Technically, there were only 2 months where she didn’t have it.

(April and May.)

@PlacidPenguin It just seemed like forever.

@sammydog01

But who’s keeping track?

@sammydog01 Thanks for the mention Sammy! I have one that should be showing up in the shirt-off as well!

@PlacidPenguin Crap. I would have bought that.

Not that you’d buy this anyways.

@PlacidPenguin So not only were you spying on me but you know my thoughts too …

@narfcake

@mfladd Here, order one from China for $1.87.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Car-Magnetic-Air-Vent-Mount-Holder-Stand-For-Mobile-Cell-Phone-iPhone-GPS-UF-Powerful/32853424638.html

@cinoclav thanks!

@narfcake @PlacidPenguin I guess this wasn’t much of a deal since you can get two of them on amazon for 9.99 regular price.

@PlacidPenguin He’ll get another shot – the shirt-off sale will appear some time next week.

@PlacidPenguin
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As @ACraigL said, it’ll be offered again – not that it’s striking me as a “must have”. I don’t own every catshirtswoot, y’know.

@narfcake

I don’t own every catshirtswoot, y’know.

I DO know .

@PlacidPenguin

/wootstalker shirt

Not Even Once
Price: $15.00
Condition: New

@narfcake

@sammydog01

Since I only slept several hours (due to the Woot Off distracting me), I can probably afford to try getting some more now.

I was actually reading a story from BBC, when a new tab opened without my doing so, due to Wootstalker.

Yay @lichme!!!

@PlacidPenguin Ditto.

@sammydog01

What’d you think of the story?

@PlacidPenguin I gave it

@sammydog01

(I’m hoping that we were reading different stories.)

@sammydog01 I had it in my cart, but decided to pass. Partially because it excludes you from getting birthday crap (not that those will be any better/different) but mostly because I’ve already hit my 100 crap goal, and it just feels right to keep it at that number. #closure

@ACraigL

@PlacidPenguin Last Man on Earth. That bit with the guitar cracks me up every time. Especially when he spends all that time tuning it, then only uses it for percussion. Comedy gold.

@ACraigL I tried to not buy one but it didn’t work.

@sammydog01

Sort of like when you see a Sphero you don’t own?

@ACraigL

I had issues with the main storyline, but there were quite a few funny jokes in the show.

Mixed feelings about the cancellation.

@PlacidPenguin I own all the Spheros. Hopefully they won’t design any new ones.

@ACraigL @PlacidPenguin I loved that show.

@sammydog01

https://www.sphero.com/coming-next-semester

@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 Didn’t even notice there was a woot-off until you tagged me. Soooo tired.

@lichme

Even if there wasn’t a Woot Off, I’d probably tag you.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@sammydog01 My deepest sympathies. No matter how many times I say I’m done, I end up buying another. And they just keep sucking… Not sure if I’ll even try today.

@lichme @PlacidPenguin Babies do that.

@lichme how are your babies doing???

@lichme @sammydog01

As I have hinted at on other threads, compared to quite a few trees, we are all babies.

@mikibell Baby is doing great. My daughter (3 in Sept) is absolutely in love with him. She’s really caring, and so far, she’s a great big sister.

@lichme OMgoooooddddnesss… aren’t they precious??? wow… Enjoy!

@djslack Have you seen anything you wanted? Not me.

@sammydog01 I almost wanted a boc. I also almost wanted an Amazon tap. I did buy some vegan entrees from wine.woot to check out last night, but that was before the texts started coming.

Mostly i’m busy at work so I glance at the text on my watch and move on.

@djslack I bought 2 refurb Taps from Woot. I really like them. But they sell them frequently.

@sammydog01

Really? What about this?

/wootstalker https://sellout.woot.com/offers/bloody-shower-curtain

Bloody Shower Curtain
Price: $19.99
Condition: Refurbished/Not New
This deal is currently sold out

@PlacidPenguin No no no no no. Just no.

@sammydog01

Well you’re no fun.

@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 I love that curtain! I think @KittySprinkles would too.

@KittySprinkles @mfladd @PlacidPenguin It only turns red when wet. Think of the fun times!

@sammydog01

But neither @mfladd or @KittySprinkles could get wet.

@PlacidPenguin

Not if @mfladd has anything to do with it

@KittySprinkles @PlacidPenguin Says the dry old, crusty Queen.

@lichme I love the artwork.

@sammydog01 That knife is sweeeet!

@Rueki

Woot Stalker still works.

@Rueki Wootstalker seems to be putting up the link before it’s live sometimes. Keep at it. I pulled up Tweetdeck and searched woot-off- there’s an account named Tom Henderson that is getting the link as soon as the previous item sells out. It’s also bringing it up before it’s live but at least you can see what’s coming up.

@PlacidPenguin I might have mine customized incorrectly then. How do you have yours set?

@sammydog01 It’s interesting that you say Wootstalker puts it up before the link is live. A lot of times when Wootstalker refreshes for me, the new deal is already down to 98% which makes me wonder if people have found a faster way to buy woot stuff.

@Rueki @sammydog01 FWIW, the current item showed up on Wootstalker about 12 seconds before it showed up on the sellout page.
/wootstalker sellout

Ora Wireless Motion Sensor Spotlights
Price: $49.99
Condition: New

@Rueki I see it hanging around at 100% for a while so I’m not sure. Here’s the twitter acount I was talking about:
https://twitter.com/tomingulfbreeze

@Rueki @sammydog01

For the first four hours of the Woot Off today (possibly longer), clicking the link of items from Woot Stalker brought me to the main Woot page because the items weren’t ‘live’ on Woot.

I keep Woot Stalker with default settings (actually, I change the notification noise, though I often have volume off). I just ensure that pop-ups work.

@narfcake Yep- when I clicked on the link it took me to the Woot home page a few times and then finally it got me to Sellout. That’s why I thought it might be pulling up the link before it’s live.

@PlacidPenguin I just changed my setting on Wootstalker to “single site” instead of “main tracker” and now when a new item shows up it takes me straight to the product page. You can try that out to see if it fixes the problem for you.

@PlacidPenguin @Rueki I would be interested to know if that works right as a new product appears on Wootstalker.

@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 New product appeared and I was taken instantly to the page. It even showed 100% in stock. So far it looks like it’s working for me. We’ll see how well I do when the BOC comes up.

@PlacidPenguin @Rueki @sammydog01

Single Site is not maintained to the level that the main view is, so BOC auto pop is less likely to work as well. Sometimes sales on woot pop up as 98% (or so) because there is a time difference between when they get “added”, and when they actually show up. Some of these sales are on a timer, so the 2% loss is actually depicting a difference in time. When you see that, if you look at sales stats, typically nobody has bought them yet.

I’d recommend sticking with the main view and just filtering out the other sites, as it 100% isn’t what is making a difference.

I’ll look into reproducing any of the above issues later.

@lichme @Rueki @sammydog01

I don’t use single site view.

@lichme @PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 I got the bag using the “single site” view. Main view is still redirecting me to woot.com instead of the BOC.

Obligatory victory gif

@lichme @PlacidPenguin @Rueki @sammydog01 It’s making sellout very slow.

@lichme Single site view was periodically refreshing back to the main site after selecting sellout, so I just used the main view. BOC popup also showed the main page – but that was probably timing as clicking it the first time also took me to the main page. Second click worked. Thanks!

@OldCatLady Yay, crap for everyone!

@sammydog01

Not for @narfcake or @mfladd though.

@PlacidPenguin Yeah, I missed that last one completely.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@narfcake

What about the one which just happened? It was there for a while.

I happened to refresh the page and noticed it. Just for fun, I went through the VoP, AND signed in again (since it was a while since I last logged out then in again), and after a bit, it was STILL available.

@PlacidPenguin You mean the last one of the day which I also missed completely because I usually disconnect for a bit after work?

/wootstalker https://shirt.woot.com/offers/double-nope

Double Nope
Price: $19.00
Condition: Probably New

@PlacidPenguin why did I buy one? I saw it, went into the vestibule of patience, then it let me through, then I had to sign in with Amazon, and it was still there so I guess I felt obligated.

@narfcake @PlacidPenguin I got that one! So excited! My second one ever.

@sammydog01

I still don’t have a penguin plushie, despite my numerous attempts.

@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 I am late to the party. I am sooooo sad about this one. The boy loves plushies.

@ruouttaurmind Sorry. I’ll try to ping you next month. Put July 12 on your calendar- it’s their birthday and they’ll have lots of crap.

@sammydog01 On my calendar.

Thank for the advance intel!

@ruouttaurmind No AC sucks. Sorry

@mfladd I broke down and bought a window unit tonight. Couldn’t handle it for another night.

@raccoon81 Yay, another avalanche of disappointment coming!

@OldCatLady Yep, the last one was decent maybe, but I probably wouldn’t have paid $10 for that box of stuff at a garage sale if I saw it. Yet still can’t pass up temptation to send them $10 if I get the chance.

@djslack That went fast.

@sammydog01 it did. Thankfully I didn’t have time to buy one for future unplanned gift-giving.

@djslack Well?

@sammydog01 I can’t post over on woot (yikes, there’s been a server error) so here goes:

• question mark paper bag
• orange plastic two pocket folder WITH prongs
• Domi Cat phone case for A7000 Galaxy A7
• knex K force 10 dart pack and clip
• Moroccan Motifs coloring book
• Zip it Open giant zipper bottle opener
• a hardback copy of The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy
• a black mesh thing in a white zipper bag, turns out it’s one of those Magic Mesh screen doors with the magnetic closure
• one Les Despicables t-shirt, size M
• award ribbon for “Faked It Till I Made It”
• the piéce de resistance, the “All Eyes On You” craft jar containing over 550 pieces of googly eyes and a few pom poms. Googly eyes for days!

@djslack Nice!

@PlacidPenguin Maybe the special edition ones are on a different timer? Probably not. I probably wouldn’t get one anyway.

@sammydog01

With 14 an hour, the odds of getting one aren’t that great anyways.

Unless everybody was convinced to not try for them.

But then everybody would think that nobody is trying for them, so everybody would indeed try for them…

@PlacidPenguin I will be out of town on a road trip. I really need to be not checking my phone.

@PlacidPenguin My condolences.
/giphy box of crap

@PlacidPenguin
/giphy what’s in the box?

@sammydog01

•54"x108" black rectangle plastic tablecloth.
Micro-shears.
•Handle file. Honestly thought that this said hand filer.
•Woot ? paper bag.
•Wildlife hook with a bear on it.
•6 pack of LED flameless candles.
•Best ribbon wearer ribbon.
•A 2 pack of hand grips.
•Size M t-shirt with minions in Star Wars disguises.
•A 2 pack of 6’ Lan cables with zip ties. (Actually, I was looking for zip ties to send to somebody.)
FIU cup.
•A coffee mug, where the picture of the mug on this mug shows a low battery.
Fun fact: In a different box, I got this design on a cap, and I put it in a box to give to somebody.
• Kangaroo costume for a boxer, so that it can be a ‘boxer kangaroo’.
•A box for my penguins to play with.
•Intimidating card from Wootbot threatening to send me more junk.

@PlacidPenguin OMG! YOU GOT A LETTER!

@narfcake

No coincidence that there’s a cat in that gif.

@sammydog01

And I already got a tracking number for the second box.

@sammydog01

I’m sometimes nice (inadvertantly of course).

@sammydog01 She likes it a little too much if you ask me…
/giphy suspicious

@medz @sammydog01

If that’s all it takes to make her happy, then I support the practice of posting pictures.

@PlacidPenguin @sammydog01 I imagine she prints them off and puts them in scrapbooks.

@medz @PlacidPenguin I think it’s actually a job metric. So make her look good.

@medz @sammydog01

If she wants pictures, I’ll give her pictures.

@sammydog01 I know. I always try to post something even when it’s a totally lackluster haul.