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.
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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.
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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.
JMJR
I hope this doesn’t mean Amazon is going to remove the Keepa plug-ins functionality, because I use it all the time to make sure I’m not buying at inflated prices.
Adam
I wouldn’t see why not. They are just pulling the price and making their own charts, ones that go much further back in time.
Pablo
CamelCamelCamel.com also has a pretty good price history tool too.
John
Exactly, camelcamelcamel.com has been around for 18 years.
Scott K
Huge fan of this. I have a big wishlist that I synced with Camel to get email alerts below a certain price point. I’ve gotten some really good deals this way.
Bonnie
I actually trust their data too. There’s no reason to believe Amazon or their AI is being truthful.
David F Ritter
Now if they would allow me to place a limit order on an item…
Stuart
Ooh. That’d be a great AI ordering feature.
Jared
Like “order when the price is X or lower”? I would LOVE that.
Andy
AI isn’t know for absolute accuracy.
Has anyone validated the price history information that Rufus provided against other sources of the same info like CamelCamelCamel? It wouldn’t surprise me if Rufus is making some of the data up.
Jared
Rufus is terrible. It’s now just an extra step I have to complete to search the customer Q&A. I’ve never, not once, had it given me the information I was looking for. Frankly I don’t understand how it could be that bad.