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The shipping is how they make money, so I can't really begrudge them the money. Especially when they have $5 shipping on items that definitely don't cost $5 to ship.
The shipping is how they make money, so I can't really begrudge them the money. Especially when they have $5 shipping on items that definitely don't cost $5 to ship.
I did get a BOC with $5 shipping that came in a box that was easily 12 cubic feet. That must have cost them more than 5. They also ship lawnmowers and speaker systems. They probably make money overall, but I doubt they make that much on shipping. Or the items themselves really. I bet the profit margins are fairly small.
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The shipping is how they make money, so I can't really begrudge them the money. Especially when they have $5 shipping on items that definitely don't cost $5 to ship.
I did get a BOC with $5 shipping that came in a box that was easily 12 cubic feet. That must have cost them more than 5. They also ship lawnmowers and speaker systems. They probably make money overall, but I doubt they make that much on shipping. Or the items themselves really. I bet the profit margins are fairly small.
Wouldn't surprise me if a large chunk of their actual profit came from ads.
I'd bet that shipping $0.01 mechanical pencils and 40" TVs for five bucks evens out in the end, and their profit comes from a combination of ads, getting their merchandise for dirt cheap (most of their stuff isn't priced too far below MSRP, and as a liquidator they're paying peanuts for it), and sheer volume (they move a lot of merchandise in a Woot-Off)
Don't get too excite about the BOC. Despite the hype around a few people getting tvs and wiis, mostly it really is just crap that will end up in your garbage.
Don't get too excite about the BOC. Despite the hype around a few people getting tvs and wiis, mostly it really is just crap that will end up in your garbage.
How do you buy 3 at a time? I never saw a "quantities" field.
edit: You still have to do 3 at a time for BoCs, right?
After you click "I WANT ONE" and it takes you to the shipping/billing screen there will be a white box on the left hand side. At the top of said box it will say "You want One", with 2 boxes next to there that say "I want Two" and "I want Three".
Why did this one start late? I always thought Woot-offs replaced basically a day of normlal Woot.
Anyways, nothing yet. Glad that this is right after a paycheck rather than when it usually seems to be at the end of a pay period when I'm starving for cash. Gonna keep an eye out for Christmas presents and hopefully a cheap good computer to replace my crappy fossil.
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I did get a BOC with $5 shipping that came in a box that was easily 12 cubic feet. That must have cost them more than 5. They also ship lawnmowers and speaker systems. They probably make money overall, but I doubt they make that much on shipping. Or the items themselves really. I bet the profit margins are fairly small.
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Wouldn't surprise me if a large chunk of their actual profit came from ads.
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My mother got a zune that she uses every day.
I held onto the camcorder case because it was nice and compact, I just don't have a camcorder right now.
Also, the red lacy thong made an excellent birthday present for a friend. :winky:
Keychains and old-fashioned hugeass portable CD players went in the trash, yeah.
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Time to be productive at work!
today is going to be the day where i get a lot of stuff done.
no, seriously.
And this wootoff seems to have some decent stuff for once in awhile. Too bad the servers are dying.
I am at work and its a shitty pc, maybe its that?
My cash reserves are tapped
edit: You still have to do 3 at a time for BoCs, right?
After you click "I WANT ONE" and it takes you to the shipping/billing screen there will be a white box on the left hand side. At the top of said box it will say "You want One", with 2 boxes next to there that say "I want Two" and "I want Three".
Anyways, nothing yet. Glad that this is right after a paycheck rather than when it usually seems to be at the end of a pay period when I'm starving for cash. Gonna keep an eye out for Christmas presents and hopefully a cheap good computer to replace my crappy fossil.
3DS FC: 4699-5714-8940 Playing Pokemon, add me! Ho, SATAN!
3DS FC: 4699-5714-8940 Playing Pokemon, add me! Ho, SATAN!
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Fixed for you.