I got idea to share.

[James Knott]

The big problem is getting current, accurate data.  Then the savings 
have to be sufficient to cover the added costs (including time) to get 
to the store with the lowest prices etc.


Sergey Kuznetsov wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I have a lots of ideas, but only have the time to realize some of them.
> 
> Therefore I want to share some of them with TLUGers, may be someone will 
> be interested to
> develop it under F/OSS.
> 
> The idea one:
> 
> Everyone knows what some small shops most of the time have better prices 
> for grossery,
> veggies, electronics, etc...
> My idea is to create site with comparison charts by products, with 
> possibility to choose the
> products with good overall quality and price, I named it 
> price-to-quality ratio.
> 
> It means you can choose the group of the products to compare, or you can 
> choose one broad
> categorized group, or some sub-groups, and choose the area you living 
> per se, and then
> you will receive the table with with products as rows, and shops as 
> columns ( or visa versa )
> and at intersection will be price and link to customers feedbacks + 
> calculation of overall
> quality-to-price ratio.
> 
> The profiles for each shop + products can be updated by some responsible 
> volunteers and
> by shop owners itself.
> 
> If someone added fictitious or fraud shop, it will be removed, because 
> prices and quality
> can be checked anonymously by some trusted audit group of volunteers.
> 
> PS: It will help and to customers to save the money, and to small shops 
> to attract the customers.
> 
> PPS: If you like or dislike this idea - let me know here. I hope we can 
> discuss it in this list very
> productively.
> 
> All the Best!
> Sergey.
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