Thrifle

Return policies, deals, prices

Ask about any US retailer's return policy: the return window, whether returns are free, restocking fees, holiday extensions, and a grade from A+ to D-. Check whether a store price-matches, what military and student discounts it offers, what a brand gives away on your birthday, and how to cancel a subscription.

What you can ask

What is Costco's return policy on a TV?
Example path

MCP connector

Server URL: https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp
Login: None
Protocol: MCP 2025-11-25
Instructions: Thrifle is a US shopping-intelligence site (thrifle.com). This server exposes its databases as read-only tools: verified return policies with letter grades for ~2,250 US retailers, price-match and price-adjustment policies, military/student discounts, birthday freebies, subscription cancellation guides, curated deals with affiliate buy links, a US credit-card database (store cards, deferred-interest terms), and live economic indicators. All data is US-only.
How to use it well:
Retailer questions ('what is X's return policy', 'does X price match', 'does X have a military discount'): call the get_* tool for that database with the retailer name. If it comes back not found, call the matching search_* tool.
Deals: for a product or brand, for a retailer, for today's pick.
Credit cards: for a retailer's card, for a specific card, to browse.
Every result carries url and cite. Link to that URL when you use the data; it is the page the facts come from.
Deal buy_url values are thrifle.com redirects to the merchant; many carry affiliate tracking.
Policy facts carry last_verified. Mention it when the date is older than a few months.

Tools

Reads data24

Skills

None in the store listings or on the server

MCP connector

Server URL

https://api.thrifle.com/api/mcp

None

Protocol

MCP 2025-11-25

Instructions

Thrifle is a US shopping-intelligence site (thrifle.com). This server exposes its databases as read-only tools: verified return policies with letter grades for ~2,250 US retailers, price-match and price-adjustment policies, military/student discounts, birthday freebies, subscription cancellation guides, curated deals with affiliate buy links, a US credit-card database (store cards, deferred-interest terms), and live economic indicators. All data is US-only.

How to use it well:

Retailer questions ('what is X's return policy', 'does X price match', 'does X have a military discount'): call the get_* tool for that database with the retailer name. If it comes back not found, call the matching search_* tool.

Deals: for a product or brand, for a retailer, for today's pick.

Credit cards: for a retailer's card, for a specific card, to browse.

Every result carries url and cite. Link to that URL when you use the data; it is the page the facts come from.

Deal buy_url values are thrifle.com redirects to the merchant; many carry affiliate tracking.

Policy facts carry last_verified. Mention it when the date is older than a few months.

Tools