stefan Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 dunno, how many of you people are into this but there's a Woot off going on at woot.com. If you're not in the know and spend all of your $$$ on records, it's probably a bad idea to check out, just a warning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 What is this site? Can you explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 The whole concept is that they sell "one item a day" with $5 flat shipping (even if it's a plasma TV). The item is usually a gadget or hi-fi electronic but sometimes is also a novelty item. Since they only do an item a day, they sometimes have great deals. Items are posted at midnight and they usually sell out, sometimes in hours, sometimes in minutes. They also have a wine (weekly) and t-shirt site now. so.... every once in a while, they go crazy and have a "woot off" where they just keep listing shit all day.. As one item sells out they put up the next. The orange bar between the flashing lights indicates how much is left iof that item. As the bar disapperas, users will frantically be hitting refresh in the hops that the next item is something cool. During woot offs sometimes they only have, say, 5 of an item in stock so they can go super quick. The holy grail usually happens once per woot off and is called "Random Crap", AKA "Bag of Crap". Wiki "bag of crap" or "woot" and you will soon see what kind of cult status this has among users. They usually list ~1000 of them and they sell out in seconds. It's $1 but you should always order 3 (because of the flat shipping). What's in a bag of crap? Read the blogs for previous ones... mostly stuff they have lying around the warehouse but they always end up sending someone a plasma TV or a Ken Jennings head or something else amazing/weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 If you go to "The Blog" http://www.woot.com/Blog/Default.aspx then you can see all the stuff they've already sold in the woot off. you can also gets stats on how many they sold and how quickly they went. some of the data is pretty interesting if you're a dork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 woot is the impulse shoppers wet dream/worst nightmare I got a roomba off of them one woot off. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scriptedrain Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Must... buy... tire air compressor... - Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 This shit is the best. I was debating over grabbing one of those iPod docks then hit "refresh" and they were already gone. Argh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 Since my wife is a lawyer, I just want to go on record and say that I am not liable for the increase in your credit card balances.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotnerd Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 gps man, crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 gps man, crazy Yeah, but they're refurbished. No thanks. The product descriptions these dudes write are gold, though. Kudos to those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 The Woot is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomoleksy Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 I'm in the woot off chat room. This shit is getting intense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 "Server is too busy." Dammit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniethebear Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 It's just some taco-making shit today. Lame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobe Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 It's just some taco-making shit today. Lame. I've seen 20+ things today and only one was a taco set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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