Somebody, please tell me how often the "Banging old cans" sale is run on Woot?

Why is this posting process changing my quoted words in the last two posts. I'll try again. Does anyone know when the random koi sales are scheduled? Thanks

wcentner wrote:Why is this posting process changing my quoted words in the last two posts. I'll try again. Does anyone know when the random koi sales are scheduled? Thanks

a. I love it when newbies post, and get tricked by the filters.

b. There are two words in your post that do not go together: "random" and "scheduled". That should give you your answer.

sandeip wrote:These guys need Akamai. Woot, please visit www.akamai.com.
No more server problems if you use Akamai!

Wrong. Akamai serves up web pages fast by replicating them to local servers; that doesn't help process business transactions.

wcentner wrote:Somebody, please tell me how often the "Banging old cans" sale is run on Woot?

The crappy bag is not generally scheduled. It usually comes on Christmas and perhaps other holidays. There is usually one at a random time during a Woot-Off when items are continually added [see Woot FaQ].

WOOT filters almost all the popular words.

wcentner wrote:Why is this posting process changing my quoted words in the last two posts. I'll try again. Does anyone know when the random koi sales are scheduled? Thanks

We only know when the non-random ones are scheduled. If you think real hard, you may be able to come up with one of those dates.

zikzak wrote:http://www.bagsofcrap.com/boc_items/

Everybody hopes to be one of the lucky few who gets a flat screen TV shipped to them for $8 total.

You can always just lie about it like they did.

jibal wrote:We only know when the non-random ones are scheduled. If you think real hard, you may be able to come up with one of those dates.

ooo! ooo! i know!! today!??!!?!

Rafalski wrote:I really wonder who lets the guy write they item descriptions on this website..... there is something really wrong with him..... not to mention that he never makes any sense

I laugh at them, he gets paid to make no sense, which in my opinion beats my job hands down!

HandsomeRuss wrote:Hey Woot, maybe its time to add some extra servers? Really freaking pathetic on your end idiots

haven't heard that one before...

jokerman wrote:Guess you never heard of computing on demand....???? Bottom line is WOOT severs B L O W big time and yes, I understand computers and networks. Woot S U C K S!!!

No, you obviously don't. Computing on demand is for dealing with intermittent computationally intensive tasks; it doesn't address servers that are oversaturated with network requests.

genius.

Congrat's to those who got in. Between my phone and my father's computer, I got nothing but Server is too Busy. Had the I want One show up, but nothing after.

Merry Christmas Wooters! I hope your Christmas koi is craptacular!!!

Klonk28 wrote:Here's a little known secret...if you buy some worthless stuff in a Woot-off to keep things moving, you rise in the priority list to get Booty.(OC)

I have gotten 7 since late 1995 and also bought my share of REAL doo doo.

(Case in point, the SAnyo "Claw". It scratches CDs and DVDs so they can't be read.)

So for anyone out there Bit ching about not getting B.O. Carpage, buy something during a Wootoff that's going slow.

Lies. I have only bought bags of koi, 3 in the last 4 months, nothing else. EVER.

I'm expecting a lump of coal for my Bag of Craps.

My last two scores included a set of golf clubs, and more recently a refurbished GPS and a camera bag (both of which I needed).

I do like that you get three craps in one stocking for this one, made it easier not having to pick "I want Three."

this Banging old cans that i bought represents the last purchase i make for myself.... goodness i hope theres a ps3 in it... otherwise im s.o.l.

w1ldblu3 wrote:Lies. I have only bought bags of koi, 3 in the last 4 months, nothing else. EVER.

You are not worthy.
Please forward your crap to someone more deserving.

i love how everyone is complaining about bad servers. if you ask me, i think its just fine how it is. if they had servers that could handle Brick of Carbon requests, they would all be gone in like... 10 seconds. plus the servers would be at idle for 99% of the time anyways. good planning, woot. keep it up!

aww i missed it!!!

So I've got 2 questions:

The first is, is this a Christmas thing or is this like the end of a wootoff thing?

and the second is:

Where can I find a list of what people ended up getting

Thank you woot gods! I thought I got screwed in the inevitable server crash, but somehow I got in!

Second Christmas koi, fourth koi overall

samrlevine wrote:So I've got 2 questions:

The first is, is this a Christmas thing or is this like the end of a wootoff thing?

and the second is:

Where can I find a list of what people ended up getting

1. Neither.

2. Here. In about a week or two, depending on how crappy SmartPost decides to be.

w1ldblu3 wrote:Lies. I have only bought bags of koi, 3 in the last 4 months, nothing else. EVER.

Including a sense of humor.

jibal wrote:That's like saying that Lassie is more like a collie than a dog.

well, I was speaking more in colloquial terms than technical terms. But if you want to be technical, yes, a raffle is a type of lottery.

How long do you think it will be before people start to realize that hitting refresh won't get them a koi?

durkzilla wrote:1. Neither.

2. Here. In about a week or two, depending on how crappy SmartPost decides to be.

if it's not a Christmas thing or a wootoff thing, is it just random then how / when they do the " Bag of camollie"

and thanks for answering b4

hey all.. i'm late posting to the thread, I know... but i just finished jumping up and down in excitement (and then sleeping, and then eating breakfast, and then going to visit friends for lunch, and then going to visit other friends for dinner, and ...) ...and anyway, just wanted to say that I was one of the lucky ones that was awarded an 'order complete' page on the Christmas Baggy of Camomile ! Yay... this will make it my 3rd Baggy of Camomile, but the first ever non woot-off Baggy of Camomile for me! Can't wait to see what Santa is strapping onto the snail and sending me for the holiday!!

Well at least woot got it right this time with just selling the items for all 3 for 3 bucks. No more "I want one" crying.

I still think that they have to get some sort of authentication system going. Something like what you use to verify an password setting with a graphic that you need to type in. I am sure it would overload the servers but if you are one of the many without "special utilities" to purchase the items, you really dont have a shot at getting a Bag of Cows. The authentication system would at least level the playing field for everyone to get a chance.

Merry X-Mas to all and to all a good night.

Klonk28 wrote:Isn't one of the best parts about a Booty of Catwoman just watching the whiners who didn't get one post?

This is my third this year.

It's not rocket science, dude.

Just anticipate, be ready, and execute.

W00T rules.

Dec 25, 2008 ... Breaking News: International Entertainer Eartha "Catwoman" Kitt Dies Of Cancer - January 17, 1927 - December 25, 2008 ...

happy holiday's

samrlevine wrote:if it's not a Christmas thing or a wootoff thing, is it just random then how / when they do the " Bag of camollie"

and thanks for answering b4

It is random, but you can make educated guesses as to when it is more likely. Take today, for example - Christmas is a holiday of giving, so Woot! has done Baggy of Camomile's on Christmas at least the last two years in a row (probably more).

Woot Offs are also an opportunity. Go back and read the forums, look at the history in "the community". You'll see that some Baggy of Camomile's come during Woot Offs, sometimes more than once, but it isn't a sure thing that there will be one. Random is as Random does, you know.

maybe they'll have this for kwanza too?????! *crossing fingers*

do we have one for tonight too? when is the next one? any guesses...

A little late to the forum, but I got one (three)! Made the holiday season a little more bearable knowing I have some Brisket On Challah heading my way.

got 1 as well...makes the flu seem a little more bearable. thanks woot!

byaspan wrote:A little late to the forum, but I got one (three)! Made the holiday season a little more bearable knowing I have some Brisket On Challah heading my way.

best B O C abbr i have ever seen. congrats.

Got one (three?)! It's one of only two times a year I'm typically able to even try - thanks woot!

Happy Holidays everyone!

call me a new-b but how does woot work with different times zones.

Klonk28 wrote:Here's a little known secret...if you buy some worthless stuff in a Woot-off to keep things moving, you rise in the priority list to get Booty.(OC)

I have gotten 7 since late 1995 and also bought my share of REAL doo doo.

(Case in point, the SAnyo "Claw". It scratches CDs and DVDs so they can't be read.)

So for anyone out there Bit ching about not getting B.O. Carpage, buy something during a Wootoff that's going slow.

Bull. I have wooted 66 times for a total of 121 items. You would think I would be toward the top of the priority list. This is just on Woot.com. Not to mention all the other items on the sister sites.

A new item appears at 12 midnight Central time each night.