jqubed wrote:I was watching closely, even though I never even try (and I'm pretty sure I would've gotten it on the last one)

Just by looking at the product threads you could tell that a lot of folks were bailing out. It appeared that it was available for a while. (in as much as crap ever stays available)

spongebrain wrote:Just by looking at the product threads you could tell that a lot of folks were bailing out. It appeared that it was available for a while. (in as much as crap ever stays available)

heh, last year when they had it listed at $1,000,001.00, it lasted for quite a while... guess not a lot of people felt like "testing" their credit limit

pooflady wrote:According to what I've been reading, if you got a b o c today, that's all you could get; you couldn't get another one when it came up. Considering that if you post on the b o c product thread that it all goes into one long thread, that makes sense. Interesting.

Makes since, what Skek, Joyner, and I experienced, is that we were denied earlier (too far back in line although we hammered the big buy it button). This time we were greeted with the you already have one line, but as far as we know we didn't succeed last time. Not trying to be greedy, just bummed about not getting the last shot (I got in real early), unless I really did get one earlier, in which case I can happy dance. Seems that there are a lot of people that experienced this in the forum.

jqubed wrote:heh, last year when they had it listed at $1,000,001.00, it lasted for quite a while... guess not a lot of people felt like "testing" their credit limit

True, but even that one was a little obvious once you took the time to read the product description and look at the enlarged image. IIRC, the word PLEASE was highlighted or underlined no fewer than five or six times. I think I preferred that to the mad clickfest that normally happens.

jqubed wrote:heh, last year when they had it listed at $1,000,001.00, it lasted for quite a while... guess not a lot of people felt like "testing" their credit limit

I saw it, and I didn't bite. . . no crap is worth that. Besides I didn't want to test how binding the buy it button was.

KtCallista wrote:Makes since, what Skek, Joyner, and I experienced, is that we were denied earlier (too far back in line although we hammered the big buy it button). This time we were greeted with the you already have one line, but as far as we know we didn't succeed last time. Not trying to be greedy, just bummed about not getting the last shot (I got in real early), unless I really did get one earlier, in which case I can happy dance. Seems that there are a lot of people that experienced this in the forum.

For what it is worth, I had the "in-line if orders are declined" message for the first offering.

spongebrain wrote:For what it is worth, I had the "in-line if orders are declined" message for the first offering.

No that doesn't make me feel better. Ohh well. . . 3 months till my birthday, that has always been good for crap, although last year it was really crappy crap.

PWA: Fully Cooked and Ready to Eat

spongebrain wrote:For what it is worth, I had the "in-line if orders are declined" message for the first offering.

I never even got an "in-line"... and still got shut out from later ones. Though the DW said that if they denied me later that meant I might have gotten one after all (like the Monkeys last week).

Looks like the Annual Woot Awards is another thread that's all screwed up. So is Whatcha Eating.

PWA: Out of Order

no1 wrote:PWA: Out of Order

Or at least the EBW part.

PWA: Limited to Stock on Hand

PWA: last post?

PWA: Not Your Father's Last Post Thread

no1 wrote:PWA: Not Your Father's Last Post Thread

Are we that close already? Ohh I hope Orc gets home soon, I am ready to go lay down

PWA: Killing time until Battlestar comes back on

KtCallista wrote:Are we that close already? Ohh I hope Orc gets home soon, I am ready to go lay down

Ms. KtC,
I'm not usually here very late, so this could be my only chance to post suggestions.

Please get some rest and drink plenty of non-soy-containing liquids.

SkekTek wrote:PWA: Killing time until Battlestar comes back on

PWA: Battlestar Galactoseintoleranta

no1 wrote:Ms. KtC,
I'm not usually here very late, so this could be my only chance to post suggestions.

Please get some rest and drink plenty of non-soy-containing liquids.

Thanks, you are a sweetheart when you want to be.

Anyone else having problems with IE freezing up today? It's happened to me four or five times.

pooflady wrote:Anyone else having problems with IE freezing up today? It's happened to me four or five times.

Only when B_O_C's come up... otherwise it's been working ok.

pooflady wrote:Anyone else having problems with IE freezing up today? It's happened to me four or five times.

Sorry Ms. Poof; I am a FF user. I have seen issues with it after the last service patch came out last Wednesday (bad things happen when you are on pages with Java).

Maybe it's MSNBC I'm having problems with, rather than IE.

Edit: No, that can't be it, because it froze a couple times when I was trying to get on Cheezburger. Hmm. But Cheezburger from MSNBC.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23904590

Low profit margins are squeezing companies along the length of the gasoline supply chain, from the biggest refiners to the smallest corner stations. Contrary to popular belief, 95 percent of gas stations in the U.S. are independently owned: Their prices and procedures aren't dictated by a major oil company, even if the station licenses that company's name.

With crude oil, gasoline's raw ingredient, soaring to records near $112 earlier this month, up from about $60 a year ago, gas prices are actually struggling to keep up. Crack spreads, the difference between what refiners pay for crude and get for the gasoline they make, have gone negative on some days in recent weeks. That means that in those cases, refiners were losing money making and selling gasoline. In comparison, at one point last spring, crack spreads reached as high as $37 a barrel.

I think someone should sell "crack spread." Best invention since peanut butter.

DAAAAAAAAJ!!!!!!

So... anybody bother to count how many batteries they actually sold today? I'm curious to know, but too lazy to see if the answer is buried in any of the product threads.

no1 wrote:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23904590


I think someone should sell "crack spread." Best invention since peanut butter.

Turken wrote:So... anybody bother to count how many batteries they actually sold today? I'm curious to know, but too lazy to see if the answer is buried in any of the product threads.

i'd like to know, but not enough to count myself... i'm hoping they'll do that in the aformentioned and hoped-for explanatory blog post

Yowch! Thunderstorms are running through my neck of south Jersey. And they are LOUD!

SkekTek wrote:Yowch! Thunderstorms are running through my neck of south Jersey. And they are LOUD!

hope you're posting from a laptop on a battery!

SkekTek wrote:Yowch! Thunderstorms are running through my neck of south Jersey. And they are LOUD!

Hi, they just left us a little while ago. Not good!
Don't know if anyone is interested but Snapster posted a note about what happened earlier. When people were told they couldn't get crap because they already got it.

http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=2116231&PageIndex=102&ReplyCount=4108
Sorry, I don't remember how to link straight to a post....scan down to Snapster if you want to see it. Good Night

Oh, how I hate them:

jqubed wrote:hope you're posting from a laptop on a battery!

Yeppers... COOL!!!! HAIL!!!!!

Josephus wrote:Oh, how I hate them:

At least you got that far. I never got that screen...

terrybatey wrote:Hi, they just left us a little while ago. Not good!
Don't know if anyone is interested but Snapster posted a note about what happened earlier. When people were told they couldn't get crap because they already got it.

http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=2116231&PageIndex=102&ReplyCount=4108
Sorry, I don't remember how to link straight to a post....scan down to Snapster if you want to see it. Good Night

From my own experience, and from what Snapster indicated, the first posting of crap at 3:00 EDT didn't create a problem. It was only an issue if you got the "in-line" message for either craps two or three. Within our community, I believe that this should impact KtC, Orc, Lady Poof, and a few others. I hope that the woot gods can come up with a good resolution.

spongebrain wrote:From my own experience, and from what Snapster indicated, the first posting of crap at 3:00 EDT didn't create a problem. It was only an issue if you got the "in-line" message for either craps two or three. Within our community, I believe that this should impact KtC, Orc, Lady Poof, and a few others. I hope that the woot gods can come up with a good resolution.

Free shipping maybe.

dontwantaname wrote:I wonder if sellout would take a free shipping code on a penny item?
Or even a three cents item.

Heh. In all of the fun and excitement of last night, I forgot to check sellout. Crap, I wanted an IR thermometer.