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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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Anybody familiar with woot.com? And if you are, did you know there is a wootoff right now?

I've been up all night with an audible wootoff tracker. I've bought one item, a nice set of headphones for my oldest son's birthday soon. I'd love to buy an Archos media player if they had one but am too broke to purchase it (so I hope they don't offer it, I'll have to bang my head into things).

The last wootoff lasted like 2 days and there was no Blinged out Cabbage offered. I literally stuck near my computer for 2 days for it too, lol. I'm assuming there will be one this time, for sure.

Brandolier of Carrots, here I come!
Old Jan 30, 2007 | 09:13 PM
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You all should learn about woot.com then. It's a way of life for many, me included, lol.

A wootoff will make you stay up for days.
Old Jan 30, 2007 | 09:49 PM
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huh?
Old Jan 30, 2007 | 09:56 PM
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i hate the wootoffs, i never have money for it, and they have some seriously killer deals when it goes down.
Old Jan 30, 2007 | 10:04 PM
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Lol. I woot. In fact, I just bought a roomba the other day :D
Old Jan 30, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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Ya, woot-offs are pretty neat but nothing so far in this woot-off has sparked my interest...
Old Jan 30, 2007 | 10:07 PM
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Yay, Roombas! lol

I almost bought a Leak Frog, just cause, lol. I'd of bought one of the Roombas if my house didn't have toys spread across it at all times, lol.
Old Jan 30, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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I love the images from bored Wooters, lol.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 12:17 AM
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I've been trying to get woot threads running for quite a while now. Kekai (kkawana) can attest to this. I think he and I were the only ones on a Woot thread one time hahah

Anyway, I was able to get one of the first BoCs when they first started doing them a bazillion years ago. Now that they're so popular, I can never get a chance. =(
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 12:33 AM
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See, I had a chance at a BoC once but I didn't know what it was at the time and didn't want to buy it. But then I saw the follow up to it when people were getting their packages, I just about kicked myself for not getting one.

My favorite crap item was when someone got a used floppy disk with the word "BAD" written all over it, lol. But some people got Roombas and Wiis. Lucky!

So, Kekai needs to come to this thread then, eh? I haven't seen him online today (and I've been online all day, lol).

6% left on the goofy speakers! W00t!
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 12:47 AM
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I've made it to the check out page for a BOC, but thats all.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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Still no BoC peoples. Keep on a Woot'n!
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 05:10 PM
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i gotta get a BoC, my friend got a teddy bear in one he bought, it was hilarious, i hope for a plasma or something, lol
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 05:30 PM
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Big Bird, are you actively wooting off right now? I am and am using http://semideaf.com/woot/woots.php that has a good audible alert that I may have used all last night so that I didn't miss anything... may have, that is, lol.

We were on a roll, going through the items but this stupid DVD thing is definitely a WoK.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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BoC!!! NOOOOOO I missed it.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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I forgot to register earlier so when the BoC showed up, I clicked to buy 3 and then I had to do all that garbage. I was done and so was the sale.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 10:23 PM
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I tried to get the last two BoC and didn't get them. I've got the fastest cable high-speed, all my stuff was preloaded, and I've even practiced a few times on what to click, etc..

The last one, I managed to order it, waited 5 minutes while my order confirmation and the page refreshes, only to be told it was sold out but I'd be put on a waiting list. The page was still refreshing and after another minute, it said it didn't go through.

Boo Hoo

Should be another BoC after this flat panel speaker sells out though.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 10:46 PM
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wtf is woot?
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 12:15 AM
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I lied, it wasn't a BoC.

Hotbox05 http://www.woot.com/WhatIsWoot.aspx
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by hotbox05
wtf is woot?
http://woot.com/WhatIsWoot.aspx



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