I WANT MY Banjo of Consternation!!!

Got my Banjo of Consternation yesterday, opened it today.

4x iGo adapters w/o tips
1x Grandpa Munster Action Figure/Doll
1x Lowepro Camera Bag

and...

1x ROOMBA DISCOVERY!

Real happy about the Roomba and I think it's an awesome thing to get on a first Banjo of Consternation. For anyone who's curious, there was no weight listed on my tracking info and I didn't weight it when I received it. Oh, and I had ordered 1 Bandolier of Carrots in the woot-off due to the malfunctioning "want 3" button and I emailed for a upgrade to 3

Mine came.

Got the broken Polaroid DVD-R thing... tried a HD I had kicking around, still just blinks HELLO.
Got a broken respiffied Zune. Opened it up, and it's all corroded. Plus I didn't reassemble it correctly. Heh.
Got a stuffed something-or-other. Don't remember what, and it is suction cupped to the window downstairs... too lazy to check :-P
And finally... a small digital camera bag... useful for the zero small digital cameras I have.

Oh, well. It was still fun. Wish I got a roomba... if anyone wants any of this, shoot me an email... my username at my username dot info, all lowercase.

Edit: Zune and DVR have been claimed.

zimme71 wrote:I checked eBay, and the Targus iPod locks, new in the packaging (like mine) were going for up to $20 each. So maybe eBay them??

Well our old bag of carp showed up today

it was just under 13lbs

26 bags of good old woot air
1 lowepro camera bag
4 igo power things no tips
and


1 roomba discovery that seems to be in good shape but no manual or comb


Very very happy with this Banjo of Consternation

I got mine today. Ordered 3 (the button worked for me) 4.2 lb box

1x Oversized Woot! box
19 x Texas Air
4x iGo power adapters w/o tips
1x Wrigleys Juicy Fruit Collectors thingy
1x Lowepro Camera Bag
1x Belkin 7 Port Detachable USB Travel Hub

Travel hub has a sticker on the case that states it is dead. I plugged it in, tried all the ports and it works fine. Wanted a Zune, but no complaints.

Alright, received my 2nd RBOC of my life....one day ahead of the anticpated delivery date.....and I received:

One (1) LowePro Digital Camera Bag
Three (3) Targus Desktop Security Locks for iPod

wallsg wrote:Woot should fix the ordering page to use a pull-down or radio buttons instead of a graphic button-linked script that fetches and updates the page to set quantity. Then there would be no issue. The script works fine when there are no server problems, but I believe that the definition of "Distributed Denial of Service Attack" says "See Banjo of Consternation".

"Distributed Denial of Service Attack" says "See Banjo of Consternation"
I like that. Good observation

recieved my 3rd Bandolier of Carrots. and i guess 3'rd times a charm....
my weight was 2.8 lbs so I really didn't expect anything all that exciting.
i ordered 3, didn't need to email for the upgrade, received 3 through the site.

good ole lowepro camera bag
mr T 3d action puppet
robonetics robo pet
and a 30 gb respiffied'd white zune, charging now...appears to be in great condition

wonderful Bandolier of Carrots woot....couldn't be happier with MR T!!!!

thanks woot woot!

freelance wrote:Was the guy with "the letter" a hoax? or did he not get anything yet?

Seems odd.

PEACE

not a hoax. still no word from the freight company. my woot profile was set to my work telephone number, so i set my voice mail to forward to my cell in case they call over the weekend.

got my fingers crossed for something good!

FourOhFour wrote:Mine came.

Got the broken Polaroid DVD-R thing... tried a HD I had kicking around, still just blinks HELLO.

Before I give up and give this thing away... is there supposed to be anything connected here? And if so, to where?

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4x iGo Cords
1x Wrigley's Gum thingy
1x JVC Camcorder Bag
1x Microsoft Wireless keyboard... But no mouse or receiver to go with it! :D

So I got mad when I saw the smartpost link saying "USPS Entry" and I stormed up to the post office after work.

No luck... The person behind the counter couldn't find it even though I told him "It's probably a bigger box and it says "WOOT" on it.

GRRRRRR

If it says "out for delivery" or "Attempted" tomorrow, you bet your butt I'm going up there to collect!!! I have Woot stuff delivered to work for this very reason. More often than not, I'm at work!!!

FourOhFour wrote:Before I give up and give this thing away... is there supposed to be anything connected here? And if so, to where?

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I don't think so. I have 2 empty ports on the mainboard as well, but I don't even get the 'hello', nor do I get any lights. Does the drive spin up when plugged into the power socket?

FourOhFour wrote:Before I give up and give this thing away... is there supposed to be anything connected here? And if so, to where?

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You may want to read this:

http://justmakeitbetter.blogspot.com/2008/07/fixing-polaroid-dvd-recorder-you.html

sashabell51 wrote:So I got mad when I saw the smartpost link saying "USPS Entry" and I stormed up to the post office after work.

No luck... The person behind the counter couldn't find it even though I told him "It's probably a bigger box and it says "WOOT" on it.

GRRRRRR

If it says "out for delivery" or "Attempted" tomorrow, you bet your butt I'm going up there to collect!!! I have Woot stuff delivered to work for this very reason. More often than not, I'm at work!!!

I could be wrong but I don't think it's actually at the post office until it says "Arrival at Unit."

hmm..
I can see the california people are still waiting...

Anyone closer to woot (texas) stil waiting on theirs?

I live in western arkansas.. right next door..
Still nothing.. the fedex tracking data says it arrived at their site.. in dallas.. a week ago...
no changes since..
arkansas and texas touch.. dallas is 5-6 hours from me.. at worst, the hub they would send to is memphis.. a day from dallas.. and less back to me..

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And for those saying "UPGRADES GET EVERYTHING!!"
I was an upgrade during the last wootoff.. I definately seemed to get "less" than everyone who posted for that one..

This time left it at 1 (still couldnt get the 3 button to work) .. Just to kinda see how random it really is.. cause Ive never heard of a "1" order being 1 really cool thing.. they always seem to be junk.. while "buy 3" seems to be the only way to get a cool item(s) thrown in.
guess whatever my 1 is.. i may or may not see it..

acraigl wrote:I don't think so. I have 2 empty ports on the mainboard as well, but I don't even get the 'hello', nor do I get any lights. Does the drive spin up when plugged into the power socket?

Yeah. It spins up the HD I added, blinks HELLO for a few minutes, then it sounds like it reboots. The HD spins down and back up... blinks HELLO some more.

I am not positive either of the two HDs I'm trying work. One is an old 20 gigger from a Mac... and I can't remember the last non-laptop Mac I had... and the other is a 10 gigger from my grandmother's old Dell... which I couldn't get to boot for long enough to nuke the HD.

Also, I am not positive the HD cable I'm using is correct... it's the one from the dell for the CD drives, and I punched a hole where the sealed off pin is.

unusualpsycho wrote:You may want to read this:

http://justmakeitbetter.blogspot.com/2008/07/fixing-polaroid-dvd-recorder-you.html

I did, thanks. Added the HD, it's still saying hi.

cmoran wrote:I like your sig. Looks a lot like my Peavy Cirrus 5 Bubinga and Walnut bass

Thanks! I like it... plays as beautifully as it looks.

FourOhFour wrote:Before I give up and give this thing away... is there supposed to be anything connected here? And if so, to where?

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Nope, no need to worry about those two connections. Mine works perfectly with just the added hard drive and cables.

Oh a side note, those connectors that you're pointing to look similar to the unnecessary cd-rom audio connectors or a place to plug in an extra case fan on my computer motherboard...or something like that.

Check out this link if you need help with your zune
http://www.rapidrepair.com/shop/zune-repair-guides.html

For anyone who got a Sansa with audio problems, I've posted a brief repair guide:
http://sites.google.com/site/brentgerig/sansa

This guide should work for Zunes with audio problems, too, but refer to the guide that ExMORTIUS posted above for disassembly. Headphone jack is pictured at the top-left of photo 9.

FourOhFour wrote:Yeah. It spins up the HD I added, blinks HELLO for a few minutes, then it sounds like it reboots. The HD spins down and back up... blinks HELLO some more.

I am not positive either of the two HDs I'm trying work. One is an old 20 gigger from a Mac... and I can't remember the last non-laptop Mac I had... and the other is a 10 gigger from my grandmother's old Dell... which I couldn't get to boot for long enough to nuke the HD.

Also, I am not positive the HD cable I'm using is correct... it's the one from the dell for the CD drives, and I punched a hole where the sealed off pin is.

Any IDE cable (which is what you're using if it came from a cd-rom) will work after you punch the hole through the sealed off pin. Either your old hard drives are bad or the DVR itself is unrepairable.

bassman998 wrote:For anyone who got a Sansa with audio problems, I've posted a brief repair guide:
http://sites.google.com/site/brentgerig/sansa

This guide should work for Zunes with audio problems, too, but refer to the guide that ExMORTIUS posted above for disassembly. Headphone jack is pictured at the top-left of photo 9.

I tried this after the last wootoff (I received 3 with bad left channels) and I could never get the solder to stick to the board. I also didn't have extra solder at the time so I just melted the existing bead of solder. It stuck until I put even the slightest amount of pressure on the jack, much less that I would exert by plugging in headphones. Could it have something to do with my dirty soldering iron tip? It was my first attempt at doing any circuit board soldering...and it failed.

I got my B.O.C today

Huge box

1x extreamly well used keyboard
1x camera bag (just the bag)
4x Tipless go chargers
1x dycast tractor thing
1x Phone emergancy charger

Huge box got me excited but tho shalt not complain about C...rap
Thanks woot gods!!

dhelmuth wrote:I tried this after the last wootoff (I received 3 with bad left channels) and I could never get the solder to stick to the board. I also didn't have extra solder at the time so I just melted the existing bead of solder. It stuck until I put even the slightest amount of pressure on the jack, much less that I would exert by plugging in headphones. Could it have something to do with my dirty soldering iron tip? It was my first attempt at doing any circuit board soldering...and it failed.

Yeah, it might have been the soldering iron tip. You always want to make sure it's clean and well tinned. Tinning it means applying solder to the tip, than cleaning the excess solder off. Always have a wet sponge handy to keep the tip clean as you're working. The goal with soldering is to heat the pieces that you want to solder, and let those pieces melt the solder. I usually put a small bead of fresh solder on the soldering iron tip just before I work on the connection -- it helps the heat flow.

If you still have the bad mp3 players, you may want to try again, and in addition, superglue the plastic connector to the board to minimize wiggling. (If you don't feel like trying again, feel free to send them to me. ;-)

I'm in Nebraska and still no Bandolier of Carrots for me either. Tracking says it left BROOKLYN PARK, MN on the second, but no information since then. I really thought it would be here today.

Shoppingdingo wrote:hmm..
I can see the california people are still waiting...

Anyone closer to woot (texas) stil waiting on theirs?

I live in western arkansas.. right next door..
Still nothing.. the fedex tracking data says it arrived at their site.. in dallas.. a week ago...
no changes since..
arkansas and texas touch.. dallas is 5-6 hours from me.. at worst, the hub they would send to is memphis.. a day from dallas.. and less back to me..

==========================

And for those saying "UPGRADES GET EVERYTHING!!"
I was an upgrade during the last wootoff.. I definately seemed to get "less" than everyone who posted for that one..

This time left it at 1 (still couldnt get the 3 button to work) .. Just to kinda see how random it really is.. cause Ive never heard of a "1" order being 1 really cool thing.. they always seem to be junk.. while "buy 3" seems to be the only way to get a cool item(s) thrown in.
guess whatever my 1 is.. i may or may not see it..

Utah here and still waiting. All my status from fedex says is that it left the dallas sortation center. thats it.

I've been trying to figure out the SmartPost tracking info I got - not that it matters. I got my Bo.C earlier this week, but I can't help feel that there's more stuff out there just floating around On SmartPost Pond. Please let me know if anyone can tell me how my carp left Missouri and arrived in Cincinnati on the SAME day it left Indianapolis and arrived in Wisconsin , or something . . . ?

Anyway, I got
1 Video camera bag
4 Tipless iGo auto chargers
1 Jumbo remote (with glow in the dark buttons!)
...and the Bo.C coup de grace - Mr T vs the Mind Thieves! (I think this is a 33 RPM record, though I won't open it for fear of ruining its value . . . )

Thanks Woot!

December 3, 2008 2:10 PM Delivered NOBLESVILLE,IN
December 2, 2008 2:30 PM Sortation Center Arrival NEW BERLIN, WI
December 2, 2008 11:02 AM Enroute CINCINNATI,OH
December 2, 2008 7:03 AM Sortation Center Departure EARTH CITY, MO
December 2, 2008 7:00 AM USPS Entry CINCINN, OH
December 2, 2008 3:44 AM Sortation Center Departure INDIANAPOLIS, IN
December 2, 2008 12:00 AM USPS Electronically Notified CINCINNATI,OH
November 29, 2008 1:52 AM Sortation Center Arrival EARTH CITY, MO
November 28, 2008 9:23 AM Sortation Center Departure DALLAS, TX
November 23, 2008 2:38 PM Sortation Center Arrival DALLAS, TX
November 22, 2008 1:00 PM Pickup CARROLLTON, TX

bassman998 wrote:Yeah, it might have been the soldering iron tip. You always want to make sure it's clean and well tinned. Tinning it means applying solder to the tip, than cleaning the excess solder off. Always have a wet sponge handy to keep the tip clean as you're working. The goal with soldering is to heat the pieces that you want to solder, and let those pieces melt the solder. I usually put a small bead of fresh solder on the soldering iron tip just before I work on the connection -- it helps the heat flow.

If you still have the bad mp3 players, you may want to try again, and in addition, superglue the plastic connector to the board to minimize wiggling. (If you don't feel like trying again, feel free to send them to me. ;-)

Oh, I'll definitely try again soon. The reason my tip is dirty is because I didn't have a wet sponge handy. That's a good idea about gluing the jack to the board. I was considering putting superglue over the faulty connection after it cooled again to see if that would hold it. Never occurred to me to glue the jack itself.

I'm pretty sure the existing solder is now dirty thanks to my dirty tip and I don't have a solder sucker. Any suggestions on how to remove the old dirty molten solder so I can put down a fresh bead?

Oh, also, any recommendations on what type of solder to buy?

the loot has arrived! (and a day early even!) i must say, this is the most pristine looking box of carp i've gotten. nary a dent to be seen on the box.

for the record, in seattle, smutpost said 14.4 lbs







19 - clear, puffy bags
2 - Mr. T record things (if only i still had a record player)
1 - digital camera bag
4 - iGo chargers (3 not shown)

and the coup de gras...
1 - roomba! looks completely new! no hair or dirt/dust. even still has a warranty card!

thank woot christmas gods!

dhelmuth wrote:Oh, I'll definitely try again soon. The reason my tip is dirty is because I didn't have a wet sponge handy. That's a good idea about gluing the jack to the board. I was considering putting superglue over the faulty connection after it cooled again to see if that would hold it. Never occurred to me to glue the jack itself.

I'm pretty sure the existing solder is now dirty thanks to my dirty tip and I don't have a solder sucker. Any suggestions on how to remove the old dirty molten solder so I can put down a fresh bead?

Oh, also, any recommendations on what type of solder to buy?

If you have some old coax cable around that has the braided copper shield, cut a piece 3-4 inches long, strip the jacket and pull out the center insulation. Take the braid and lay it on the area to be cleaned and touch your iron to the back side. The old excess solder should wick up into the braid. Standard 60/40 rosin core is best for board work,smaller diameters are easier to control.

With all the roomba that seem to end up in bags of carp, does anyone wonder about the quality of the original product? Do they all really suck (in a bad way) and that is why woot keeps getting them to give away? Same thoughts about Sansas.....

4x iGo universal power adapter (no tips)
1x Lowepro camera case (very nice quality, and useful pockets!)
1x Juicy Fruit toothpick holder (well, that's what i use it for)

...and...

1x Infini 10.4" digital picture frame complete with fingerprints (a $249.99 value back in 1/8/07, which is the date on the receipt that's taped to the box.

Sacramento, CA
3.5 lbs per fedex, seems about right.

THANKS, WOOT!!! 8-)

lespaul5807 wrote:as mentioned back a page or two....i'd be interested in anyone's tripod (buy/trade/gift)

Leslie

I got a tripod up for trade.

tradintraci wrote:I got a tripod up for trade.

I PMd you! Let me know....

Onto another subject, I just downloaded Wootalyzer after reading a few pages back that it can automatically buy items. Does it automatically order 3? If not, where is the setting to have it do that?

Thanks!
Leslie

lespaul5807 wrote:I PMd you! Let me know....

Onto another subject, I just downloaded Wootalyzer after reading a few pages back that it can automatically buy items. Does it automatically order 3? If not, where is the setting to have it do that?

Thanks!
Leslie

It doesnt automatically buy items, but it will "I want one" for you. then you will have to enter your payment info and verify shipping along with select "I want 3".

Good luck, make sure you are signed into woot on your default browser as well.

_BZN_

rmurchshafer wrote:With all the roomba that seem to end up in bags of carp, does anyone wonder about the quality of the original product? Do they all really suck (in a bad way) and that is why woot keeps getting them to give away? Same thoughts about Sansas.....

I don't think so. Think about it this way: for every item every manufactured or sold, there's an expectation that a certain percentage will fa.il - fa.il to work, fa.il to play, fa.il to flash hypnotizing light displays, whatever. Fa.ilure, of course, could be caused by manufacturing errors, but also caused by shipping goofs (UPS could be pronounced "OOPS"), as well as user error. Now Woot! sells and ships more Sansas and Roombas than any company that I know of. Figure in the fact that a good percentage of buyers are pulling the trigger because of an apparent deal, not necessarily because they want, need, or understand what they're buying in the first place. Combine that with the fact that Woot! ships EVERYTHING for $5! $5!!! And you've seen how this stuff is packed. Are you surprized that there may be an unusually large number of damaged (soon to be "refurbed") items showing up in these Bo.C's??

I personally have bought both a respiffied Roomba and several respiffied Sansas without issues or complaints. Only mild jealousy of others given that I've never received either in a Bo.C.

I'm just sayin'.

8)

carl669 wrote:the loot has arrived! (and a day early even!) i must say, this is the most pristine looking box of carp i've gotten. nary a dent to be seen on the box.

for the record, in seattle, smutpost said 14.4 lbs







19 - clear, puffy bags
2 - Mr. T record things (if only i still had a record player)
1 - digital camera bag
4 - iGo chargers (3 not shown)

and the coup de gras...
1 - roomba! looks completely new! no hair or dirt/dust. even still has a warranty card!

thank woot christmas gods!

The Roomba's look new, i thought mine was new too, until you actually open it and are putting it together. It's def not new, although after a nights worth of charging it works fine.

Ok I see, it just saves the step of pushing the 'I want one' button, you still have to complete the transaction....

Ok then, I have PMd you, brazenisgod, with another question....

thanks!
Leslie