Buy headphones during a sale with an AI agent
An AI agent bought headphones for the poster; they also use a browser extension for sale purchases and price-drop alerts.
Done with a custom-built or unnamed agent
- What they did
- The poster used a BhindiAI browser agent with a prompt to go to Amazon, search for wireless headphones under $100, open the first three listings, pull names, prices, ratings, and key features, and assemble a comparison table with screenshots. They say the agent followed those steps and completed the shopping flow until the address and payment pages, where they took over manually.
- How it went
- It successfully bought the headphones and, in the poster’s view, replaced a browser-extension workflow they had used for sale purchases. The post gives no savings, timing, or quality metrics, and commenters note the demo mostly proves comparison and navigation rather than fully autonomous buying.
- Worth knowing
- The main catch is that the human still handled checkout details and payment; the poster also says their separate sale workflow now sends Telegram alerts when prices drop.
Try it yourself with Perplexity Comet
Find the best current price for [headphones model] across [retailers] and tell me if it is on sale. If it is under [$price], add it to the cart at the cheapest trusted seller. Stop before paying and show me the price, shipping, and return policy for approval.
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