Abstract: A system for determining and displaying product pricing for an item comprises a price checker object for gathering and assembling pricing information associated with the item. A store price object coupled to the price checker object provides an interface between the price checker object and an existing store database, and a price object coupled to the store price object holds data retrieved from the existing store database. A supplementary database coupled to the price checker object provides supplementary data associated with the item. Further, a formatter object coupled to the price checker object and the price object receives as an input the data contained in the price object and provides as an output a formatted output string.