an inbox or another app.
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.
You paste the deal and what you think the usual price is.
The assistant asks whether you were already going to buy it.
You get a keep-looking, buy or walk-away verdict in plain words.
What happens
Use Grok Bot to 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.
Tools
Paste the prompt, fill the blanks, copy the draft.
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