Woot-off tonight
hehehhehe
12-04-2006 20:54:17
That is all...
nusqax
12-04-2006 20:57:12
how do you know?
johnjimjones
12-04-2006 21:06:11
when where how does this work?
drummer_kew_03
12-04-2006 21:07:58
From wikipedia
[quote299ce0e400]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 unknowable amount of product remaining. The actual percentage of product remaining is also visible in the Woot-Off's html source code.
During a Woot-Off, each product is replaced by a new product 5 minutes after selling out, until the end of the Woot-Off, when a regular product is listed for the remainder of the day. Woot-Offs often feature items that did not sell out during regular Woot sales, often at lower prices than originally offered. New (unique) items are also interspersed throughout the Woot-Off, along with popular items like Bags of Crap and Mystery Brand speakers, presumably to maintain constant interest and surprise.
Since the next item in the Woot-Off will not be listed till the current item is sold out, posters in Woot's forums occasionally use peer pressure to advocate the purchase of the current item. Often members will boast of buying the current item just to advance the Woot-Off. It should be noted that during Woot-Offs, many forum members deviate from posting an honest critique of the product and instead pump the offering, hoping readers will quickly buy an inferior Woot and advance the Woot-Off to the next listing.[/quote299ce0e400]
JesterxXx
12-04-2006 21:08:01
got the "secret" message too ).
johnjimjones, go to woot.com at 1am (eastern) ). New product is posted and during a wootoff, a new item is put up if that one is sold out. Usually lots of "clearance" type items for great deals.
drummer_kew_03
12-04-2006 21:10:15
It's 12 central. It's already past 12 eastern.
hehehhehe
12-04-2006 21:12:08
I think it starts at 1am EST
johnjimjones
12-04-2006 21:12:09
Yeah so 1am eastern. 45 min to go.
cwncool
12-04-2006 21:31:50
how do you guys know that there is going to be a wootoff?
mnx12
12-04-2006 21:41:18
damn, i have no money whatsoever either...
BD2006BD
12-04-2006 21:47:12
what kind of stuff will be there? Is it really cheap or something?
FreeOffersNow
12-04-2006 21:49:32
10 minutes to go!
johnjimjones
12-04-2006 21:50:09
Nine!
FreeOffersNow
12-04-2006 21:51:57
Server time seems to be a minute behind ;)
johnjimjones
12-04-2006 21:54:20
4!
johnjimjones
12-04-2006 21:55:05
It's up!!!!! [spoiler35b7778772]notreally[/spoiler35b7778772]
cyberpunk243
12-04-2006 21:55:52
I'm only going to stay up late enough to watch the first item then will pick it back up tomorrow morning since I'm tired. Hopefully it won't really pick up until tomorrow.
bballp6699
12-04-2006 21:57:01
Good thing Married With Children will keep me company for the next hour.
johnjimjones
12-04-2006 21:58:24
wtf?? two for tuesday? sold out and gone....confused.
johnjimjones
12-04-2006 21:59:03
/me furiously clicks F5
BD2006BD
12-04-2006 22:00:05
250 gig hard drive for $50
nicd.01
12-04-2006 22:00:06
More refurbished hard drives. Bah.
Chris
12-04-2006 22:00:14
250gb HD $50
theysayjump
12-04-2006 22:00:27
$50 for a 250GB Caviar HDD. Not bad.
Refurb though. shrug
johnjimjones
12-04-2006 22:00:42
Yeah refurbished......gay.
BD2006BD
12-04-2006 22:01:45
whats wrong with refurbished? I'm sure it's just like new.
nobody2000
12-04-2006 22:03:51
250 gb HDD internal for $55 shipped WOOT!!
cwncool
12-04-2006 22:04:02
yay! it's started, but how did you guys know it was going to happen tonight?
bballp6699
12-04-2006 22:05:41
It's a good thing I don't want one. That site is moving slow as shit.
cyberpunk243
12-04-2006 22:07:51
Good thing I just deposited a bunch of money into my bank account. Let's do this.
Stroid
12-04-2006 22:09:30
yeah most woot-offs are slow as shit
theysayjump
12-04-2006 22:16:20
What the frick?
It sold out and now it's saying there are still some left.
Stroid
12-04-2006 22:17:17
yeah it does that sometimes i think just to piss us off the program is laughing at us
x323smostwantedx
12-04-2006 22:21:22
I saw a vacuum, and not its the same thing, wth
EDIT its now a vacuum
BD2006BD
12-04-2006 22:22:34
Koolvac KV-1 Robotic Vacuum
79.99
hmm.. who needs one? Lol.
Stroid
12-04-2006 22:23:13
yeah i see the vacum to those things are cool but not $79.99 cool next please
cyberpunk243
12-04-2006 22:23:39
These things sell out quickly if I remember correctly.
johnjimjones
12-04-2006 22:24:11
gaayyyyyyyyyyy
BD2006BD
12-04-2006 22:25:11
i saw a cool lookin bluetooth headset for like 23..it went away quick!
Theres still ONE headset left.. better grab it if ya want it.
BD2006BD
12-04-2006 22:32:25
does this really last for a day?
cyberpunk243
12-04-2006 22:33:01
You bet your arse.
bballp6699
12-04-2006 22:37:08
Sushi tastes like shit.
cyberpunk243
12-04-2006 22:37:49
VERY tempting but I am going to have to pass. My girlfriend would like that but I don't want to make sushi, I would rather us just go out and eat it at a restaurant.
I can't think of any nearby Sushi places in Alaska... hmm ?
PsychoAU
12-04-2006 22:42:20
mmm.... sushi... yum. Too bad the local sushi place around here is in a strip mall and has an 82 percent health department rating... (
82% isn't bad for an asian restaurant.
bballp6699
12-04-2006 22:43:55
Yawn, this shit is selling out fast atleast. The changes between the products is taking too long.
cyberpunk243
12-04-2006 22:45:47
Man, I want to go to sleep but I can't get away from the computer. I keep telling myself, "Alright, after the NEXT item I will go to sleep." Grr...
The great thing about Alaska... Its 951 PM. I can wait a lot longer than most of you East Coasters.. Unless you pull out an all-nighter.
BD2006BD
12-04-2006 22:56:57
is that radar detector any good?
cwncool
12-04-2006 23:17:20
is that video card any good?
Nope.. Its a shit card.. even if its BFG
cyberpunk243
13-04-2006 11:29:21
I haven't been too impressed with this woot-offs items. There hasn't even been one bag-o-crap yet. I thought about the Sushi kit but that was the only one I think. I wasn't on my computer when the GPS, flatscreen, and phone were offered but I probably wouldn't have bought any of them anyways.
Who cares... They don't ship to Alaska evil
bballp6699
13-04-2006 12:37:33
Crap speakers are sold out. I am going to miss the whole day of wooting, so I hope this next one is good.
t.money
13-04-2006 13:03:59
I saw a hdd for about two seconds, then some overpriced stereo reciever fills my screen. =(
cwncool
13-04-2006 13:13:45
OOOOH! that stinking $800 better not ruin the chances to get a bag of crap!
t.money
13-04-2006 13:17:12
Its sold out now - thank god. I want to bite on something (
Berky34
13-04-2006 15:12:15
ok so how did you know this before it happened?