SHAME on Woot! iPad 1 for $208, plus tax, plus $5 shipping?

@PlacidPenguin I guess… disappointed in humanity maybe, not really surprised I guess.

@ruouttaurmind Did you somehow miss the recent election?

@Pantheist I saw the new “Holiday Returns” policy. Amazon’s endocytosis of Woot is nearly complete…

@Pantheist Woot is no longer woot. Just Amazon’s outlet store. I still find the occasional thing worth buying there once or twice a year.

@huja Stuff via shirt.woot are about the only thing I buy. They’re about the most affordable place for designs printed on AA shirts.

@narfcake My last purchase from Woot was a 5 lbs container of Greek olives.

@huja I bought a refurb Kindle Keyboard Wi-Fi E-Reader (6") for about $16 back in July; it was a good deal, even if it fails now

@huja Kalamata? Oh, yummy! I get mine from a local international market, though.

@sammydog01

That was referenced

Sure, there were only two of them, and one poor sucker bought 'em both, but still.

@PlacidPenguin Wow, my TL:DR has shortened to one paragraph. Oops.

@miko1 My teenager uses his every single day. It works fine for his needs, but that ancient iOS is starting to be an issue.

@compunaut My buddy can’t find ANY apps that will actually download on his gen 1. I guess if you had some apps on there before Apple started purging old app support from the App Store, at least you’ll have limited functionality. In his case, he was given a wiped gen 1, so unless he wants to use the very old version of Safari, or ancient Apple Mail, he’s SOL.

@ruouttaurmind I haven’t used our tablet in quite some time, but when I did, old apps weren’t really ‘purged’ from App Store. Usually a new version took their place, but there was often an option that allowed an older version to be used instead. See this link.
Netflix, iBooks (ereader: books, magazines, & comics), iTunes (music player, incl Bluetooth connectivity), some browsing (especially simpler sites like Craigslist, Wikipedia, maps, etc), texting, & some basic games are likely the best bets.
Wonder if somebody has a list/database of old apps that are still ‘available’.

@compunaut Thanks for the info and the link! I’ll give it a go this weekend. Great tip!

@compunaut I finally got around to trying this trick on my roommate’s iPad 1 and was somewhat successful. Gmail was a no-go, same for Firefox, but the Kindle Reader, Pandora, Netflix, Google Maps, YouTube and a few others were successful.

Thanks again for pointing me in that direction!

@ruouttaurmind : My pleasure

Maybe now they will tell us
/8ball is woot cooler than meh?
Very doubtful

@medz @MrMark According to Google Trends, Woot is still busier … for now.

So @snapster - when will you be offering ?

@narfcake I ordered four randoms last week. Any bets on how many have cats?

@sammydog01 All the same size at once, and 4 as in 4 packs (8 shirts total)?

@narfcake Two two packs, four total, same size. They seem to package them by twos so duplicates are possible.

@sammydog01 I’m guessing that two will be the same and no catshirt … and if I’m wrong, there’s a goat penguin you can blame.

@narfcake @sammydog01

There’s also a goatapus.

@narfcake No cats and no duplicates in the package, although one I have in a different color. Unless a lion counts as a cat. Does it?
RAWR
Minimal cantina
Engine trouble
Hunting is a piece of cake

I ordered another two at the woot-off, still a chance for a kitty.

@sammydog01 A lion is a cat – so I’m double wrong.

You know who to blame …

@narfcake

Whoever taught you your animals?

@PlacidPenguin Dog goes woof, cat goes meow, bird goes tweet, and the mouse goes squeek …

/8ball Blame the goat penguin?
It is certain

@PlacidPenguin
/youtube barking cat

@wishlish IKR? Back in March I bought a iPad 2 for a bit less than a hundy. Then in April I bought a iPad Air 128gb for $250. Sold the Air to my flat mate and it was stolen in a home burglary last month. One of his coworkers gave him a iPad 1 and he’s having a devil of a time trying to find any use for it. Can’t download ANY of the Google apps. Even the Apple apps like Pages, Garage Band, etc… none of them will download because of the ancient iOS 5.whatever that old iPad is running.

@rv617 Misplaced by at least 2 decimal points IMHO.

@rv617 that’s a good deal, ipad air first gen hovers around $300 on ebay for new.

@thismyusername Yeah, the Air was fair. The first gen iPad, not so much.

@narfcake I dunno they sit around 250 for new in box sealed on ebay… gotta be collectors… it has to be… but such a catch 22… i mean if you keep it sealed from ebay it might be a book in there and if you keep it sealed from woot! it might be an ipad and a plastic chicken in there… not sure either place would be the best as a source for collectors

@rv617 They had an iPad Air 2 today for $203 In their flash deals section. Sold out now, of course.