I think someone else is trying to get in on the FU Buckaroo idea!

LaVikinga shared a link said Thu, Sep 25th 2014 at 1:32pm ET

http://www.flotsamgeneralstore.com/about

I don't mind shelling out 5 bucks for a box of some random stuff from Meh or Woot. I've gotten some great deals for my $5; however, $30 to $70 for a "curated" Mystery Bag of Flotsam which takes 6 to 8 weeks to receive makes me give it the ol' side eye.

Has any body heard of the guys running this Flotsam General Store?

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clonetek said Thu, Sep 25th 2014 at 1:34pm ET:

H. Jon Benjamin? yeah lots of people know him.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071304/

PS: Hi D ;)

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- @clonetek, Howdy! I've been traveling so much these days. I haven't been to the old stomping forum grounds in a long time. I miss the old guard.
  
  LaVikinga said Thu, Sep 25th 2014 at 1:52pm ET
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lichme said Thu, Sep 25th 2014 at 1:36pm ET:

I'll just leave this here:

https://meh.com/forum/topics/someone-else-is-experimenting

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- @lichme Doh! Serves me right for not scanning the forum for similar questions. I did a search for Flotsam instead. Mods: Kill my question if you need to.
  
  LaVikinga said Thu, Sep 25th 2014 at 1:50pm ET
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- @LaVikinga naaaaah, I'll let it slide.
  
  JonT said Thu, Sep 25th 2014 at 2:43pm ET
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- @JonT, you're a prince among men!
  
  LaVikinga said Thu, Sep 25th 2014 at 4:43pm ET
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LaVikinga said Thu, Sep 25th 2014 at 1:58pm ET:

So HJB really is the SAME guy?
Hmmm, knowing this makes me even less sure I want to flush $$$ like that. I mean, it's not as if it was Bill Freakin' Murray selecting quirky stuff. Or is it?

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DaveInSoCal said Thu, Sep 25th 2014 at 5:06pm ET:

I'm sure everything in this flotsam sac will be awesome!

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snapster said Fri, Sep 26th 2014 at 9:11am ET:

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- @snapster What a weird order number, it's all... numbers
  
  Kleineleh said Fri, Sep 26th 2014 at 9:20am ET
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- @snapster @Kleineleh It'll be Flotsampalooza at Mediocre Labs in 6-8 weeks. I wonder if they have a maximum that they're going to do and then ship or ship them as they make them...
  
  Moose said Fri, Sep 26th 2014 at 10:25am ET
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pitamuffin said Fri, Sep 26th 2014 at 10:00am ET:

Seems to be a thing. A couple others I've heard of are nerdblock.com and lootcrate.com. They are monthly subscriptions for $30 or so. Lots of unboxing videos for them on youtube.

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