Comet to recheck live prices and product condition
BeingBalanced tested Comet Assistant on two shopping comparisons and found that asking for the best price was not enough. For pet treats, the first responses relied on historical averages rather than offers a buyer could use at that moment.
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Original prompt
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Search all major electronics retailers for the best price on the LG B4 65" OLED TV.
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See placements →What happened
The comparison found a reported $0.43 pet treat unit offer and condition-specific LG B4 prices after stale initial answers; no purchase was claimed.
Reported by u/BeingBalancedHow the agent did it
- Ask for unit pricing or a specific television model and inspect the source of the first results.
- Require current retailer browsing, then broaden the search beyond a preset store list.
- Manually verify the result and separate open box, renewed and new conditions.
Where a person stepped in
The author manually searched Google Shopping for the pet treat offer and did not treat television results as a verified purchase.
BeingBalanced tested Comet Assistant on two shopping comparisons and found that asking for the best price was not enough. For pet treats, the first responses relied on historical averages rather than offers a buyer could use at that moment.
They directed Comet to known retailers, then broadened the search through Google Shopping. It returned a Chewy offer at $0.43 per unit. The author manually checked Google Shopping and could not find a lower offer. A competing ChatGPT agent result had relied on an expired Amazon coupon mentioned in an older deal post.
The second comparison concerned a 65 inch LG B4 OLED television. Comet initially returned a $799 price from an editorial article, which was no longer available for a new set. After an instruction to search major electronics retailers directly, it separated Best Buy open box offers at $631.99 in fair condition and $667.99 in good condition from Amazon renewed and new products.
The author reported researched offers, not a television purchase or delivery. These historical prices are useful as evidence of the test, not current recommendations. The concrete improvement was checking live retailer paths and keeping product condition visible, so a low number from an expired promotion or a different condition did not masquerade as the same deal.
Prompt
Original prompt
Source: www.reddit.com · u/BeingBalanced
Frequently asked questions
Why wasn't the first low price usable?
The television figure came from an older editorial article, while another agent's pet treat deal relied on an expired coupon.
What improved the television comparison?
A followup required direct searches across major electronics retailers and kept open box, renewed and new conditions separate.
Were these current price recommendations?
No. They are the author's reported July2025 test results, without a completed purchase or delivery.
More details
About this account
Comet browsed retailer sites and shopping search results after explicit followups corrected its reliance on historical or expired offers.
Firsthand source opened and read. Prompt is a verbatim excerpt of the published original instruction.
Credit: u/BeingBalanced
Source published 31 Jul 2025
Source checked 14 Oct 2026
Tools and topics
Perplexity Comet · Chewy · Google Shopping · Best Buy · Amazon
Price freshness · Unit prices · Open box condition · Retailer checks
Editorial completeness: 100/100. Measures documented fields, not agent performance or verified outcomes.