Frequently Asked Questions
| What is PriceFriend? | PriceFriend is a small tool that you can download and install. It plugs into the FireFox and Internet Explorer browsers on Windows XP and Windows Vista. Whenever you visit a web page which it recognises as a product page, you can choose to view a list of prices from dozens of retailers. |
| What Does PriceFriend compare prices on? | The tool recognises a huge range of goods including DVDs, CDs, Books, Games and Electrical Goods. The list of items and sites which it recognises is growing all of the time and PriceFriend picks these up automatically. |
| Which web sites does PriceFriend recognise? |
PriceFriend recognises dozens of major web sites. Click here for a full list of sites. |
| Isn't this spyware? | No. Although PriceFriend looks at the pages you visit, it does NOT pass these details to us or anyone else, nor does it keep a history - there is no need!. Also, it doesn't show you annoying advertisements and is very easily turned off. |
| How does it work? | PriceFriend will check each site you visit against a list of recognised retailer and information sites. If you visit a specific product page (E.g. Lord of The Rings DVD) and PriceFriend recognises it then you will see a small "Show Prices" overlay appear in the top left corner of the screen. Clicking "Show Prices" will cause PriceFriend to retreive a list of retailers and prices for the product you are looking at. |
| Can I remove PriceFriend? | Yes, you can quickly disable PriceFriend by using the Add-on management functions of both Internet Explorer or Firefox. You can also completely remove the tool from your PC via 'Add and Remove Programs' from the 'Control Panel' for Internet Explorer, or the Add-on management function in Firefox. |
| Which version should I use? | If you use the FireFox browser, then download the FireFox version. If you are an Internet Explorer user, you will need the IE version. |
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