Buying guide

Best time to buy coffee makers — without falling for a fake discount

Kitchen gear is a fake-discount favourite — a permanent “sale” that never really moves. Here’s how to catch a genuinely low price.

When coffee makers tend to be cheapest

Real lows show up around Prime Day, Black Friday, and Mother’s / Father’s Day promos. Popular pod and espresso machines dip meaningfully at those windows, not the year-round “sale”.

How to tell a real deal from a fake one

22%

of this week’s advertised Amazon “deals” weren’t genuinely below their usual price — a discount off an inflated or invented “was”. See the Fake Deal Index →

If a coffee maker has been “on sale” for months, that sale price is just the everyday price. A real deal sits below its own 12-month norm — check before you buy.

The honest signal is simple: is the current price genuinely low against the item’s own 12-month history — or just below a made-up list price? Paste any product and we’ll tell you straight: BUY, WAIT, SKIP or FAIR.