Q: Are vendors required to pay a fee to be listed in the shopping guide?

A: At PriceSCAN we believe that consumers should have access to unbiased reporting on products and prices. It seems obvious to us that if a price guide restricts its listings to those vendors who have paid to be included, then its database more accurately reflects the source of its revenue, not necessarily the best products at the lowest prices.

At PriceSCAN we accept no money from any vendors for listing their products and prices.
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Q: Does a vendor need to have a web site to be included in the shopping guide?

A: At PriceSCAN we track down good deals regardless of whether or not the vendor has a web site. Our staff gathers product and pricing information from vendor's magazine ads, catalogs and daily faxes. We also receive pricing data submitted directly by vendors. This information is entered into a searchable database, which we update daily.

The bottom line is that PriceSCAN offers you more comprehensive product and pricing information than can be compiled by a shopping guide, which relies on agent-gathered web site data alone. This way, PriceSCAN finds even more ways for you to save -- every day!
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Q: Does the shopping guide allow you to compare products, which are "functionally equivalent"?

A: Most shopping guides let you search their database for the lowest price on a single, specific product. If you’re looking for a great deal this isn’t enough.

PriceSCAN lets you search for "functionally equivalent" products. For example, let’s say you’re interested in a new notebook computer. You know that you want a Pentium II processor, 64MB of RAM, a 4GB Hard Drive, and a large active matrix display. On PriceSCAN you can enter these functional specifications and we’ll show you all the notebook computers which match your specs. And we’ll sort them by price.

Comparing the price of functionally equivalent products can save you a great deal of money.
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