woot! off in progress

[Crabbs]

Woot Off! in progress

[Daehawk]

Also at wine and kids woot.

[The Meal]

Woot's birthday today. Woot Quest your way to a bag of crap. ("I want one" actually gets you three.)

Okay, so I've been away for the past 15 days. Just got back from a 1400-mile drive home from Northern Michigan. First stop was to pick up my mail (as my rent is "late" if I pay it tomorrow), and I see that the office has my wootoff box. The girl comes out of the parcel room, looks at me with my half-a-month's worth of mail, and says "Your package is huge." (Maybe I'm paraphrasing to my benefit, but you get the gist.) I ask for a bag for my mail and we go in the back door so that we can grab my package. (Okay, I'll stop.)

It is huge. And at 95ºF, it was a beast to lug back to my apartment. But lug it I did. And then I opened 'er up. From the label on the outside it appeared as if There. Were. Four. Items. (Ahem.)

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Unboxing from the top.

Apparently a Topsy Turvy Strawberry Planter. (Wonder if it'd do tomatoes?)

Yep!

Well, yep, that's what it is. Not sure about the 'maters.

Digging deeper into the box...

Looks like a T-shirt, bag, and something underneath with foam endcaps...

It *is* a T-shirt!

Size small (Tall small?) probably appropriate for a 5-year old. (I have a niece that turned five on 7/30.)

Next up...

Some sort of black-and-white patterned bag.

Not too shabby...

Actually seems waterproof inside. Pretty skimpy in terms of weight, but likely perfect to take to the beach for your sunscreen and the like. Decent size, too.

And at the bottom?

It's an electronic device of some kind. Wrapped in plastic...

ABC Smoother SpaceSaver by Blendtec

I open up the manual and see the smallest size is 13A, 1500W. W. T. F. ?

Huge doesn't begin to describe this thing.

I intentionally shot from this angle to disguise its height.

Model ICB3 Smoother

Are these any good? (Checks google. $200 used as cheapest, $700 new, regularly priced at $1500. Made for bars and other such establishments. Holy. Fuck. !

The whole haul

Yeah, the shirt fits the blender, which wouldn't fit in the bag (which comes up to the height of my futon matress in the background). Wowzers.

Not bad for $8. Especially considering, you know, this.

[Daehawk]

Wow grats! I've not been able to buy the last 7 BOCs even though I've been right there and clicked when it popped up the last 5 or so.

[Daehawk]

Looks like Woot's wine site is having a WootOff right now for those who like wine.

[LawBeefaroni]

Woot off going on...

[Sectoid]

It's damn near impossible to get a bag of crap. I clicked I WANT ONE 1 minute after it started and have been on 2 separate computers and my phone for over an hour, with no luck.

[Crabbs]

It's damn near impossible to get a bag of crap. I clicked I WANT ONE 1 minute after it started and have been on 2 separate computers and my phone for over an hour, with no luck.

Same here, was logged in and everything ready to go, but no luck.

[Sectoid]

It's damn near impossible to get a bag of crap. I clicked I WANT ONE 1 minute after it started and have been on 2 separate computers and my phone for over an hour, with no luck.

Same here, was logged in and everything ready to go, but no luck.

Well, either it is too popular or they need to increase server capacity significantly.

Of course, right after the $3 bag of crap is an $1100 projector. LOL!

[LawBeefaroni]

Woot off again (Monday, Dec 5). Home, Wine, Kids, Woot.

[Shinjin]

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what you've bought from Woot
item   date   qty       
Bag of Crap    12/6/11    1   blog    discuss

[miltonite]

Only 1 BoC?

[Isgrimnur]

Source

THE HOLY CRAP COMMANDMENTS v3.0
I. Thou shalt expect nothing beyond ONE bag of some kind and THREE crappy items.
II. Thou shalt not whine and complain when some people’s crap turns out to be nicer than yours.
III. Thou shalt take a moment to consider whether you might be better off just not buying this crap.

IV. Thou shalt not expect better crap just because things are different this time. Crap is crap.
V. To paraphrase Stephen Stills, shalt thou not get the crap you want, want the crap you get.

Who needs nine crappy items?

[hentzau]

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what you've bought from Woot
item   date   qty       
Bag of Crap    12/6/11    1   blog    discuss

I saw it pop up, but couldn't get through. Dammit. I love BoC's.

[Shinjin]

It's a first for me. If I remember, I'll post a pic of the plastic whistle and box of stale crackers that arrives

[miltonite]

Source

THE HOLY CRAP COMMANDMENTS v3.0
I. Thou shalt expect nothing beyond ONE bag of some kind and THREE crappy items.
II. Thou shalt not whine and complain when some people’s crap turns out to be nicer than yours.
III. Thou shalt take a moment to consider whether you might be better off just not buying this crap.

IV. Thou shalt not expect better crap just because things are different this time. Crap is crap.
V. To paraphrase Stephen Stills, shalt thou not get the crap you want, want the crap you get.

Who needs nine crappy items?

I thought you could get three BoC's. It seems I was mistaken.

[Shinjin]

If memory serves, it used to be a BoC for $1 + $5 shipping. You had the option to order up to 3. At some point they just decided to set it up so that everyone 'got 3'. It either makes packaging that much easier or else everyone only gets one and they upped the price...

[miltonite]

It used to be you could get 9 pieces of crap and it was $1 per BoC. How much is it now for a BoC?

[coopasonic]

It used to be you could get 9 pieces of crap and it was $1 per BoC. How much is it now for a BoC?

The choices were 1 2 or 3 same as they were for everthing else. The number of items you got may have been loosely related to that selection. Now there can be only one and it costs $3 and the number of items is still more or less random. I've gotten one before and one after and they both pretty much look like they are throwing sh!t in a box until it's full enough and taping it up.

[miltonite]

It used to be you could get 9 pieces of crap and it was $1 per BoC. How much is it now for a BoC?

The choices were 1 2 or 3 same as they were for everthing else. The number of items you got may have been loosely related to that selection. Now there can be only one and it costs $3 and the number of items is still more or less random. I've gotten one before and one after and they both pretty much look like they are throwing sh!t in a box until it's full enough and taping it up.

Sounds like a good enough plan to me.

[Shinjin]

If I remember, I'll post a pic of the plastic whistle and box of stale crackers that arrives

No pic, but here's the breakdown

• 1 small red duffel
• 1 (not) screaming monkey keychain with orange cape - (screamer is broken)
• 1 cafe bingo
• 1 spitball dartpad
• 1 tin of monkey mints
• 1 cupcake lip gloss

5 craps!

[Shinjin]

More woots a-coming.

[Isgrimnur]

Get out the way, we got a woot off!

Home and Kids are in on the action as well.

[LawBeefaroni]

W!OIP now!

Woot, home, kids, wine.

[LawBeefaroni]

And again.

Currently a 120GB SSD for $68.99.

Sadly, I'm not moved by this.

[LordMortis]

If I ever thought they were going to give a good deal or I shot at a BoC, I'd sit and surf the WootOff but I never actually see anything I'd be tempted to get.

[Daehawk]

It's a WOOT off...Woot off is now on for 4 or 5 of their sites.

[Daehawk]

Has anyone found any of the pirate booty in their treasure hunt? I've found nothing.

[Isgrimnur]

It's that time again.

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[Isgrimnur]

See above post.