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[tellblom]

Hi,

To the moderator: I hope this is the forum to post this in, if not feel free to move or remove this post

To the rest:

I have created a AndroidApp that you can use when you are in the store and think you find a bargin.
Enter the Set number into the App and it will check the price at LEGO Shop@Home (if the set is found there) and the three cheepest sets on Bricklink.

The app is working great on the Swedish market (that is it gives the price in Swedish Kronor). I haven't been able to test it in another country yet but it shall use the IP to find out what country its running from to get the right price.

The App is fount in Market and its name is GetPrice (or search for Lego)

The App is FREE of charge!



/Martin

[Holodoc]

Cool idea and really useful as well!
Thank you so much for letting us know about it!

It's just...
... I don't have an android cell phone.

win mobile anyone?

[Siegfried]

tellblom, on 18 June 2010 - 07:10 PM, said:

To the moderator: I hope this is the forum to post this in, if not feel free to move or remove this post

It's cool. As it turns out I have a HTC Desire (called Roy) and I downloaded it, tested it, and I even wrote a comment! It's good; as you say it uses your IP to pick the price and that works.

Holodoc, on 18 June 2010 - 07:59 PM, said:

win mobile anyone?

Personally I think Win mobile is a dead platform for the moment. Killing backwards compatibility to compete with Apple was an odd move. But I'm off topic.

[tellblom]

Thanks for the help verifying the price according to IP.

I just found an error when searching for a set at S@H with status "Not For Sale" that has been fixed.
So check if there is a update on Market or else the App will crash if you search for a Not For Sale app (like 10184)

/Martin

P.S

And thank you for the comment

D.S

[zyrex]

Looks awesome, as soon as I get my Android in the mail this'll be one of the first apps I'll download ;)
I thought I found a good deal once in the store, turned out I paid $31 more than S@H-price..

[tellblom]

zyrex: I did the same thing, thats one of the reasons i did this app :)



/Martin

[Big Cam]

Awesome app! Works perfect on my moto Droid in the USA.

Thank you, I added comment number 2 and rated it 5 stars.

[winbrant]

Big Cam, on 18 June 2010 - 12:16 PM, said:

Awesome app! Works perfect on my moto Droid in the USA.

Thank you, I added comment number 2 and rated it 5 stars.

Thank you...it's nice to have a specific LEGO app for price-checking other than just the barcode reader. Installed on an HTC Magic in Canada.

Maybe redundant but might be nice to get the set name as well in the results seeing as occasionally one might input the wrong number or those instances where LEGO had re-released a number.

[Big Cam]

winbrant, on 18 June 2010 - 01:15 PM, said:

Thank you...it's nice to have a specific LEGO app for price-checking other than just the barcode reader. Installed on an HTC Magic in Canada.

Maybe redundant but might be nice to get the set name as well in the results seeing as occasionally one might input the wrong number or those instances where LEGO had re-released a number.

That would be awesome, you could pull the name from bricklink since so many sets aren't on shop at home.

But seriously, Im thrilled with it the way it is. We don't want to overload the author.

Thank you again.

[tellblom]

Hi,
The App is a work in progress and all suggestions to make it better is welcome.

I add the set name to my TODO list. Its not so hard just to add some code to the parser.
Proberbly done during the weekend :)

/Martin

[Cardinal Brick]

I saw this app yesterday and downloaded it, I havn't comment on it yet but just to say thanks for producing this!

[tellblom]

An update.

The interface has benn updated and the SET name is picked up from both S@H and Bricklink (so we don't compare different sets)

Version 1.5 is out on Market now.



/Martin

[tellblom]

New version out on Market

news in version 1.6.0:
-Progressbar when downloading
-Checks for new versions on market when starting up
-Numeric keybord instead of the default when entering a set number
-More error checking

/Martin

[Marckeyh]

I've just installed this on my htc desire, looks like a very handy app.
Thanks!

[Big Cam]

tellblom, on 29 June 2010 - 06:41 AM, said:

New version out on Market

news in version 1.6.0:
-Progressbar when downloading
-Checks for new versions on market when starting up
-Numeric keybord instead of the default when entering a set number
-More error checking

/Martin

This is the best update ever, so minimal, but so nice.

If you are still for requests, how about the median new price. Sometimes the 3 lowest can be unusually low.