Woot Literally Sold a Bag of Weed

@PlacidPenguin It’s not even the strangest thing I’ve bought from them.

@rockblossom Did you buy one?

@ACraigL No. My yard is already full of weeds. More would just be wasted.

@rockblossom They are cheaper on Amazon. Except no baggie.

@PlacidPenguin As info this is a bag of broken flower pot pieces. For around ten bucks.

@Barney

Not that I’ve seen.

@Barney I would expect some at some point. Maybe a bag of smoke as well?

@ACraigL

That would be gone in a puff though.

(Works on several levels.)

@PlacidPenguin Not me, but not surprised it showed up.

@narfcake it’s not even real grass.

@sammydog01 In Woot’s defense, the grass green shirts aren’t made of real grass either.

http://www.woot.com/offers/bag-of-mj

I’m a little disappointed that it’s not Mary Jane shoes!
A few years ago, some coworkers and I were explaining a song with lyrics referencing Mary Jane to our boss. My coworkers had at least smoked pot, but the there was me who doesn’t drink or smoke also helping to explain that reference to him! He felt pretty dumb that I understood the reference and he didn’t!

@dave

What’s an ‘ad’?

@dave I have ads for sneakers and home goods. What have you been searching for online that made them think you wanted pot plants?

@dave miss seattle yet?

@thismyusername I would have bought that for $4.20,

@msujp Usually yes, but not in this case. They actually sold them, and you can see that in the sales stats (the joke items never actually sell, therefore no stats).

@msujp I thought that when they sold the dime bag. I was wrong. People will buy anything.

@sammydog01

It took you this long to realize people will buy anything?

@sammydog01 What @PlacidPenguin said. I mean, someone even bought used bubble wrap inflated cushioning off eBay!

(Disregard my personal buying habits too, 'k?)

@narfcake @sammydog01

Don’t forget this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gorilla-Hot-Cheetos-RARE-One-of-a-Kind-Cheetos-Harambe-Gorilla-/172504352676.

People have even been selling SCREENSHOTS of the listing.
Example.
(Yes, I know that 35% goes to charity, but if someone really wanted to donate money, they could do it directly to the organization.)

@PlacidPenguin Video game console boxes! And we’re talking about just the cardboard box. Or a shitty photo of one …

@narfcake

Wouldn’t that be considered more of a scam?

@PlacidPenguin From the article, PayPal seemed to think so.

@narfcake

Because the wording of the listing is a factor, I decided to look up a screenshot of it.

Found this discussion instead.

@medz

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