Hm... my schrodiner's cat that is estimated to ship on the 25th is still at "shipment information sent to fedex" status... wonder if it actually shipped or is just sitting somewhere for the past several days.

If folks are getting their info from My Fedex now, I'm guessing that means we'll all have our little bundle of confusion land on the front porch within a week.

Not all of us of course, I'm looking forward to seeing the one or two that bounce around Wisconsin for a while before ending up on a farm in Tennessee.

myspamhere wrote:They sent you the body?

Heeheehee...Nice...

My shipment info sent to FedEx update is up as well...yaaaay! I've got goosebumps!

Looks like track by reference is working for me as well. No real dimensions yet, but estimated delivery was yesterday. I'm surprised at how fast the TBR worked this time, it usually ends up being a week before these things ship out.

This is the first time my tracking has shown an invoice number, does it show up for anyone else? I doubt it means anything, but it's weird that there hasn't been one in the past.

I tried to set up a FedEx account so I could check mine, and it keeps saying that my address does not exist. I love living in the country.

BillMoose wrote:If folks are getting their info from My Fedex now, I'm guessing that means we'll all have our little bundle of confusion land on the front porch within a week.

From the looks of it, even though the tracking/reference numbers are in the system, they haven't actually left Woot's warehouse yet...

My guess is 1.5-to-2 weeks til we get them.

Got my new drivers license a few hours after scoring my crap. Let's see who is faster, the DMV or Smartpost....it'll be like watching 2 match sprinters trackstanding for a week and a half.....

jaymanmsu wrote:

True dat!

I just tried my reference number and got a status of "not found"

I sent a Tweet to WootService asking and they responded saying they are organized and will ship sometime within the next couple of days.

Has anyone commented/explained yet why the total number of these sold magically went down from nearly 3500 at the beginning to under 3000 now?

My guess would be that 500 or so were "processing" or "waiting in line" and then eventually failed.

gwintner wrote:Has anyone commented/explained yet why the total number of these sold magically went down from nearly 3500 at the beginning to under 3000 now?

Track by Reference didn't work for me with the last Bucket o' Chum, but I got my tracking info with it this time!

Dave

scottonthepot wrote:Would you be willing to do a little trade? I have a few Sansa's without cables...

Well, it's probably a bit cheaper (and less wait) if you just buy a cable from eBay. I only have two cables, so it's not worth trying to do a trade since the cables are so cheap.

I've got my placeholder as well.

My other purchase from the Woot-off (some art stuff for my 4 year old from Kids Woot!) got its tracking number on Saturday and made its way to the FedEx location in Dallas last night. It left FedEx this morning and has an ETA in NYC on July 7th.

So, hopefully it will be arriving sometime late next week

hackman2007 wrote:Well, it's probably a bit cheaper (and less wait) if you just buy a cable from eBay. I only have two cables, so it's not worth trying to do a trade since the cables are so cheap.

I like how the first couple of items that come up on that EBay search are from the same seller, who will sell you the cable for $0.99 with $1.07 shipping, or you can get it with FREE! shipping for only $2.06!

jaymanmsu wrote:

Shame you can't use woot-related designs over at shirt.woot--I bet people would go for this one.

SirSunkist wrote:Hm... my schrodiner's cat that is estimated to ship on the 25th is still at "shipment information sent to fedex" status... wonder if it actually shipped or is just sitting somewhere for the past several days.

I like the idea of Schrödinger's Crap. Until it arrives and I open it, it's simultaneously a ThreePieceWoot letter, and three mini-tripods in a bucket.

Nobody measure my box!

Does anyone else have an invoice number on the FedEx tracking info for theirs? I've never had one. It says "Invoice Number WT10186A-1"

sheetz wrote:Same here. I did a google search and it comes back with an earlier Bowl of Cereal thread where it was their purchase number. It's not normally there though.

Did you see what they got in their Bowl of Cereal?

nathans4 wrote:Did you see what they got in their Bowl of Cereal?

Here's the link from the google search:
http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=3606338&PageIndex=64&ReplyCount=2684

and someone else's listing of items from that B<>C

# 20-ish Bags of Texas Air
# 1 Nut Roaster
# 1 Altec lansing im207 speaker (opened and untested so far) EDIT: working
# 2 PHD pencils
# 1 XM Xpress Case
# 2 packages of Medisana TENS pads (not counting them out, sorry)
# 1 GFM 35mm automatic camera

kayiena wrote:I'm showing the same 1lb dimension-less package as well. But.. it does say the "anticipated" ship date was yesterday... Yay!

Where is everyone finding this information?

sheetz wrote:Same here. I did a google search and it comes back with an earlier Bowl of Cereal thread where it was their purchase number. It's not normally there though.

What's really funny to me is that Bowl of Cereal thread that you mentioned...yeah, that thread was from my first Bowl of Cereal, back in November of 2009. It was eerie to do the same Google search you did and wind up there :D DEJA VU!

kelleyballard wrote:Where is everyone finding this information?

goto Fedex.com.... use the "track by reference" option and enter the order # from your your woot purchase to see if your shipment is on record

sqerl wrote:Here's the link from the google search:
http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=3606338&PageIndex=64&ReplyCount=2684

I can tell you what I got, ha! It earned me my Quality Post:

http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=3630501

jennyland wrote:What's really funny to me is that Bowl of Cereal thread that you mentioned...yeah, that thread was from my first Bowl of Cereal, back in November of 2009. It was eerie to do the same Google search you did and wind up there :D DEJA VU!

I got that particular Bowl of Cereal as well, it wasn't my first, but it was on my birthday.

I'm guessing the invoice number doesn't mean anything.

jennyland wrote:I can tell you what I got, ha! It earned me my Quality Post:

http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=3630501

I did pictures and a listing of my Bandoleer of Carrots and didn't get a quality post

sqerl wrote:I did pictures and a listing of my Bandoleer of Carrots and didn't get a quality post

But were your pictures of the same amazing quality as jennyland?

sqerl wrote:goto Fedex.com.... use the "track by reference" option and enter the order # from your your woot purchase to see if your shipment is on record

Thanks! Same as everyone else. First Barrage of creatures. Can't wait!

sheetz wrote:But were your pictures of the same amazing quality as jennyland?

I know, right?! I received my Quality Post for being mocked by the WootBot, hee! I'll take it, though, I had so much fun in my first Bowl of Cereal opening, and I didn't have a good camera with me to take pictures! Also, I figured if so many of us were getting so much of the same thing, it wouldn't hurt to put up manufacturer images, right? Right?! :D

i can't believe it's up already. that's so early!! not sure if i want to track by reference.. maybe i'll wait this time and be surprised. hmmmmm.

*edit*
ok, couldn't wait. placeholder is up.

No place holder for me, hopefully that isnt a bad sign.

Still says

"
your order is in.
you're all set now.

click here to view your receipt.
"

RoachisaroacH wrote:No place holder for me, hopefully that isnt a bad sign.

Still says

"
your order is in.
you're all set now.

click here to view your receipt.
"

You won't get a placeholder or any tracking info from woot yet. You have to go to FedEx and track by reference using your order number and zip code.

No place holder for me either.

Another item I bought the same day will be here tomorrow though.

I have a situation. I've been bragging to my fellow co-workers about getting a Bowl of Cereal and they didn't. Now they are asking if I would bring the box in and open it at work so they can bask in all it's glory and share in the excitement.

So... do I dare get the shipment and let it sit in my house for that long without opening it? Do I let them share in the greatness that is the Bowl of Cereal having not earned one themselves?

Woody1150 wrote:I have a situation. I've been bragging to my fellow co-workers about getting a Bowl of Cereal and they didn't. Now they are asking if I would bring the box in and open it at work so they can bask in all it's glory and share in the excitement.

So... do I dare get the shipment and let it sit in my house for that long without opening it? Do I let them share in the greatness that is the Bowl of Cereal having not earned one themselves?

Don't share. Brag about the greatness at work the next day!

Read nothing into whether or not you have a tracking number yet. People with good craps (if there really is such a thing) have been able to track early and people with bad craps have been able to track early. And sometimes the tracking number comes late, even for golden ticket winners.

Woody1150 wrote:I have a situation. I've been bragging to my fellow co-workers about getting a Bowl of Cereal and they didn't. Now they are asking if I would bring the box in and open it at work so they can bask in all it's glory and share in the excitement.

So... do I dare get the shipment and let it sit in my house for that long without opening it? Do I let them share in the greatness that is the Bowl of Cereal having not earned one themselves?

A wise man once said, "suckers!"

I've seen a couple of other requests for swaps and stuff... Before this thread gets overwhelmed when the weights start coming in, does anyone have any extra media/CD's for the ATI TV tuner cards? I got 2 loose cards (model 600 PCIE) in my Bowl of Cereal a few months ago. And, although my pirating skills are ok, and I found a copy of the Catalyst Media software that's supposed to come with them, I'd sure like an original disk.

I PM'd a user that mentioned getting a stack of CD's for these in a previous forum, but he never responded back.

PM me if you have an extra CD. I'll be happy to work out a good trade with you.