Woot Off Soon??

[temke]

they are hinting to it in the newsletter i got this morning:

 

Oh, we could go on all day, but we're up to our esophagi in products to write about.

[Marleyboo]

I'm guessing it will start thursday morning. I've been waiting for three weeks now. On the bagsocrap prediction web site it says they are something like 22 days past due for a woot off. I'm really jonesing for one.

[BrewCrewForever]

What is a woot off?

[burniebrewer]

Woot-Off

The site will occasionally deviate from the one-product-per-day model for a "Woot-Off", where a succession of products are available for a period of unannounced length, usually 24-72 hours. This mode is indicated by rotating lights and a bar indicating the usually undisclosed amount of product remaining.

During an average two-day Woot-Off, Woot's sales typically exceed one million dollars.^[6][/sup]

Bag O' Crap

In lieu of typical product sales, Woot occasionally offers a $1.00 fukubukuro-like blind grab bag officially called "Random Crap." Its accompanying picture has lent it the name Bag O' Crap" (BOC), despite its shipment in a box. The BOC includes dollar store items and may also randomly include (significantly) more expensive electronics items ^{[7][/sup]. The "BOC" typically sells out within minutes of furious ordering, often overloading Woot's servers.}

On April 1, 2007 as an April Fools' joke, the Bag O' Crap was offered for the price of $1,000,001.00 with the regular price of $5.00 for shipping. A coupon code ("please") was discovered in the product image and utilized by Woot users to receive a $1,000,000 discount on the BOC, thus reducing the price to the standard one dollar.

 

 

--Info provided by wikipedia

[temke]

What is a woot off?

we need this in the FAQ for sure!!

a valentine's day woot-off...that would be interesting

[Leinie Lodge]

Fukubukurodome?

[ttsather]

Isn't this how sites like steepandcheap.com and whiskeymilitia.com operate all the time? (Though, I know it's a different product sector)

[jazzytrav]

Dangit, I just got the newsletter and realized I'm flat broke. This sucks.

[stoutdude04]

So, what is the site that runs these "woot offs"? I have often wondered because I always see people talking about them and getting pretty excited by them. I read the definition above and I guess I am still a touch lost. Maybe I am just looking too much into it. The bags sound like fun though.

[bullox]

woot.com

[temke]

nothing today unfortunately. the guess of tomorrow looks good

[stoutdude04]

woot.com

 

I guess I was overlooking it...thank you

[OglivieHomePerm]

No woot off today....bummer.

[Marleyboo]

OK....so no wootoff again this week. This has ruined my workweek (or lack there of) for the the third week in a row. For some of you non-wooters, some of the best parts of a wootoff are the posts during a slow item sale. My F5 finger is going through severe withdrawl.

[jazzytrav]

Woot-off now