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[WOOT] off is no more; BoCs all gone

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  • ZackSchillingZackSchilling Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    This DVD player is nice and all, but I've decided to stop buying things that don't fit my life, no matter how cheap and tempting they are. I mean, who records DVDs with a set top box? And you know what else is a great upscaling DVD and DivX player? My laptop. I can even bring the laptop into my bed.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Holy crap it's gone

    EDIT: Ugh, ANOTHER wireless mouse.

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  • JCRooksJCRooks Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    This DVD player is nice and all, but I've decided to stop buying things that don't fit my life, no matter how cheap and tempting they are. I mean, who records DVDs with a set top box? And you know what else is a great upscaling DVD and DivX player? My laptop. I can even bring the laptop into my bed.

    Hmm, it sold out a lot faster than I thought it would.

    Anyway, I wonder how many people buy things on Woot purely to make it move to the next item faster? I know lots of Woot-ers do it for cheap items. What's the threshold I wonder though?

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  • VThornheartVThornheart Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    My favorite part about Woot-Offs is seeing the crazy, insane things people do/say in the Woot forum while it's going on.

    Have you ever gone IN there? I mean... it's a madhouse. A no-holds-barred madhouse during Woot-offs. Last time there was a Woot-off, I didn't even look for the items. I was refreshing the forum page to see when the next thread would be formed. Sometimes it's disturbing, but if you're up for a trippy/surreal experience (or want to brush up on your vague/seldom referenced internet memes) there's nothing finer. =)

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    DAMMIT YOU ALREADY DID THIS BIT

    EDIT: On the picture, I mean.

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  • ZackSchillingZackSchilling Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    JCRooks wrote: »
    This DVD player is nice and all, but I've decided to stop buying things that don't fit my life, no matter how cheap and tempting they are. I mean, who records DVDs with a set top box? And you know what else is a great upscaling DVD and DivX player? My laptop. I can even bring the laptop into my bed.

    Hmm, it sold out a lot faster than I thought it would.

    Anyway, I wonder how many people buy things on Woot purely to make it move to the next item faster? I know lots of Woot-ers do it for cheap items. What's the threshold I wonder though?

    Probably around $5 and if they're on the fence anyway.

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  • unilateralunilateral Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    My favorite part about Woot-Offs is seeing the crazy, insane things people do/say in the Woot forum while it's going on.

    Have you ever gone IN there? I mean... it's a madhouse. A no-holds-barred madhouse during Woot-offs. Last time there was a Woot-off, I didn't even look for the items. I was refreshing the forum page to see when the next thread would be formed. Sometimes it's disturbing, but if you're up for a trippy/surreal experience (or want to brush up on your vague/seldom referenced internet memes) there's nothing finer. =)

    I've been reading them a little today. Earlier this evening something happened and nobody could post pictures in the threads, and they were all bitching up a storm.

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  • StaxeonStaxeon Buffalo, NYRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Those comment threads are a weird place. Like walking into a Spencer's Gifts for the first time when you're 14 years old.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I woder if it'd have sold faster if the little lego man WAS included.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You know, now that I think about it, a small light like that would be REALLY handy when I build my next computer...

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  • WilDPanthA05WilDPanthA05 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    It's always the items you don't expect that go quick ... I would never buy that light, just don't have a use for it ... should be gone in 45 seconds

    EDIT: BAM! called that one

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    More like 30. Cripes.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    oh man, a wi-fi picture frame. Just what I was waiting for, thanks Woot!

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  • WilDPanthA05WilDPanthA05 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Dammit, I really wanted one of these, but 70 ... that still just seems a little steep

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Man, they even recycled the image from the TV commercials!

    EDIT: What the hell, is that Abraham Lincoln in there?

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  • WilDPanthA05WilDPanthA05 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Sorenson wrote: »
    Man, they even recycled the image from the TV commercials!

    EDIT: What the hell, is that Abraham Lincoln in there?

    Wow, without top hat no less ... I never woulda seen that

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    What's so surprising about him not having his stovepipe? It's a oft-visible part of his attire, but it's not like it was stitched to his head as plenty of pictures can attest.

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  • IvanIssacsIvanIssacs Skull Leader SDF-1Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    So...what's a BoC?

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  • WilDPanthA05WilDPanthA05 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Bag of Crap

    I'm not sure, but it looks like a cardboard cut out of el presidente in the picture and you would assume that it would have his stovepipe because it was a noticeable item that he wore ... Meh, or I could be completely wrong

    EDIT: I'd explain a bag of crap, but I've only done 3 or 4 woot's and I've still not seen one ... but apparently you don't know what is inside, but it's some sweet stuff ...

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Bag o' Crap, basically whatever the shipper feels like throwing in a box and sending. Last time I got a trio of 'em and received a chicken wing platter, expired deluxe doffee, and a rather nice backpack I use to haul my 360 around, though people've reported getting consoles, computers, and televisions from them.

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  • WilDPanthA05WilDPanthA05 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Sorenson wrote: »
    Bag o' Crap, basically whatever the shipper feels like throwing in a box and sending. Last time I got a trio of 'em and received a chicken wing platter, expired deluxe doffee, and a rather nice backpack I use to haul my 360 around, though people've reported getting consoles, computers, and televisions from them.

    How much did you have to pay out? And do you know if it is usually uniform?

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  • IvanIssacsIvanIssacs Skull Leader SDF-1Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Ohhh okay. Haha that's awesome.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    A buck a bag, and pardon me, but what do you mean by uniform? Like I said, it's completily random and up to the dude handling the order.

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  • WilDPanthA05WilDPanthA05 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I meant price wise? Does the price fluctuate depending on each woot?

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Nope, the buck a bag a' crap's always a buck a bag a' crap.

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  • Dr Mario KartDr Mario Kart Games Dealer Austin, TXRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You got a chicken wing platter in the mail? Seriously?

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  • StaxeonStaxeon Buffalo, NYRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Staxeon wrote: »
    JCRooks wrote: »
    Staxeon wrote: »
    BOC, 4-6pm EDT Friday. Mark my words.

    Okay, I'm a bit of a woot newb as well. What's BOC?

    Bag of Crap. They're a dollar each. On woot you can buy up to three of any item they post, and shipping is always $5 flat no matter the quantity or size. So when the BOC comes up its basically $8 for a chance at random stuff. You always get a bag (camera bag lately), and then some crap (random).

    I've got some decent camera bags, some nice thermos glass beer mugs, and a Roomba from BOC's.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You got a chicken wing platter in the mail? Seriously?
    Yup. Red plastic, round, about two feet in diameter. The platter has grooves for the wings to sit in, and the grooves are slightly slanted so that grease and whatnot slowly drips down and away, and it's got a hole in the center where you toss the bones. I remember that they were offering it earlier in that particular woot-off. Gave it to my sister.

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  • seasleepyseasleepy Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    On occasion they will do 3 for the price of 1 (so, $6 total as opposed to $8). There's often some overlap in what people get in a BoC if you look at what ends up arriving, but it's pretty random overall. The one I got had a random shitty manga, a useless connector, a dollar store flashlight, an American flag/bald eagle mouse pad, and a bag for laptop accessory-type stuff.

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    That sodding picture frame's gone, finally.

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  • StaxeonStaxeon Buffalo, NYRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Sorenson wrote: »
    That sodding picture frame's gone, finally.

    ew, there were over 500 of them

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Man, even Woot agknowledges that this is a shitty item.

    EDIT: Because who knows when this'll sell out:
    By The Mysterious Writer X

    Here he comes, here comes Speed Halberd
    He’s a demon on wheels
    He’s a demon but I guess I just already said that

    He didn’t bother with a crew for the pit
    He does it all with his 31-piece kit

    And when the odds are against him and there’s repair work to do
    He’ll wish he’d bought his tools from someplace other than Woot

    No, Speed Halberd!
    No, Speed Halberd!
    No, Speed Halberd, no!

    His car’s falling apart because his toolkit really sucks
    Well, what did he expect to get for just eight measly bucks?
    Surgery’s waiting just ahead!

    No, Speed Halberd!
    No, Speed Halberd!
    No, Speed Halberd, no!

    No, Speed Halberd!
    No, Speed Halberd!
    No, Speed Halberd, no!

    EDITOR'S NOTE: And this is for eight bucks, mind you.

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  • WilDPanthA05WilDPanthA05 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Lol it's even selling better than the picture though

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    You know, I'd buy it if they'd included a cassette or something with them singing those lyrics to the Speed Racer theme.

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Why can't those be a headset?

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The clip-on mic that comes with those Everglides isn't that bad; I used it for TF2 for a while till my sound ports bit the bullet. The headphones, however, are freakin' gigantic. I feel like an air traffic controller with them on.

    Also, it says that they're comfortable for multi-hour use, but after even one hour my ears hurt like hell wearing them.

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    What does that yellow bar at the bottom, in between the lights means?

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  • freakish lightfreakish light butterdick jones and his heavenly asshole machineRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    That's how much is left to sell.

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    Regicid3 wrote: »
    What does that yellow bar at the bottom, in between the lights means?

    % of stock of the item left

    when it sells out they move on to the next one

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  • WilDPanthA05WilDPanthA05 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    It means we are going to be here awhile

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