Whats so great about the bandoleer of carrots? Is there ever anything good in them?
it is a mystery
people have reported getting 60" HDTVs from them, though.
so yes, sometimes there are good things in them
waiting around for 2 days obsessively watching for it to come up is a stupid waste of time, but if you're buying other stuff, the scramble when it happens is sort of fun
It's not that mysterious. bagsofcrap.com lets people log what they get. It's always more than the $3 it costs to buy, but it's entirely random. Printers are common, accessories to more popular items are common (such as memory card holders), cables and headsets of various stripes are common.
It's not worthwhile to hold out for on the off chance you might win big. But it's pretty fun to try ;D
Whats so great about the bandoleer of carrots? Is there ever anything good in them?
it is a mystery
people have reported getting 60" HDTVs from them, though.
so yes, sometimes there are good things in them
Dayyyyyyumn.
Mostly worthless stuff. I got a folding pen, a pack of electric shock playing cards, 2 wireless head sets for the original Xbox (I got this about 6 months ago), and a sub-wal-mart backpack.
Basically it's a raffle ticket. But you don't know what the big prize is, or if there even is one. I don't think they give out TVs or Wiis every woot-off.
I would love to have electric shock playing cards.
I almost bought the head set, but I couldn't get woot.com to load before it sold out (I'm watching bagsofcrap.com tracker) to see if it had a car charger.
I've never been able to score a BoC. Even on my work connection by the time I click buy, they're gone.
Thats very discouraging. Do they ever have these in the middle of the night or something, when maybe less people are watching?
It's random, they can happen at any time. So really it's like playing the lottery that your page will refresh first when the new page is uploaded showing the BoC, and that you will be watching the woot page, and have already logged in and entered your payment information, and can click buy before anyone else does.
I don't think they usually send out too many, plus everyone always orders 3 because just in case it's a TV, they could get 3 of them.
According to bagsofcrap.com, they've sent out a 61" HDTV once, and a 32" LCD HDTV once. And then some other 30ish" TVs once or twice. Otherwise, it really is random crap.
Dammit woot, I just got my Wireless card and my TV tuner card for the place I'll be living in like, a week, and I need to install them, hurry up and get to the next item!
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Oh, I didn't even notice it was a PC. I had somehow just written it off as a fancy schmancy DVD player and nothing more. Maybe I should get one... I mean, I don't have a TV right now and just have a computer and was thinking of doing a TV-tuner set-up, but I wanted a Blu-Ray player a'la PS3. But just wasn't ready to sink the money in.
From what I can tell on the net, it used to run for something like $3,300. Most places you could find it slightly discounted after a while to $2,700. Woot had it two weeks ago posted for $1000.
If I had the money and was looking into it, I'd possibly get it. Seems decent enough for the price. Though I've never priced a BR burner alone.
EDIT: Holy moly. Sonystyle has a PC BD burner for $600 alone.
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Oh, I didn't even notice it was a PC. I had somehow just written it off as a fancy schmancy DVD player and nothing more. Maybe I should get one... I mean, I don't have a TV right now and just have a computer and was thinking of doing a TV-tuner set-up, but I wanted a Blu-Ray player a'la PS3. But just wasn't ready to sink the money in.
Mmm....nah.
The Ati all in wonders are coming back. Thats something to behold.
That only reads Blu-Rays. Burners are a good bit more expensive.
edit: I'm just saying that the thing's specs without the burner are in line with a $600-$700 computer already, and since BR burners are like $250-$300, it turns into a fairly good deal.
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That only reads Blu-Rays. Burners are a good bit more expensive.
edit: I'm just saying that the thing's specs without the burner are in line with a $600-$700 computer already, and since BR burners are like $250-$300, it turns into a fairly good deal.
ya, ya. But the media is OMFG$ per a disc. 8-12$ per a disc. its better then 25$ per a disc but thats just insane.
That only reads Blu-Rays. Burners are a good bit more expensive.
edit: I'm just saying that the thing's specs without the burner are in line with a $600-$700 computer already, and since BR burners are like $250-$300, it turns into a fairly good deal.
ya, ya. But the media is OMFG$ per a disc. 8-12$ per a disc. its better then 25$ per a disc but thats just insane.
Heh. Yeah, that's a bit of a problem. I think flash is going to outdo rewritable optical media soon, which will be weird.
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It's not that mysterious. bagsofcrap.com lets people log what they get. It's always more than the $3 it costs to buy, but it's entirely random. Printers are common, accessories to more popular items are common (such as memory card holders), cables and headsets of various stripes are common.
It's not worthwhile to hold out for on the off chance you might win big. But it's pretty fun to try ;D
I would love to have electric shock playing cards.
edit: whew.
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It's random, they can happen at any time. So really it's like playing the lottery that your page will refresh first when the new page is uploaded showing the BoC, and that you will be watching the woot page, and have already logged in and entered your payment information, and can click buy before anyone else does.
I don't think they usually send out too many, plus everyone always orders 3 because just in case it's a TV, they could get 3 of them.
According to bagsofcrap.com, they've sent out a 61" HDTV once, and a 32" LCD HDTV once. And then some other 30ish" TVs once or twice. Otherwise, it really is random crap.
I think the world grinds to a halt when a wootoff goes down. I haven't slept in over 24 hours!
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New woot item is up:
Acoustic Research ARE05 In-ear Noise Isolating Headphones
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damnit, while I was reading reviews, these sold out , ugh
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Wow, Bluray burner and DVR and all that? Seems like a nice price!
Yes, but is your PS3 also a blu-ray burner and DVR and Media PC?
read: Yes, it's expensive..
EDIT: One tracker is saying there's probably 200 of these in stock.. Woot has been killed.
If it has a pci-e x16 slot it could make for a nice gaming rig with the addition of a graphics card.
x16 PCI Express: 1 (occupied by Graphics Card)
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7600 GTL
You mean that? (specs at bottom of page)
*Edit*
The blu-ray player takes the sting out of it. Recertified still kinda stinks and I wonder how the software is but its clearly too rich for my blood.
Huh, didn't see that. Yeah, that. Rip that piece of shit GeForce 7 out of there and toss in a 4850 or something.
Oh, I didn't even notice it was a PC. I had somehow just written it off as a fancy schmancy DVD player and nothing more. Maybe I should get one... I mean, I don't have a TV right now and just have a computer and was thinking of doing a TV-tuner set-up, but I wanted a Blu-Ray player a'la PS3. But just wasn't ready to sink the money in.
Mmm....nah.
If I had the money and was looking into it, I'd possibly get it. Seems decent enough for the price. Though I've never priced a BR burner alone.
EDIT: Holy moly. Sonystyle has a PC BD burner for $600 alone.
...oh, hm... but damnit, i just built my new rig. which IS most of my current entertainment.
Oh, random question though.
Does Woot ever sell food?
The Ati all in wonders are coming back. Thats something to behold.
betcha adding a blu-ray burner would have, though.
I went through this with rook. Not really for a player only.
(159$)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129015
(399$)
and a blu-ray burner is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129021
That only reads Blu-Rays. Burners are a good bit more expensive.
edit: I'm just saying that the thing's specs without the burner are in line with a $600-$700 computer already, and since BR burners are like $250-$300, it turns into a fairly good deal.
ya, ya. But the media is OMFG$ per a disc. 8-12$ per a disc. its better then 25$ per a disc but thats just insane.
Heh. Yeah, that's a bit of a problem. I think flash is going to outdo rewritable optical media soon, which will be weird.
Oh oh, the media pc is almost gone.
Best part: wouldn't need a whole new expensive player for higher resolutions, just distribute movies on a larger flash stick.
Didn't some band sell an album on a USB thumb drive? Or am I imagining things?
EDIT: More headsets?!
EDIT2: I bought one of the older Piranhas yesterday. Maybe I should have waited