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Paribus 2.0 — Find out for free if online stores owe you a refund!
Paribus 2.0 is an automated service that fights to get you cash back when prices drop on Amazon or dozens of other online retailers. They'll automatically submit a price claim to the retailer and get you cash back, no intervention needed. ✨
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@joshdance Happy to hear, and thanks for the support! We'll be working to boost it even higher :)
@eglyman - Love the product (saved $50 so far).
One feature request - It would be great if you tracked the price of items prior to the purchase. I realize this conflicts with your monetization strategy but perhaps you could make money on the front end via affiliate. For example, I use http://camelcamelcamel.com to track the prices of items in my Amazon wishlist. I find their chrome extension especially useful in viewing the historical data for any given product.
@bracco Thanks Mike, really appreciate the kind words and helpful feedback too!
We go back and forth -- it's in the ice box of features to do, but working on a few more back-end overhauls (to boost up savings even higher) first. Stay tuned :)
Version 2.0 of Paribus shows system-wide price drops and how much other people are saving now... pretty interesting twist. Great example of an invisible app that you set and forget — and then (eventually) get paid!
@sethlouey yes—since it first launched. I've only saved like $5, but it's nice to have this kind of proactive price protection that fires automatically when there's a price drop.
Lack of Amazon 2FA makes this app nigh useless for me. Sigh. Seemed like a good service.
Clicking the app store link on the landing page brings up a pop-up to enter your mobile number for the link.... But the X or 'Cancel' buttons dont work, so it's stuck there
If the world’s most powerful companies have algorithms and bots to set what you pay online, it’s only fair that consumers have the finest on their side too. Paribus is here to fight for consumers and we’re proud to announce the release of our new iOS app.
In addition to getting you refunds automatically, you’ll now be able to see a live, anonymized feed of savings — and in one tap make purchases of “verified” deals. Real deals that real people are getting. A simple, but powerful feature to combat the trend of how list prices have lost their meaning (Read more on this phenomenon at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/1...).
This app also runs using the new and improved Paribus savings bot. We’ve done a huge amount of work under the hood to improve our algorithms to save you more and more. Thanks for the hunt, @chrismessina
@raritan Hey Chuck, the only information that the Paribus Receipt Fetcher picks up is transactional data (communications that appears to be from known merchants -- https://paribus.co/merchants).
Once you join, Paribus works by first identifying recent purchases based on e-receipts. Paribus then monitors and compares price changes for these items in real time. Once an eligible claim is detected, Paribus engages with the retailer on your behalf and files a claim requesting a refund. When Paribus succeeds and a retailer issues a price adjustment, money is typically refunded directly into the original form of payment (i.e. how you paid for the purchase). You will be informed via email during both steps, when Paribus files a claim and when a claim was successful.
The only work to be done is joining. After that, your refunds are taken care of automatically.
Thanks for posting @chrismessina! We're very excited to be releasing the new version of the app. While this mostly an interface revamp, we're planning on launching a set of new (still invisible) improvements to help users save even more.
Happy to answer any questions!
More details about the release here: https://blog.paribus.co/2016/04/...
Paribus is the greatest "set it and forgot it" app ever. The money I've saved since signing up has paid for my Amazon Prime subscription and then some.
I'd be interested to know how are you dealing with the new policy that amazon is saying... "We work hard to find the best prices and match them for all customers. With the exception of TVs, Amazon.com doesn't offer post-purchase adjustments.
To read more about our pricing, go to our Help pages: http://tinyurl.com/34e8km"
@andyfossett what are the ranges of price drops? I'm curious if the $300 is from a few big purchases or many tiny ones?
@chrismessina There's been a bunch in the $1-4 range, but I had a handheld vacuum that got discontinued for a newer (almost identical) model that brought back about $50, and a couple other larger items with price drops of $10-20.
But I also live in Hawaii and use the hell out of Amazon Prime, so mostly, it's just volume.
Absolutely love this and was amazing to hear the incredible story of Paribus first hand from the main man @eglyman very exciting times ahead and such a beautiful product! @chrismessina excellent choice of hunting!
@harrystebbings @chrismessina Thanks Harry! Appreciate your believing in us since the very early days (and sharing our story with the Twenty Minute VC community), and happy to have your feedback
You invest no more than 10 minutes to set this up - then money trickles in indefinitely w/ no additional effort. No brainer.
@eglyman Would you consider porting your iOS app over to Windows? https://developer.microsoft.com/...
Summer Bod 2020