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This blog says,

Do This Before You Renew Amazon Prime (It’s Genius)

Do you shop on Amazon? If so, you might be missing out on huge savings and a chance to earn extra cash on every purchase you make. Amazon Prime recently got increased to a whopping $179/year. Fortunately, insiders finally invented an everyday helper for people who want to save big when shopping online. 

The only thing you have to do is to add Capital One Shopping to your browser! It’s a 100% free tool that guarantees to find the best deals out there. And with ‘out there’ we mean the whole internet - every single corner of it. Not only can the savings from this tool offset the cost of Prime, but it will work to automatically get you the best price at over 100,000 stores. 

The best thing is: Everyone can use this trick to finally get real deals again!

Here’s how it works:

If a better offer is found for the product you’re about to shop, a notification will appear instantly. Same product, just cheaper. It shows you discounts you wouldn’t have ever found without it, and even advises you to buy the product from another retailer where it’s much cheaper! It’s like having a loyal team of personal shoppers at your disposal at any time!

Last year Capital One Shopping saved its customers over $470 million, and you can install and set it up in seconds (and easily uninstall if you don’t like it) so there’s 🚀 no reason not to give it a try right now.

The best part? The extension is 100% free. Get Capital One Shopping HERE!

[Fergal]

Have you used this yourself @friendociate? If so, how much has it saved you?

[kataomoi]

Capital One has been pushing this for a while now, much like how Paypal has been pushing Honey. While I haven't personally used it, I do think that it's an effective way to save money. And it will work for all retailers, not just Amazon. I wouldn't consider it a "hack" though because these types of extensions are well-known and are advertised to do just that -- save people money.

[friendociate]

Have you used this yourself @friendociate? If so, how much has it saved you?

I don't have a steady-enough paycheck to cover living-expenses PLUS credit-card payments, so not really. I do order pizza online, and have tried 'an online coupon-finder' on it (either this (Capital One Savings) or honey, or maybe both), but Pizza Hut was already giving the best deals they could.

Capital One has been pushing this for a while now, much like how Paypal has been pushing Honey. While I haven't personally used it, I do think that it's an effective way to save money. And it will work for all retailers, not just Amazon. I wouldn't consider it a "hack" though because these types of extensions are well-known and are advertised to do just that -- save people money.

I don't think they're using "Hack" in the 'secret system for stealing advantages'-way popularized by HACKERS & MR. ROBOT, but more like the original 'hackers'---based (I hear) in something like 'rangers who guide you through The Outback with huge Machetes to Cut through the Jungle on your Walkabout.'

The sense of the word "Hack" you mean comes from a wordroot that means "Haca's Isle" (a patch of Dry Land in the middle of an English Marsh, from which Small Saddle Horses were Rented ... the place-name Hackney (in Middlesex))---a wordroot that also gives us Hacks, Hacked, Hacking, Hacker, Hackers, Hackneyed, Hack-Writer (Hackney-Writer), Hack-Work ...

(Haca was a Danish nobleman who once owned the land.)

The 'original' sense of "Hack" (to Cut with Chopping Blows") comes from wordroots that mean "to Hew, Cut, Strike, Smite" (extended to senses of Effort, Working Hard, Coping).

[kataomoi]

They didn't use the word "hack" at all, but you did in your title. A "hack" would imply that you found a way to save money on Amazon using an unadvertised and uncommon way. Simply downloading an extension which was created to find coupons and deals is not a "hack".

[friendociate]

They didn't use the word "hack" at all, but you did in your title. A "hack" would imply that you found a way to save money on Amazon using an unadvertised and uncommon way. Simply downloading an extension which was created to find coupons and deals is not a "hack".

I've seen plenty of articles & videos that describe "Life-hacks"---little tools included in common objects throughout your day.

[Treborika]

I have never heard of it before. This is the first time I am learning about friendociate.

[friendociate]

I have never heard of it before. This is the first time I am learning about friendociate.

Tell all your friends! (after you make sure it works in your area, of course)