About Cartnapped

Cartnapped started with a simple frustration: deal sites full of "discounts" that were never really discounted, prices nobody verified, and junk you'd never actually buy. So we built the deal site we wanted to use — one where every single deal is verified on the live page before it goes up.

We cover the stuff people actually buy: toys and games, tech and electronics, and home and kitchen upgrades, plus credit card sign-up bonuses that are actually worth the hard inquiry.

Deals so good they're practically stolen. Verified deals. No junk.

How we verify

1. Open the live page. Every deal starts with us opening the actual retailer product page or the live Marketplace listing, not a feed snippet or a cached copy.
2. Confirm the price and the math. We check the sale price, the list/reference price, and compute the discount ourselves. If the "was" price looks inflated or fictional, the deal dies here.
3. Check availability. In stock, selectable options, real shipping or pickup terms. If you can't actually buy it at that price, we don't post it.
4. Write honest context. One to two sentences of price context (what it normally costs, why this is good) and our own take, including the catches we spot.
5. Timestamp it. Every deal shows exactly when it was verified, so you know how fresh the price is. Prices change; we don't pretend they don't.
6. Re-verify before reposting. Anything carried over to a new day gets rechecked on the live page first.

A note on reference prices

Retailers like Woot show a "reference price": their stated comparison figure, not necessarily the lowest price ever or a universal market value. We label it honestly as a list/reference price and never claim "lowest ever" without separate price-history evidence.

Verified deals vs. BOLO

Cartnapped has two kinds of content, and we keep them clearly separate:

1. Verified deals: every price checked on the live retailer page before posting, with timestamps. This is the main feed.
2. BOLO: rap sheets on upcoming sales, events, and holidays: be on the lookout for what's about to go on sale. We only report claims we can trace to a real source, and we never state a specific price or discount we didn't verify ourselves. Reports expire automatically when the sale ends.

The rule for both is the same: if we can't stand behind the information, we don't publish it.

Common questions

Does Cartnapped sell products? No. We find deals and link to the store selling them. We never take payment, and nothing is ever bought from us.

My order has not arrived. What do I do? Contact the store you bought from. They took your order and your payment, and they handle shipping and delivery. The name on your bank or card charge is that store, though it sometimes shows their payment company instead. If the name on the charge is not a store you recognize buying from, call your bank. That charge did not come from us, and we cannot trace a payment we never received.

How do I know a Cartnapped page is really us? Our only official accounts are this site, our Facebook Page, and our Flipboard magazine. Cartnapped never sells anything, never asks for payment, and never messages you to sell you something. If a page or message using our name tries to sell you a product or take a payment, it is not us. Please report it to [email protected] so we can get it taken down.