The site owners have done a poor job of describing this product. It's not a fan - it's a whole room circulator. It serves a very different purpose than a fan.

@mediocrebot I see North Dakota didn't bite again. Bunch of slackers up there. Who here lives in North Dakota so you know who to blame instead of @marklog?

@studerc I don't get it.

@patti you should probably buy another one, this one is cheaper think of all the money you're saving!

@Ignorant save more by not buying at all.

@patti It's $12 less than the last time ($40). Or did you buy two last time?

@ardgedee Two last time.

@bluejen your logic is sound.

@Stallion It may not be worthy, but it is a vornado...and i love mine from woot a couple of years ago.

@Stallion Buy it, we bought two for more money (so mad at meh right now) but they are great fans.

@jaybird @patti Thanks for nothing you two!!!!!! Convinced me to fall for yet another Meh Kung fu chop I just couldn't pass up. I may start a Meh anonymous group soon for those of us who are already addicted.

@Stallion I'm right there with you. we can call it meh eh

@jaybird same with both of you guys. These other two convinced me!!!

@medz What do you think he is saying?

@ChadP "SAAAALAAAAD FOOORKS"

@ChadP or "Fuuukuuuubuuukuuurooo"

@ChadP Iiiiiiirrrrrk, sleeeeeeep wiiiith ooooonnne eeeeeeeeyyyye ooooooopeeeeeen.

@narfcake Sweet. Now I can email support using your order # to have them change the shipping address to me. Heh, heh, heh.

@cengland0 You don't. I spent $60 for an xbox game a year ago and now it's only $15. Should I be compensated?

@cengland0 sell them on eBay for more than you originally bought them for and buy today's deal.

@cengland0 Buy more and lower your overspend like people do with stocks.

@cengland0 Consider the usage between then and now to be worth $12 apiece.

@bluedyn The are still in the box and have not been used.

@medz Yours was a year ago. This was just 40 days and from the same site.

@cengland0 Vornado fan market is apparently more fluid than video game market. Principal is the same.

@cengland0 That does Vornado. I've used mine daily, so I'm less annoyed. Guess you should try the eBay route.

@cengland0 was it worth the price 40 days ago?

@cengland0 I have the older version of this model. 7+ hours a night, 25+ days a month for over 5 years. That's over 12,000 hours and I'm probably undercutting that by several thousand. Not to mention much much more in hot the summer months. oThese fans are far more worth more their value in longevity than the msrp pricepoint. If I knew I would still own it today and use it daily back then, I would have justifiably paid over $100. You got a smokin deal either way. Be happy.

@cengland0 are you stupid or something?

@cengland0 Rob a convenience store.* (*Doodpants does not endorse or condone robbing of convenience stores)

@Gaster use a transformer (but it will probably spin more slowly due to the difference between 50 cycles and 60)

Well, the eternal-wet-chili is betting on yes.

@Thumperchick yes

@wyk3d or these could be the last of the discontinued model causing price to rise due to rarity. Such is the gamble of discount eCommerce.

@wyk3d With that reasoning. how did you ever buy a computer?

@halnwheels Or....i was playing off the write up talking about how each time they are lowering their prices in an epic vornado price battle...sooo yeah...

@mmurano and.....it doesn't come in.... Purple......

@Zebra oh man, this brings me back to my favorite old-school Woot write up ever...http://www.woot.com/blog/post/sony-nw-s705-2gb-mp3-player-with-noise-cancelling-headphones-1

@yankeesrule Woot have a pink problem the way meh had a purle problem? Either way it's a pp

@medz have a newborn. Could use that on a 2 for Tuesday. ;)

@medz Yeah you see, the thing about that is if I wanted to pay more I would have bought it at woot. We're not talking about a couple of bucks here, we're talking about 30% cheaper which is almost as much as getting a 3rd for free.

@medz also effective:

@patti I'm sure you didn't want to pay more, but that's how things go. Buy today or wait for a better price? Are you willing to pay the current price or risk that you won't be able to find any cheaper later? That's how this game is played. You still got a good deal, this is just a better deal.

@medz Ok meh-dz, imma bookmark this thread and when you bitch and complain when it inevitably happens to you imma bring you right back here. Most retailers price-match themselves.

@patti I buy stuff from Amazon all the time and then see it slightly cheaper later that week.

@patti Most retailers aren't Meh.

@medz And they will gladly refund you the difference if it's within 30 days like pretty much every retailer. You can try to defend it however you want, but it's bad form to discount and relist it so quickly. I bought one both times, but I was on the fence the first time due to price being not as good as other deals. Now I know better. I'll probably set a minimum percentage discount for future purchases.

"Pretty much every retailer" except pretty much every deal-a-day retailer. Is this really a new concept?

@Thumperchick @editorkid Really? I had no idea, I thought they were all like this.

@cblack Do you have to open a case on the order? How do you initiate a claim at Amazon if you see it cheaper that week? Does it have to be the same seller? What if the price goes back up later that day?

@patti - I get the frustration. I bit early on woot a few times and cursed myself later for over paying. That's the gamble though. You either bite early, at a higher price, and guarantee yourself the product you want; or you wait and hope to see the price drop, with no guarantee that you'll get it. Price matching just doesn't work in this model.

@Thumperchick I know, I expect price fluctuations. I haven't been dinged by one for a while thus my righteous indignation but then I remembered I almost completely stopped shopping at woot over a year ago. That said, I considered holding off on that flashlight set and apparently it's a good thing I didn't. :-)

@DaveInSoCal Even better you can duct tape your phone to the grille and let the fan blades rattle against it like it's a baseball card.

@dimsumx At the lowest power setting it's quieter than any box fan or oscillating fan I've used.

But only slightly louder than the Vornado tower fan I use in my office.

@SputnikHQ MONDAY! MONDAY! MONDAY! SEE THE INCREDIBLE BATTLE OF THE FAN DEALS!

@SputnikHQ

@jsh139 "Creative Director: Nope, yellow is the new black this year. Brown isn’t scheduled to be the new black until 2014."

@peas haha I know. I reread the write up. Too funny!

@peas What? Here I thought it was orange… no wait purple...

@editorkid I'm not sure it is, but I'm no editor.

@editorkid So by stating that you were a teacher back in August, I'm guessing an English teacher?

@Ignorant It is. Singular subjects get singular verbs. @RicoSuave I don't remember mentioning that, although maybe it was a joke (I do make a lot of joke's and my success ratio's not that good on 'em). I've been an editor for most of my career, never a teacher. Sorry if one of my quips misled.

@editorkid I was just going by the one thing I looked at on the interweb. http://www.grammarly.com/answers/questions/7328-offer-vs-offers/

Use verb without "s" for plural subjects and verb with "s" for singular subjects.

@editorkid ooops. I thought you were @studerc. He said he was a teacher! I remember now, sorry for that.

@Ignorant Ah, but "Woot" is a singular subject. And it's right for the rest of Mr. Toon's fine creation. @RicoSuave Heck, if you're going to confuse me with @studerc, I can only come out ahead!

@dunda How loud is it on the slowest speed? Mine is quite loud, and when I turn it off I can hear something rubbing or brushing as the blade slows down. So maybe mine has a problem? Does yours do that?

@wfoster Yeah, there's definitely some kind of intermittent rattling noise going on.

@dunda mine too. got it yesterday and there is a bit of rattling.

@cometwatcher the front part of the blade cover fell off on me. i was able to snap it back on sort of. there wasn't much in the way of packing and i heard the mailman drop it (as they do most packages) on the ground. could've been damaged in transit

@cometwatcher That said, i hear that vornado's customer service is top notch. hopefully it is :)