The last woot-off they had did not suck as much as I had expected. I got quite a bit of stuff I have yet to actually use… as is generally the case with my internet impulse buys.
@narfcake I really prefer the Mehrathon format with a limited offer life. During Woot-offs there’s that occasional item which just won’t sell out and sits there in it’s boring glory for what seems like an eternity.
@PlacidPenguin It doesn’t matter if it’s good or bad stuff. It’s just automatic that at the end of the day, it’s the “worst woot-off ever.”
@ruouttaurmind They’ll artificially bump time up or down as necessary. Something shitty has been sitting at 70% for the past 15 minutes, and suddenly, the next item will come up. Or 5% becomes 75% a minute later.
@narfcake@PlacidPenguin That is the great mystery of the woot-off (and the Mehrathon…): If you find nothing to buy, it is the worst woot-off ever. If you find lots of stuff to buy, it is definitely the worst woot-off ever, because you ended up spending lots of good money on too much bad crap.
Great timing, as usual. Tomorrow my new flooring will finally be installed. (Today they tore the old stuff out.) I may just hole up in my room and ignore the noise.
@PlacidPenguin@sammydog01 How can we tell? It’s been so long since we have heard from Sir Fuzzybutt and Lady Puffle. Maybe they went on a cruise and fell overboard.
@sammydog01 Yes, I’m very jelly! Was this a Woot-Off item? Or BOC? I missed out on four or five BOCs. Seemed they were selling out with record swiftness this time. Last one I got back in July of ‘16 was easy pickin’. This time… not so much.
Are we allowed to bash Woot on here?
I actually came here specifically looking for a Woot-bashing thread…
I know this isn’t exactly news, but the whole site is now one big bag of random crap…
I’ve stayed away from it since it became so cluttered with so many items for sale, but I’m still on the mailing list.
Got the Woot-off notification today and started looking through the “all deals” list and it is filled with literal random crap.
Like assorted refrigerator and washing machine replacement parts, random PVC fittings and just all sorts of stuff that no one would ever go to Woot looking for…
I mean, if I found myself in need of a replacement part for a major household appliance, Woot is literally the last place I’d think to look.
Sorry Woot loyalists, I don’t mean to offend anyone but, “809 deals”?!
That is so far from what Woot! originally was that keeping the name is just silly.
@DennisG2014 So OK then. All those machine parts are shit that TT says AMZN puts in the “flash sale” section. It is pretty silly. I need a bumper for a '57 Chevy, lets go look on Woot.
I wonder if Matt Rutledge can even stand to look at the site anymore.
Although, I suppose all he’d have to do is look at his bank account to clear his palate.
@medz TT said bags of crap won’t be charged shipping for anyone but I bet you’re right. I wonder if they will even keep the $5 shipping all day for non-members?
@narfcake. I tried that with an advent calendar crap. It also kicked out the other item and there was no unlockable free shipping that day. I wound up not buying the other thing.
FEBRUARY 27TH, PAY $5 ONCE FOR ALL YOUR SHIPPING NEEDS
Here's the deal:
1. You pay your $5 shipping once for your first purchase on February 27th, 2018.
2. All your shipping is FREE through the end of the day on February 27th. That's FREE Standard shipping after your first order for anything except Gourmet.Woot and Shirt.Woot through 11:59pm CST on Tuesday, February 27th, 2018. No matter how many times you buy. So come back multiple times a day, or multiple times per second.
3. OR JUST SKIP ALL OF THIS IF YOU'RE AN AMAZON PRIME MEMBER BECAUSE YOU ALREADY GET FREE STANDARD SHIPPING ON WOOT ORDERS AND FREE EXPRESS SHIPPING ON SHIRT.WOOT ORDERS.
BOCs are on hold until the computer guys get their heads out of their asses. Just in case any of you really wanted one. (I’m so glad I’m not a computer guy.)
Hey all. Wanted to be straight with you. Bet on Colds are on hold for a while as the developers work to see what's causing all those server errors. Hopefully we'll get back our regularly scheduled crap before too long.
ThunderThighs wrote:Hey all. Wanted to be straight with you. Bet on Colds are on hold for a while as the developers work to see what's causing all those server errors. Hopefully we'll get back our regularly scheduled crap before too long.
kalee11 wrote:I just hope something's fixed before 5, because as soon as I get home from work my internet is shot lol. Super high speed at work though!
@sammydog01 Oh - you’re talking about the card game. 'Cause I totally thought this comment referred to detonating cats. I’m not a cat person or anything, but dude…
@PlacidPenguin@sammydog01 seriously? ok, is it a few dollars off or something? That is nice. How would I have known that if I hadn’t asked here though? Kinda strange.
@moonhat Do you have a different user name over there? She put together a list of everyone that got a coupon at the end of the thread and explained how it works. Check out page 34.
@PlacidPenguin@sammydog01@narfcake The delighted part is missing. And it doesn’t mean enough to me to be irritated. I just thought it would be more than shirt, gourmet, and sellout.
So I’ve only been paying attention since about 730am…but is WOOT just trying to get rid of all the gray/silver shirts they have that I wont wear/order?
NVM, it doesn’t push new sale items. And it takes several seconds to refresh once a new item is posted. So prolly not gonna get a BOC using the app! LOL!
OTOH, I could just install Wootstalker. If only there was an iOS version.
@ruouttaurmind nevermind. The site is shit. Had it open on chrome mobile on the drive home and it didn’t even try to pop a buy link. Edit: actually the email notification was for a sCRAPer. False alarm.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Even though I don’t get the emails from Woot, at least I get notifications though Meh.
The last woot-off they had did not suck as much as I had expected. I got quite a bit of stuff I have yet to actually use… as is generally the case with my internet impulse buys.
I may have problems…
@shahnm It’s mandatory that every Woot-off is “worst woot-off ever”.
@narfcake @shahnm
Worst in that there’s good stuff, or that there’s bad stuff?
And wouldn’t either of those be good really?
@narfcake I really prefer the Mehrathon format with a limited offer life. During Woot-offs there’s that occasional item which just won’t sell out and sits there in it’s boring glory for what seems like an eternity.
@PlacidPenguin It doesn’t matter if it’s good or bad stuff. It’s just automatic that at the end of the day, it’s the “worst woot-off ever.”
@ruouttaurmind They’ll artificially bump time up or down as necessary. Something shitty has been sitting at 70% for the past 15 minutes, and suddenly, the next item will come up. Or 5% becomes 75% a minute later.
@narfcake @PlacidPenguin That is the great mystery of the woot-off (and the Mehrathon…): If you find nothing to buy, it is the worst woot-off ever. If you find lots of stuff to buy, it is definitely the worst woot-off ever, because you ended up spending lots of good money on too much bad crap.
/giphy paradox
Great timing, as usual. Tomorrow my new flooring will finally be installed. (Today they tore the old stuff out.) I may just hole up in my room and ignore the noise.
@OldCatLady That will be nice. Having a floor that’s not water damaged, not the noise. Maybe they’ll send a cute installer.
/giphy hot carpenter
I don’t even know, giphy- you’re losing your touch.
/image sexy male carpenter
That’s more like it.
@sammydog01 For once, it doesn’t matter what they look like. I don’t even care what my house looks like right now. This was poetry in motion today:
@sammydog01
Losing? Giphy… well, ya.
But that’s still an awesome (if unrelated) gif.
@OldCatLady @sammydog01 I’m not sure what he was building… saw plans for a table.
@sammydog01 But the first carpenter was cooool!
And crap is scored. I think that’s a record for me. Plus a micro sd card.
@sammydog01
Sorry to hear that.
(Wootstalker was giving me issues, and when I went back to Woot tab and noticed the BoC, I got sever issues.)
@sammydog01 My condolences. Wasn’t fast enough for crap.
Look what I got! Who’s jealous?
@sammydog01 Me!
@sammydog01
Sir Fuzzybutt is probably jealous.
@PlacidPenguin Lady Puffle is too good for him.
@sammydog01
Or maybe Sir Fuzzybutt has felt that Lady Puffle is not good enough for him.
@sammydog01 I’m jealous too. It’s my 99th, and all I got was a super-dumb bear clock.
Also a spatula. And some other stuff.
@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 How can we tell? It’s been so long since we have heard from Sir Fuzzybutt and Lady Puffle. Maybe they went on a cruise and fell overboard.
@sammydog01 Yes, I’m very jelly! Was this a Woot-Off item? Or BOC? I missed out on four or five BOCs. Seemed they were selling out with record swiftness this time. Last one I got back in July of ‘16 was easy pickin’. This time… not so much.
@ruouttaurmind bag of crap item
@ACraigL I had that clock! Mine didn’t tell time.
Don’t they have Woot-Offs like every week now?
@ELUNO It’s pretty much once a month.
Are we allowed to bash Woot on here?
I actually came here specifically looking for a Woot-bashing thread…
I know this isn’t exactly news, but the whole site is now one big bag of random crap…
I’ve stayed away from it since it became so cluttered with so many items for sale, but I’m still on the mailing list.
Got the Woot-off notification today and started looking through the “all deals” list and it is filled with literal random crap.
Like assorted refrigerator and washing machine replacement parts, random PVC fittings and just all sorts of stuff that no one would ever go to Woot looking for…
I mean, if I found myself in need of a replacement part for a major household appliance, Woot is literally the last place I’d think to look.
Sorry Woot loyalists, I don’t mean to offend anyone but, “809 deals”?!
That is so far from what Woot! originally was that keeping the name is just silly.
@DennisG2014 Don’t worry, plenty of Woot bashing goes on here.
/giphy Bash away!
@DennisG2014 So OK then. All those machine parts are shit that TT says AMZN puts in the “flash sale” section. It is pretty silly. I need a bumper for a '57 Chevy, lets go look on Woot.
@therealjrn They ought to change the name to Sh!t we can’t sell on Amazon.
@DennisG2014 I like you. So far anyway.
I wonder if Matt Rutledge can even stand to look at the site anymore.
Although, I suppose all he’d have to do is look at his bank account to clear his palate.
@DennisG2014 We know him as @snapster around these parts.
@ACraigL We know you as the goat around these parts.
@ELUNO
/giphy I am goat
@DennisG2014 I actually think Woot has improved in the recent past here. Not really saying much as it was the only direction possible.
Prime benefit was our very first ask upon acquisition. It took longer to get it than it did to build Woot from scratch. I’m happy for them though.
I wonder if free shipping during the woot-off will ONLY be granted to prime members. That ought to get people switching over in a hurry.
@medz TT said bags of crap won’t be charged shipping for anyone but I bet you’re right. I wonder if they will even keep the $5 shipping all day for non-members?
@sammydog01 Right, that’s what I meant. (the 1-time $5 then free shipping rest of the wootoff)
@sammydog01 but BOCs will now cost 10 bucks instead of 5.
@ELUNO @sammydog01 Technically they always did. Bundling a BOC with other items is a good way to not get one. In my experience, anyway.
@ACraigL A previous time with a BOC, I had other items in the cart. The checkout was still individual for the BOC, however; no bundling.
That did unlock shipping for the other items, however.
@narfcake. I tried that with an advent calendar crap. It also kicked out the other item and there was no unlockable free shipping that day. I wound up not buying the other thing.
@sammydog01 Not buying the other thing = money saved!
@narfcake @sammydog01 @medz
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FEBRUARY 27TH, PAY $5 ONCE FOR ALL YOUR SHIPPING NEEDS
Here's the deal:
1. You pay your $5 shipping once for your first purchase on February 27th, 2018.
2. All your shipping is FREE through the end of the day on February 27th. That's FREE Standard shipping after your first order for anything except Gourmet.Woot and Shirt.Woot through 11:59pm CST on Tuesday, February 27th, 2018. No matter how many times you buy. So come back multiple times a day, or multiple times per second.
3. OR JUST SKIP ALL OF THIS IF YOU'RE AN AMAZON PRIME MEMBER BECAUSE YOU ALREADY GET FREE STANDARD SHIPPING ON WOOT ORDERS AND FREE EXPRESS SHIPPING ON SHIRT.WOOT ORDERS.
4. Seriously, just get a Prime membership.
This answers the question.
Roswell Soil? REALLY? FOR TWELVE BUCKS??? AND PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY BUYING THIS???
@ruouttaurmind Wow. They really are out of their minds…
@ruouttaurmind
I always suspected that @del liked playing dirty games.
@ruouttaurmind I would buy one if I had infinite cash.
@ruouttaurmind @sammydog01 I would buy enough to be buried under one day.
@sammydog01
Well I suppose that infinite cash would solve the problem of inflation…
@ruouttaurmind it sold out surprisingly fast!
@bramby2 Either there was a limited supply of dirt, at a surprisingly plentiful supply of suckers.
This Woot-off is zipping right along. I have a feeling they either made the bargains better or ramped up the timers.
@sammydog01
It might also be to catch-up with the several hour long downtime this morning which Sellout.Woot had.
BOCs are on hold until the computer guys get their heads out of their asses. Just in case any of you really wanted one. (I’m so glad I’m not a computer guy.)
@sammydog01 Is that so? Did @del say that?
@ACraigL @Del @sammydog01
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Hey all. Wanted to be straight with you. Bet on Colds are on hold for a while as the developers work to see what's causing all those server errors. Hopefully we'll get back our regularly scheduled crap before too long.
To contact CS, use the Customer Service form in the menu at the top right corner of every page
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CANCEL?? How to cancel your order in the first 2 hours!! - except orders with expedited items
@ACraigL No, I just make shit up. (She posted an update 20 minutes ago- 30 to 60 minutes so get your f5 finger ready.)
/giphy hmph
@ACraigL @sammydog01 @del
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Wonderful developer is working on a fix now.
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Crossing fingers for the next 30-60 minutes.
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@Del @PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 Thanks!
@therealjrn. Exploding kittens is fun and kid friendly.
@sammydog01 I have it, but haven’t tried playing it yet. Come teach me.
@mfladd @sammydog01
I’ll bring the drinks. (Well actually, no, I won’t.)
@PlacidPenguin I’ll take unsweerened ice tea with a lemon.
@mfladd I played it once. I need to make the kids play again with me.
@sammydog01 I just bought it! Thanks!
@therealjrn And you won’t have to explain fleshlights to anyone.
@mfladd @sammydog01 I got it along CAH and one expansion when they were selling both.
@sammydog01 Oh - you’re talking about the card game. 'Cause I totally thought this comment referred to detonating cats. I’m not a cat person or anything, but dude…
@sammydog01 @shahnm
@mfladd
I’ll bring the circus peanuts then.
@PlacidPenguin Then you’re invited.
@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 She made a mistake. You have been uninvited.
@mfladd @sammydog01
And THIS is why I don’t really go to many places.
@mfladd So you’re bringing the circus peanuts? Thanks!
@mfladd @PlacidPenguin yum I love those
@sammydog01 Ack! No Clown Shit allowed.
@mfladd
But what about HQ?
@PlacidPenguin She is always allowed.
@PlacidPenguin Congrats on the coupon! I got denied.
@sammydog01
Thanks!
I almost bought something with it.
But then I realized that that was the intent.
@PlacidPenguin But if you have Amazon Prime you can get something for free. Free is good.
@sammydog01
I was thinking of getting the 18 pack of Sharpies for a niece, and it honestly would have been a great use of the code.
Shame that I didn’t. (I blame @ACraigL.)
@PlacidPenguin I came close to getting that one too. Luckily it didn’t last long enough for me to act on it.
Got a Bushel of Chameleons.
I might have had time to use my coupon code, but I didn’t want to risk it.
@PlacidPenguin dang! Lucky you. I tried 3 times today, nothing.
@moonhat
On the other hand, I wasted $10.84, so…
@moonhat @PlacidPenguin ditto x 2
@PlacidPenguin no way! Do you think that was the last one? Or would they squeeze in one more at the very end?
Hey- if TT “gave” me a “coupon” in her happy hour thing, what is that? Where do I find it? Or is it just talk?
@moonhat
During checkout, there’s an option on the review page to add a coupon.
The code would be TTHOUR if you got it from HH.
@moonhat It’s real- just put it in the coupon space when you buy something. It’s probably not a good idea to try it on crap though.
@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 seriously? ok, is it a few dollars off or something? That is nice. How would I have known that if I hadn’t asked here though? Kinda strange.
@moonhat
$5 off.
By asking on Woot.
@PlacidPenguin but… but I like it here better… everyone is nice…
/giphy stop yelling at me
@moonhat Do you have a different user name over there? She put together a list of everyone that got a coupon at the end of the thread and explained how it works. Check out page 34.
@sammydog01 oh! ok. fun! Yes I am eew3 over there for some reason. Thank you guys for the help, I appreciate it.
I was expecting and looking forward to more. This wOOt-off is a BOC
@mfladd
So you’re irritated and delighted?
@mfladd More what?
@mfladd @sammydog01 More catshirts.
@narfcake There’s a catshirt up right now! So it can’t be that.
@sammydog01 First one all shirt.woot-off.
I missed the BOC again, so have a blame, @ACraigL!
Also since I missed the BOC, have an unblame, @ACraigL!
@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 @narfcake The delighted part is missing. And it doesn’t mean enough to me to be irritated. I just thought it would be more than shirt, gourmet, and sellout.
@narfcake I even got a micro SD card for my little red fake GoPro I bought here. I’m liking this woot-off so far.
@mfladd Isn’t Sellout pretty much the same as the main Woot channel?
@sammydog01 Please sir, can I have MORE channels?
@narfcake @sammydog01 Missed it too. Server crash and the meter was at 6% by the time I got to it. No chance.
@mfladd The more they do, the more it’s “diluted”. It’s fine enough as it is.
@narfcake my A.D.D. requires more choices.
And Woot Sellout is crashed. TT says that they have a lot of new customers with the Amazon Prime thing that should make Woot-offs crazy again.
@sammydog01
That’s for the server issues.
@ACraigL is to blame for the site issues this morning.
$8 to be a Stormtrooper. Maybe…
https://www.woot.com/category/sellout?ref=w_gh_so_10
ok, I had to have it.
wOOT purchase #150.
@sammydog01 Hahahaha. We are edit ninjas.
I didn’t realize I had to still login thru my amazon account for the prime to work.
Whelp, I bought all of these I needed, so I guess I’m out.
I’m getting server issues just now, do that many people want that mermaid’s tail?
@therealjrn
Do us a favor and buy 10 of them.
@PlacidPenguin I already got one!
@therealjrn
Yeah, but I wanted one (without paying for it).
@PlacidPenguin I didn’t, I got mine in a “mystery box” from Yugster. They’re children sized.
Best woot-off deal ever:
https://www.woot.com/offers/hayward-sp1482-1-1-2-inch-mpt-by-1-1-2?ref=w_cnt_fd_1_5
@astanford ugh…
@mfladd Double male end union. Has potential.
@sammydog01 Maybe for your fittings.
@therealjrn It’s Up!!!
@sammydog01 I bet he missed it
@ELUNO I should have bought him one.
@sammydog01 You should have bought us all one.
@ELUNO If it comes up again probably won’t then either.
So I’ve only been paying attention since about 730am…but is WOOT just trying to get rid of all the gray/silver shirts they have that I wont wear/order?
got my answer…nope
@amehzinggrace They do seem to have a lot of non-colors though.
Does anyone know if the Woot iOS app pushes new items as they become avialable, or do I have to keep refreshing, just like on my PC?
NVM, it doesn’t push new sale items. And it takes several seconds to refresh once a new item is posted. So prolly not gonna get a BOC using the app! LOL!
OTOH, I could just install Wootstalker. If only there was an iOS version.
@ruouttaurmind the site should work in your web browser.
@medz Doesn’t seem to push. Win10/Chrome.
Good ol’ ALT-F5. Works every time.
@ruouttaurmind nevermind. The site is shit. Had it open on chrome mobile on the drive home and it didn’t even try to pop a buy link. Edit: actually the email notification was for a sCRAPer. False alarm.
128gb or nothing!