What if these don't sell out before midnight? Will there be no Friday woot?

olwhitee wrote:Just an FYI, these are selling on ebay for crazy prices.

Worth the investment to buy 3 if you like to sell stuff and make money.

http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-Official-Woot-Off-Amber-Lights-Brand-New-in-Box_W0QQitemZ250583938786QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a57f776e2

Based on my research, they are going for $8.25/ea currently...but, with "free shipping." So, if you purchase 3 @ $4.99 + $5/shipping = $19.97. Sell for $8.25/ea = $24.75 = profit of $4.82.

Based on typical delivery time from woot, time for me to set-up an ebay auction, watch said auction, and mail/deliver the items sold in said auction, by my calculations I will have made $0.13/hr for my Woot Wage.

I'd rather justify a purchase of 3 by simply stating that I like flashing lights. And tinsel. And stripper/b00b glitter. And...

NightGhost wrote:And you're obviously taking the time to type this - with one hand. If I were a Wootman, I'd vote you a burrito.

Nope, typing with two hands. Pressing keys is about the limit of what one is good for. Can't barely lift its own weight anymore, pain off the charts, and of late is shaking like a leaf.

This is a good mind-rot diversion to keep from thinking about stuff I'd rather not think about. I've had more than enough surgery for one life, and so far have managed to keep all my body parts. This time though, realistially, it ain't looking so good for me. FAST-growing mass, intensely painful, getting worse daily.

Link3220 wrote:I'm surprised that no one has thrown out the idea that maybe Woot will throw in a f.s. monkey with every light purchase. These things by themselves aren't worth anywhere near $4.99... so cheaply made and so many that don't work at all.

Even if they dont work they are very easy to fix.
bad bulb, get a new one at RadioShack. bad motor, Get one from RadioShack.
of course the parts will cost you the price of the lights. i already have modifications in mind for at least one of my sets.

tivonutdc wrote:Thanks for that info,, I was wondering.

You're very welcome. Say... was that my first "quality post"?

durfinator wrote: And stripper/b00b glitter. And...

I do like glitter as well...;)

WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!WHOOP!

I wonder how many of these they have...not ending soon! I bought mine already, thought the pair I got was the last!!!

for those who missed the flush light, perhaps these would suffice: like having a tow truck in yer bathroom.

tom55522 wrote:has anyone tried plugging the lights into a usb wall charger, like the ipod usb-to-wall outlet thing?

Yeah they will work just fine in it!

Great for roadside emergency. just need an adapter plus an extension.

I'm in for three. One of my underlings (mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha) brought some to the convention last year and I loved them.

qwertyasd wrote:What if these don't sell out before midnight? Will there be no Friday woot?

the woot will go one. if they dont sell out Bunch of Crepes winners will expect to see them in thier boxes. maybe a whole pallet of them.. a new item will be posted at 1am EST, 12am CST, 11pm MST, 10pm PST

i am so sad if this is actually the end

I just bought three, because I figure if I'm to regret buying something, it may as well arrive on my birthday.

Well, i've done my part. Now can I have my monkey?

kogaku wrote:Nope, typing with two hands. Pressing keys is about the limit of what one is good for. Can't barely lift its own weight anymore, pain off the charts, and of late is shaking like a leaf.

This is a good mind-rot diversion to keep from thinking about stuff I'd rather not think about. I've had more than enough surgery for one life, and so far have managed to keep all my body parts. This time though, realistially, it ain't looking so good for me. FAST-growing mass, intensely painful, getting worse daily.

Yowtch. I just gave a rub to my lucky Irish coin, and another to my lucky Japanese one - hope they work for you. Woot on!

keh5 wrote:i am so sad if this is actually the end

In 10 minutes it will be the beginning.

Got these a few months ago. The motor on one of them didn't work, and in turn, the other one spun around (what I believed was) abnormally fast. Pretty funny, till they just totally died after about an hour of use.

/sigh

yguildl wrote:Woot should add 1$ donations in there woot offs, like 1$ donation to breast cancer awearness, or 1$ donation to child-diabetes or something along those lines. do the world some good woot.

they would have to research what are valid and good charities. and then still there would still be complaints. maybe the red cross with a choice of where the funds go. i wouldn't complain if it were just 10 or fifteen minutes and they told you in advance how long it would last

Looks like there's not going to be a sellout unless there's a huge run at the end.

NightGhost wrote:In 10 minutes it will be the beginning.

but i doubt it'll be anything i actually want

“An example from the monkey: the higher it climbs, the more you see of its behind”
-German Proverb

“Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.”
-Winston Churchill

“Never believe that body is permanent. Body is like a water bubble. Mind is like a mad monkey.”
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba


W00t: My mind is a mad, mad monkey. Those adorable lil monkeys were such a tease!!! Put out with the freakin monkeys already!!!!

durfinator wrote:Based on my research, they are going for $8.25/ea currently...but, with "free shipping." So, if you purchase 3 @ $4.99 + $5/shipping = $19.97. Sell for $8.25/ea = $24.75 = profit of $4.82.

Based on typical delivery time from woot, time for me to set-up an ebay auction, watch said auction, and mail/deliver the items sold in said auction, by my calculations I will have made $0.13/hr for my Woot Wage.

I'd rather justify a purchase of 3 by simply stating that I like flashing lights. And tinsel. And stripper/b00b glitter. And...

minus listing, shipping, packaging and final cost you may make 1.00

tivonutdc wrote:they would have to research what are valid and good charities. and then still there would still be complaints. maybe the red cross with a choice of where the funds go. i wouldn't complain if it were just 10 or fifteen minutes and they told you in advance how long it would last

I think they shoudl do it like regular items.. people sit hours through cutting knives and hours through roombas. maybe woot could sale a certain number and if it does well, sell another charity later on. i bet money people would buy it, just because

SLEEP GLORIOUS Sleeeeeep..... and maybe some real food as well...

last comment of the woot off!!

Worst Woot-off ever!

There wasn't even one thing this Woot-off that I could buy.

"WOOT monkey says what?"
"What?"

Friday = another Dyson?!?!

random bags of carp should be sold for charity

kogaku wrote:Nope, typing with two hands. Pressing keys is about the limit of what one is good for. Can't barely lift its own weight anymore, pain off the charts, and of late is shaking like a leaf.

This is a good mind-rot diversion to keep from thinking about stuff I'd rather not think about. I've had more than enough surgery for one life, and so far have managed to keep all my body parts. This time though, realistially, it ain't looking so good for me. FAST-growing mass, intensely painful, getting worse daily.

wow. sending up prayers for you.

redeemer1113 wrote:THE ALL IMPORTANT QUESTION: will they work with my commodore 64?

Yes. You will need to use a cassette-port-to-USB adapter. I built my own C64 adapter for a regular cassette recorder, but I just threw it out about a year ago.

Damn, and I thought I was ordering the last two... But someone else got credit. I had it on the order page for a few minutes as I had to run downstairs because I couldn't remember the security code.

The end and no monkey. Aww!

I've got to break up with the my girlfriend next time there is a woot off. She kept me away from the pc everytime something good i wanted appeared

BigRedDogATL wrote:Worst Woot-off ever!

There wasn't even one thing this Woot-off that I could buy.

Thee were lots of things I could have bought. But I didn't.

cindy1 wrote:This is terribly stupid, especially in this economy. Who could possibly care about something so silly and worthless during this economic time!

gee, i miss the good old other economic times... or is it a newspaper?

Yet another Woot-off completely wrecked by work! Sadness...

Will this work with my Mac?

BigRedDogATL wrote:Worst Woot-off ever!

There wasn't even one thing this Woot-off that I could buy.

There was not anything in this woot-off that I wanted to buy, it was the worst one that I have seen also and yes, I've seen all of the woot-offs.