I Love Amazon’s New Price History AI Feature

Amazon’s Rufus AI is pretty terrible, but they got one thing right, 30 and 90-day price history for everything I checked.

For many products there’s a “price history” link right under the price.

For others, click on “ask something else” and ask for the price history.

It will only give you 30 or 90 day price history, and will spit out some text about the lowest point, high, and maybe median.

Here’s what the 30-day price history looks like for the Irwin lifting clamp.

And here’s the 90-day price history.

Other 3rd party sites have far longer pricing history datapoints.

I checked this 14pc set of Dewalt drill bits.

Frankly, I think these charts are very useful.

I wonder what else the Amazon Rufus can do.

Where is this manufactured?

The product information for the IRWIN Quick-Lift Construction Jack doesn’t include a specific country of manufacture in the available details. It’s manufactured by IRWIN and made from alloy steel, but the exact manufacturing location isn’t listed in the product specifications.

For detailed country-of-origin information, I’d recommend checking the product packaging or contacting IRWIN’s customer service directly.

Oh well.

It will also say things like:

While the product specifications mention “compatible with vehicle type,” this refers to its universal design for various construction applications—not automotive use.

It offers to compare the lifting clamp to Dewalt’s.

IRWIN: 10″ lifting height, 330 lbs capacity, precision controlled lowering
DEWALT: 8.75″ lifting height, 340 lbs capacity, compact design with lifetime warranty

Bottom Line: Both offer excellent build quality from trusted tool brands. IRWIN provides greater lifting height and precision control, while DEWALT offers slightly more capacity and lifetime warranty coverage. For most construction tasks, either would serve you well.

This completely misses the main feature differences.

The Dewalt activation lever faces up, which means you can easily tap it with your foot. You can’t do that with the Irwin.

This seems to be a cost-cutting or differentiation mechanism, but it’s undoubtedly a significant difference.

Thus, I maintain that Amazon’s Rufus AI is generally useless, except for the price history feature.