Possible Woot-off Thursday night

crispyb said:
it says order received, but it said to wait or come back later to check order status....
Hope I get in on this. My first woot purchase
Click to expand...

I had that too, but says nothing in my account about it. Maybe I just gotta wait?
 
elfletcho said:
you don't have to be such a negative nancy.
Click to expand...

Everyone in this forum is just as pissed as I am when they don't get their Pieces of shit bag. :mad:
 
Sweet! I think I got it... it said the sale went through and I got a receipt. My first BOC!!! and I got 3!!!

/sorry for all those who got screwed by server overload.

drdeutsch
 
They got some POS pedometer now with panic alarm? Do you hit the panic button when you think you are walking too fast?
 
When I click on "Your account" and look at "what you've bought", it says Nothing...yet.
Does this mean I didn't get it?
 
My status page just changed to

"you're in line, if a woot becomes available. we're basically sold out, but if someone ahead of you gets denied, we'll sell it to whoever's in line.

What's going on here?
It looks like we're out of stock. People ahead of you in line are getting their orders processed. If some of them get denied, it will free up stock for the next in line.

If a product becomes available, we'll sell it to you. We'll refresh this page to keep you updated, but you can also just check your account page later. If the sale's not listed there, it means we ran out of stuff."

I hope someone gets denied soooo bad !!!
 
MixManSC said:
My status page just changed to

"you're in line, if a woot becomes available. we're basically sold out, but if someone ahead of you gets denied, we'll sell it to whoever's in line.

What's going on here?
It looks like we're out of stock. People ahead of you in line are getting their orders processed. If some of them get denied, it will free up stock for the next in line.

If a product becomes available, we'll sell it to you. We'll refresh this page to keep you updated, but you can also just check your account page later. If the sale's not listed there, it means we ran out of stuff."
Click to expand...
Maybe they're gonna have another BoC sale?

*hopes*
 
Netgear .11g USB wireless adapter. 12 bucks

Well shit its back to the pedophile meter
 
Netgear adapter back up.

EDIT: LMAO nevermind Woot hs no fucking clue what it wants to do and went backwards again.

EDIT 2: Ok their server is offically fucked but appears that that adapter might actully stay this time.
 
don't think people are buying - people are still pouting over the missed boc. as am i. screw safety.
 
Progress bar is broke for all. There might be more, otherwise the woot-off sirens woulda disappeared.
 
Ok, talk about leftovers...

Those are nice though, it's a great PDA AND GPS in one, but still, they culdn't sell out the first time.

I bought one last time, pass this time
 
Actually, yes to brag. I got three 'bride of chucky'.

I will hoard them and their undetermined inards for a long, long time.

I'm so lonely.
 
grabbed this from the woot board... all items from this woot-off thus far

. . Posted . . . . Quantity . . Price
10/12 12:00 AM . . 375 . . . $27.99 . . Logitech Z-3e 2.1 Speakers System
10/12 12:14 AM . . . 60 . . . $29.99 . . Kensington Wireless Optical USB Desktop for Mac
10/12 12:35 AM . . . 50 . . . $14.99 . . Logitech Mobile Express Bluetooth Headset
10/12 12:37 AM . . 100 . . . $29.99 . . Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 with GPS Locator
10/12 12:40 AM . . . 44 . . . $69.99 . . ATi Radeon X1600PRO 256MB DDR2 PCI Express x16 w/TV-Out
10/12 12:43 AM . . . 45 . . . $19.99 . . Dirt Devil Cordless Vac 'n Mop
10/12 12:47 AM . . 300 . . . $44.99 . . Western Digital Caviar 250GB Hard Drive
10/12 12:51 AM . . . 13 . . . $24.99 . . Vulcan Electric R/C Twin Motor Glider
10/12 12:53 AM . . 200 . . . $14.99 . . Adaptec ACS-100 USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive Enclosure Kit
10/12 12:56 AM . . . 90 . . . $79.99 . . Delphi XM2GO MyFi Portable XM Satellite Radio Receiver Kit
10/12 02:10 AM . . 305 . . . $45.99 . . MicroGEM Quick Drive 4GB Flash USB Drive
10/12 03:50 AM . . . 40 . . . $29.99 . . Hamilton Beach Stay or Go Coffeemaker
10/12 04:03 AM . . . 69 . . . $12.99 . . SanDisk 256 MB MP3/WMA Player with FM Tuner and Voice Recorder
10/12 03:58 AM . . . 12 . . . $89.99 . . Toshiba 8” Portable DVD Player
10/12 04:06 AM . . 100 . . . $29.99 . . PNY Verto 512MB PC4000 Memory with LEDs
10/12 04:11 AM . . . 19 . . . $29.99 . . Mixman MP3 Producer Music Mixer
10/12 04:19 AM . . 400 . . .. $5.99 . . Logitech Cordless Headset for Xbox
10/12 05:21 AM . . 120 . . $149.99 . . Audiovox SMT5600 Tri-Band GSM Bluetooth Unlocked Smartphone
10/12 06:57 AM . 3300 . . . $49.99 . . Seagate 250GB SATA Hard Drive
10/12 09:51 AM . . . 60 . . $899.99 . . HP Pavilion Media Center Notebook with 17” Widescreen Display
10/12 10:18 AM . . 250 . . . $39.99 . . La Famiglia 2004 Pinot Grigio Quartet
10/12 10:47 AM . . . 50 . . $289.99 . . Archos AV700 40GB 7” Portable Media Player
10/12 10:57 AM . . 400 . . . $29.99 . . Plantronics Voyager 510 Wireless Ultra Comfortable Bluetooth Headset
10/12 11:02 AM . 1300 . . . $59.99 . . JBL On Stage II Dock/Speakers with Remote
10/12 01:28 PM . . . 26 . . $229.99 . . Vivitar 8600 8MP Digital Camera with 6X Optical Zoom and 2.8" LCD
10/12 01:36 PM . . 280 . . . $19.99 . . Smack Talk Playback/Recording Device for Xbox 360
10/12 03:07 PM . . 630 . . . $19.99 . . Logitech Wireless Music System Add on Receiver
10/12 03:50 PM . . . xx . . .. $7.99 . . Area 51 Remote Control UFO
10/12 03:54 PM . . . 12 . . . $29.99 . . Early Warning Radar/Laser Detector
10/12 03:58 PM . 2700 . . .. $8.99 . . Adaptec AVC-1400 GameBridge USB 2.0 Adapter
10/12 05:51 PM . . 246 . . .. $5.99 . . Zcyber i3 Mini Speaker Set
10/12 05:58 PM . . . xx . . . $14.99 . . Labtec USB 2.0 Notebook WebCam
10/12 06:04 PM . . 327 . . .. $9.99 . . RCA 8 Device Backlit LCD Learning Universal Remote
10/12 06:09 PM . 4400 . . . $19.99 . . SanDisk 512MB MP3/WMA Player with FM Tuner and Voice Recorder
10/12 07:52 PM . . 150 . . . $49.99 . . Cobra XRS9500 11 Band Radar & Laser Detector
10/12 07:59 PM . . 844 . . .. $9.99 . . Logitech Cordless Attack Controller for Xbox
10/12 08:16 PM . . 350 . . . $54.99 . . Nexxtech 7” 16:9 LCD Portable DVD Player
10/12 08:32 PM . 1244 . . .. $7.99 . . Snap Sights 35mm Waterproof Camera
10/12 09:48 PM . . 251 . . . $59.99 . . Sony Multimedia and Gaming Computer Speaker System
10/12 10:02 PM . 1600 . . . $17.99 . . Netgear WGT624 Super G 108Mbps Wireless Firewall Router
10/12 11:14 PM . . 300 . . . $39.99 . . Toshiba Progressive Scan DVD Player w/ HD Upconversion HDMI Out and DivX Playback
10/12 11:24 PM . 1420 . . . $19.99 . . Bellsouth 10 Mile FRS/GMRS 2 Way Radios
10/13 12:18 AM . . 300 . . . $89.99 . . Rio Carbon Pearl 6GB MP3 Player
10/13 01:58 AM . 1000 . . .. $7.99 . . Kensington Wireless Convertible Pocket Mini Mouse
10/13 03:39 AM . . 600 . . .. $2.99 . . Vector VEC134 1 Million Candlepower Spotlight
10/13 03:47 AM . . 446 . . .. $1.99 . . Vector 50 Watt Power Inverter
10/13 03:53 AM . . 185 . . . $29.99 . . Toshiba Docking Station/USB Hub with Dolby Digital
10/13 05:05 AM . . . 26 . .. $99.99 . . RCA Lyra 20Gb MP3 Video Jukebox
10/13 05:10 AM . . .. 9 . . $449.99 . . Hitachi LCD Entertainment Projector
10/13 05:33 AM . . 533 . . . $12.99 . . New York Times Touch Screen Crossword Puzzle
10/13 06:02 AM . 1000 . . $149.99 . . iRobot Roomba Sage with Convenience Pack (4110)
10/13 08:58 AM . . 380 . . . $49.99 . . Little Vineyards Sonoma Valley TrioLittle Vineyards Sonoma Valley Trio
10/13 10:24 AM . . . 50 . . $779.99 . . Lenovo Thinkpad R51E Centrino 1.6Ghz Notebook
10/13 11:24 AM . . . xx . . .. $1.00 . . Random Crap
10/13 11:47 AM . 1837 . . .. $2.99 . . Oregon Scientific PE319 Digital Pedometer with Panic Alarm
10/13 12:18 PM . 1300 . . . $11.99 . . Netgear 802.11g Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter
10/13 12:45 PM . . xxx . . .. $7.99 . . KidSmart Vocal Smoke Detector – 2 Pack
10/13 12:55 PM . . 281 . . . $19.99 . . Mark of Fitness MF-140 Chest Belt Heart Rate Monitor and Watch

Total Sales = $980,967.71 +
Total Items = 30,429 +
Click to expand...

that X1600Pro for 70 bones looked pretty nice. :)
 
revenant said:
grabbed this from the woot board... all items from this woot-off thus far



that X1600Pro for 70 bones looked pretty nice. :)
Click to expand...
not a bad haul. definitely better than the previous one.
 
I am so fucking mad right now, I click I want one as soon as it came up, ordered 3, and it sat at your order is processing forever. I just got back, and it says your order was not processed for reasons: and then its just a blank bullet. So I guess there's no reason that I didn't get one. Damnit.
 
revenant said:
^^ their site was prolly slammed beyond comprehension right then. lol. but that does suck. :(

BTW- here's a review of the PPC GPS up there now.. I was VERY tempted until I read the review..

http://www.brighthand.com/?newsID=2594

gah! ..pass..
Click to expand...

you knwo what? they didn't actually review it. go read the CNET review, the one you liked is full of assumptions that cnet showed weren't true.
 
you never know... sometimes it's only a day, sometimes 2, sometimes 3... ain't that great? :D

They have an amazing business model. Just think about it: They get a lot of people to buy into the hype of woot-off and buy stuff they don't need so that they can see what's coming up next. Look at the sales numbers for every item. I wish my small office here could sell that many items per day.
 
Yeah I agree that woot has an amazing business model. I mean the idea of buying lots of cheap merchandise and selling it isn't new, but they take advantage of hype 100x more than any other business.
 
well, i don't know if they are actually making a profit or not, but the business model is brilliant... they can buy huge quantities of a random item (so they get it cheap), they keep expenses low since the website, shipping, etc is so simple with just one product, and the coolest thing is that they get ppl to come back to the site almost EVERY DAY ("i wonder what woot has today?").

and then they get these super hyped up woot-offs which drag in a massive amount of traffic... and they've probably broken $1 million in sales from this one alone, which is mighty impressive for a couple days...
 
I checked some databases here at work (investment firm) and it looks like Woot takes in about $40 million in revenue as of last year.

I'm not sure how profitable they are though.
 
I'd guess they net about 1/4 to 1/3 of that amount at best but with those numbers even 1/4 is very large.
 
the miser said:
I'd guess they net about 1/4 to 1/3 of that amount at best but with those numbers even 1/4 is very large.
Click to expand...

:p 25-30% profit margins are largely unheard of in most industries, especially retail.

Woot is looking at around 7-10% profit margins, which is somewhat high for retail, but Woot deals with a lot of refurbished & bulk items.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top