GREENSBORO, N.C. — Remember when Black Friday meant lining up outside your favorite store at midnight? Those days are gone. Now, as Consumer Reports shows, the best deals are often online, and the sales have already started.

"If you want to know if something is truly a good deal, check out the product’s price history with tools like CamelCamelCamel, Honey, and Keepa," said Samantha Gordon, Consumer Reports.

CamelCamelCamel : Used to track prices on Amazon items. You don't have to install anything on your computer; just copy and paste the Amazon product page URL that you're looking at into the Camel website search.

Keepa : Used to track prices on Amazon items. You'll download the browser extension with Chrome on your computer.

Honey : Used for any online store. Requires you to

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