Woot Off

AsSiMiLaTeD
AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
edited September 2009 in The Clubhouse
So maybe it's not really 'news', but a heads up that we're in a woot-off.

www.woot.com
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,721
    edited December 2008
    Pretty lame stuff so far.
    For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited December 2008
    What's a 'woot-off'? How's that different from just regular wooting?

    BTW, your link cost me money. I got to looking at their shirts last night and ended up buying two of them!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2008
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woot#Woot-Off


    Or just listen to the wootcast on the main page of woot
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited December 2008
    Ahh, thanks. Very cool.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
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    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited December 2008
    Per the wiki link, I didn't realize that Woot was able to make that much money. But I guess that shouldn't be surprising since they offer good products at great prices...
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2008
    zingo wrote: »
    Per the wiki link, I didn't realize that Woot was able to make that much money. But I guess that shouldn't be surprising since they offer good products at great prices...

    It's pretty rare that Woot offers what people would consider "good products." I love them, it's the techy consumer in me, but I'd say the majority of the products they offer up are somewhere between pretty crappy and mediocre, and usually the "good" stuff is refurbed.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited December 2008
    I couldn't belive the woot the other day-A cheapo marshmallow gun for $5 (+$5 s/h).

    Sold out by 8am. They sold about 24500 of them.:eek::eek::eek::confused:
    I belive most of the sales were in Utah.

    That's just crazy right there. I love checking out the statistics-pretty cool stuff.
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited December 2008
    What the heck. I was just on there, they had an HP desktop that said Sold Out. Looks like they only had 5 of them. I refreshed the screen and now there's a Monitor, but its already sold out.

    So I refreshed again, and now its a Wine glass set of sorts. The first woot was done in 4 seconds. Is there some kind of honors list or something for wooting first? Damn 4 seconds is not enough time to process the info to make a decision. well at least not for me.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited December 2008
    You have to be quick during the wootoff. I've missed out on many a deal because I was not watching it closely enough and not refresing the page enough.. At the end of the woot off they usually end with the bag o junk which the sell for $1 each buy the max if you can and you might get nice stuff. A former co-worker won a bigscreen TV and it cost him $6.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited December 2008
    Fireman32 wrote: »
    You have to be quick during the wootoff. I've missed out on many a deal because I was not watching it closely enough and not refresing the page enough.. At the end of the woot off they usually end with the bag o junk which the sell for $1 each buy the max if you can and you might get nice stuff. A former co-worker won a bigscreen TV and it cost him $6.

    That's awesome!

    A router just sold out and now they have a 26" LG LCD monitor for $369. That's what I bought my 19" for a few years ago! :eek:
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited December 2008
    Ooop, sold out, and now they have a detour... Well, that's life.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited December 2008
    They only had one of those LG monitors. Woot-Offs were developed as a way to clear out their warehouse of leftovers from previous woots. Some times they have more of each, other times there may only be one hanging around. Hence why you want to be quick :)
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited December 2008
    Yeah but damn, the HP Desktop sold for like $800 in 14 seconds. how can one possibly research that fast or just happen to have been waiting for that deal. :confused:
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2008
    What is this research you speak of?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • 66chevyIISS
    66chevyIISS Posts: 857
    edited December 2008
    mmadden28 wrote: »
    Yeah but damn, the HP Desktop sold for like $800 in 14 seconds. how can one possibly research that fast or just happen to have been waiting for that deal. :confused:

    Knowing how people shop, I'm sure they just "assumed" it was a good deal because it is a Woot off and just bought it without even knowing what it was.
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited December 2008
    That had to be it-a frenzy of sorts. I think its brillant marketing the way woot does it.
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited December 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    What is this research you speak of?

    Assuming your serious--To research if it in fact was a good deal or if the same or better deal could be had elsewhere.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2008
    Nah I wasn't serious. I figure people who shop Woot assume it's a good enough deal that if they don't actually like the product they could just turn around and eBay it for at least even money. It's the only way I can imagine someone buying an 800 dollar PC without a second thought, as you said.

    I mean, Woot is really a website designed to make people jump at things they don't erally need, so very little about it surprises me.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited September 2009
    wootoff's back.
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  • seeclear
    seeclear Posts: 1,242
    edited September 2009
    Oh yeah, got me a Big Ol Cucumber. First time in over 2 years. WOOT!
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