woot is in woot off mode

[Will Rickards]

I just realized what the flashing yellow lights mean.
I missed some ok crap. Maybe there is some ok crap coming up.
But I think it is getting close to 3 days now.

 

[CougTek]

So what you have to sell is...?

And a little development about the context of your flashing lights would help some SF members to understand what the Hell you are talking about. 3 days...since what?

 

[Mercutio]

woot.com typically sells one geekish item a day. Sometimes it's a hard drive. Sometimes it's a radio controlled car. Sometimes it's a giant DLP TV. Sometimes it's random, unidentified crap (they call those "bags o' crap", seriously).

Right now woot.com is selling more than one item a day, which is called a "woot-off", which means it's worth checking woot.com more than one time a day.

That is all.

 

[timwhit]

Good to know. I shall refresh it every 10 minutes.

Has anyone ordered anything from them before?

 

[Mercutio]

I bought a projection screen from them a few days ago, and a couple months ago I bought a little MPEG4 handheld video recorder.

They have WD2500JBs for $53 shipped around once a month, which would be cool if it were a brand that didn't suck.

 

[timwhit]

Did they ship quickly?

I wish this stupid toaster would sell out. Someone please buy 50 of them.

 

[Mercutio]

Seems to me like I got the camera in about a week.

 

[Mercutio]

woot.com is fun if only for the product descriptions.

"It’s happened to the best of us: just as our computer takes a moment to do some geometry, a gang of Hellions piles on our hero. By the time we can see what’s happened, our magic scrapper is face-down in the street and running an XP debt. We clench both fists, trembling with rage, and scream “Never again!” at the heavens. Or at the drop-ceiling in our mom’s basement. Heavenswardly, anyway."

Which, for the City of Heroes player, is a pretty normal experience. Especially the Heavenswardly part.

 

[Will Rickards]

So what you have to sell is...?

And a little development about the context of your flashing lights would help some SF members to understand what the Hell you are talking about. 3 days...since what?

Others have answered what it is.
I posted in here because I thought it the most relevant forum for information about sales and such.
I thought you all would know what woot is because I believe Merc linked it a while ago.
As to the flashing lights: http://www.woot.com/WhatIsWoot.aspx#q9

 

[mubs]

I read part of the page (FAQs) that Will linked to just above; pretty funny. Guys certainly have a sense of humor, which is soooo lacking in our world.

 

[timwhit]

Damn it I don't need a DirectTV receiver.

 

[paugie]

am I glad I'm from the other side of the world. Would probably run into debt ordering what they offer :lol:

 

[Will Rickards]

Well its over... I guess I should have realized it was in woot off mode days earlier. Then maybe I could have got in on some of it.

 

[LOST6200]

Wototing is on orf woiotign is off? Is off good, not on.? Im so confudwsed.

 

[timwhit]

Woot is in woot off mode again. I will spend half my day at work today refreshing the page to see if anything cool comes up.

 

[timwhit]

I think woot tricked me into buying a WD drive.

I wouldn't normally have done it, but, it was only $50 for a 250gb drive.

 

[Will Rickards]

Woot is in woot off mode again. I will spend half my day at work today refreshing the page to see if anything cool comes up.

Good thing I didn't see this till a little while ago. At least some of my day was productive.

 

[timwhit]

The woot off is still on. Man I love woot off.

I wish I would have been awake for this.

I could use a new receiver on the cheap.

 

[timwhit]

There is also a woot off alert program if anyone is interested.

I haven't tried it yet, so don't hold me responsible if it hoses your system.

 

[Groltz]

I think woot tricked me into buying a WD drive.

I wouldn't normally have done it, but, it was only $50 for a 250gb drive.

They're back.

At least at this moment.

$49.99

http://www.woot.com/default.aspx

 

[Handruin]

haha I love it for the refurb WD deal!

It says, "You're not getting Caviar on a silver spoon", "You're getting Caviar in a crappy box!"

 

[timwhit]

Sold out.

I bought one the last time it was on Woot. It seems to work fine. I am not keeping anything important on it though.

 

[Handruin]

My thought was to buy two of them and mirror...for the price, it isn't bad in that config.

 

[timwhit]

My problem is that my case is almost full. I already have 5 hard drives. Anything bigger is too expensive for my taste.

 

[Handruin]

I hear ya on that one. It gets to the point where having a bunch of drives is noisy, warm and a pain to manage. I have a perfectly good 9GB atlas 10K drive...but far too small for anything useful these days. Even my 18GB atlas 10KII sits idle. Both have been idle for years now. :\

 

[timwhit]

Woot is in Woot off mode once again.

I love woot offs...

 

[ddrueding]

Everyone must hear the "woot off anthem" or whatever, it's quite funny.

 

[Mercutio]

The non-USians must think we're all nuts.

 

[ddrueding]

The non-USians must think we're all nuts.

They didn't before?

 

[timwhit]

There is also a http://wine.woot.com. They sell one wine a week. Could find some interesting stuff at bargain prices on there if you are into wine.

 

[timwhit]

Another woot off is on. I love woot offs.

 

[Will Rickards]

Yes with another WD drive.... Wonder how long the wine will last... till about noon?

 

[ddrueding]

Not that long....now it's a USB wifi for $13

 

[timwhit]

This woot off is disappointing me. I want better woots!!!

 

[Mercutio]

Four or five years ago, I would've eaten a busload of nuns for a combination SACD/DVD-Audio player for $150. What the hell are you complaining about?

 

[Mercutio]

woot has $140 Nvidia 7900GS video cards right now, which looks like about $100 off what anything else with that chip would cost.

 

[ddrueding]

Damn...I almost hit the "I want one" button, and I have absolutely no need for this card. The slowest gaming system I have (hooked to a 19" LCD) already has an OC'd X1600 on it; with X850s, X1800s, and 7900GTs all around...but this is such a good deal...

 

[ddrueding]

Thanks Merc, now I'm in debt another $150...living the american dream...

 

[Mercutio]

If it makes you feel any better, I was tempted to buy some just because I know I can resell them for $50 more than I paid. I still might do it; I know some gamers who would be very happy to get an upgrade.

 

[Mercutio]

My profit... I mean video cards came today.

Are there quantitative tests for suckiness that I can do, or should I just estimate the suck from the weird green design on the translucent neon-green fan?