Woot! Sent me an empty Apple Watch box

connorbush shared a link said Fri, Dec 1st 2017 at 7:00pm ET

So I ordered an Apple Watch for my better half. This was to be a Christmas gift. It arrived yesterday; being myself, I insisted she open it immediately. She said no she wanted to open it at Christmas with the family. I pleaded and she agreed to open it and not wait for Christmas… thank goodness she did not wait until Christmas with the family–THE WATCH WAS NOT IN THE BOX. Only a charger and some paperwork. Not even a sticker on the Apple packaging.

What a shit-show. Though I’d share. Looks like I was not alone.

Worst part–they have no more stock. At least they will refund once I send them their empty box back.

https://sellout.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?postid=7280218&ref=so_cnt_odet_jtd

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narfcake said Fri, Dec 1st 2017 at 7:12pm ET:

Whoever supplied them that stock fucked them over.

By the looks of the map, there was 8 units.

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- @narfcake Or someone in the warehouse.
  
  sammydog01 said Fri, Dec 1st 2017 at 10:33pm ET
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- @sammydog01 Possible. They were fulfilled by Amazon, though, which I thought was pretty watchful (high security) in the warehouse.
  
  narfcake said Fri, Dec 1st 2017 at 10:44pm ET
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- @narfcake Having worked at Amazon in the past, I can confirm that they have some pretty significant security there. Those boxes were probably empty before they reached Amazon.
  
  Durago said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 10:46am ET
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- @Durago That’s what I figure.
  
  narfcake said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 11:09am ET
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- @Durago I can vouch for the security of their distribution centers, as a major supplier of their security apparatus (apparati?)
  
  ManBehindPlan said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 11:45am ET
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therealjrn said Fri, Dec 1st 2017 at 7:18pm ET:

Shit! Some fucker should be going to jail for this shit.

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Seeds said Fri, Dec 1st 2017 at 9:40pm ET:

This reminds me of the “x-box” shit from ebay years ago. Fuck woot.

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OldCatLady said Fri, Dec 1st 2017 at 10:16pm ET:

Go enter the Apple Watch Series 3 giveaway on AMZN. Your chances are slim- but you already don’t have a watch. It closes at midnight. Enter all the giveaways, it’s free.

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- @OldCatLady
  
  but you already don’t have a watch
  
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  therealjrn said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 1:12am ET
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- @OldCatLady Why didn’t you show me this contest earlier? I could have felt like a complete and utter failure every day since November 21 instead of just the last few days.
  
  sammydog01 said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 9:10am ET
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- @sammydog01 I just found it myself. Hindsight is great.
  
  OldCatLady said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 1:15pm ET
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- @OldCatLady
  
  Where do I acquire some Fine Vintage Hindsight?
  
  I’m feeling I’ll never acquire Foresight.
  
  f00l said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 5:48pm ET
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Collin1000 said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 12:06am ET:

I’d wager that someone at the Amazon warehouse stole them (20%) or a 3rd party resold them to Amazon w/o the actual watch on purpose (80%).

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- @Collin1000 The seals were apparently breached on all the boxes.
  
  therealjrn said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 1:02am ET
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mehcuda67 said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 12:26am ET:

Maybe it’s the new Apple Watch Air.

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- @mehcuda67 OK that was funny
  
  mehbee said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 2:14am ET
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cengland0 said Sat, Dec 2nd 2017 at 7:31am ET:

The second comment on Woot says, “So far this is the steal of the night.”

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