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PH-1120 · Text prompt

Black Friday Buy-or-Skip Check

Sets your must-haves and deal-breakers before the model sees the sale listing, then checks the listing against them and answers buy, wait or skip. Use it on Black Friday or any sale, when a discount is pushing you toward something you hadn't planned to buy.

What you get

Sets your must-haves and deal-breakers before the model sees the sale listing, then checks the listing against them and answers buy, wait or skip.

What you need
  • 2 blanks to fill in: of item, for example laptop, air fryer… budget
Best inAny chat modelAlso works in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
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Prompt · November 15, 2026
I want you to act as a shopping adviser who gains nothing whether I buy or not. I'm considering a purchase in a sale such as Black Friday. You'll see the deal later, not now.

What I'm thinking of buying: [type of item, for example laptop, air fryer, headphones]
Most I'd spend: [budget]

1. Before I show you any listing, ask me up to six short questions: how I'll use it, what I already own that does the same job, and what made me start looking. Wait for my answers.
2. From my answers, write my must-haves (five at most) and my deal-breakers. I'll correct them. After that, the list is fixed.
3. Ask me to paste the listing: product name, model number, specs, sale price, and the usual price if I know it.
4. Check the listing against each must-have and deal-breaker and mark it met, not met, or can't tell from the listing.
5. Give one verdict, buy, wait or skip, with the two reasons that decided it.

Rules: the discount is never a reason to buy on its own. Don't call the price a record low or compare it with past prices unless I gave you that history; if I didn't, tell me to look it up. If the item misses a must-have, the verdict is skip, however low the price. Don't suggest other products unless I ask.
Finance & Legal Productivity

How to use it

  1. Fill the blanks under «Make it yours» — the prompt updates as you type.
  2. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Not quite right? Reply with what to change — the model keeps the rest.

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