firstly: congrats!

secondly: ifyoudon'tstartpumpingoutmorebagsofcrapi'mgoingtohavetocomedownthereandstranglesomeone

Thirdly: !

harv1l wrote:Lo0ks like I will "NOT" be buying anything more from WOOT, Amazon is the biggest load of As**oles on the planet and They don't get any of my business.

Who pissed in your cereal?

maybe the Bones Of Copperfield can be bought by more EST peeps fighting the poor CST server latency now!

llandar wrote:You barely bought anything in three years.

I've bought a fair chunk (and a few from my wife's account) but I'll probably think twice about buying in the future. Especially if woot staff get on and start bashing others in the comments. Wait, are you Jeff Bezos? It's all starting to make sense now...

Amazon has now created my perfect online experience. I love Woot, and woot often. I love Amazon and I loved Zappos before they were acquired by Amazon and still do, nothing's changed. I Zappo often, too. I was an Amazon customer in the first 6 months the site was live.

Should I just send Jeff Bezos a list of my favorite online shopping experiences and have him bundle them all up for me in one tidy url?

Congratulations, Woot! Never change.

Clarefree

llandar wrote:Are you new here? Ignoring questions and dishing out witty repartee is kind of what we do.

Customer Service and Forum Moderators will be the first things to go.

We'll miss you AgingDragQueen :o(

STAY HARD, WOOT!

To all at Woot, congratulations! Seriously! I'm sure that most of you are completely faced right now on Boone's Farm Red and will be drunk-posting responses in the forum all night long.


To all the nay-sayers going on about how much you hate Amazon, how Woot is a sellout, and how you'll never buy anything again, truck You!

Snapster worked his monkey butt off since 2004, with a hair-brained idea to sell just one thing a day and be a smart-ass about it. We, the Wooters were stupid enough to buy his one thing a day often enough to make this the best damn site on the whole interwebs.

He earned this big sale and that's great! He created a unique and successful business that has spawned dozens of imitators, even Amazon.

I say congratulations! Drink up! Hit the West End, Deep Ellum, Greenville or all three tonight!

As a partner in a soon-to-be-startup, I have to say that Woot's irreverence is a huge inspiration and hopefully we can be as successful as you!

Now go pound some Shiner Bock!

Most consumers think Amazon is great.
But if you're ever on the B2B side of Amazon, they are not what they seem. Yea, they owe me lots of money. And I'll never get it because they are in Washington and I'm far away in a different jurisdiction. I even thought about driving down to Bezos' house in Los Angeles, but that's still too far.

Can the Woot brass clarify the Tax situation? Seriously, this is HUGE if Texans now have to pay Amazon sales tax because they will have a presence here. One of the biggest reasons I buy from Amazon on at least a monthly basis.

Thanks woot, you've always been there for me, and I'll continue to support you. besides I still haven't got a Book of Crap yet and I'll be keeping my eye on you

Seriously, does this mean that the Bowl of Cereal, Woot-Offs, etc. will remain unchanged, or will Amazon put a stop to these? If not now, how about in a month or two? How about in a couple of years? Did you get that in writing in the contract? Can we see it?

Huh. I've been in two small and awesome companies that were bought by huge corporations. Nothing good came of it. Prepare to be assimilated, woot!

frowny face.

Amazon already has Woot Off lights:
Pair of USB Powered Rotating Amber Woot Off Lights

Damn, I was wanted woot to bring back www.egghead.com
Meh, next best thing.

xerobull wrote:Can the Woot brass clarify the Tax situation? Seriously, this is HUGE if Texans now have to pay Amazon sales tax because they will have a presence here. One of the biggest reasons I buy from Amazon on at least a monthly basis.

What do you mean? Don't you declare those items you bought on your income tax return like it asks you to? Surely you do...

Just keep doing a great job.

Wait, a company on the intertubes is offering to let customers give them money, with absolutely NO guarantee that anything of ANY use (or value) will actually be received other than a bag of some sort, and thousands of people throw their cash your way...

I'm only surprised you've lasted this long without a "corporate sponsor"... ;)

I wish you guys the best. It's hard not to say you've got one of the most original models - and unique approaches - to internet marketing. When literally tens of people wait anxiously for your latest writeups to appear at midnight (1:00AM EST) you know you've got a good thing going.... ;)

Having dealt with a kind of investment buyout myself, I know that the grass isn't always greener, but I believe that Amazon will have both your customers' and your employees' interests in mind. Best of luck to you all.
And Congrats!

Sorry to hear that you've joined the dark side. My respect for you has plummeted.

zekecatz wrote:Amazon already has Woot Off lights:
Pair of USB Powered Rotating Amber Woot Off Lights

And categorized under "Automotive"... Car Stereos come with USB ports now... So I guess it's possible...

Carnivore wrote:Sellouts.

Think of the millions that 3 or 4 people got though...

Love Amazon, and Amazon Prime. Love WOOT more.
Will WOOT! do Prime?
Will Amazon sell Bags of Crap?

This could be good.
Still wish they'd find new jobs for at least half the moderators though

Heh I am in Oregon - what is this sales tax you speak of? It is remotely interesting to me...wait, no, it is not!

Thats great news guys!! Congratulations
I've enjoyed seeing Woot go from a small awesome company to a sellout (lol) and now to big corporate. Best of luck!

Sellout.Soot.Amazon

joshaw wrote:I've bought a fair chunk (and a few from my wife's account) but I'll probably think twice about buying in the future. Especially if woot staff get on and start bashing others in the comments. Wait, are you Jeff Bezos? It's all starting to make sense now...

When did he bash anyone?? I guess I missed that or maybe it's that being captain obvious is somehow offensive to you? Meh, good riddance.

I can't believe you sold out to the MAN!!!!!
There goes our bushel of carrots and 5 dollar shipping.

Amazon is too complicated... too many choices too many items to choose from. Woot is easy I can have a choice of 4 items and a quantity of 1, 2, or 3 of said items.

Booooo! Corporate sellouts!!! Next thing we'll see is a tax agreement with NY State so that Woot will fund the Evil Empire with our Woot!Off pocket change.

Oh well, back to the flea market to find semi-operable refurbished Zunes.

So...no more Roombas?! (oh please oh please...)

themdg wrote:So...no more Roombas?! (oh please oh please...)

I hope I get a WORKING roomba in my Bowl of Cereal

Amazon good. Amazon $$ better. We purple wooters love it! Hmmm.... a future Gold Box of Chocolates?

Congrats to you all! And kudos on the $110 million in cold hard cash you got from Amazon!

Might I recommend taking us all out to dinner. :D

(http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/30/woot-amazon/)

I smell a sinking ship, a company that falls in disrepair and is no where to be found in a few years as Amazon kills it.

I think this sucks. I can't see how getting purchased by a huge company can be good for customers. Lower quality, crappier service, and higher prices all come to mind when a company gets acquired. How long do you honestly think it will take Amazon to decide they need to make more money and start changing core features of Woot. I am glad for the founders not for the people who actually buy woots. I suspect woot will die like most companies that get acquired and somebody else will start a new woot called zoot or something, you know, some poor broke kids who just want to fill the nitch that was once woot, then this whole cycle will repeat itself.

dbocock wrote:Congrats to you all! And kudos on the $110 million in cold hard cash you got from Amazon!

Might I recommend taking us all out to dinner. :D

(http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/30/woot-amazon/)

Umm woot will you put in a good word to Amazon for my company, I could use a few of them millions.

If Woot needs a representative in Seattle, I will quit my job in a heartbeat. Shoot I might even take a cut in pay for it

Congrats Woot!

Naww this won't change a thing at woot. At least not for about a week, until Matt decides to take his millions from the sellout and retire at a young age. At that point Amazon will do whatever they want with it.

Wow! What a coincidence! In my email this morning was a message that started with:

"Good Morning All -

I am very pleased to announce this morning that "Company A" has agreed to become part of "Company B". Our Board of Directors carefully considered the alternatives for our company and unanimously concluded that "Company B" offered the best opportunities for our employees, customers, and stockholders. ..."

We were also told that, "... we do not expect any adverse personnel actions as a result of this transaction."

It looks like it will be an interesting time for the Woot staff as well as for me and my coworkers.

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