Random crap!
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
I may have gotten one, still waiting on the server, fingers crossed.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Servers. Very. Unhappy. Still. Waiting.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: Servers. Very. Unhappy.
Yeppers.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
Order processing. Come on random craps!!!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I'm waiting too.
If we all get them it will be interesting to have a follow-up when we get them. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*sniffle*
Edit: and now it's definite.
[ July 12, 2007, 03:49 AM: Message edited by: rivka ]
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
And a bit controversial. The site shows the last one sold at 1:30 but the "I want one!" button was bouncing long after that. More than a few people in the comments section got in before that time but received no woot love, at least so far.
Didn't leave my window open, dunno when exactly I got in. No comfirmation yet though, so I assume I missed it. Sigh. I'll just have to snuggle up with the wootmonkey from my last BoC and be happy with that...
Posted by Raventhief (Member # 9002) on :
Missed it. Curses!
Posted by dantesparadigm (Member # 8756) on :
I got in at about five past, I didn't realize woot and I share a birthday, but it looks like I didn't get it. Ditto on the monkey comfort Chris.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
I hit it at about 12:15. It looked like it went through, but I have no confirmation on my account page and haven't yet checked that email.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
No confirmation here either. Guess I'll have to find different crap to spend my $8 on.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Anybody know the most expensive W00T! sale they've had? Not the best bargain (probably the 61inch plasma HDTV which which was shipped separately because it wouldn't fit in the Bag of three for $3 + $5 for shipping&handling) nor the $1,000,001 Bag with a $1,000,000 discount coupon. The package which actually cost the buyers the most money.
Any guesses to get the ball rolling would be welcome.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Looks like I didn't get one (or the three like I'd hoped). My account page doesn't show it.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
No love here, either.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I could have but decided not to because we just returned on vacation.
The $400 hold on my account hasn't processed off the account (using a debit card sucks) so I am glad I didn't.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
"You people tried to order 140,000 craps, but we “only” had 10,000. 53,238 people placed orders for our 10,000 craps. Of those, 3,701 lucky wooters will be getting their crap (about 7%). 49,537 orders were denied (the other 93%). Assuming you were more or less as quick on the draw as everybody else, you had a roughly 1 in 14 shot at a BOC.
"What about that official sell-out time of 1:30 AM? Many wooters are irritated, annoyed, or enraged by the idea that they lost out to people who placed orders after they did. Is that really what happened? Read on to find out..."
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Geographically speaking, 768 Californians scored a bag, the most of any state.
Rub it in, whydoncha. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
And yet again, too darn slow.
DANG!
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
I considered staying up for the crap, but decided to go to sleep instead. I've stayed up a few times but I've never managed to get one.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Why don't they have an online raffle for the bag rather than a server carpet bombing? They could easily pick the same number of winners without the controversy that way. Duh?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Because they realize the controversy is part of the "fun" for their regulars.
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: Because they realize the controversy is part of the "fun" for their regulars.
Speaking as one of those regulars (and as somebody who clicked "I Want One!" the instant it went up, but did not get one), I agree wholeheartedly. No raffles! Give me the thrill of the hunt!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*mostly agrees*
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Maybe the site is faking the "server crashes" to give you the "thrill of the hunt?" That'd be pretty smart.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Orincoro: Why don't they have an online raffle for the bag rather than a server carpet bombing? They could easily pick the same number of winners without the controversy that way. Duh?
So, what ones digit do YOU want the Dow Jones to end up with tomorrow?
Posted by Xann. (Member # 11482) on :
I have a 6! First time trying for a boc, but I wanted the lights before I realized the the boc was even there. So I am happy anyway.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Xann, I have a 6 too. We can win (or lose) together!
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
RAMPANT CONSUMERISM
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
SENTENCE FRAGMENT
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
ANGRY WHITE MEN
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: RAMPANT CONSUMERISM
Definitely. That $8 really hurt.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
My reaction to that woot was "So I pay them money to gamble for the chance to gamble that they'll send me something worth more to me than $8. I'll pass."
And now I get to look down my nose at Rampant Rivka.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
Hey, I got a Bag of Crap.
I'll let people know what I get.
[ July 13, 2009, 03:38 PM: Message edited by: MrSquicky ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Nuts.
Hmm. The coupon codes are something, though.
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I lie at wake at night pleading with the gods to grace with me a bag of crap before I die.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Just as long as you don't get it Georgia-Lass-style.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
Oh, forgot to get back.
I got: 1 4Gig Sansa Mp3 player (no charging cable so haven't used) 1 4Gb Sony Mp3 player with the whole kit and kaboodle 1 slimline power inverter 1 16Gig Kingston Flash Drive 3 DVDs (Superbad, Team America, and Blades of Glory) 1 charging cable for a Jabra headset (no headset) and the Woot! lights.
So, yeah, totally worth it.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Just as long as you don't get it Georgia-Lass-style.
*giggle* I missed this before.
Nice haul, MrSquicky! My daughter has a 2 gig Sansa and it uses a Mini-USB to charge through the computer.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Took almost a month, but I got my giggle! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I made a note on my calendar that a Woot Off tonight was likely. That speculation was not entirely accurate; they did the buy-lights-and-get-a-one-in-ten-shot-at-a-BOC-and-you-won't-know-till-tomorrow-afternoon thing again.
I bought lights. I believe that makes me a sucker. Whether I'm a lucky sucker I won't know till the close of Monday's Dow Jones.
Posted by Jake (Member # 206) on :
I bought 'em too, rivka (along with most of my office).
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
If I'm reading the right number, I did not get a BoC. Ah well. The lights are worth it on their own.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I'm not sure WHICH digit I'm supposed to be looking at. But as mine is not in there at all, I lose.
Blast!
Edit: Ah, ok, it's the ones digit -- a 6.
Posted by Amanecer (Member # 4068) on :
I'm a sucker. I bought the lights but the mysterious bag of crap eluded me as always.
Posted by Jake (Member # 206) on :
I'm not seeing where they explain how to parse the number, or even what number you're expected to parse. Could one of you point me in the right direction? [Edit - Nevermind, I found it. No bag of crap for me, unfortunately]
[ July 13, 2010, 08:06 AM: Message edited by: Jake ]
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
6! My order number ended in 6! Huzzah!
(But, umm, sorry about the rest of you...)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Didn't you get one LAST year too?
*GLARE*
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: Didn't you get one LAST year too?
*GLARE*
Guilty as charged. Though I've had many more slip through my fingers...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've never ever ever gotten a BoC, and IIRC this is at least your third.
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
True. Third in four years. I apologize for bogarting them!
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