Fuku vs BOC .. round 1... FIGHT!
8i snagged a BOC from the crapword thing woot ran the other day. also managed to snag a fuku after half an hour of trying (damn you @cengland0!). i'm thinking some sort of head to head unboxing battle royale is in order. anyone else?
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I think that would be an unfair fight overall. But still fun to watch.
@Thumperchick Likewise. After the last purchased BOC, I pretty much gave up. I did enjoy the BOC from shirt.woot derby voting a while back ... that one still sucked, but it was enjoyably sucky, at least.
I never could get a BOC from the other site.
@mzkhadir it's ok to say "woot". meh has promised not to rain fire and brimstone down upon us.
@carl669 has been perma-banned for this post
@carl669 that better be that dog's tail....
@JonT hey wait! i'm not perma-banned at all!! did you mean "permaband"? because i don't really know what that means.
@chellemonkey We should ask @marklog what his opinion of it is ...
@chellemonkey You just made me and hundreds of others look at a dog penis. Congratulations.
@TBoneZeOriginal No, I made hundreds of people EXAMINE what COULD be a dog penis. That's more than a casual glance. Heh.
I got both as well, but I am staying neutral on this one. It is the safest thing to do- don't bite the hand(s) that feed. Plus I haven't felt on either website that the grab bag wasn't money well spent.
I didn't even try for a BOC this time around. But, that's only because I'm not a huge fan of the crapsword puzzles. I like snagging them the traditional way. 5pm ET on the second day of the woot-off. Lol.
@jsh139 I love the crapword puzzles, but I just couldn't concentrate on it this time around. so I passed on even trying.
It's just inevitable to compare these two, so here's a quick guide to where things stand at the moment, in my opinion:
Price: slight edge to Meh
Woot BOCs are currently $8, Fukus are $5 with VMP, $10 without. Both are awesome values for the money but Fukus are potentially cheaper.
Value (pure MSRP to cost): Woot wins!
Exceptions exist but on average, Woot BOCs seem to have higher monetary value than Fukus.
Value (quirk/style/fun/awesome): Meh wins! Flawless victory!
Although still a good value, BOCs tend to feel like just random products shoved in a box. Fukus have awesome quirky stuff that feels like it had some thought put into it, including cool vintage toys (tiny monkey furniture playset!). Meh takes this one so completely it almost seems unfair, like calling in an airstrike to take out a schoolyard bully.
Ease of buying: Both lose.
Call this one a draw: BOCs lately require a lot of effort, time-wasting, and hoop-jumping to get. Fukus are straightforward but site outages still make them a pain in the ass. I don't think anybody can call this a win.
Shipping time: Too close to call.
Woot's BOC shipping time is reasonable. Meh's first Fuku took awhile but the staff understandably had other stuff to deal with as the site was just opening. The second Fuku was a big improvement. Too little data to work out a winner yet.
Overall: Both good, but Meh wins.
They both have their fine points and are worth buying, but Fukus win by virtue of ultimately having cooler stuff.
@Starblind I disagree on a couple points. First, I have had 3 BOCs, and all of them have sucked. I've literally not gotten a single useful item in one. Second, Fukus have only just now become difficult due to server issues. The Fuku 2 was still available after 20 minutes with no server issues. And since Meh has had server issues every night at midnight, I'm not sure this isn't just an internal issue that will get sorted out soon.
@TBoneZeOriginal Sorted out soon? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.... It's not a bug, it's a feature.
I didn't try the crossword puzzle this time because they played shady with the very first clue. After that, I ignored the whole thing. However, I did manage to snag my husband and I two bags from some secret side page that was up for a couple hours around 2:00 am the other night after the woot-off ended. I'm really looking forward to see how they compare with our incoming fukus.
@PurplePawprints And I still like Woot -- bought a few things there this week even apart from the wootoff -- but things like secret side pages are why I drifted away from the community there.
I've gotten 2 BOCs over the years from ** and boy they sure were crappy. I didn't expect much but it had nothing even remotely useful, made me chuckle when I first opened it, but then off to the landfill. They basically used me as their gloried garbage man.
This will be my first Fuku, I have a feeling this is going to be a much better experience. Because meh!
@evilsweeps That is the point of a BOC. They need to get rid of things that people won't buy if Woot tells everyone what it is they are buying. If you expect anything better than garbage, you need to calibrate your expectations (to use a coin Matthew coined here about Meh videos)
@Collin1000 I didn't expect much = low expectations. Talking crap about it is it's only real use. Unless you're one of the lucky ones.
I swear this is some kind of nightmare I had in 2004
Never got a BOC. NEVER. Only came close once. But I got a Fuku. And no matter what it is I will savor it, because as the Meh shopper base grows I may never get another.
My second BOC had a ROOMBA in it. That was too much. Nobody can stand that much crap.
@mehdiocre_user Robot cock spotted.
@mehdiocre_user I have that backpack from a BOC a few years ago. Never got a Roomba, but did get a Robo-Raptor that I resold for close to retail price.
@mehdiocre_user Someday I will stop being cheap and buy a Roomba. My lab sheds like a beast. Faster than I can sweep.
@ABitterWoman I ordered the Neato for a relative the last time they sold it here and got to play with it for a while before I had to give it up. I absolutely loved it and would definitely buy one for myself if they sell it again once I get a real job
@Kleineleh Thanks. That might be an affordable way to go.
@ABitterWoman I kept telling myself no "one needs a robot vacuum," but in my experience, it's definitely worth the refurb price. And even the almost-hassle of returning the first one that kept getting stuck on nothing
@mehdiocre_user OFFENSIVE ROBOT! That's how they got distributed! I was wondering about the thrift store find a while back. It's was the first rejected derby entry too. So much weirdness back in those days.
I was lucky enough to get 2 BOC from that other place.
One had some Jonas Brothers Camera Cases in it ....
I don't like the word games ( I mean really it's 1 am and you want me to use my brain ) and the other online games were too much. Just let me fight it out on line.
I'm not sure how I can compare this since my last boc was 2006 when it was these Mehish people.
I got a camera bag, a photo printer, some wierd photo papers and a toy laser gun and something else that was reallllly worthless. The only thing that remains is the toy laser gun which makes many annoying sounds but I use the machine gun setting to break up cat fights.
I assume about anything would top that.
I have gotten cool stuff from BOCs and my first Fukubukuro, Meh!, bag was decent. I plan on buying from both, I have no reason to pick one over the other
I have 23 BOC's and this will be my 2nd Fuku. I have had some real crappy BOC's (Some literally had nothing I would ever use), and also some real great ones as well (One of them had value of over $1,150).
My first Fuku wasn't all that great but was still thoughtful and I was glad to be a part of it. My co-worker however ended up getting a fuku that was worth a few hundred bucks.
In the end - I am quite satisfied with throwing 5-10 bucks at some random bag just to see what may be in it. The chase of getting them, and the anticipation of them being shipped is what really drives me to get more.
Once I figured out how to score the BOC, I ended up with a lot of them over time. Probably close to 30. The dollar store feel was palpable as future BOCs came. I'd say the best items I ever got in a BOC were an inflatable mattress with a built in pump, a pogo stick, a Christmas train set, 5 boxes of Christmas Cards and a decent pair of headphones (wired and Bluetooth). They sent me a used air gun once... Something I found out that, because I'm certain it passed through New Jersey, I could've been arrested for receiving. Boy did I give them hell for that. The best part is that I opened that BOC at work because my coworkers love when I open up random items at work like BOCs since they are truly random. Imagine my surprise in my office when I opened that box and I go, "Um, there's a gun in here..."
I've received two Fukubukuros so far with a third on the way, and they have been true joys to get. Yeah, the items are crappy, but there's a certain kitsch. The fact that my second Fukubukuro I got a decent speaker dock along with a hamburger salt and pepper set and a talking cow mug and trip glasses? I think I'd rather get Fukubukuros from now on.
@BillLehecka I think you getting that air gun is why they stopped putting the non-kitchen knives and other weapons in BOCs. It was cool when we got a BOC loaded with kershaw knives, but a bummer because they were mostly illegal here in NY. Iffy territory for them.
@Thumperchick All I asked was for some discretion... If they wanted to put an air gun i there, maybe check the state it's going to...
@BillLehecka I only ever got one BOC and have missed on all the FUKU's. You guys need to give it up. What's the trick?
@2many2no wootstalker.com and being on the site a lot, participating in all the games, etc.
@Thumperchick Yep. I've gotten less than a handful of BOCs in the close-to-a-decade I've been there, but the one I just snagged never would have been found without wootstalker. Which reminds me, thanks @lichme!
Can we stop having Fuku's on Thursday nights? I have class until 10pm on Thursday night and as soon as I checked Meh after class it was sold out both times. :/
@Collin1000 transfer to an east coast school.
@Collin1000 you could just check meh during class
@carl669 not the type of class where that would be easy to do. (ie, not a lecture hall)
In 8 years of trying, I never managed to get a BOC from Woot. I scored my second (third, if you count the kickstarter one) Fuku from Meh yesterday. Meh wins. :)
@Pony your not missing much, I got one and only during the World of wootcrap, calling it Meh would be an over statement heck calling it crap would have been complementary, I wonder what the thrift store did with it????
Fuku all the way!! When woot went to doing anything more then just catching it at the right time I lost interest. I'm lazy, meh
I also got my third bandolier of carrots the night before I got my first Fuku yesterday - what a deal! Waiting to see which one arrives first. :)
Unbox them live on Meh TV! www.connectcast.tv/MehTV
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@Brooklynny11218 This seems an odd place for that
@Thumperchick a fuku vs boc unboxing? this is the perfect place for that