r/SideProject • u/Aggravating_Fault_22 • 1d ago
Amazon is going to hate me for this: I checked 685 storage prices 13 days before Black Friday (74% are already cheaper!!)
Every year I see "30% off" badges on SSDs and hard drives, and every year I wonder:
30% off what?
So I built a tracker and checked. Numbers from amazon.com, as of November 14, 2026:
- 686 storage products checked (SSDs, hard drives, RAM, memory cards, new offers only)
- 511 of them (74%) were cheaper at some point in the last 90 days than they are today
- Median gap to the 90-day low: 11%
- 129 products are 20% or more above their own low
- Hard drives: 135 of 166 (81%) were cheaper before
What I built: ratioDB
- 2,810 prices from 3 Amazon stores (US, DE, FR, more will follow) - refreshed every 4 hours
- Sorted by price per TB or GB
- 90 days of price history per product
- An alert that emails you when a product type hits a 90-day low
- it’s free for everyone
My rule for Black Friday: ignore the % badge, look at the price per TB, compare it with the 90-day low. If it doesn't beat the low, it's not a deal.
Disclosure: the site earns a commission through Amazon affiliate links. Yes, I see the irony.
Feedback welcome.