Woot Off - Dec 9 @ midnight

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Katalysis

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Another "warning" email from Woot.

Welcome to Woot's first official recession-era newsletter! For the next 12 to 24 months, all citizens are expected to fret over, worry about, or even directly experience the nadir of a consumerist society - OMG! What will we do when we stop buying stuff? Economists now agree that we're headed through a prolonged period of decreased consumer spending (you really need an advanced degree to come up with insights like that). Beyond that, it's anybody guess. Will the only growth sectors in the economy be shoe repair, pipe salvage, and roadside apple sales? Or will we bring on a quick recovery by doing patriotic things like buying stuff we can't afford and spending more money than we make?

As a retailer, it'd make sense for us to fall in with the BUY STUFF, AMERICA conga line. But by now, you know that we at Woot never do things the "normal", "sensible", "rational", "intelligent" way. We're not about to follow the herd over a cliff. When we go over a cliff, it's because of our own poor judgment, not someone else's. That's been our credo since about five minutes ago, when we first thought of it. And we've stayed true to it ever since.

That's why we're encouraging you and your fellow wooters to save this holiday season. Save your money! Save until you pull a saving muscle. Horde your money until you are literally choking on it. Save until maybe, like, mid-February or so, when the market will be a-glut with great deals for the taking every day. You'll avoid the crowds, take advantage of desperate retailers, and not have to hear "Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time" even once.

Sure, maybe you'll disappoint some of your loved ones. But if they really love you, they can wait a couple of months, especially if your finances are at stake. Besides, if your so-called loved ones wanted you to set yourself on fire, would you? Of course you wouldn't. And that's the kind of independent thinking that will one day break the mindless conformity of our consumerist holiday ways.

But be warned: you'll want to stay far away from Woot.com this week. The breadth and scope of bargains we'll be offering - especially starting Tuesday morning at midnight - will be powerfully tempting. They could even lead you back down the spend-spend-spend path with the rest of the sheep. And that would make us sad enough to cry while we're taking your money.

See you in February!

Woot.com
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I hate when this shit comes when I should be studying for final exams. lol..
 
Katalysis said:
Another "warning" email from Woot.
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Another "warning" post from the HULK:

i am staying away from this one and I recommend you do as well.

woot has been selling really shitty products lately and their customer service is the worse I have ever seen.

my first woot experience --> ordered a sansa clip mp3 player on 11/19, it's 12/8 and I have still not received it.
 
Yeah, I'll probably have to skip this one.. the last woot-off I only got a green laser pointer.. and it just came last week. Lame.
 
These woot-offs lose a little bit of their appeal when they have one every couple weeks and there's nothing but crap (without the bag that is).
 
Good lord...how many of these have there been in the last couple of months?
 
ohh, looks like i might find something my Secret santa might like here.

otherwise, it's off to thinkgeek i go to get something for them.
 
w1retap said:
I hate when this shit comes when I should be studying for final exams. lol..
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With you, I should just call my internet service providers and have them lock my internet till Thursday evening when my finals are over.
 
I've only got 2 exams left though.. already got two out of the way. =D
- calc 3 -- friday (pretty easy)
- discrete math -- monday (kinda tough)
- adv electronic circuits -- done
- industrial robotics -- done
 
w1retap said:
I've only got 2 exams left though.. already got two out of the way. =D
- calc 3 -- friday (pretty easy)
- discrete math -- monday (kinda tough)
- adv electronic circuits -- done
- industrial robotics -- done
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I hate discrete math I got my final for that next Tuesday. Its very tough.
 
Hulk said:

Another "warning" post from the HULK:

i am staying away from this one and I recommend you do as well.

woot has been selling really shitty products lately and their customer service is the worse I have ever seen.

my first woot experience --> ordered a sansa clip mp3 player on 11/19, it's 12/8 and I have still not received it.
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Was this by chance shipped SmartPost? There is a reason they put the SmartPost logo with the picture of a snail. It's slow as hell. I ordered a two-pack of wrap around ear warmers and it took a long time, but it was SmartPost. Othertimes, I have received things before they even told me it had shipped, so who knows.
 
Wootoff just started...

Sandisk Sansa c250 2GB MP3 Player
$10.99 + $5 shipping

condition:
Refurbished
product:
1 Sandisk Sansa c250 2GB MP3 Player
Color:
Black, Blue, Red, Pink
 
FrankieFiero said:
These woot-offs lose a little bit of their appeal when they have one every couple weeks and there's nothing but crap (without the bag that is).
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Well said. Not just a bit of appeal, but quite a bit. They had better try to save themselves with this one....
 
HAd to fn register and missed out on the Saitek P2900 -.- Must say that kinda pisses me off that I couldn't just go thru a checkout and enter all my info there.
 
damn it...had it been set to paypal, i could have gone to sleep with all my chirstmas shopping officially done. i wanted that freakin 565 roomba!!!!!!!!!!!
 
LaPazz 12×9” USB Digital Design Tablet w/Cordless Pen & Mouse for 99.99 plus 5 shipping.

Total woot killer. Most people won't dabble in tablet buying unless theres a Waacom on it. And 12x9...some retard in the comments said "bigger is always better." And thats definately not true with most things. And indeed not true with tablets, some people are comfortable with them, but some can't get used to the big area, or have wrist issues. Can't go wrong with a 4x6 really, 12x9 is a bit big for some.
 
Yesssss another Roomba!


iRobot Roomba 418 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Bundle
$149.99 + $5 shipping
 
You know, I stayed up until 1 am last night to see the start of the woot off, but then I figured that it would be mostly crap so I went to bed. Looking at what's been offered, I'm glad I went to bed.
 
Next up is probably a Juan Valdez Coffee Maker, or maybe a Gutter Cleaning Robot.
 
Ugh, me thinks this refurbished hard drive is going to still be here when I come back from lunch.

I think I'd feel safer purchasing "like-new" food.

EDIT: Guess not. They started selling after the first guy bit.
 
Katalysis said:
Ugh, me thinks this refurbished hard drive is going to still be here when I come back from lunch.

I think I'd feel safer purchasing "like-new" food.

EDIT: Guess not. They started selling after the first guy bit.
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Yeah. Almost gone now. I am tempted, but refurb hard drives scare me. I've bought refurb'd other things, but HD's just scare me for some reason....
 
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