Woot “After Dark” offering up clearance sex shop stuff including some an...
2Woot After Dark, in the clearance tab. Says it will disappear in a few hours. I’m not a prude, just caught off guard with images of D’s and double-D’s.
Archived here - NSFW - https://archive.ph/YbvL9
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I think tonight must be the first night (based on forum comments).
I had no idea what I was going to find when I clicked on the link. It was so out of character for the site I figured it was worth sharing.
Seems like a risky move - They might wind up on some content filters’ radar as NSFW.
@Comedian Yep, first time, and depending on how it ends up, maybe the last? It’s a part of their “turning 18” birthday events.
Amazingly, earlier today, there was a $1 WTF deal, a mystery deal, AND a BOC offered at the same time – and the site didn’t crash!
@Comedian @narfcake Now that Woot is pretty much the same as any of the “sell overstocked crap at a discount” sites, there probably isn’t the same enthusiasm. I get multiple emails a day with this special or that sale; it’s just too much to keep up with. I gave up trying to get a BOC years ago. I have so many of their t-shirts that I don’t even look at the shirt of the day any more. I’m over Woot.
@lisagd That’s definitely a fair assessment. A decade ago, the item count was by the dozens, most of which were chosen for being actual deals.
Nowadays, it’s in the thousands and selected by algorithms that doesn’t seem to understand consumer sentiment – that both price and desirability to the audience plays a role.
@lisagd @narfcake And, bluntly, their prices suck. In fact, I can often beat them by selecting a competing item on Amazon. There’s nothing to be enthusiastic about at Woot. Lots of “this was a dud”, plenty of “only seventeen people on the planet ever wanted this highly specialized item, and all but one of them is in Antarctica”, and more than a little “now that everytone knows this is crap, we’re looking for the last few suckers who will still pay us enough to make a profit here”. Damned few things that qualify as “Hey, look, we actually found a good deal on something worth having!”
@Comedian @narfcake
I got the boc, i was even 13 mins late and I still went through no problem. I was very surprised it was still available for that long.
@narfcake @werehatrack I can’t remember the last time I bought anything other than a t-shirt. I’ve had to issue a self-moratorium on black and navy shirts, though; most of my pants are black, blue, or grey.
How come they aren’t selling any of the “anatomically shaped” lingerie models?
@tweezak
You’ll have to rent your own…
I blame the goat for the wonderful double D’s
First I clicked on it from a work computer because well woot usually isn’t NSFW, and they’ve been doing midnight madness, so I was thinking it was related to that. I left quickly, but when I scrolled down the front page the items were all shown in the expiring soon area. I wasn’t logged in to woot or Amazon at the time either. Not a prude either. Hell I looked on my phone off of the work Wi-Fi. But if they do it again maybe they should filter the images on the front page.
I happened to be up at midnight so I decided to stroll over to my app to check out the $1 deal. It was adorable and I did not get it
However I saw the banner and thought, huh, what’s that. Didn’t know about this! Color me suprised.
They sell stuff like that all the time, just not in one convenient place.
Hope x rated bird toys are next.
They have some interesting looking microphones. I am thinking about getting the blue one for my kids. Or maybe the one with wings.
@Lister Do they make it in green with DIY spines to make it Just Like A Real Cactus?