"I got probably the unluckiest fukubukoro in the last wave. It was a rusty old floor sweeper full of spider eggs and a bunch of beer swag, hats, bottle openers, shirts, etc. I recently recovered from a black widow bite and I’m an alcoholic, sooooo… "
I want to see a map of the group of people who have never missed one of these. Gotta be a common denominator.
I live about 12 minutes from downtown Denver, but in terms of Internet speeds, I'm in the boonies. As soon as Mile High Stadium disappears in your rear view mirror, you fall off an internet speed cliff. Only two providers, and both stink.
I've always been fascinated by process, logistics, the spinning gears behind any operation. And it's seems statistically improbable that a selection of 400 items can be taken from a population of 30k and consistently come up with the same folks.
Granted, total visitors does not equal visitors in first minute. I've never really paid attention to that number at the bottom of the page
Congrats to the winners! ( or regrets, as the case may be.)
@MehnofLaMehncha I think the common denominator is being here exactly at changeover. I've scored every one I've ever gotten on my phone, which is hardly optimal for Internet. Some on wifi and some on cell service. I usually get lucky about checking, but last night was driving in to work to do some server maintenance when I saw the alert and just cursed my timing.
Pretty sure it just comes down to timing and the perseverance. I've had an alarm set on my phone for 10:58 for almost two years now. Gives me just enough time to recognize the alarm, hop onto my mobile browser and pull up Meh just before the changeover. But shit, I've used my computer for a few, the iPad, my phone for most, wifi, mobile data, whatever. And I live in super rural Iowa for fuck's sake.
I've got a few other tricks, but I can't just give out trade secrets and stuff. Really it boils down to being willing to fight the good fight. You gotta be dedicated to checking immediately at turnover each and everyday. Today's came outta fucking nowhere to me since I haven't been in the forums for the past few weeks with the end of the school year looming.
@whistlingwilly From those who have commented in threads and such, I boldly assume that it is down to just three of us. Maybe a staffer is able to use super magic to confirm this? @MEHcus? @shawn?
@MehnofLaMehncha I agree with @studerc and @djslack that getting the fuko/fuku is due to timing and perseverance. The only one I missed was the one with the crazy captchas. All the others I've gotten because I'm here exactly at midnight Eastern Time. My internet connection is the slowest there is because, well... I can't afford anything fast. Until I get a life, I'll always be hitting the F5 at midnight.
@studerc Perhaps there are other people with a perfect streak that don't want to gloat about their successes and make other people mad at them so they remain silent about that matter.
@Mo_Steel It took me less than 10 seconds from clicking the BUY button to completing the captcha, yet it still sold out under me once again. Fucking captcha!
@sparkle_motion They must have only had a literal hand full of them. It says they sold 453 but I think there's a decimal missing, seems more like 4.53 to me
Yay! I hadn't managed to get one since the kickstarter (I rarely stay up to check it at midnight, tbh. I just got caught up in a conversation with a friend tonight and was too lazy to get up from the couch) terrified-loving-flavor. I hope that means something randomly yummy in mine!
Dammit!!!!!! The ONE time I check at midnight and I miss because of the captcha!!!! No fuko and i got burned in the Mehxchange... @medz!!!!!!!!!!!!! I blame yoooooooou!!!! Lol
@zachhh Amazon has hazmat suits, masks, the long chemical proof gloves, and boots. If you order now (especially if you are prime) you can get all the protective gear you need shipped to you before your fuko arrives.
Strongly suggest you gear up for this, given the repeated warnings about fuko devolution... you never know what might come oozing out of the box...
@booboo9000 Don't let the door hit you on the way out. By the way, that's good that you quit because it's a better chance for me with less competition in the future. Thanks.
@thomasaelliott Hey, for a consolation prize, do you want some random crap I got from Meh (and some bonus goodies thrown in)? It includes a Meh fanny pack from one of the fukus. I gotta get rid of some stuff before I move next month.
@thomasaelliott@mikey is sending you a Fuko fanny pack from the first fuko. That’s a collector’s item (not really, but keep it a hundred years and it might be). Anyway, the fuko fanny packs have only been shipped out once as a fuko offering. Good luck with your crap haul, and it is very nice of you to do this @mikey.
@carl669@Thumperchick You always hear about disgruntled employees. I once said I was a gruntled employee and the look on people's face was priceless. They were unsure what I was saying.
Can't stand myself, loaded the page on my phone at midnight, checking email and didn't realize a damn Fuku was just sitting there. By 12:02 it was too late. Your welcome to the guy who got mine!
I guess I spent too much time trying to figure out which freaking pictures had bread in them. I passed that test and then was informed they sold out while I was ordering. Guess I will bring my reading glasses next time.
NOOOOOO! It's my birthday today (5/20) and a birthday Fukobukuro would have been a great gift. I guess I should get used to the disappointment. Thanks, Meh.
@dgmcbride why on earth do you keep vmp running if your not getting the shipping benefits... THIS AIN'T COSTCO/SAMS/BJs!!!!! WIth the $5 a month you wasted you could have driven to a dumpster and made your own Fuko!!!!
In for one! odd-mischievous-cheddar -- Lucky (or unlucky), I heard my 9pm twitter notification vibrate my phone and browsed right to the site on my laptop without know what awaited! Woo Hoo!
Fuck. I haven't bought anything in a while and I have a new phone, so the robot detection system made me re-enter my credit card info. Sold out by 12:02 I'm not bitter, just extremely jealous. Enjoy your Fukos!
Well, since I know what I'm about to say won't fucking be CENSORED given the particular FUCKING subject matter...
GOD FUCKING DAMN IT, THREE FUCKING MINUTES AND IT SOLD OUT!! FUCK YOU ALL!! GO TO HELL!! FUCKING HELL, MEH, FUCK YOU TOO FOR NEVER HAVING ENOUGH OF THESE, GOD FUCKING DAMN IT ALL TO FUCKING BLACK BURNING HELL!!
@Dizavid Nope, this is perfectly acceptable- now if you go and make 5 or more threads bitching about this, that's a problem; if you start cursing out employees by name, that's a problem; otherwise, feel free to use fuck as much as you want- there's a thread just for that: https://meh.com/forum/topics/fun-fact.
@Dizavid Sold out at like 20 seconds and this guy waltzes in at 3 minutes losing his mind. There could've been 10x as many and it would've been sold out at 3 minutes.
Was about to take a shower at 11:57 and thought, "might as well wait the 3 minutes naked in my bathroom with my phone in hand refreshing meh.com until changeover" solid plan paid off
@Mehrocco_Mole funny story, but not so funny for me: I was in line for Wendy's and some drunk guy is talking to the guy in front of me about fishing, so he starts browsing his phone I assume for a picture of the fish, but I'm not involved so I just stand there and then he goes "oh this is a good one, but for you" now approaching me, for some odd reason, perhaps out of morbid curiosity, I take a gander....dick pic.
And it fuko'd me. ReCAPTIA went nuts, then it cleared out my card, then it kept telling me "Something went terribly wrong," wrapping up with a sold out message.
@craigcush What they said. You can't buy 3. It's set to 1 automatically. If, by some crazy chance, someone manages to exploit a random glitch and have a duplicate order go through, that second order is deleted the following morning.
Rage. I press buy it already and get screwed. This is not funny any more. Screw you Meh i am taking my 5 dollars away from you and buying a cheeseburger.
how the hell did I get one? and by "get" mean "spent my money." we'll see what, if anything, I have actually gained once this fabled shitsack actually arrives.
oh right, apparently it's customary to post this: electrical-precipitous-cork
@jzmacdaddy I said nearly impossible. I got it to work. Fat fingers took me more than 2 minutes. And they were long gone. Had someone else try and couldn't do it either. I must need to have laptop running at 12 sharp every night to get one of these.
My expectations are tempered. I got the first fukObukuro and was not disappointed (as the name set my expectations very, very low) Hopefully this time around I get something that will be worth the five bucks.
I knew when I cracked open two eggs with double yolks this morning something great was destined to happen today - but who knew it would be my first Fuku!
Tapped buy, tapped I'm not a robot, tapped buy. Got it. Not even any delays. Painfully, I leave for a business trip right before its delivered so I'll have to wait almost 2 weeks to see what I got. Hopefully my wife won't open it before then.
I've been doing some spring cleaning today. I found myself wondering why in the hell I bought the past two fuku/os that I got, seeing as I don't even need this crap. Figured maybe I'd let the next one go.
Now another fuko pops up tonight and I slammed that buy button like the motherfucking fist of the north star. Help.
@zachary They were numbering them separately, but as of the last Fuko, it was decided that all Fuku are actually Fuko... It was just that they had been improperly called Fuku. So this, and all previous unlucky bags are now officially Fukobukuro, and thus this is number 10. True story!
@curtise Good enough for me! I thought this was only the second one I missed (#4 and #10) but apparently I missed #2 as well. So I'm 7/10 total. Not too shabby.
I clicked on the buy button before all the information appeared and then got the error about not doing the captcha. I then clicked the "I am not a robot" checkbox and resubmitted my order. It said, sorry you already bought one.
My order history does not show I got one. Never got a confirmation email either. What's up with that?
When I clicked the "I am not a robot" box, a page opened asking me to fill in my info to request an appointment. After that last fuku fiasco, I thought it was a Meh joke. It wasn't (I tried another browser and got the "real" captcha, but the Fuku sold out before it finished processing). So I wonder what type of appointment it is that I just signed up for???? Darn.
@sammydog01 I now have an appt to be fitted for a hearing aid. If it were for eye glasses, I might be tempted - it sure seems I could have used a pair last night!
Just realized I haven't bought shit from here in like 6 months because its all worth shit. Meh is like that membership for the gym you never go to but still pay for just because you hope you will actually go one day. So Major Excement Hill, good bye.
Meh took my f-card tonight. It was getting late. Was about to call it a night. Checked meh, it was there my heart was racing. Clicks went flying, it all happened so fast. I think it was a-meh-zing. Now I am all sweaty wondering what I just did. Maybe next time it will last longer!
@jamesemunson The pictures are sometimes a better interpretation of what the Malevolent Order Name Generator really means than google image produces. The MONG and I have a long-running battle. Since I rebelled and started posting what I want, life has been - prettier.
How is it possible for anyone to have time to order more than one? I was lucky to time it just right to get on the sight exactly as it came online with new item. Saw the bag and instantly clicked "buy". I swear, not 5 seconds passed before it was sold out!
@peaceetc Thanks. This is the first time I've timed it perfectly to buy one. It went so fast I still thought I was too late. I did get the MEH email confirming purchase tho.
Wait. I received an email from Meh about my order. I have a receipt for one, order # jumpy-tinted-titanium, for $0. How does this happen? Screw-up, or birthday miracle?
awestruck-proficient-shelf My wife is going to kill me when she sees that I ordered another box of crap from "that junk site." I just can't quit you, fuku/o!
I didn't check until 12:02, but honestly, I'm not all all disappointed based on the last fuko shipment, enjoy the anticipation, those of you who got an order through...
@jnordhaus12 Random crap. No customers know until they receive their package in the mail. You will eventually see a new thread appear where people post pictures of their Fuko contents.
Fukobukuro Sucks! I hate Fukobukuro.. I always get here within 1 minute after a new offer and Fukobukuro is always sold out!.. Piss on Fukobukuro...!!!
So after watching today's video (thanks for the impending nightmares btw, meh!), I went back to actually read the post and figure out what just happened, and... "rusty old floor sweeper full of spider eggs"??... DEAR LORD, WTF DID I DO?!?
@Thumperchick You are the winners of a 2nd Fuku? But... it does look like the fuku sales figures are slowly increasing, however the sellout time isn't.... It's increased by 6 since I've noticed...
@sohmageek Have you had your computer cleansed and/or exorcised lately? Hard for me to say without getting a look at it myself, but it sounds like poltergeists.
@Ignorant The only fair thing to do is to cancel all orders and start all over. Let's say in 5 minutes, that should give them enough time to prep the new sale.
I am really bad at this (perhaps my Fuko karma is off). So, here's an offer for a couple of lucky folks (or unlucky depending on your perspective). Send me an email (my username at gmail) with your address if you have never gotten to experience the joy of receiving a box full of random stuff that I don't need (never won a Fuku or Bag of Crap). It will probably be about as rewarding as signing up for a second chance lottery ticket drawing but you'll get a box in the mail full of random items.
I'm begging you meh, please move the new daily deal drop time a little earlier, even if its just an hour. I've been slowly killing myself over the past year staying up until midnight every single night when I've got work in the morning. I know I shouldn't but it's just so hard to not wait up when I know that if its anything even halfway decent it'll probably be sold out by the time I wake up in the morning. If I'm doing it, I'm sure theres plenty of others ruining their chance at a healthy amount of sleep too in the name of getting a good deal on something meh.
@cjrhoades You're right, they aren't in our time zone. So, be glad that they don't use their own time zone for the midnight changeover like they did when they ran Woot. If so, we'd all still be waiting up until 1:00 a.m. for changeover.
Frustrating...had this in my cart checking out at 11 pm CST and meh system shows its is still trying to automatically purchase ( because I did not get one and my iPad showed sold out as had meh up there too) . Meh's ordering system has now been doing this (note green line trying to process order in picture ) since 11:52 pm :( so meh PLEASE fix the system as this should not be able to do this if you are sold out.
Y'all just gave me a heart attack! I didn't see the second order confirmation email come in because it was stacked with the first. So, when I received the email cancelling my order, my stomach dropped. Way to scare a girl, Meh.
As a machine tending robot there are times when you really need a Fukobukuro and just don't have one handy, that is why I like the Meh Fukobukuro... it's there when you need it!!!!!!!!!!
In for 3 in red and of course I got VMP... it's the best deal in Fukobukuro shipping around!!!!!!!!!
@heartny umm I did as you suggested --I just checked and my email shows an order but my credit card wasn't charged yet but I have a three word order name .. Order also states ( when you click on order words) it is processing -- hope meh helps me out and sends me the bag ( with contents included of course) as my email shows me having placed order ( didn't charge my card though ) and I have a three word order name !!
@seraphimcaduto This wasn't 'around fukobukuro time'. There is no such thing. Usually my Kindle Fire is a disaster, but this time it worked first click. On 1 April, I was poised on my laptop, and still missed out. I think it's more to do with the feng shui in the room when you order.
@OldCatLady I'm inclined to agree with you, must be the feng shui, it's pretty bad in the room I tried in. I'll blame it on that, no biggie. Now if it would hav been a Bluetooth receiver under $200...
I'm no music expert but I think Men At Work only wrote ONE song listed on the poll: Down Under. I apologize if this has already been posted. I got 40% of the way through the posts & didn't see it mentioned so figured I'd post. Since I rarely post.
I'm surprised how many fell for it. Nice job Meh. Nice job.
GODDAMN IT... good thing I've been drinkin', otherwise I'd be pissed.
"Trruuttth, is a simple place, Here, for us all to seeeee... Reeeeach, as it comes to you, As it comes to me... As I will always need you inside my heart.
WTF, man this is what I get for trying to fix my buddies laptop... Dam missed it again. At least this time I wasn't here at 10 seconds past 12am est getting booted off the site madly trying to solve insurmountable captcha.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! This is the second Thursday it happened to me. Why can't this be on any day BUT Thursday? Where am I supposed to get my ultra-cheap headphone leftovers now?!?!?!?
My first...unfortunately, I can thank my 8 month old daughter for waking up with a fever at 11:55...got her calmed down and happened to check just in time.
So I've been staring at today's Meh face for about three hours now. The spinning eyes sort of lulled me into a hypnotic state of lethargy. Carol Anne! Listen to me! Do NOT go into the light!
Almost every single weeknight I'm up at midnight, ready to pounce. Yet three times now (not in a row) I've decided I really need to go to bed a bit earlier and I've missed out. Working 7 - 7 today, covering for my coworker this evening. In order to fulfill my good deed I went to bed at 11:30 so I could try to get 5 1/2 hours of sleep. Ah well, at least I scored some really cheap stuff yesterday at a local Sports Authority as they're going out of business. $225 worth of product for $84. Still a win.
translucent-downy-slope My 1st legit one besides the april fools. For some reason I checked on my phone instead of the computer tonight. even missed the I'm not a robot button the 1st time but still got my order in. Today is a good day.
@cinoclav Nothing better? I got a nib $75 dash juicer, a dvd bluray player with built in lan, a nickzone lunch cooler, an adventure time neck pillow, and a bag. Passed on the "bad" luck and gave it all away to people that could use it. (except the bag, I kept that for myself) Best $5 I ever spent.
I gave up the fuku/o hunt a while ago in favor of sleep, but was impressed to see there was one this morning. Did I miss any clues, or was this a total fukoing surprise?
@ACraigL Wednesday afternoon the thought popped into my head that it was about time for a fuku. But then I thought, "no, it's already Wednesday, maybe next week." So they broke with that pattern. Or maybe not, since it is a fuko and not a fuku.
The forum didn't feel like it was fuku/o time, though.
@ACraigL I made the same decision about fuku/o and sleep.. although I was awake at midnight, I was reading a news article on where to eat near Rockefeller Center.. I bought Meghan Trainor tix yesterday for my daughter in NYC!! So excited!!
@OldCatLady you are welcome to join us...fingers crossed we actually get to see her, we had tix for all about the bass tour and she cancelled the concert :( ..i was amazed at how reasonable the prices were compared to the nearby venues!
@PureSlate Same here. Been a Woot'r since 06 and a Meh'r since inception. Never a BOC or a Fuko. It might have something to do with not really giving a shit. Early Woot BOC winners would tell stories of the big plasma TVs and the like in their BOC but other than that, this looks like an ingenious way to actually sell land fill, or worse, hazmat. Hmmm, I wonder if I could get something like this going for my next yard sale.. a Craigslist BOC perhaps.
@accelerator@PureSlate These days right here in Meh I'll see forum posts talking about open BOC's for sale over at wootazon, sometimes still available hours later.
@simius_miser I won't. More seriously, the Fuko/Fukus here have generally been much better than the BOCs, some of which have been complete and utter crap, hence the zero.
The thing about these is the thrill of getting them in against the odds of supply and demand. Also there's an inverse relation between ease of acquisition versus desirability.
@narfcake Truer words were seldom spoken. Fighting the tech problems (user end) keeps me motivated to buy tech toys a little more often than I would otherwise. Fighting the site tech issues has always been fun. Crashing the woot servers became a religious experience for many, and there for awhile it looked like meh was joining the Tech Inquisition.
So uhhhh. .. I could have sworn it said it was a FUKU last night but I now have a receipt for a FUKO. I think it switched on people. Also, I didn't order one, so that's cool. :) http://imgur.com/JkWi3Yw
@chacham Begging your pardon, kind sir... I would like to point out that us colourful neighbours to your north don't all speak like that, eh? Sorry! To loosely paraphrase Jay-Zed, I've got ninety-nine stereotypes, but now I'm going to go head out and about from my igloo. Thank you, kindly!
WHAT THE WARM SKINNY GOBLIN IS GOING ON HERE!? I AM SO CONFUSED I'M SORRY I EVER SAID MEAN THINGS TO YOU MEH, UNLESS THAT'S HOW YOU LIKE IT YOU KINKY BASTARDS
@dickfarts i wrote a program that checks meh. if it's a fuku/o, it sets off the burglar alarm in my house. this means i have to grab my gun and clear every room in the house. i then have to turn off the alarm and tell the alarm company that everything is code 4. by the time i'm done doing all this, i've missed the fuku/o and saved myself 5 bucks.
unfortunately, my program failed with a null pointer exception work last night and i threw $5 at meh for a fuko. this is what happens when i don't properly test boundary conditions.
so, the moral of the story is, always hire good software testers.
@lichme IKR - I have no idea if I should take this as 'they like us' or 'what the fuck did I do to deserve this, would someone please tell me so I can never/always do it again.'
i received an order confirmation, but i didn't order one, although I did click on the Sold Out button, hmmm curiouser and curiouser... Maybe all aMeh.ricans are getting one shipped out to them, or maybe I just shot myself in the foot?
@Ignorant well, i'm an optimist so just going to assume i am getting my pony and drone and ATOMOS receiver in the mail in a few short days, courtesy of the Meh.niacs over there at Medi.okra
@brhfl Same here. Something tells me we should be scared. With an order number like rabid-wormy-suit , I'm wondering whether I should just move now and leave no forwarding address.
@DMlivezey I just checked my account. Nothing. I didn't even try as I haven't been able to get past the robot junk the last bunch of times. They must have some of our accounts marked as robots LOL
@wward1663 The point is you weren't fast enough to check in at midnight. There was over 45,000 milliseconds in which you could have placed your order ... but that didn't happen for reasons in which only you could be responsible for.
@wward1663 i think the point is to have it sell out right away. from what i understand (which is nothing), the meh staffers have a betting pool going on how many people rage quit the next day.
@carl669 I remember reading something awhile back that said their ideal result for most items is to have the last one sell out at 10:59:59pm. That's a validation that they got both the pricing and quantity just right for the item. Fukos though are an exception due to the self imposed limit and high demand.
The more people that rage quit after unsuccessful fukoing, the better the chances are for the rest of us who understand the relationship between supply, demand and value.
I'm not mad Bro.... (keep telling myself this maybe it will help). I didn't need the excitement anyway (repeat three time). Don't visit Meh.com today (like that will help).
Ya know, it's been an extraordinarily crap-tastic Friday at the cube-farm until I remembered..... I finally scored a M*THER-F*CKING FUKUBUKURO BAG last night!! And now I'm cheesin' again :-D
--SIDEBAR-- So I've been tryin' to hip my hubby to this whole MEH thing for a while now, but all I seem to get are huffy "You got yet another package from MEH today" phone calls, & I just don't really think he gets it.
Case in Point: after being accidentally woken up by my squeals of excitement & "FUUUUUUCK YAAAAAAS!" battle cries last night, he just rolled over, rolled his eyes & said "stop shopping woman!"...
HMMMMPH!
Well this morning I decided enough is enough, & sent him links to a couple Fuku reveal threads.. Hours later I get a response: "WTF is someone supposed to do with a pallet full of usb hubmen???"
Well I am confused. I already got on here and grumbled that I missed this. Then just now I got an email telling me I got it, with a confirmation code. It took hours to get it confirmed! and, I never saw the confirmation code on my screen... Both facts are probably due to server load, but it is confusing...
@gnotgonna its looks like you and 40 other people got it . the order counter went up 40 orders since midnight, so im guessing 40 people got it .. either way you will find out in a week or so on meh.com/orders
@Ignorant Possibly those 40 people placed multiple orders, whether deliberately or accidentally, and the system has been purging the duplicates, then looking at the 'next in line if we hadn't run out' queue.
@Ignorant So as a VMP, I could have gone to sleep early. Nobody tells me these things. Or maybe they looked at the 1 April howls of agony and bestowed fuko stuff on us. Time will tell.
"I know it's been a while but I just wanted to post that I got probably the unluckiest fukubukoro in the last wave. It was a rusty old floor sweeper full of spider eggs and a bunch of beer swag, hats, bottle openers, shirts, etc. I recently recovered from a black widow bite and I'm an alcoholic, sooooo.. I had a good laugh. The spider egg thing was right out the door though. Like instantly. Box too. Everything else was scrutinized and inspected. The beer swag went to buddies at where my wife works who are into fishing, so they snapped it up. UNLUCKY BAG Hahaha"
Hey! I'm quoted for this Fuko's review!
I'm Ramen Pride! on Something awful, and I think Meh must read the thread in coupons there, because I don't think I crossposted both here and over there. This is too funny! HAHAHA
Man. I was reading amazon reviews of nasal sprays and forgot to be poised and ready at 11 pm central. As I usually do on the rare occasions I am not here precisely on time, I loaded the page thinking "don't be a fuku don't be a fuku don't be a fuku." And I should have been more precise, because it was indeed not a fuku at all.
I am simultaneously super annoyed with myself and thinking it's just as well because I already spent money on weird, stupid crap earlier in the day, including an open container of turquoise hair dye, a Holly Hobbie collectible plate and The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People by the Wallaces. I really kind of feel like I came out ahead, but I hate not playing!
I log on at 12:00 and when I went to order it said they were all sold out .who got them if at 12:00 there where no more???????????????????????????????????? Is there more then 2 on these Fukus
to answer your question though, there were 437. they sold out in 46 seconds. 40 more were apparently randomly distributed to VMPs. (though i don't think we've had confirmation from any meh staffers.)
and, this was a fuko, not a fuku. fukobukuro means "unlucky bag". so, you're probably better off not getting one anyway. take the $5 you saved and go buy something nice. you can make an excellent spicy jalapeno artichoke dip for around $5.
@carl669 I took it from the description that they may have killed the "fuku" label in favor of "fuko", as in like, permanently . . . Not to mention the numbering in the series.
@mlcollect A lot of people have claimed to log in exactly at midnight (or whatever time zone they are in), but I have to wonder if their clocks are completely accurate. I tend to sync my computer clock (using the 'internet time' function in Windows) manually at least once a week, and it makes a difference. My clock can be off by several seconds if left unattended (it never seems to auto sync like it should), which can mean being on time or completely missing out. Plus I get Meh's tweets texted to me (which are sent to my computer with Pushbullet).
And even then, there's no promise I'll be fast enough to snag a fuku/fuko. I failed last time, made it this time. I have a fairly slow internet connection these days, so I'm surprised I scored at all.
I got one. But I have to admit I thought it was just a bag. I now realize it is more than that. I can't wait to see what I bought without realizing what I'm buying.
@dashcloud Yup. I got a broken camera in a BOC. I admit my experience is very limited with these. I’m hopeful though. Maybe one of the knives will work.
I lived for a decade in Tokyo during the golden days (from 1985).
If I remember correctly the “Lucky” bags were sold during New Years Day - these people survived the mochi chew <the newspapers actually listed the deaths from mochi choking> (there may have been a summer bag too). The lines were huge! We mostly saw these people as we were coming home from a long nite of clubbing.
I don’t remember many a friend, Japanese or Western, getting one of those bags as most worked in the fashion industry and got special invites to amazing sales anyways.
This is my first fuko. I don’t know how I got it. Woke up at midnight. Saw the Red Bag. First clicked the meh button and saw that the buy button was still available. WTF!?! Clicked the BUY button super fast and didn’t see any silly images - I think there was ONE check mark to say I wasn’t a robot and it confirmed my order.
Fukobukuro 10 was kind. Probably. Unless the detritus on the RMA’d vacuum or the weird cat (?) smell turns out to be toxic.
(I did wipe down the bot, change its filter, and test it. It works. It’s just missing a few accessories. I got the name and address of the person who RMA’d it, so maybe Meh expects me to Liam Neeson the missing boundary markers.)
1 x reusable grocery bag
1 x Paul Frank monkey face purse
1 x Angry Birds Plush Heads One-That-Lays-An-Egg-Maybe-??-And-Also-Has-A-Hat-On
1 x Mock Security Camera
1 x neato botvac 85 (with free cat (?) smell upgrade)
@pikafoop I got that neato but v.65! Posted in the reveal thread… Mine came a little more beat up and minus the cat smells but with a lot of dirt inside - needing a change of filters. Tests good and shows a NEW Battery! So happy and will run a full first floor clean tonite.
I got a gun! It’s a Gambler Mini Derringer - okay, it’s a cap pistol with key chain. I still like it.
I got a very nice cat-approved box, 36 three-dimensional Mr Magoo stickers, a red meh. tote bag, a saddle-stitched Infinity Key Combo 8" Micro USB Case & Keyboard, and -wait for it- a BEM Bluetooth speaker duo, NIB, with all accessories. This is incredibly nice, and now I will retire my iPig speaker which lacks both style and BT. Thanks, meh! This has lifted my spirits just when they really needed lifting.
For $5, not bad. Though the best part of this bag was the tablet, I expected it to be broken, and it is. The battery takes no charge at all, notice the power cord plugged into it. It’s a pretty slow one too so that game on the screen was just for the picture heh. Giving it to my mom, she doesn’t have a tablet and didn’t want one until now. I’ll give her a battery she can tote around with it and plug into the micro usb port to keep the thing on. Also got a cap gun I’m sure I’ll have a lot of fun with. Angry Bird . That’s pretty cool. Also a couple of Leak Frogs for detecting leaks and the cool red meh bag. Thanks meh.
(removed the name on the front of the tablet box)
(the fixed pic broke, so I replaced it with the imgur link below - TC)
@jbartus Yes. Had I gotten the vacuum AND the helmet, I could have simply let the two form their own symbiotic relationship: One spreading filth, and the other removing it.
@TheChrisGlass That looks like a skimboard. You put it in an inch of water, run, and jump on it to slide. They appear to be a lot more fun to watch than to use.
Got my Fuku in the mail today! Better then I expected given the other postings I have read about this … maybe adventure is the right word?
I got a brand new looks nice seems to work swiffer thingie.
A dick tracey collectors book ( A book discussing the value of dick tracey collectables, not a collectable dick tracy book, to be clear)
A cute baby toy that my poor neglected puppy promptly claimed.
The cute red bag.
I am happy with all of it! I will be regifting the book, my dog already ate the toy, She Who Must Be Obeyed is happy with the swiffer thingie…
All in all, a pleasant adventure!
Its been a roller coaster -
Was pretty shocked when I scored this bag with practically no effort - So excited to be getting my 3rd bag - Excitement plummeted when I got the shipping notice and four days into its journey it was still 2 pounds. - Suddenly last week the weight skyrocketed to 27 pounds! This was about the same time I started seeing photos of LCD monitors and robot vacuums - I was getting something grand for certain - Yesterday the box arrived - I was surprised as it was not due until Monday
A bit beat up, but I have been around a while and seen plenty boxes just like this from Woot over the years -
So here goes!!
Bunch of air -
Huh?
Spiders sold separately
Hawkeye!
I even checked the secret stash for cash - nada
And there ya have it…
22 of 24 Money Back Coke Bottles (its a miracle more didnt smash considering they were just tumbling around in the box
1 Hawkeye action figure
1 Marvel pencil holder with secret stash (Empty to my disappointment)
Wow, I know this is called the fuko now, but this was disappointing even by my low expectations. I got a very worn bowling pin, a Cirque du Soleil Christmas tree ornament, and some Green M&M slipper socks.
Specs
Condition: Unlucky
Warranty: None
Estimated Delivery: Eventually
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
It is a mystery…
Pictures
Full bag
Empty bag
Stomp
Review Highlights
Warranty
90 days
In for three.
@KevinKevin
Bastages! Fargin ice holes!
1.4% of visitors got one, so I don't feel too bad. I'm a 98%er! (Somewhere in there.)
@KevinKevin May they all be truly shitty.
wooooo!
docile-rolly-meat
Kinda mad I missed the last one because I needed sleep.
holy shit I finally got one!
@boygenius1991
Oh-fer-10!!
@boygenius1991 Ditto! I'm officially on the board after...have forgotten how long it's been :-D
Jinxed IP address. Half the time, I hit the "buy" button a second after midnite. A second too late each time.
@boygenius1991 Someday I will get one. Someday.
Whew, what a rush.
@stoopkid I can taste the mana?
WOOOO!!!
austere-living-knowledge
Sweet
I wasn't expecting this. I got a twitter notification, and managed to get to the site in time!
irrational-abusive-ranger
@curtise
@hollboll Yea man, you're cool
@hollboll I KNOW, RIGHT??? It made me cackle with joy when that pic came up in image search
!
Still undefeated!!! FUCK YEA!
@studerc Highfive!!! Wonder if the club lost a member tonight.
@whistlingwilly lets send some check ins out...
@capguncowboy
@ignorant
@someoneelseimforgetting
@studerc I'm sad that I'm no longer in this club after missing the last one on my account. I did get this one, so that alleviates the pain slightly.
@PurplePawprints it was hard not to include you on the check-ins this time around!
@studerc nope, I'm out of the club. Was putting the kid to bed tonight and missed it. Congrats to those that got one.
@studerc Yeah, I miss being a member of the club. Congrats on keeping your Fuko/Fuku string going.
@studerc i would say capguncowboy didn't get one. he is on vacation right now.
@sprockett01 right you are. I'm not even sad about it
@studerc you're all alone now
@capguncowboy you're free! Im actually jealous, ill probably die early with all the added stress getting the fuku/o has broughy into my life!
There are still a few fighting the good fight...@whistingwilly got one and it also looks like @ignorant was saved with a random one.
I want to see a map of the group of people who have never missed one of these. Gotta be a common denominator.
I live about 12 minutes from downtown Denver, but in terms of Internet speeds, I'm in the boonies. As soon as Mile High Stadium disappears in your rear view mirror, you fall off an internet speed cliff. Only two providers, and both stink.
I've always been fascinated by process, logistics, the spinning gears behind any operation. And it's seems statistically improbable that a selection of 400 items can be taken from a population of 30k and consistently come up with the same folks.
Granted, total visitors does not equal visitors in first minute. I've never really paid attention to that number at the bottom of the page
Congrats to the winners! ( or regrets, as the case may be.)
@studerc if I do actually end up with anything it will forever be marked with a Barry Bonds asterisk.
@MehnofLaMehncha I think the common denominator is being here exactly at changeover. I've scored every one I've ever gotten on my phone, which is hardly optimal for Internet. Some on wifi and some on cell service. I usually get lucky about checking, but last night was driving in to work to do some server maintenance when I saw the alert and just cursed my timing.
@djslack @MehnofLaMehncha
Pretty sure it just comes down to timing and the perseverance. I've had an alarm set on my phone for 10:58 for almost two years now. Gives me just enough time to recognize the alarm, hop onto my mobile browser and pull up Meh just before the changeover. But shit, I've used my computer for a few, the iPad, my phone for most, wifi, mobile data, whatever. And I live in super rural Iowa for fuck's sake.
I've got a few other tricks, but I can't just give out trade secrets and stuff. Really it boils down to being willing to fight the good fight. You gotta be dedicated to checking immediately at turnover each and everyday. Today's came outta fucking nowhere to me since I haven't been in the forums for the past few weeks with the end of the school year looming.
@studerc So its down to 3?
@whistlingwilly From those who have commented in threads and such, I boldly assume that it is down to just three of us. Maybe a staffer is able to use super magic to confirm this? @MEHcus? @shawn?
@MehnofLaMehncha I agree with @studerc and @djslack that getting the fuko/fuku is due to timing and perseverance. The only one I missed was the one with the crazy captchas. All the others I've gotten because I'm here exactly at midnight Eastern Time. My internet connection is the slowest there is because, well... I can't afford anything fast. Until I get a life, I'll always be hitting the F5 at midnight.
@studerc Perhaps there are other people with a perfect streak that don't want to gloat about their successes and make other people mad at them so they remain silent about that matter.
@cengland0 I love making you all mad.
Gottem
determined-mottled-sweater
(redhead... bonus!)
@carl669 thats for sure
Yay
Huh.
Finally got one.
Go fig.
@haydesigner You need to tone down that enthusiasm.
Congrats!
@haydesigner
Go Figs!
@haydesigner nice pseudohaiku
WOO! First time.
quirky-like-wing
@CptTritium Brace yourself...
Still flawless!!!! Caught me off guard!
Already gone? :(
@Mo_Steel It took me less than 10 seconds from clicking the BUY button to completing the captcha, yet it still sold out under me once again.
Fucking captcha!
yeah!
Less than a minute
Holy crap I got one
Got another one, bitches!!
@Raptor_007 no need to rub it in :(
I live in a jinxed IP address or something ...
Dang it! I forgot I was on a different computer and had to sign in! :(
Sold out while processing my order, happens to me every time!
Jesus it's only been ONE MINUTE! Sold out already?!?
@Stormchaser It wasn't even one minute. I pointed my browser to meh.com as soon as 8:59 blinked into 9:00 on my menubar. Gone.
@sparkle_motion They must have only had a literal hand full of them. It says they sold 453 but I think there's a decimal missing, seems more like 4.53 to me
Alas, "sold out while you were ordering." I blame captcha
terrible-pitiful-witch
Do your worst
Can we get a shout out to @Shawn and the development team. That was a straight up breeze, we'll done!
@studerc @shawn No server crashes. Awesome! Good job guys
@studerc
Wow, gone in only a minute. How many of these were there, a baker's dozen?
At my tap, 230 had been sold.
FUCK!
(Sold out in checkout.)
@narfcake same
@narfcake Same here, story of my life, lol.
just .. like JUST got in from a flight and turned on the pc to check emails .. figured eh .. its close to midnight .. in for 1
I just came in from my graduation and saw this up. It sold out as I was putting it in my cart. Oh well, guess I have to settle for my diploma.
@conandlibrarian congrats
@conandlibrarian Congratulations indeed!
@conandlibrarian wtg
@conandlibrarian
@conandlibrarian congrats!
@conandlibrarian CONGRATS! So Cool.
Might be the quickest sellout so far. Checked at 15 seconds after and it was gone.
Well done, you quick little shits.
First one for me... finally
@nichojr prepare to be underwhelmed!
permanent-regal-horn !
I happened to have my phone on-hand as soon as I got the Twitter notification. This is my second fuko in a row!
purring-occupied-flea
Now have all but the very first one... depressing that I'll never have a complete set....
Well the site didn't crash, but they sold out in seconds.
Hooray
Already gone? It's been a fucking minute.
Yay!
Woo hoo!
Finally got one!!!!!
Congrats to the winners! I'm glad my long streak of fuko/fuku wins was already broken ;)
One minute and it's already dead.
Missed 2 in a row......fuck
Nice to see that you mixed things up and didn't do it on a Thursday 4-6 months apart. Way to screw with all the know it alls. Maybe next time.....
My heart sank....adamant-spiky-spinach
Sold out while I was ordering. Horse. Shit.
Yay! I hadn't managed to get one since the kickstarter (I rarely stay up to check it at midnight, tbh. I just got caught up in a conversation with a friend tonight and was too lazy to get up from the couch) terrified-loving-flavor. I hope that means something randomly yummy in mine!
Whew, sold out as I checked out. Thank heavens, I almost broke my promise to stop buying these things.
Got mine! Husband wasn't signed in and there were mouse issues, so he missed out this time.
Let the butthurt begin...
patient-tawny-weather
Most excellent, especially after the April Fool's captcha catastrophe (so named because I didn't get one).
Dammit!!!!!! The ONE time I check at midnight and I miss because of the captcha!!!! No fuko and i got burned in the Mehxchange... @medz!!!!!!!!!!!!! I blame yoooooooou!!!! Lol
My first fuko...given how awesome my fuku was I'm expecting you guys to do your worst
@wilstev tempting, very tempting...
@wilstev so share photos of your spoils!!!
Hot diggity dog
I'm still not a robot.
OMG. did I actually get one?! I.. am I awake? Is this the matrix?
@Panegyric I think it's a generational thing. It was the Twilight Zone for me!
GOT EM!!!
Glad I got it this time. If I hadn't, I would have downed a whole carton of red-loathsome-eggnog to end it all.
Hey... I was wearing my (un)lucky purple Meh shirt- that must be why I got one!
@Pony I love purple.
Click click got one
After years of trying, I finally got one. Dreams do come true.
@zachhh You say that now.
@zachhh Amazon has hazmat suits, masks, the long chemical proof gloves, and boots. If you order now (especially if you are prime) you can get all the protective gear you need shipped to you before your fuko arrives.
Strongly suggest you gear up for this, given the repeated warnings about fuko devolution... you never know what might come oozing out of the box...
Ugh didn't even stop to notice that this was a fukO not a fukU
Keeping vmp for another month was worth it
Ridiculous I refreshed page right at 9 click on it click to buy then it says. Sold out. Unbelievable
@alpinestars7 time to adjust ur clock
@alpinestars7 Consider yourself one of the lucky ones then.
guessing I got fucked by adblocker*?
Are you are a robot?*
NO how TF do I prove it
@RedOx Disable adblocker on meh.com.
rural-opposite-cider YUM
@bradyson
First one. Hmmm....
Really?! Already sold out?! Wow.
TOTAL HORSESHIT. iT WAS IN MY CART CHECKING OUT AND THEN SAYS, "SOLD OUT". FUCK THIS AND FUCK VMP AND FUCK MEH. I QUIT.
@booboo9000 Did booboo have a boo-boo? If it sells out, it sells out. Nothing is certain unless the order goes through.
@booboo9000 bye
@booboo9000 Don't let the door hit you on the way out. By the way, that's good that you quit because it's a better chance for me with less competition in the future. Thanks.
@booboo9000 if you act fast you can still buy those Adidas Sport Response by Monster Earbuds using our VMP Last Call feature.
@booboo9000 You should leave this place and cancel your VMP like I did on April 1st. Oh wait....
@booboo9000 Yeeesssssssss. Let the hate flow through you.
@DaveInSoCal the only reply worth replying to ... awesome ...
@shawn although your reply is definitely worth a check mark!
@booboo9000
Got it!!!! maddening-breakable-kiwi
None of the google images really capture that statement though...
Score!! Got one!!
Oops, missed it. Darn.
Wow. Ordered one just at midnight, sold out in under a minute.
Managed to actually click buy, and it apparently sold out while it was completing the order. I don't know why I even bother.
ample-tidy-pizza
regular-trying-dad mawf*ckas! I finally got one!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!
Well shit, I got to click buy it, but it was sold out before my order processed! sigh......
Oh well, maybe next time.
Agh ripped off again had in cart and said sold out :(,
@AttyVette You have a cart option?
Even had time to renew vmp.
rested-trained-potluck
SON OF A BITCH.
(I did not get one)
not first.
Shenanigans I say. One minute? Lame.
Still bitter from the last fuku
My first. Didn't believe it at first.
missed it because i was looking at the trump CAH thing, cant get that either ugh, ill never get a fuku
@thomasaelliott Hey, for a consolation prize, do you want some random crap I got from Meh (and some bonus goodies thrown in)? It includes a Meh fanny pack from one of the fukus. I gotta get rid of some stuff before I move next month.
@mikey thats awful kind of you, thanks
@thomasaelliott Shoot me your address at mikeyica at gmail com and I’ll ship it out sometime this week. My wife thanks you.
@thomasaelliott @mikey is sending you a Fuko fanny pack from the first fuko. That’s a collector’s item (not really, but keep it a hundred years and it might be). Anyway, the fuko fanny packs have only been shipped out once as a fuko offering. Good luck with your crap haul, and it is very nice of you to do this @mikey.
Yay! I love missing these because of how slow the I am not a robot is.
festering-lethargic-conjurer
ignorant-gruntled-steam
gruntled indeed!
@Thumperchick i'm going to use that word tomorrow. if anything, just to see the confused look on people's faces.
@carl669 @Thumperchick You always hear about disgruntled employees. I once said I was a gruntled employee and the look on people's face was priceless. They were unsure what I was saying.
OMG. I am going on vacation. What have I done?
Congrats to those who scored one . I wasn't anticipating this and missed out. Maybe next time
I was not expecting this. You almost broke my streak. But I sat back down by chance at 10:59 and decided to start refreshing.
partial-velvety-mockingbird
Can't stand myself, loaded the page on my phone at midnight, checking email and didn't realize a damn Fuku was just sitting there. By 12:02 it was too late. Your welcome to the guy who got mine!
I guess I spent too much time trying to figure out which freaking pictures had bread in them. I passed that test and then was informed they sold out while I was ordering. Guess I will bring my reading glasses next time.
Whew! GOT LUCKY!!! Sold out!
My first time being successful...after trying and trying since the site started up. Now I can sleep. Now I can sleep.
I'M NOT A FUCKIN' ROBOT!!!!! And it's my birthday so give me a FUKO!
Oh wait... a fukO?
NM
@Mehrocco_Mole - Happy birthday!
@Mehrocco_Mole Happy Birthday!
After my previous ones, I'm kinda glad I missed it.
Luckily I missed this.
Dammit. Was driving.
dang, i was on the damn dot and everything. still sold out before i could place my order. i blame satellite internet.
once again. i got nothing
HOW IS IT ALREADY GONE WTF
IT WAS ONLY ONE MINUTE
Homeless-wiry-fruit
Thrilled!
NOOOOOO! It's my birthday today (5/20) and a birthday Fukobukuro would have been a great gift. I guess I should get used to the disappointment. Thanks, Meh.
@mcvick - Don't forget fuko is bad luck, so missing it is a good omen. Happy birthday.
@mcvick Happy Birthday!
@mcvick You're lucky. I was one of those unfortunate few that ordered one.
Happy birthday.
Been around since meh was in diapers. Never gotten one. May be time to let my VMP expire and move on to greener pastures.
@dgmcbride you could try a little place called woot! They like green
@dgmcbride why on earth do you keep vmp running if your not getting the shipping benefits... THIS AIN'T COSTCO/SAMS/BJs!!!!! WIth the $5 a month you wasted you could have driven to a dumpster and made your own Fuko!!!!
It is a glorious day!
Finally.
thematic-vast-otter
In for one! odd-mischievous-cheddar -- Lucky (or unlucky), I heard my 9pm twitter notification vibrate my phone and browsed right to the site on my laptop without know what awaited! Woo Hoo!
Fuko all of you who got one
Same here on the sold out while processing my order. Fuck the stupid low quantities and fuck the captcha. Especially fuck the stupidly low quantities.
Fuck. I haven't bought anything in a while and I have a new phone, so the robot detection system made me re-enter my credit card info. Sold out by 12:02 I'm not bitter, just extremely jealous. Enjoy your Fukos!
Well, since I know what I'm about to say won't fucking be CENSORED given the particular FUCKING subject matter...
GOD FUCKING DAMN IT, THREE FUCKING MINUTES AND IT SOLD OUT!! FUCK YOU ALL!! GO TO HELL!! FUCKING HELL, MEH, FUCK YOU TOO FOR NEVER HAVING ENOUGH OF THESE, GOD FUCKING DAMN IT ALL TO FUCKING BLACK BURNING HELL!!
@Dizavid Nope, this is perfectly acceptable- now if you go and make 5 or more threads bitching about this, that's a problem; if you start cursing out employees by name, that's a problem; otherwise, feel free to use fuck as much as you want- there's a thread just for that: https://meh.com/forum/topics/fun-fact.
@dashcloud I'm almost certain I never cursed out any employees.
Fuck you.
@Dizavid hey relax buddy, this is a place of understanding, tolerance and encouragement
@Moose Hmm. I sense an apology of sorts. Interesting.
@Dizavid Not from me, I don't even know what it'd be about
@Dizavid that's so weird!
@Dizavid Sold out at like 20 seconds and this guy waltzes in at 3 minutes losing his mind. There could've been 10x as many and it would've been sold out at 3 minutes.
@stoopkid 46 seconds, but who's counting?
@Moose Oh, well, just to give you a hint, you need to pick less biased mods.
@stoopkid Hey! I had information from other users that said they sell out in MINUTES, not seconds! All right?
@Dizavid Seems like you're on the fence over this. Come back when you make a decision.
@benj Over what? Is this a joke about the Fukos and how they sell out before anyone has time to be on the fence?
Was about to take a shower at 11:57 and thought, "might as well wait the 3 minutes naked in my bathroom with my phone in hand refreshing meh.com until changeover" solid plan paid off
fit-tender-viper
Image was nothing like what I expected....
@TaRDy TMI, did not need that image in my mind before going to sleep
@TaRDy Pictures or it never happened!
@DMlivezey Stupid sexy TaRDy....
Full disclosure, still naked...
@Mehrocco_Mole funny story, but not so funny for me: I was in line for Wendy's and some drunk guy is talking to the guy in front of me about fishing, so he starts browsing his phone I assume for a picture of the fish, but I'm not involved so I just stand there and then he goes "oh this is a good one, but for you" now approaching me, for some odd reason, perhaps out of morbid curiosity, I take a gander....dick pic.
I'm back in the game, baby! Last time was Fuk*u* 4...
preferable-conscious-sparrow
3rd Fuku in a row that I got the 'something went wrong' message and it sold out before I could hit the 'Fine, buy it' again.
I has sads... no FukO for me
permanent-regal-horn !
I happened to have my phone on-hand as soon as I got the Twitter notification. This is my second fuko in a row!
I couldn't find a suitable google image, unfortunately...
Meh, got one...
Dang captcha crap killed me. No joy in my house tonight :-(
The damned captcha thing refused to accept my checked-off "I am not a robot" and would not accept my purchase. That sucks big time, meh. Big time.
flammable-bared-picture
thanks, meh!
And it fuko'd me. ReCAPTIA went nuts, then it cleared out my card, then it kept telling me "Something went terribly wrong," wrapping up with a sold out message.
Next time, meh.... Next time!
Got it! Happy 40th birthday to me!
@DaveInSoCal
Oh yeah, happy B-Day!
@DaveInSoCal Happy Birthday!! I hope you have better celebrations in the works than getting a fuko.
13 seconds, sold out. My timer goes off 15 seconds before sale, so the time it take to load the page, it's gone. Yet you let people buy three?
@craigcush nope all double/triple will be canceled. thats why the orders sold number will go down throughout the day
@craigcush Nobody actually bought three. It's a joke holder over from the Woot bag o' crap days.
@craigcush What they said. You can't buy 3. It's set to 1 automatically. If, by some crazy chance, someone manages to exploit a random glitch and have a duplicate order go through, that second order is deleted the following morning.
MY FIRST TIME! I AM SO EXCITED! Zoya is so excited too (cause I woke her up to tell her)
@Panegyric Congrats!
@Panegyric Nowadays, it's customary to take a selfie with your sleeping partner after the first time
@Panegyric brace yourself....
@compunaut you asked for it..
@thismyusername uh oh..
@compunaut She keeps saying she wants that tortoise on Elementary to paint her.. [PaintMe][1] [1]:
Rage. I press buy it already and get screwed. This is not funny any more. Screw you Meh i am taking my 5 dollars away from you and buying a cheeseburger.
@natekimh you sound hangry. That cheeseburger is a good idea.
how the hell did I get one? and by "get" mean "spent my money." we'll see what, if anything, I have actually gained once this fabled shitsack actually arrives.
oh right, apparently it's customary to post this: electrical-precipitous-cork
Oops, missed it. My Fuku coach will not be pleased.
damn it meh!!! recaptcha is nearly impossible on iPhone. again! use something else! or nothing!
@jdavidd It worked fine for me on my iPhone.
@jzmacdaddy I said nearly impossible. I got it to work. Fat fingers took me more than 2 minutes. And they were long gone. Had someone else try and couldn't do it either. I must need to have laptop running at 12 sharp every night to get one of these.
@jdavidd or get a chromebook next go round, they boot up really fast
@jdavidd One of the many reasons that thing
Awesome got one!
shocking-warped-picture
...I'm too afraid to look for a picture.
Damn it, I got one. Unlucky me.
My expectations are tempered. I got the first fukObukuro and was not disappointed (as the name set my expectations very, very low) Hopefully this time around I get something that will be worth the five bucks.
Good on ya meh, way to keep us guessing...
Thank goodness here comes 1.5 months of going to bed early!!!
I knew when I cracked open two eggs with double yolks this morning something great was destined to happen today - but who knew it would be my first Fuku!
@norman8 Congrats!
@norman8 Bad news. It's a Fuko, not a Fuku.
@norman8 My sympathies...
Tapped buy, tapped I'm not a robot, tapped buy. Got it. Not even any delays. Painfully, I leave for a business trip right before its delivered so I'll have to wait almost 2 weeks to see what I got. Hopefully my wife won't open it before then.
triumphant-present-crayon
My coworkers are looking at me like I lost my mind while I victory dance with my cell phone.
Considering why I'm victory dancing, I don't think they're wrong.
I've been doing some spring cleaning today. I found myself wondering why in the hell I bought the past two fuku/os that I got, seeing as I don't even need this crap. Figured maybe I'd let the next one go.
Now another fuko pops up tonight and I slammed that buy button like the motherfucking fist of the north star. Help.
@lljk Happens everytime
@lljk Funniest thing I've read in a while. I needed that.
Son of a B. The one day I check, like, 30 seconds past 11 pm I miss it.
Also how is this a Fuko but #10?
@zachary Fuku #1-7 and Fuko #1-2 I'm guessing makes this 10.
@kyanostiger Ah well it just seemed like they were numbering Fuku and Fukos separately.
@zachary They were numbering them separately, but as of the last Fuko, it was decided that all Fuku are actually Fuko... It was just that they had been improperly called Fuku.
So this, and all previous unlucky bags are now officially Fukobukuro, and thus this is number 10.
True story!
@curtise Good enough for me! I thought this was only the second one I missed (#4 and #10) but apparently I missed #2 as well. So I'm 7/10 total. Not too shabby.
All aboard the complain train! Woo-woo!
Didn't nab one this time. Darn it.
Dude I got so lucky! Randomly checked my phone and I somehow happened to be in the 15 second window. sticky-muscular-louse
I clicked on the buy button before all the information appeared and then got the error about not doing the captcha. I then clicked the "I am not a robot" checkbox and resubmitted my order. It said, sorry you already bought one.
My order history does not show I got one. Never got a confirmation email either. What's up with that?
@support bad luck
When I clicked the "I am not a robot" box, a page opened asking me to fill in my info to request an appointment. After that last fuku fiasco, I thought it was a Meh joke. It wasn't (I tried another browser and got the "real" captcha, but the Fuku sold out before it finished processing). So I wonder what type of appointment it is that I just signed up for???? Darn.
@kathyl Please let us know when you find out.
@sammydog01 I now have an appt to be fitted for a hearing aid. If it were for eye glasses, I might be tempted - it sure seems I could have used a pair last night!
after seeing what y'all get when you time it right and actually get one- it should be called a FUKUBUKAKKE
Back-to-back baby! Let's see what the Salvation Army has to provide our Meh shoppers this time?!?
batting a thousand. Zero for however many.
Just realized I haven't bought shit from here in like 6 months because its all worth shit. Meh is like that membership for the gym you never go to but still pay for just because you hope you will actually go one day. So Major Excement Hill, good bye.
Meh took my f-card tonight. It was getting late. Was about to call it a night. Checked meh, it was there my heart was racing. Clicks went flying, it all happened so fast. I think it was a-meh-zing. Now I am all sweaty wondering what I just did. Maybe next time it will last longer!
@dnh127 I remember my first time. 5 bucks for a cheap thrill.
I am so Fuko'ing lucky...
Did everyone else watch the video first? I logged in, it said sold out, I watched the "Don't buy the Fuko" video and then it was available.
historical-gabby-button
I guess I am going to cry myself to sleep.
Meh
I was distracted by the Dogs of Amazon and failed to check at midnight.
Queasy-illustrious-iron image to come later. Best thing that happened today.
@OldCatLady sorry about your bad day
@OldCatLady Got the illustrious, got the iron, and maybe his expression is queasy.
@OldCatLady toothy-noble-earthquake
Best I could do:
@sammydog01 Mmmm. Not bad at all!
Why do people post their order numbers?
@jamesemunson
Makes our pee pee feel bigger during Fuko bragging
@jamesemunson it's kind of like a proof of life photo, and sometime it results in cool image searches
@jamesemunson because we find the order number generator amusing. The pictures are the google image search results for the order number.
@jamesemunson The pictures are sometimes a better interpretation of what the Malevolent Order Name Generator really means than google image produces. The MONG and I have a long-running battle. Since I rebelled and started posting what I want, life has been - prettier.
@Veloslave well in that case, obliging-grisly-goat!
@Thumperchick
How is it possible for anyone to have time to order more than one? I was lucky to time it just right to get on the sight exactly as it came online with new item. Saw the bag and instantly clicked "buy". I swear, not 5 seconds passed before it was sold out!
@benj Why do you think anyone ordered multiples? No one did, the system doesn't allow it.
@benj Those people are just joking. A throwback to the old Woot bag o' crap days when you had to manually choose to get three when you ordered.
@peaceetc Thanks. This is the first time I've timed it perfectly to buy one. It went so fast I still thought I was too late. I did get the MEH email confirming purchase tho.
@PurplePawprints Someone said they were in for 2 or 3
Wait. I received an email from Meh about my order. I have a receipt for one, order # jumpy-tinted-titanium, for $0. How does this happen? Screw-up, or birthday miracle?
@mcvick A happy birthday motha fuckin' miracle! Congrats and shit.
@mcvick i paid for yours. happy fuckin birthday! whoever you are.
@mcvick Happy birthday!
@KDemo Thanks. We are having a helluva storm down here in Louisiana right. Hoping the power stays on and tornadoes stay away.
@mcvick - Well if the power does go out, you'll have birthday candles handy!
Sold out while checking out. Meh. Very meh.
Sold out, big surprise. More disappointed I missed Cards Against Humanity Trump presidency bug out bag yesterday though.
@ponagathos
Maybe you will get lucky on the Dildos for Hillary Clinton bag... oh, oops, guess that would be a pocket kitty
I consider myself lucky to have not been able to order one.
awestruck-proficient-shelf
My wife is going to kill me when she sees that I ordered another box of crap from "that junk site." I just can't quit you, fuku/o!
Gottem
I didn't check until 12:02, but honestly, I'm not all all disappointed based on the last fuko shipment, enjoy the anticipation, those of you who got an order through...
Whats in the bag?
@jnordhaus12 Random crap. No customers know until they receive their package in the mail. You will eventually see a new thread appear where people post pictures of their Fuko contents.
Fukobukuro Sucks! I hate Fukobukuro.. I always get here within 1 minute after a new offer and Fukobukuro is always sold out!.. Piss on Fukobukuro...!!!
Woo hoo!
Straight-spiffy-machine
rambling-ponderous-mailbox
First one! Now to bewilder the entire coworking space...
Fuko Friday!!!
So after watching today's video (thanks for the impending nightmares btw, meh!), I went back to actually read the post and figure out what just happened, and... "rusty old floor sweeper full of spider eggs"??... DEAR LORD, WTF DID I DO?!?
*pleasedontsendmespiders*pleasedontsendmespiders*pleasedontsendmespiders*
What staffer is up right now? @moose?
@Thumperchick and devs, and a couple others
@Thumperchick Based on replies in the last few, it looks like @Harrison and @Shawn are up, too.
@katylava is there something weird with the orders? A few people (myself included) have gotten a secondary order email with a zero charge.
@Thumperchick evenin'
@harrison hai!
@Thumperchick You are the winners of a 2nd Fuku? But... it does look like the fuku sales figures are slowly increasing, however the sellout time isn't.... It's increased by 6 since I've noticed...
@harrison hey what's with the -67.55% didn't bite that comes and goes away when I refresh the page..
@sohmageek Have you had your computer cleansed and/or exorcised lately? Hard for me to say without getting a look at it myself, but it sounds like poltergeists.
@sohmageek It's gone up by twelve by my count.
edit Now it's thirteen. Every time I reload the page, it seems to go up by one.
@Thumperchick hmmm yeah I just got that email too...And I didn't order this one so they might be going out to everyone?
@Ignorant Oh, maybe since it didn't go up to 500 like usual they're sending out the extras to random members!
@harrison I didn't get a second email. I knew I shouldn't have installed AntiPoltergeistBytes.
@PurplePawprints hahah! I'd have my perfect streak back!
@Ignorant @PurplePawprints
@PurplePawprints @Thumperchick
Order shows cancelled on my orders page, looks like the issue should be resolved, and my streak will remain dead.
@Ignorant The only fair thing to do is to cancel all orders and start all over. Let's say in 5 minutes, that should give them enough time to prep the new sale.
@Ignorant was a good order number too
boisterous-snarky-prawn
@lichme this is sound logic. Get on it Meh.
@Ignorant @Thumperchick
I lied. Not yet showing as cancelled, that was still the link for me to cancel the order. I'm sure it will be soon though.
@Thumperchick i got that email but assumed it was a belated birthday fuko.
@Thumperchick Oh hey, I got such an email also; didn't notice last night. Weird.
I am really bad at this (perhaps my Fuko karma is off). So, here's an offer for a couple of lucky folks (or unlucky depending on your perspective). Send me an email (my username at gmail) with your address if you have never gotten to experience the joy of receiving a box full of random stuff that I don't need (never won a Fuku or Bag of Crap). It will probably be about as rewarding as signing up for a second chance lottery ticket drawing but you'll get a box in the mail full of random items.
I'm begging you meh, please move the new daily deal drop time a little earlier, even if its just an hour. I've been slowly killing myself over the past year staying up until midnight every single night when I've got work in the morning. I know I shouldn't but it's just so hard to not wait up when I know that if its anything even halfway decent it'll probably be sold out by the time I wake up in the morning. If I'm doing it, I'm sure theres plenty of others ruining their chance at a healthy amount of sleep too in the name of getting a good deal on something meh.
@cjrhoades
But then it wouldn't be a midnight change.
@FroodyFrog Its only a midnight change for people on eastern standard time anyway. AFAIK meh HQ isn't even in that time zone.
@cjrhoades
Correct, it isn't.
They're based in Texas.
@cjrhoades You're right, they aren't in our time zone. So, be glad that they don't use their own time zone for the midnight changeover like they did when they ran Woot. If so, we'd all still be waiting up until 1:00 a.m. for changeover.
@PurplePawprints At least if it was 1am I wouldn't have to worry about it because theres no way I'd be able to function on 4 hours of sleep.
@cjrhoades But them meh would have to change their name. M.E.H. stands for Midnight Eastern Hour.
That was surprisingly easy
Rotten-unready-custard
Frustrating...had this in my cart checking out at 11 pm CST and meh system shows its is still trying to automatically purchase ( because I did not get one and my iPad showed sold out as had meh up there too) . Meh's ordering system has now been doing this (note green line trying to process order in picture ) since 11:52 pm :( so meh PLEASE fix the system as this should not be able to do this if you are sold out.
@AttyVette don't give up!!!!! mehbe it will still work!!!! (evil grin)
@thismyusername haha and I'll win the lottery next week too ( said with a smirk)
@AttyVette
I was up, aware it was 5 minutes before meh time, did not get one, and am not bitter about it. Babies change a guy.
@lichme especially adorable ones, like yours!
@lichme
Turns out that for stuff like this, no babies are necessary.
Proof: I'm not bitter either.
My biggest annoyance when Meh sells Fuku/Fuko is how many people curse Meh, and then rage quit.
In my mind I just think: Calm down! It's just a box, and the chances of you getting expensive items in it are
And for all those people complaining, so what if they didn't get to spend $5 or $10 on a box of stuff? Life goes on.
@Thumperchick I can't stand how cute she is. She's getting so big now.
@lichme good god man! Warn a girl before you overload me with that much cute! She really does get more adorable all the time. You're a lucky man.
@lichme That picture looks like that's your fuku...
@sligett
@lichme You're doing it wrong; you're supposed to change the baby. Go check her.
Y'all just gave me a heart attack! I didn't see the second order confirmation email come in because it was stacked with the first. So, when I received the email cancelling my order, my stomach dropped. Way to scare a girl, Meh.
@PurplePawprints I got that too. Weird.
The only thing the fuku/fuko manage to do is make me upset.
@castlelogical
No dumb bag of junk for me, but who can it be now is one of my favorite songs, so I win anyways
As a machine tending robot there are times when you really need a Fukobukuro and just don't have one handy, that is why I like the Meh
Fukobukuro... it's there when you need it!!!!!!!!!!
In for 3 in red and of course I got VMP... it's the best deal in Fukobukuro shipping around!!!!!!!!!
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@cshillaber
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@cshillaber You spelled Fukobukuro wrong. Your human is showing.
@cshillaber I agree with you fellow meh customer, VMP is the best value around!!!!!!!!
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@FroodyFrog Too easy:
@cengland0
But of course it's easy.
People get bored when I actually put in slight effort.
@FroodyFrog
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This is what my phone has been showing since I hit the buy button and I checked I am not a robot -- this has been doing this since 11:00 pm CST..
@AttyVette That's kind of cool, yet sad. Can you check your order status from another device to see if maybe at least one went through?
@heartny umm I did as you suggested --I just checked and my email shows an order but my credit card wasn't charged yet but I have a three word order name .. Order also states ( when you click on order words) it is processing -- hope meh helps me out and sends me the bag ( with contents included of course) as my email shows me having placed order ( didn't charge my card though ) and I have a three word order name !!
Thank you Meh for not selling anything real today and saving me from myself.
Just throwing it out there, phones and iPads are useless around fukobukuro time. Learned that lesson last time, so of course I left my PC off
@seraphimcaduto got mine with my iPhone... and Comcast... The stars were aligned.
@seraphimcaduto This wasn't 'around fukobukuro time'. There is no such thing. Usually my Kindle Fire is a disaster, but this time it worked first click. On 1 April, I was poised on my laptop, and still missed out. I think it's more to do with the feng shui in the room when you order.
@OldCatLady I'm inclined to agree with you, must be the feng shui, it's pretty bad in the room I tried in. I'll blame it on that, no biggie. Now if it would hav been a Bluetooth receiver under $200...
I'm no music expert but I think Men At Work only wrote ONE song listed on the poll: Down Under. I apologize if this has already been posted. I got 40% of the way through the posts & didn't see it mentioned so figured I'd post. Since I rarely post.
I'm surprised how many fell for it. Nice job Meh. Nice job.
GODDAMN IT... good thing I've been drinkin', otherwise I'd be pissed.
"Trruuttth, is a simple place,
Here, for us all to seeeee...
Reeeeach, as it comes to you,
As it comes to me...
As I will always need you inside my heart.
@SILINT
WTF, man this is what I get for trying to fix my buddies laptop... Dam missed it again. At least this time I wasn't here at 10 seconds past 12am est getting booted off the site madly trying to solve insurmountable captcha.
@bigtom67 the favor you gain in helping a friend is worth more than an old boot spray painted gold.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! This is the second Thursday it happened to me. Why can't this be on any day BUT Thursday? Where am I supposed to get my ultra-cheap headphone leftovers now?!?!?!?
I still dont understand this stuff... Only fuku i ever got was the first one, and that came as a kickstarter backer. It awes me that these sell out.
My first...unfortunately, I can thank my 8 month old daughter for waking up with a fever at 11:55...got her calmed down and happened to check just in time.
So I've been staring at today's Meh face for about three hours now. The spinning eyes sort of lulled me into a hypnotic state of lethargy.
Carol Anne! Listen to me! Do NOT go into the light!
What the fuck??? 4:54am and it's already sold out?!?!?!
OUTRAGE!!!!!!!
Fuko it be knocking at your door,
It's been waiting for you,
Where the Fuko is hers and hers and his,
Meh's company too.
East Coast latency! Six hours later, the electrons are now arriving! No, just missed it...
Six hours later and there's not a shipping thread yet??
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
BTW - @MrsPavlov scored one - bardic-fertile-regret:
How apropos is that?
Almost every single weeknight I'm up at midnight, ready to pounce. Yet three times now (not in a row) I've decided I really need to go to bed a bit earlier and I've missed out. Working 7 - 7 today, covering for my coworker this evening. In order to fulfill my good deed I went to bed at 11:30 so I could try to get 5 1/2 hours of sleep. Ah well, at least I scored some really cheap stuff yesterday at a local Sports Authority as they're going out of business. $225 worth of product for $84. Still a win.
translucent-downy-slope
My 1st legit one besides the april fools.
For some reason I checked on my phone instead of the computer tonight. even missed the I'm not a robot button the 1st time but still got my order in. Today is a good day.
@Nyc_Tattoo Since it's another FukO, expect nothing better than the April fools version. But yay either way for you!
@cinoclav Nothing better? I got a nib $75 dash juicer, a dvd bluray player with built in lan, a nickzone lunch cooler, an adventure time neck pillow, and a bag. Passed on the "bad" luck and gave it all away to people that could use it. (except the bag, I kept that for myself) Best $5 I ever spent.
I gave up the fuku/o hunt a while ago in favor of sleep, but was impressed to see there was one this morning. Did I miss any clues, or was this a total fukoing surprise?
@ACraigL It sure surprised me. If there were any clues, I missed them, but I got a fuko.
@ACraigL it was a surprise to me.
@ACraigL Wednesday afternoon the thought popped into my head that it was about time for a fuku. But then I thought, "no, it's already Wednesday, maybe next week." So they broke with that pattern. Or maybe not, since it is a fuko and not a fuku.
The forum didn't feel like it was fuku/o time, though.
@ACraigL I made the same decision about fuku/o and sleep.. although I was awake at midnight, I was reading a news article on where to eat near Rockefeller Center.. I bought Meghan Trainor tix yesterday for my daughter in NYC!! So excited!!
I happy for the people who did get one, though!!
@ACraigL Total fukoing surprise to me
@mikibell Dang, I wish I could go with you. Have fun.
@ACraigL ixnay on the uesclay, heretay are eoplepay isteninglay
@DMlivezey atwhay ethay uckfay?
@DMlivezey Erewhay?
@OldCatLady you are welcome to join us...fingers crossed we actually get to see her, we had tix for all about the bass tour and she cancelled the concert :( ..i was amazed at how reasonable the prices were compared to the nearby venues!
Did it already sell out? Damn, just missed.
Here in bizarro world, I’m lucky to have missed.
Just glad I was pre signed in. Got one finally!
headstrong-meticulous-root
Sigh, I've been trying to get a bandolier of carrots since 2004, and never snagged one. Whatever.
@PureSlate Same here. Been a Woot'r since 06 and a Meh'r since inception. Never a BOC or a Fuko. It might have something to do with not really giving a shit. Early Woot BOC winners would tell stories of the big plasma TVs and the like in their BOC but other than that, this looks like an ingenious way to actually sell land fill, or worse, hazmat. Hmmm, I wonder if I could get something like this going for my next yard sale.. a Craigslist BOC perhaps.
@accelerator @PureSlate These days right here in Meh I'll see forum posts talking about open BOC's for sale over at wootazon, sometimes still available hours later.
what in the world is going on here
i say i say
what in the world is going on here
I was up at midnight last night. Why, oh why, did I not check Meh?
F'n grr.
This is my first one. So on a scale of "zero to Woot Bag of Crap", how excited should I be?
@simius_miser Your scale goes from zero to zero?
@narfcake My life is sad. Don't judge.
@narfcake Put 'fear' in there and you've got the idea. Also, do you mean a pre-AMZN BOC or a recent BOC?
@simius_miser I won't. More seriously, the Fuko/Fukus here have generally been much better than the BOCs, some of which have been complete and utter crap, hence the zero.
@OldCatLady Current.
The thing about these is the thrill of getting them in against the odds of supply and demand. Also there's an inverse relation between ease of acquisition versus desirability.
@narfcake Truer words were seldom spoken. Fighting the tech problems (user end) keeps me motivated to buy tech toys a little more often than I would otherwise. Fighting the site tech issues has always been fun. Crashing the woot servers became a religious experience for many, and there for awhile it looked like meh was joining the Tech Inquisition.
So uhhhh. .. I could have sworn it said it was a FUKU last night but I now have a receipt for a FUKO. I think it switched on people. Also, I didn't order one, so that's cool. :) http://imgur.com/JkWi3Yw
@MsELizardBeth there are no more fuku's only fuko's from here on out. Fuku is dead.
@MsELizardBeth
I'm not sure what just happened, but I'm happy about it.
Fuko 10???? Shouldn't it be Fuko 3?
psychotic-judicious-coconut
Does that mean judiciously psychotic? You know, for all those coconuts who need to release the pressure.
I also don't know how i ordered one, being i was happily sleeping at the time.
1) "We sold 470 of these" "That's $2612 total"
470*5= 2350. 2612-2350= 262 What's with that?
2) You can zoom in on the map.
3) Most purchases from California. Most from one county.
4) Noone in Montana or Kentucky who bought a bag. I'd like a good conspiracy theory.
5) Alaska and Hawaii are not on the map.
6) The linked description points to Wikipedia. That's one way to save on costs.
@chacham the math includes taxes and shipping for non-vmp mehmbers.
@Thumperchick Taxed for a Fuko. What could be more unlucky than that?
@chacham Alaska and Hawaii might as well be Canada and Australia.
@Ignorant Canada, eh?
As for the antipodes, just turn the map over.
@chacham Begging your pardon, kind sir... I would like to point out that us colourful neighbours to your north don't all speak like that, eh? Sorry! To loosely paraphrase Jay-Zed, I've got ninety-nine stereotypes, but now I'm going to go head out and about from my igloo.
Thank you, kindly!
@curtise Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't you be heading "oot and aboot" from your igloo?
@ruouttaurmind No, we truly say out and about! It just really sounds the other way to most United Statians. So very sorry!
So unexpected! but I was lucky enough to snag one.
WHAT THE WARM SKINNY GOBLIN IS GOING ON HERE!? I AM SO CONFUSED
I'M SORRY I EVER SAID MEAN THINGS TO YOU MEH, UNLESS THAT'S HOW YOU LIKE IT YOU KINKY BASTARDS
@DrunkCat Something something fuck meh
Whomever wielded their powers, I love you.
@cinoclav Whoever wielded them to whomever..
@cinoclav ditto
I don't think I'll ever get one of these. How do you all manage to snag them? Are you robots?
@dickfarts Not a robot. I checked the little box and everything.
@dickfarts i wrote a program that checks meh. if it's a fuku/o, it sets off the burglar alarm in my house. this means i have to grab my gun and clear every room in the house. i then have to turn off the alarm and tell the alarm company that everything is code 4. by the time i'm done doing all this, i've missed the fuku/o and saved myself 5 bucks.
unfortunately, my program failed with a null pointer exception work last night and i threw $5 at meh for a fuko. this is what happens when i don't properly test boundary conditions.
so, the moral of the story is, always hire good software testers.
@dickfarts generally speaking, luck + skill + patience = fuko/fuku
load up meh.com at 11:58 on at least 2 different devices(in case meh.com doesn't want to work on one device for some reason)
and then you wait until 11:59:58 and refresh like mad and pray for the best
polarizing-cursed-snow - What can it mean!?
@carllcombs It means you know nothing, John Snow.
@ruouttaurmind its acutally jon snow ... it seems that you know nothing @ruouttaurmind
@communist I do know auto-correct is my enema.
I too, am now confused, intrigued, and slightly paranoid. I'm also glad that my images results were SFW
minty-quick-swallow
@lichme IKR - I have no idea if I should take this as 'they like us' or 'what the fuck did I do to deserve this, would someone please tell me so I can never/always do it again.'
I just want some of those reusable grocery bags to go with my meh shirts.
@Eskieguy Not going to lie, I too look forward for the same.
i received an order confirmation, but i didn't order one, although I did click on the Sold Out button, hmmm curiouser and curiouser... Maybe all aMeh.ricans are getting one shipped out to them, or maybe I just shot myself in the foot?
@DMlivezey there are been a handful of zero charge order confirmations reported so far. Very strange.
@Ignorant well, i'm an optimist so just going to assume i am getting my pony and drone and ATOMOS receiver in the mail in a few short days, courtesy of the Meh.niacs over there at Medi.okra
@DMlivezey ive got an order confirmation email too for one. I hope it's not an awful prank
@DMlivezey Same here, maybe they sent them to people who commented that they missed it. Or maybe a terrifying new VMP benefit.
@awk @DMlivezey Missed it, didn't comment (I don't think?), and got the mystery order. Just to add a data point.
@DMlivezey i was also a non order $0 order. Can't decide if I'm excited or scared
@brhfl Same here. Something tells me we should be scared. With an order number like rabid-wormy-suit , I'm wondering whether I should just move now and leave no forwarding address.
@rockblossom Hah! Mine is equally terrifying: hateful-outlandish-aftermath.
@rockblossom Maybe they went to the dump with a shovel and filled the boxes up?
@DMlivezey I just checked my account. Nothing. I didn't even try as I haven't been able to get past the robot junk the last bunch of times. They must have some of our accounts marked as robots LOL
@Kidsandliz Too much work. Office trashcans, though ...
Got caught in the you are a robot loop, and wasn't able to make the purchase, sadly.
@Bogie that's what you get for being a robot.
I eagerly await my pallet of Speakerdocks... ;)
@sohmageek It's pretty much guaranteed you'll get some type of POS...
whats the point if it sells out right away? This thing is a waste of space and time
@wward1663 The point is you weren't fast enough to check in at midnight. There was over 45,000 milliseconds in which you could have placed your order ... but that didn't happen for reasons in which only you could be responsible for.
@wward1663 i think the point is to have it sell out right away. from what i understand (which is nothing), the meh staffers have a betting pool going on how many people rage quit the next day.
@carl669 Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarl
@lichme Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiich!
@carl669 I remember reading something awhile back that said their ideal result for most items is to have the last one sell out at 10:59:59pm. That's a validation that they got both the pricing and quantity just right for the item. Fukos though are an exception due to the self imposed limit and high demand.
The more people that rage quit after unsuccessful fukoing, the better the chances are for the rest of us who understand the relationship between supply, demand and value.
KuoH
@wward1663 as they are inextricably linked, space cannot be wasted without wasting time.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime
@Pavlov unless you are a cat, or salivate when a bell rings
Looks like labels are already created! Hope for a quick delivery!
So something strange has happened to me today and I feel like I should talk about it, but if I do literally hundreds of people will be mad at me...
Any advice, @mehcus, @hollboll, or @galmaegi?
@medz Don't worry, whatever it is just pass the blame onto the goat.
@medz just let it all out man.
@medz You bought one and got an additional email too? If so, I'd unblame the goat for that kind of luck!
@medz Sounds like you should seek professional medical help.
@medz please share
@narfcake Um...yeah...something like that...
@medz i'm SO fucking mad at you then!!
@narfcake Reading above, I feel a small sense of relief, but still mixed with a dash of genuine fear. At least I'm not being singled-out.
@medz Watch your back.
I'm not mad Bro.... (keep telling myself this maybe it will help). I didn't need the excitement anyway (repeat three time). Don't visit Meh.com today (like that will help).
@Conklaven Damn ...back on the site.
Ya know, it's been an extraordinarily crap-tastic Friday at the cube-farm until I remembered..... I finally scored a M*THER-F*CKING FUKUBUKURO BAG last night!! And now I'm cheesin' again :-D
--SIDEBAR--
So I've been tryin' to hip my hubby to this whole MEH thing for a while now, but all I seem to get are huffy "You got yet another package from MEH today" phone calls, & I just don't really think he gets it.
Case in Point: after being accidentally woken up by my squeals of excitement & "FUUUUUUCK YAAAAAAS!" battle cries last night, he just rolled over, rolled his eyes & said "stop shopping woman!"...
HMMMMPH!
Well this morning I decided enough is enough, & sent him links to a couple Fuku reveal threads.. Hours later I get a response: "WTF is someone supposed to do with a pallet full of usb hubmen???"
pats self on back
Mission Accomplished, Y'all!
TL;DR
Meh made my day today. TWICE!
PS -
@Texas_Tascha Your story made me giggle.
The one night that I decide to go to bed early.
@TBoneZeOriginal Is the one morning you wake up not sleepy...
@cinoclav That's true! I was fairly energetic this morning.
Well I am confused. I already got on here and grumbled that I missed this. Then just now I got an email telling me I got it, with a confirmation code. It took hours to get it confirmed! and, I never saw the confirmation code on my screen...
Both facts are probably due to server load, but it is confusing...
@gnotgonna doubt it was delayed. Check the order page and it probably has a $0 charge :)
@gnotgonna its looks like you and 40 other people got it . the order counter went up 40 orders since midnight, so im guessing 40 people got it .. either way you will find out in a week or so on meh.com/orders
@communist @gnotgonna my guess is it's a new not yet announced VMP perk where they hold some of the fuko's and randomly distribute to VMP members.
@Ignorant Possibly those 40 people placed multiple orders, whether deliberately or accidentally, and the system has been purging the duplicates, then looking at the 'next in line if we hadn't run out' queue.
@OldCatLady I'm one of the 40 and placed no orders and wasn't in line.
@Ignorant So as a VMP, I could have gone to sleep early. Nobody tells me these things. Or maybe they looked at the 1 April howls of agony and bestowed fuko stuff on us. Time will tell.
Got a fuko on my tablet again, almost missed it with the verify humanity.
Congrats everyone who got one, to those that didn't
Nice, the day I don't bother to check the deal...
"I know it's been a while but I just wanted to post that I got probably the unluckiest fukubukoro in the last wave. It was a rusty old floor sweeper full of spider eggs and a bunch of beer swag, hats, bottle openers, shirts, etc. I recently recovered from a black widow bite and I'm an alcoholic, sooooo..
I had a good laugh. The spider egg thing was right out the door though. Like instantly. Box too. Everything else was scrutinized and inspected. The beer swag went to buddies at where my wife works who are into fishing, so they snapped it up.
UNLUCKY BAG Hahaha"
Hey! I'm quoted for this Fuko's review!
I'm Ramen Pride! on Something awful, and I think Meh must read the thread in coupons there, because I don't think I crossposted both here and over there. This is too funny! HAHAHA
@SHOVAR Bursts out of coops and deals STAIRS?!
@Bluedragon07 I am protected.
How can you sell out at 3 minutes after went on sale
@gma1944 it actually sold out in 46 seconds.
My 2nd! First was FUKUBUKURO 4
poetic-glorified-stranger
Man. I was reading amazon reviews of nasal sprays and forgot to be poised and ready at 11 pm central. As I usually do on the rare occasions I am not here precisely on time, I loaded the page thinking "don't be a fuku don't be a fuku don't be a fuku." And I should have been more precise, because it was indeed not a fuku at all.
I am simultaneously super annoyed with myself and thinking it's just as well because I already spent money on weird, stupid crap earlier in the day, including an open container of turquoise hair dye, a Holly Hobbie collectible plate and The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People by the Wallaces. I really kind of feel like I came out ahead, but I hate not playing!
@mossygreen Amazon warehouse deals look like fukos on steroids. I buy stuff I have no use for way too often.
@OldCatLady I... probably shouldn't know about them, then. But I find myself intrigued....
I log on at 12:00 and when I went to order it said they were all sold out .who got them if at 12:00 there where no more???????????????????????????????????? Is there more then 2 on these Fukus
@mlcollect other people.
@mlcollect /s/????????????????????????????????????/?
*were *Are *than /s/on/of
to answer your question though, there were 437. they sold out in 46 seconds. 40 more were apparently randomly distributed to VMPs. (though i don't think we've had confirmation from any meh staffers.)
and, this was a fuko, not a fuku. fukobukuro means "unlucky bag". so, you're probably better off not getting one anyway. take the $5 you saved and go buy something nice. you can make an excellent spicy jalapeno artichoke dip for around $5.
@carl669 I took it from the description that they may have killed the "fuku" label in favor of "fuko", as in like, permanently . . . Not to mention the numbering in the series.
@mlcollect A lot of people have claimed to log in exactly at midnight (or whatever time zone they are in), but I have to wonder if their clocks are completely accurate. I tend to sync my computer clock (using the 'internet time' function in Windows) manually at least once a week, and it makes a difference. My clock can be off by several seconds if left unattended (it never seems to auto sync like it should), which can mean being on time or completely missing out. Plus I get Meh's tweets texted to me (which are sent to my computer with Pushbullet).
And even then, there's no promise I'll be fast enough to snag a fuku/fuko. I failed last time, made it this time. I have a fairly slow internet connection these days, so I'm surprised I scored at all.
Maybe I'll be the last post before mediocrebot does his thing. Truth be told, I went to bed 5 till 9 fully expecting not a fuku. Wow.
I got one, which is pretty cool, but not nearly as exciting as the Alien themed Loot Crate that arrives on Monday. SO. EXCITING!
Worthwhile-tiny-gun!
@ralphwiggum
appealing-awkward-parakeet going to be the best fuko ever
@Northir fuck yeah it is!
modest-powdery-gazelle
gratis order mystery tour
I got one. But I have to admit I thought it was just a bag. I now realize it is more than that. I can't wait to see what I bought without realizing what I'm buying.
Neat-Harsh-Brick
Hoping this isn’t my Fuko!
@tkader
I need to get a BOC on woot today to compare to the Fuko
@mypiesarepiff I got one yesterday. We can compare.
@sammydog01 i got the boc yesterday too. Its the first thing I got from woot in a while.
@mypiesarepiff Well I don’t think there will be much of a comparison because I GOT A LETTER in my boc!
Almost forgot to post my order number:
cluttered-disgusting-lice
I’m not doing an image search in that though.
@jzmacdaddy I don’t blame you
i can’t get my image to load - ugh. but it was a very pretty image…
loved-touching-flamingo
@wham18 This one??
@Pavlov What a meh samaritan.
Mine just shipped! nasal-fascinated-quartz
I need voluptuous-reputable-jeans to come through
Mine shipped! !
My shipping confirmation says 2 lbs. What can I expect to get? A bag and a couple of busted knives?
@tweetick The 2 lb. weight is a placeholder.
@tweetick 2 lbs is usually the placeholder weight. Later on the dimensions & weight will adjust to the real numbers.
@tweetick Unless your Fuko really is 2 lbs.
@tweetick
You must be an optimist.
@thismyusername Maybe drawing on past experience from bags of crap of yore?
@tweetick lower your expectations
@dashcloud Yup. I got a broken camera in a BOC. I admit my experience is very limited with these. I’m hopeful though. Maybe one of the knives will work.
@tweetick I got the camera flash with corroded batteries that may have gone with your camera.
Anyone’s order still stuck at “processing” ? I’m getting a little worried.
@jdp Mine is as well.
@Angryface @jdp
So I just got shipping confirmation! It seems I am, FINALLY, in the cool kids club!
@gnotgonna dammit! who told this one about the cool kids club?? Rule number one people, rule number one!!
@carl669 Neener Neener Neener! I already bribed the bouncer!
@carl669 “You do not talk about Cool Kids Club.”
@ruouttaurmind then why would you tell everyone the rule?? are you out of your mind?! err… wait. never mind.
@carl669
@gnotgonna They must be saving the best for the last, hence mine has yet to ship
I lived for a decade in Tokyo during the golden days (from 1985).
If I remember correctly the “Lucky” bags were sold during New Years Day - these people survived the mochi chew <the newspapers actually listed the deaths from mochi choking> (there may have been a summer bag too). The lines were huge! We mostly saw these people as we were coming home from a long nite of clubbing.
I don’t remember many a friend, Japanese or Western, getting one of those bags as most worked in the fashion industry and got special invites to amazing sales anyways.
This is my first fuko. I don’t know how I got it. Woke up at midnight. Saw the Red Bag. First clicked the meh button and saw that the buy button was still available. WTF!?! Clicked the BUY button super fast and didn’t see any silly images - I think there was ONE check mark to say I wasn’t a robot and it confirmed my order.
$5. VMP free shipping BUT still processing.
Most excited for that RedBag tbh!
@fjp999 still processing here as well
My weight updated to 12.9 lbs
Mine is delivered today! Can’t wait to get home and find a box-o-rocks
Dialing in at a whopping 2 pounds - sounds more like a woot crap to me… darn
@jmhsrv sometimes the placeholder never updates… also remember that diamonds are relatively light.
Come on Smartpost… You can do it!
Got my surprisingly large package today. First time successfully getting a Fukobukuro since the site started up.
What I got
A 850 mah Power on the go credit card size smartphone charger
Sky shoot paratrooper action fun
Some kind of face costume disguise with several fake noses and most importantly, a fake cigar.
A 23 inch IPS monitor.
The bag.
This almost makes up for all those nights of frustration the last few years.
@alpine “This almost makes up for all those nights of frustration the last few years.” TMI lol
Mine’s out for delivery. 12"x12"x12" and 4.8 lbs.
Fukobukuro 10 was kind. Probably. Unless the detritus on the RMA’d vacuum or the weird cat (?) smell turns out to be toxic.
(I did wipe down the bot, change its filter, and test it. It works. It’s just missing a few accessories. I got the name and address of the person who RMA’d it, so maybe Meh expects me to Liam Neeson the missing boundary markers.)
1 x reusable grocery bag
1 x Paul Frank monkey face purse
1 x Angry Birds Plush Heads One-That-Lays-An-Egg-Maybe-??-And-Also-Has-A-Hat-On
1 x Mock Security Camera
1 x neato botvac 85 (with free cat (?) smell upgrade)
@pikafoop I got that neato but v.65! Posted in the reveal thread… Mine came a little more beat up and minus the cat smells but with a lot of dirt inside - needing a change of filters. Tests good and shows a NEW Battery! So happy and will run a full first floor clean tonite.
wow! What a great vacuum
I got a gun! It’s a Gambler Mini Derringer - okay, it’s a cap pistol with key chain. I still like it.
I got a very nice cat-approved box, 36 three-dimensional Mr Magoo stickers, a red meh. tote bag, a saddle-stitched Infinity Key Combo 8" Micro USB Case & Keyboard, and -wait for it- a BEM Bluetooth speaker duo, NIB, with all accessories. This is incredibly nice, and now I will retire my iPig speaker which lacks both style and BT. Thanks, meh! This has lifted my spirits just when they really needed lifting.
For $5, not bad. Though the best part of this bag was the tablet, I expected it to be broken, and it is. The battery takes no charge at all, notice the power cord plugged into it. It’s a pretty slow one too so that game on the screen was just for the picture heh. Giving it to my mom, she doesn’t have a tablet and didn’t want one until now. I’ll give her a battery she can tote around with it and plug into the micro usb port to keep the thing on. Also got a cap gun I’m sure I’ll have a lot of fun with. Angry Bird
(removed the name on the front of the tablet box)
(the fixed pic broke, so I replaced it with the imgur link below - TC)
@44R0N7 Arg can’t edit now to change the url. So here’s a new one.
@44R0N7 The best part of that bag is debatable. But it is clearly either the new-old-stock mini Derringer or the Leak frogs.
Well, I certainly got an… interesting haul this time.
1 x meh.com shopping bag
1 x deck of Eragon-themed playing cards
1 x Paul Frank monkey purse
1 x IZON View IP camera
and… here’s the weird part…
a used, 30-year-old motorcycle helmet covered in woodlands-camo duct tape, with a layer of filth/soil all over the inside.
…really?
Really?
And I had just vacuumed, too.
@actionjbone too bad you didn’t get one of these:
Or these
@jbartus I see what you did there.
@actionjbone do you?
@jbartus Yes. Had I gotten the vacuum AND the helmet, I could have simply let the two form their own symbiotic relationship: One spreading filth, and the other removing it.
@actionjbone I knew you got it I was just being silly.
@jbartus There is nothing silly about 30-year-old helmets, dude. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you GET AHEAD IN LIFE.
@actionjbone I’ll bet you look pretty funny wearing that 30 year old helmet.
@jbartus No way! That thing’s filthy. I’m a pretty princess, I don’t wear things covered in shit.
@actionjbone suck it up Sally! Either you prove you don’t look silly with the helmet on or you can’t tell me there’s nothing silly about the helmet!
@jbartus I never told you there’s nothing silly about the helmet.
@actionjbone
19 hours ago
@jbartus I was speaking in generalizations about the concept of all 30-year-old helmets.
I did not specifically make any claim to the individual one.
@actionjbone your helmet is a member of that group, if the group of helmets are not silly then how can the single one be silly?
@jbartus Hey, that’s racist.
@actionjbone helmet is not a race.
@jbartus Sure. Helmet isn’t a race, and homosexuality is a choice.
You are on the wrong side of history, my friend.
@actionjbone we have officially depearted the realm where this conversation has any semblance of sanity
@jbartus There’s a realm in which this conversation had semblance of sanity?
@actionjbone there used to be.
Got a weird box.
A surfboard-ish thing, a peeing toy, and what I thought was a speaker.
https://imgur.com/a/sW7CA
@TheChrisGlass your imgur link goes to a dead page. If you find the right one, post it here and I’ll fix it.
@Thumperchick It was set to private. Fixed.
@TheChrisGlass That looks like a skimboard. You put it in an inch of water, run, and jump on it to slide. They appear to be a lot more fun to watch than to use.
Got my Fuku in the mail today! Better then I expected given the other postings I have read about this … maybe adventure is the right word?
I got a brand new looks nice seems to work swiffer thingie.
A dick tracey collectors book ( A book discussing the value of dick tracey collectables, not a collectable dick tracy book, to be clear)
A cute baby toy that my poor neglected puppy promptly claimed.
The cute red bag.
I am happy with all of it! I will be regifting the book, my dog already ate the toy, She Who Must Be Obeyed is happy with the swiffer thingie…
All in all, a pleasant adventure!
Its been a roller coaster -
Was pretty shocked when I scored this bag with practically no effort - So excited to be getting my 3rd bag - Excitement plummeted when I got the shipping notice and four days into its journey it was still 2 pounds. - Suddenly last week the weight skyrocketed to 27 pounds! This was about the same time I started seeing photos of LCD monitors and robot vacuums - I was getting something grand for certain - Yesterday the box arrived - I was surprised as it was not due until Monday
A bit beat up, but I have been around a while and seen plenty boxes just like this from Woot over the years -
So here goes!!
Bunch of air -
Huh?
Spiders sold separately
Hawkeye!
I even checked the secret stash for cash - nada
And there ya have it…
22 of 24 Money Back Coke Bottles (its a miracle more didnt smash considering they were just tumbling around in the box
1 Hawkeye action figure
1 Marvel pencil holder with secret stash (Empty to my disappointment)
Money back bottles… will Meh honor?
@jmhsrv Did I mention too that my fuku bag was all filthied up from the crate of coke bottles
Wow, I know this is called the fuko now, but this was disappointing even by my low expectations. I got a very worn bowling pin, a Cirque du Soleil Christmas tree ornament, and some Green M&M slipper socks.
Thanks?
@astromaddie lol - I would gladly trade you the bowling pin for a almost complete case of old coke bottles filled with spider nests