Show HN: AI Garage Sale – Haggle with AI to buy real products

by lanewinfieldon 11/27/2023, 4:23 PMwith 6 comments

by askiiarton 11/28/2023, 5:13 AM

The AI is often susceptible to cuteness, best results with uwu, owo, :3. And offering to share secrets about the other AI salesmen in exchange for a cheap price works really well.

10/10 purely for Edward saying "uwu" near the end of every message, 15/10 for cuteness, 100/10 for dropping the price if I reveal that Chip seems to be an egg (as in trans jargon)

by BugsJustFindMeon 11/28/2023, 5:10 AM

This seems like a ruse to get people to actually buy trash at ridiculous markup? The AI haggling part is purely a rapport-builder to make you feel better about putting in a credit card at the end because of the "fun" process, despite the objects being basically random garbage.

by garciasnon 11/28/2023, 2:44 AM

An interesting concept and actually a lot of fun, particularly that I didn’t actually have to buy anything; however, the system started a $25 item (Olive Garden $35 gift card) at $37!

That said, I enjoyed the random banter but I am not a huge fan of hard haggling down from a 50% markup.

by Mythrandiron 11/28/2023, 4:25 AM

Fun to play with, but the pricing generated by the AI doesn't match the app itself. For example, I got the AI to say "we'll meet in the middle at $30", but the system never dropped below $46 even with additional messages.

by spadufedon 11/28/2023, 2:12 AM

Very cool concept but the cost given by the AI seems to be different from what you're tool is picking up. For example, I've gotten it down to $20 on an item but the interface is showing $24.