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nrc
03-22-07, 01:14 AM
http://www.woot.com/App_Themes/Woot/images/gold-light.gif
http://www.woot.com/

SteveH
03-22-07, 08:37 AM
bandolier of carrots

blinged out cabbage

another way to waste the day on the innerweb

:D

Stu
03-22-07, 04:23 PM
use a woot tracker if you dont want to hit refresh all day:

http://www.totalfta.com/woot/

nissan gtp
03-22-07, 04:52 PM
another Roomba :rofl:

they must have a warehouse full

nrc
03-22-07, 06:18 PM
use a woot tracker if you dont want to hit refresh all day:

http://www.totalfta.com/woot/

I like this one 'cos it gives you an estimate of the time until sell-out.
http://www.bagsofcrap.com/

SteveH
03-22-07, 08:02 PM
another Roomba :rofl:

they must have a warehouse full

not any more

iRobot Roomba Sage with Convenience Pack (4110) $139.99 1,700 sold$237,983.00 total 178 minutes

http://www.adeptconsult.net/wootoff.html

been some real dogs on this one

nrc
03-22-07, 09:58 PM
I love our Roomba. I'd have bought one if we didn't have one. Hoping for a good Scooba deal before the Woot-off is over.

WickerBill
03-23-07, 04:05 AM
Get out the way we got a Woot Off
We're pigging out down at the Woot trough
Ain't gonna stop until the Woot Off is done

SteveH
03-23-07, 11:30 AM
I love our Roomba. I'd have bought one if we didn't have one. Hoping for a good Scooba deal before the Woot-off is over.

ding ding ding

iRobot Scooba Floor Washing Robot
$189.99
+ $5 shipping

chop456
03-23-07, 11:37 AM
I just missed the $40 pocket breathalyzer. Damn.

RaceGrrl
03-23-07, 11:37 AM
ding ding ding

iRobot Scooba Floor Washing Robot
$189.99
+ $5 shipping

You lie! That must not have lasted long- I missed it. :irked:

Ankf00
03-23-07, 11:38 AM
I just missed the $40 pocket breathalyzer. Damn.

those are fun :D

nrc
03-23-07, 11:52 AM
You lie! That must not have lasted long- I missed it. :irked:
See what happens when you're using an inferior Woot! tracker? Now I, on the other hand, managed to score one of the 120 available. If you're nice I'll do your floors, baby. :p

SteveH
03-23-07, 12:16 PM
feel the love

:D

extramundane
03-23-07, 12:47 PM
See what happens when you're using an inferior Woot! tracker?

That may well be the least hot thing a man can say to his wife.

Ankf00
03-23-07, 02:00 PM
extra's been eating his wheaties lately

extramundane
03-23-07, 02:42 PM
extra's been eating his wheaties lately

With Spicoli on vacation, someone had to boost the obnoxious one-liner total.

RaceGrrl
03-23-07, 03:00 PM
That may well be the least hot thing a man can say to his wife.

Maybe... but "If you're nice I'll do your floors, baby" works for me. Haven't you heard that helping with household chores is an aphrodisiac for women?

devilmaster
03-23-07, 03:06 PM
Thanks for the link. I've been watching it off and on since you linked it - I likes the firefox toolbar addon instead of a full-page tracker (except when it tries to display 54.4999999999999999% remaining)

Alot of window dressing, but there has been a few items that I would have bought - but won't until I ask my friend who lives in Detroit if he can take delivery.

I would have been all over the 15 buck FM transmitter - belkin's model sells for 50.

The 256 meg sandisk mp3 player would be nice as a gift for my 10 year old niece.

And I don't think you can go wrong with 5 dollars shipping on a 1300 dollar 62" HDTV :rofl:

extramundane
03-23-07, 03:22 PM
Maybe... but "If you're nice I'll do your floors, baby" works for me. Haven't you heard that helping with household chores is an aphrodisiac for women?

I already do 90% of the cooking, half the laundry and anything that involves tools or noxious chemicals. So, no, never heard that. :D

chop456
03-23-07, 05:23 PM
Maybe... but "If you're nice I'll do your floors, baby" works for me. Haven't you heard that helping with household chores is an aphrodisiac for women?

I thought it was another "hardwood floors" euphemism. :D

Cam
03-23-07, 06:15 PM
Maybe... but "If you're nice I'll do your floors, baby" works for me. Haven't you heard that helping with household chores is an aphrodisiac for women?

Hope you got next day shipping on that Richard! :D

SteveH
03-23-07, 07:27 PM
Anyone get a box of cats?

I've missed both othem. :irked:

nrc
03-23-07, 09:00 PM
Denied! :(

devilmaster
03-23-07, 09:46 PM
Denied! :(

So lost out on the scooba.... well, perhaps scrubbing on your hands and knees is more of an aphrodisiac.....

Or booze. Just buy booze.

:)

nrc
03-23-07, 10:43 PM
So lost out on the scooba.... well, perhaps scrubbing on your hands and knees is more of an aphrodisiac.....

Or booze. Just buy booze.

:)

No, got the Scooba. Denied on the Bucket of Chicken.

Woot-off over. I also got a set of screaming monkeys.

http://www.woot.com/Images/Sale/Screaming_Monkey_with_Woot_CapeBGT-standard.jpg

RHR_Fan
03-23-07, 10:59 PM
I was too late for the monkey. :cry:

SteveH
03-24-07, 12:31 PM
Woot! what a great concept. Sell refurbs and closeouts. Nearly all sales are impulse buys. I'm sure each month thousands and thousands more than the previous month waste pretty much an entire day watching for a bag of crap. I know I just did. ;)

devilmaster
03-24-07, 01:18 PM
Woot! what a great concept. Sell refurbs and closeouts. Nearly all sales are impulse buys. I'm sure each month thousands and thousands more than the previous month waste pretty much an entire day watching for a bag of crap. I know I just did. ;)


If the Wiki is accurate.....


Type of Company: Private
Founded: 2004
Headquarters: Carrollton, TX
Key people: Matt Rutledge, Founder & CEO
Industry: Retail
Products: Electronics, Household Goods, etc.
Revenue: approximately $40 million annually
Employees: 25-30
Slogan: One Day, One Deal
Website: www.woot.com.

:eek:

nrc
03-24-07, 02:00 PM
Woot! what a great concept. Sell refurbs and closeouts. Nearly all sales are impulse buys. I'm sure each month thousands and thousands more than the previous month waste pretty much an entire day watching for a bag of crap. I know I just did. ;)

The other brilliant part of it is that they've removed all expectation of customer service. "Look everybody, I've ordered $200 worth of robots and stuffed monkeys and I have no idea when they'll be shipped. Woot!" :)

nrc
04-01-07, 02:02 AM
http://www.woot.com/Images/Sale/Random_CrapC5J-standard.jpg

No Woot-off but they did have an April Fool's Bag of Crap. Only $1,000,001 but you could get a $1,000,000 discount if you found the coupon code. We got one each. :D Now the thrill of waiting for our box of pens and underpants.

IlliniRacer
04-01-07, 02:31 AM
http://www.woot.com/Images/Sale/Random_CrapC5J-standard.jpg

No Woot-off but they did have an April Fool's Bag of Crap. Only $1,000,001 but you could get a $1,000,000 discount if you found the coupon code. We got one each. :D Now the thrill of waiting for our box of pens and underpants.


Already sold out. I'm pi$$ed. If there was one thing I really needed, it was a $1,000,000 mysterious bag of crap.

WickerBill
04-26-07, 06:17 AM
Get out the way, we got a Woot Off
We're piggin' out down at the Woot trough



An avalanche of Woots awaits you again, friends...

nrc
04-26-07, 08:56 AM
Another productive day of hitting F5. :)

SteveH
04-26-07, 09:50 AM
great woot off checker

http://www.totalfta.com/woot/

Run it in a separate tab, it keeps the per cent remaining updated in the tab. Only partially impairs your productivity this way. :D

devilmaster
04-26-07, 11:24 AM
i've been using this one since the last wootoff.....

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4458

puts a little info box on the taskbar - during a wootoff it gives the estimated percent complete.... if you right click or left click it opens the woot.com page in a new tab.

Cam
04-26-07, 03:57 PM
Another productive day of hitting F5. :)

Try Opera... You can specify a refresh interval... ;)

nrc
04-26-07, 08:00 PM
Try Opera... You can specify a refresh interval... ;)

I have a plugin to do that. But it takes all the fun out of it.

SteveH
04-27-07, 10:45 PM
oh crap, no crap :( :thumdown: :irked:

nrc
04-27-07, 11:03 PM
Woot, you are a cruel mistress. :(

Chitowncartfreak
04-29-07, 05:35 PM
I just learned of this site on Friday (I'm a little behind the rest of the world.) Awesome!!!!

devilmaster
05-17-07, 03:44 AM
Today's woot is a racing theme.....

Just a heads up for anyone....

Cam
05-17-07, 08:19 AM
Xbox Steering Wheel Controls:

* Sensitivity adjust up/down
* Back button
* White button
* Start button
* Black button
* Accelerator lock button
* RTx button
* LTx button
* X button
* A button
* LT button
* RT button

Hey look! It's all ready for the IRL racing sim! :gomer:

nrc
05-30-07, 03:24 AM
Fresh, hot Woot-Off underway. Good luck, Gentlemen. :thumbup: :D

WickerBill
05-30-07, 04:27 AM
Cast your votes now on whether this is a single-day Woot-Off or the first ever three-day....

nrc
05-31-07, 05:05 PM
Something for all you boozehounds.

http://www.woot.com/Images/Sale/-09AlcoHawk_Precision_BreathalyzerEL9-standard.jpg

AlcoHawk Precision Breathalyzer
$39.99+ $5 shipping

condition: New

Cos nobody wants a refurbed breathalyzer. :D

Ankf00
05-31-07, 06:47 PM
damnit, gone. i totally want one of those.

dando
06-01-07, 11:28 AM
Still there, still there, still there.... :eek:

-Kevin

devilmaster
06-01-07, 09:26 PM
Twas a fun wootoff.....

dando
06-01-07, 10:31 PM
Drat! I didn't see any screaming monkeys. :(

-Kevin

nrc
06-01-07, 10:34 PM
Someone had a woot-off and all I got was a stupid T-shirt. :(

tllips
06-12-07, 12:14 PM
OK so it's not a Woot-Off!
But I did just buy my first Woot!

Nyko iBoost Rechargeable Battery Pack for iPod
$19.99
+ $5 shipping

http://www.woot.com/Images/Sale/Nyko_iBoost_Rechargable_Battery_Pack_for_iPod8BE-detail.jpg

AND, it is Two for Tuesday! :D

nrc
07-19-07, 01:10 AM
Grab your depends and strap on the feed sack, folks! It's a Woot Off!

chop456
07-19-07, 01:02 PM
Booze! :D

nrc
08-30-07, 01:21 AM
Another junk and bargains marathon is underway.

SteveH
08-30-07, 10:33 AM
Another day wasted on the internet is underway.


:D

Methanolandbrats
08-30-07, 10:50 AM
:D http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=1506860

nrc
08-30-07, 06:51 PM
They just had a Bandolier of Carrots and the server melted down. :laugh:

devilmaster
10-05-07, 10:05 AM
Another junk and bargains marathon is underway.

ba-bump.

WickerBill
10-05-07, 08:27 PM
Was that the shortest Woot-Off ever? One day, and done at 7:40p?

nrc
10-06-07, 11:46 AM
Perhaps the lamest.

BTW, they now also have sellout.woot.com where they have deals in affiliation with Yahoo!

devilmaster
10-25-07, 01:14 AM
http://www.woot.com/App_Themes/Woot/images/gold-light.gif

nrc
10-25-07, 01:57 AM
ribs! Hope it's more fun than the last one.

Server seems wacked right now even though the item is nothing great. Strange.

racermike
10-25-07, 02:28 AM
Those Woot-off! customers should be thanking the world of open-wheel racing for bringing this technology to them.

indyfan31
10-25-07, 05:19 PM
Rats! Sold out. :(

trish
10-25-07, 07:00 PM
I really wanted the 2-way radio 2 pack. :(

nrc
10-25-07, 09:51 PM
Over. Just missed the BOC.

nrc
11-15-07, 02:25 AM
Wow. These things are becoming pretty routine. If trends continue this one will last three hours and feature nothing but headphones and Vector rechargeable kitchen utensils.

tllips
11-15-07, 10:38 AM
Wow. These things are becoming pretty routine. If trends continue this one will last three hours and feature nothing but headphones and Vector rechargeable kitchen utensils.

At 8:30 CST, gaming headphones are up! :rofl:

IlliniRacer
11-15-07, 12:10 PM
Wow. These things are becoming pretty routine. If trends continue this one will last three hours and feature nothing but headphones and Vector rechargeable kitchen utensils.

You forgot the ##$!@$# Roomba which NEVER sells. Its up now.

SteveH
11-15-07, 06:44 PM
woot's running very slow, was getting a server not avialable error but now I'm getting this

http://www.woot.com/maintenance.gif

SteveH
11-16-07, 06:28 PM
This is one loooooong wootoff. I know just as soon as I leave here shortly, the BOC will appear. :cry:

SteveH
11-16-07, 07:09 PM
I just bought 3 bags of cats :D

cameraman
11-16-07, 07:30 PM
Oddly enough there does not seem to be a shortage of moving lips speaker phones:saywhat:

nrc
11-16-07, 07:43 PM
Oddly enough there does not seem to be a shortage of moving lips speaker phones:saywhat:

I would have gotten one if I could use it in my office but it looks like it's intended for cell phones. Which takes it from stupid and useless in a fun kind of way (for $1.99) to just kind of stupid and useless.

nissan gtp
11-16-07, 08:09 PM
I just bought 3 bags of cats :D

you do seem to like, um, cats :laugh:

SteveH
11-16-07, 10:41 PM
you do seem to like, um, cats :laugh:

cats be cool ;)

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/9096/127520178bda6aec1com4.jpg

dando
11-17-07, 12:18 AM
OK, who broke the Woot? :( :saywhat:


Server is too busy

-Kevin

nrc
11-17-07, 01:28 AM
I just bought 3 bags of cats :D

Congrats on your Box of Crayons. Hope you get something cool.

SteveH
12-03-07, 07:16 PM
Cool? Somewhat.

2 - Logitech Cordless Headsets for Xbox
1 - cassette presentation "Building a Fee-Based Business"
1 - Samsonite Photo/Video case
1 - Remote Control Helicopter

The last two are easily worth the $8 I spent. It was fun, reagardless of what I got. Based on Woot's forum I think I did better than average. So far though, no reports of Roomba or flat screen TVs being delivered.

The headsets are for the original Xbox only. Anyone have one? Interested in some headsets for it? Pay for the shipping and they are yours.

Off to start a fee based business.......:gomer:

nrc
12-03-07, 10:41 PM
We've gotten a few things like that that would be really nice if we actually needed them.

Does the helicopter fly? More than once? :)

We got a couple of refurb 20G iPods through Woot back in September. Good deal except that they both died. Fortunately they died during the 90 warranty. Just as well, I didn't like them anyway. :yuck:

RusH
12-03-07, 10:48 PM
cats be cool ;)

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/9096/127520178bda6aec1com4.jpg

:rofl:

http://worsethanyours.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/temp-image_1_3.png

SteveH
12-03-07, 11:44 PM
:laugh:

Cam
12-04-07, 07:34 AM
It's cool for cats!

/I'm old

:llama! :)

nrc
12-07-07, 02:19 AM
Seems like some kind of crazy lightning round Woot-off going on. Everything is selling out very quickly so they must be cleaning out the left-overs.

SteveH
12-07-07, 11:32 AM
dang, it's on

http://www.adeptconsult.net/wootoff.html

SteveH
12-07-07, 06:51 PM
ahhhhhhhhh, curses

no boot of coal for Christmas :(

Gnam
12-11-07, 09:01 PM
Stand down...No Woot-Off here.

but sheck it out mang: Merriam-Webster's Word of '07: 'W00t' (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5imcJd2ELqieBlFxBLhBnP5k4juaAD8TFGLM00)

Andrew Longman
12-12-07, 03:40 PM
W00t is word of the year

http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/07words.htm

Ankf00
12-12-07, 04:07 PM
uh, Wiggy? Might wanna check the post above yours :)

SteveH
12-25-07, 02:08 AM
Big ol Claus at midnight and I missed it :cry:

:edit:
My son just emailed me, he got 3. :woot:

nrc
12-25-07, 02:39 AM
Made a point to check tonight, got distracted and hit it at ten after. Denied!

nrc
02-15-08, 02:07 AM
Woot! Another excuse to hit F5 all day. Those of you hungry for frequent updates can finally get some satisfaction. :D

nrc
02-15-08, 03:10 AM
Hmm. They seem to be having a complete meltdown. :\

extramundane
02-15-08, 09:21 AM
Hmm. They seem to be having a complete meltdown. :\

Did Robin Miller write about them too?

dando
02-15-08, 09:45 AM
.

How'd that happen? Double while editing a post? Odd. Must have been a horrible F5 accident :gomer:

dando
02-15-08, 09:46 AM
Woot! Another excuse to hit F5 all day. Those of you hungry for frequent updates can finally get some satisfaction. :D

Great. Now we'll have updates from Malone all day.

</pot>

:D

BTW, the FF extension is much more convenient than F5ing all day.

-Kevin

Sean Malone
02-15-08, 10:06 AM
Great. Now we'll have updates from Malone all day.

</pot>

:D

BTW, the FF extension is much more convenient than F5ing all day.

-Kevin

It's only cuz I'm too lazy to start a blog. And if I did start one I'd get tired of explaining my daily rant to my wife and mom every day.

So you're stuck with me! (unless the bosses kick me out, but I'm being good!)

I need to get my head around this woot thing. I like buying stuff.

dando
02-15-08, 11:10 AM
I need to get my head around this woot thing. I like buying stuff.

winewoot.com

Too bad they don't have a beerwoot.com. :)

-Kevin

Sean O'Gorman
02-15-08, 01:52 PM
Can they please just create a roombawoot.com and get those damn things out of the woot-offs?