dsagen wrote:Anyone think Amazon has officially taken over the Bottle Of Cheese department?

If so, I expect Kindles for all!

Yes of course, Amazon has taken over. I got charged sales tax on my Basket of Cheer". Thanks to Amazon and the Governor of New York State!

How am I supposed to get any work done today??? Has anyone's Beautiful Ocean Cabanapola shipped yet?

I'm about to eat my pencil. While fibrous, not all that nutritious.

You know you can sign up @ Fed Ex to receive email updates whenever the status of your "Basket of Cheer" changes. Its a blue link in the upper right-hand corner of your detailed results page.

bigray57 wrote:You know you can sign up @ Fed Ex to receive email updates whenever the status of your "Basket of Cheer" changes. Its a blue link in the upper right-hand corner of your detailed results page.

Actually, yes, I have the updates but that doesn't deter the pencil chewing, in the least. This is our first Beautiful Ocean Cabanapolla and I've been gnawing pencils since I got the confirmation

bigray57 wrote:You know you can sign up @ Fed Ex to receive email updates whenever the status of your "Basket of Cheer" changes. Its a blue link in the upper right-hand corner of your detailed results page.

I don't think this sends any notifications until delivery day, so you still need to stalk your package on fedex.com until then.

I can feel the tension is building up in this thread, and it's getting ready to explode with pages and pages of posts, once some activity begins...

While we are all waiting, here's a little refresher as to what happens next:

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FedEx SmartPost primer for newcomers, and a reminder for the rest of Wooters (v. 1.4)

1. Before the tracking information shows up: Sometimes Woot is not e-mailing the tracking numbers until a few days after the packages are shipped. You can try and get the number by reference, by going to https://www.fedex.com/AltRefTracking?cntry_code=us and entering these three things: Your Woot order number goes to reference numbers box, select United States in destination country drop down, and Your Zip Code in a respective box. It's important to get all three pieces. Keep refreshing it, and if you're lucky, the tracking number will pop-up before the official e-mail comes. It doesn't ALWAYS work, but there's a good chance. Note, that if you've made multiple orders from Woot, you can enter several order numbers into the reference box, one per line.

1.1 If your weight shows as 1lb, it is most likely a placeholder, which will be replaced by more accurate weight once the package actually starts moving (or reaches a sorting station - see below). The dimensions will probably show as NA/NA/NA on those placeholder packages. Some people have reported packages showing as 1lb all the way until delivery, but turned out to be anything but, though there's always a slight chance that your package actually is a 1 pounder. So you never know.

1.2 To make it even more frustrating - the actual fact that you can track by reference, but if it shows as a 1lb with status Shipment information sent to FedEx does not yet mean the package actually shipped or even exists. All it means - a label which will eventually be attached to your package has been printed. It may be a few days before your beloved box will actually hit the road. Patience is the key here!

1.3 So how do we know for sure that BоC's are out? Keep looking through this thread, and you may spot a post by threepiecewoot or on rare occasion another staff member, stating that all packages are shipped. Sometimes it will take FedEx a while before they show up or update, but once it's said here on the forum, you can be sure that they are out! Also keep an eye on other staff members posts announcing possible shipping delays or otherwise!

2. To get the dimensions you need to create My FedEx account (no charge, and you don't have to give them cc number if you don't want to): http://my.fedex.com/ and make sure to switch to new or advanced version. Enter your tracking number, and the dimensions will pop...

2.1 Another way to get dimensions: If you have problems with My FedEx site, or just to make things easier - you can also download a very convenient FedEx Desktop application. It uses the same log-in credentials as your My FedEx account (you'd still need to have one), and tracks the same packages right from your desktop, without the browser.

3. Don't get too exited. For the first few days most people will probably have some sort of cubed dimensions. This is because in the beginning the dimensions are not real. They are guesstimaged by FedEx based on weight (which may or may not be accurate). Here's the famous formula for you to check:

SIDE = ( 330 * WEIGHT ) ^ (1/3)
(side in inches, weight in lbs)

If it matches your dimensions to a few tenths of an inch - you know they are not real. That's for smaller packages. Those over 15lbs would always have the "dimensions" of a 15lbs package (or was it 16)... Again not real...

4. Once your package passed the first sorting station - the updated weight and real dimensions may show up. Usually that's the first stop it makes after Dallas. In my case (North-East) in either Kansas City, KS (as of recently - FedEx must have adjusted their routing in my direction) or Martinsburg, WV, for many others it's New Berlin, WI or another major SmartPost hub.

5. USPS Handoff: Once the package is reported to have passed a city near you - start tracking it on http://www.usps.com/, because that's who's delivering it to your door, and once the package is handed over by FedEx, they will have more up to date information. Do make sure that you track by actual tracking number (it will show up if you got a hit with reference tracking), because USPS does not track by reference. A thing to note - when handed over to USPS, FedEx always says a standard "allow 2-3 for business days for delivery". This is a standard message, and if your USPS facility is efficient enough, you may get it delivered as soon as the day of handoff (if it happened early enough).

Good luck to all waiting for their hauls, and let the Woot Gods bless you with some amazing crаps!

bloomd wrote:I don't think this sends any notifications until delivery day, so you still need to stalk your package on fedex.com until then.

au contraire mon frere! As you sign up for email notification, you will see a "delivery" check box, and a "Detailed Results" check box. The Detailed Results says ANYTIME there is a change in the Detailed Results tab on your package!

NightGhost wrote:What do you think this is - Willie Wootka and the Sansa Factory?

Seriously, NightGhost, over 1000 QPs? Do you even have a life? That is just sick. I would go on, but I have another 18-hour StarCraft 2 marathon to attend, I'm working on 3 hours of sleep, and everything's getting a little blurry..

for the glory of The Swarm...

bigray57 wrote:au contraire mon frere! As you sign up for email notification, you will see a "delivery" check box, and a "Detailed Results" check box. The Detailed Results says ANYTIME there is a change in the Detailed Results tab on your package!

I've tried that (with the last 4 or 5 packages I've gotten from Woot) and I don't think it works. Even when checking that box, all I get is the "Delivered" email.

bloomd wrote:Fun fact: Woot originally tried to pay the monkeys in cash, until they realized that the monkeys had no idea what to do with it.

Oddly enough, I was listening to the BBC World Service Radio, where I heard them talking about a study where chimps were given metal washers as a form of money. They then set it up where they could exchange the "worthless" (read: not food nor shiny) objects for food treats. While they didn't expect them to catch on anytime soon, the chimps figured it out very quickly. They even learned how to distinguish what is a good deal or not, as they had a variety of "vendors" to go to. Some charged more, some less.

Fascinating. Corporate greed is not limited to our species. :D

lrslrsl wrote:
Dear woot Gods:

you know what would be really neat...

If you guys made a video of what happens to your servers when the Baggie of Cthulhu get's posted...

NightGhost wrote:Woot!!!

I cant help but imagine it to look like that movie "wargames" when Joshua breaks into the Norad HQ computer and everything just goes nuts.

Gives me the grins just thinking of it.

My item from September 28 is set to be delivered today but still no tracking number on the Barack Obama Check. Guess it's still awaiting congressional approval.

"sigh"

Bandrik wrote:Oddly enough, I was listening to the BBC World Service Radio, where I heard them talking about a study where chimps were given metal washers as a form of money. They then set it up where they could exchange the "worthless" (read: not food nor shiny) objects for food treats. While they didn't expect them to catch on anytime soon, the chimps figured it out very quickly. They even learned how to distinguish what is a good deal or not, as they had a variety of "vendors" to go to. Some charged more, some less.

Fascinating. Corporate greed is not limited to our species. :D

Link? I'm interested...

Good things come to those who wait... Good things come to those who wait... Good things come to those who wait...

LEM- wrote:While we are all waiting, here's a little refresher as to what happens next:...

You're my hero for posting this!

Still no delivery notification. It is as if it never actually happened. Woot customer service tells me to be patient but this is a Baggie of Cthulhu we're talking about, not some bacon salt (though bacon salt would be welcome).

I am so hopelessly addicted, it's like 10 Christmas Eves rolled into one while waiting for my first Baggie of Cthulhu to arrive - I'm checking the forum, my order status, and the Fedex tracking every 20 minutes or so at this point (heck, I even checked it Sunday night, even though I was sure nothing would have possibly changed)

phocksthefox wrote:I am so hopelessly addicted, it's like 10 Christmas Eves rolled into one while waiting for my first Baggie of Cthulhu to arrive - I'm checking the forum, my order status, and the Fedex tracking every 20 minutes or so at this point (heck, I even checked it Sunday night, even though I was sure nothing would have possibly changed)

You are addicted...I at least made it through the weekend without checking. :-)

phocksthefox wrote:I am so hopelessly addicted, it's like 10 Christmas Eves rolled into one while waiting for my first Baggie of Cthulhu to arrive - I'm checking the forum, my order status, and the Fedex tracking every 20 minutes or so at this point (heck, I even checked it Sunday night, even though I was sure nothing would have possibly changed)

You are not alone Phocksthefox, I too check often, here, my account page, my email (for the notification) and the fedex site at intervals so often I dont think I will post it here.

So for me the very worst part of the Baggie of Cthulhu is about 15 minutes after I open it. It doesn't matter if its truly crap in a bag or if its full of 60" Plasma TV's, once the anticipation is over and the joy of seeing what is in the coveted container, you are then left with nothing to look forward to.

I was lucky enough to capture a Baggie of Cthulhu on 9/24/08, which was delivered in standard SmartPost swiftness. Despite that fact that my wife and I were expecting a baby just a few months later, I was still left with a feeling of emptiness, for I no longer had something to look forward to.

So, My secret wish is that by the time we receive our Boiled Offal Ceviche another Woot-off will begin.

mikebbass wrote:So, My secret wish is that by the time we receive our Boiled Offal Ceviche another Woot-off will begin.

I think if your wish is granted several hundred people will have pulled their hair out by the roots. Myself included.

LEM- wrote:I can feel the tension is building up in this thread, and it's getting ready to explode with pages and pages of posts, once some activity begins...

While we are all waiting, here's a little refresher as to what happens next:
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Thanks so much for posting this.

For anyone who wants to use a set-it-and-forget-it method to track their shipment, I recommend http://UseTrackThis.com - it can send you messages via email, text and/or twitter DM at any point if your package's shipping status is updated.

mikebbass wrote:So for me the very worst part of the Baggie of Cthulhu is about 15 minutes after I open it. It doesn't matter if its truly crap in a bag or if its full of 60" Plasma TV's, once the anticipation is over and the joy of seeing what is in the coveted container, you are then left with nothing to look forward to.

I have tested your theory from the `truly crap` perspective, but not from the `60" Plama TV's` perspective. I hope to try that this time. I promise I'll report back if given the opportunity, but I doubt my experience will be the same as your's. ;)

bmxjimp wrote:I have tested your theory from the `truly crap` perspective, but not from the `60" Plama TV's` perspective. I hope to try that this time. I promise I'll report back if given the opportunity, but I doubt my experience will be the same as your's. ;)

To be honest I never received anything as great as that but I did get a 10 mega pixel digital Kodak camera that works great and (in a different Baggie of Cthulhu) a refurbed 80 Gig Zune that also works great so I count those as nice bags.

mikebbass wrote:So for me the very worst part of the Baggie of Cthulhu is about 15 minutes after I open it. It doesn't matter if its truly crap in a bag or if its full of 60" Plasma TV's, once the anticipation is over and the joy of seeing what is in the coveted container, you are then left with nothing to look forward to.

I was lucky enough to capture a Baggie of Cthulhu on 9/24/08, which was delivered in standard SmartPost swiftness. Despite that fact that my wife and I were expecting a baby just a few months later, I was still left with a feeling of emptiness, for I no longer had something to look forward to.

So, My secret wish is that by the time we receive our Boiled Offal Ceviche another Woot-off will begin.

This is the feeling that was well familiar to me for years, even before the Bag of Crаp phenomena entered my life... That would happen a day we would return from a nice vacation. It always took planning and worrying and anticipation before going to some nice place, just like waiting for the BоC, then a week or two of actual rest and joy to pick the emotions (that of course is comparable to actual unboxing), and once we're back home it's sooo depressing..... Usually that's when we start to talk about our next one!

There's even a term for it: Post Vacation Blues... But oddly, there is no such thing as Post Crаp blues listed anywhere... It should be made official!!!

mikebbass wrote:To be honest I never received anything as great as that but I did get a 10 mega pixel digital Kodak camera that works great and (in a different Baggie of Cthulhu) a refurbed 80 Gig Zune that also works great so I count those as nice bags.

Ah... then you obviously have not experienced a truly marvelous Bandoleer of Carrots, and therefore can still hope that you will, at some point, be filled with joy after opening one ;)... Here's hoping for the both of us!

dianamartens wrote:lrslrsl wrote:
Dear woot Gods:

you know what would be really neat...

If you guys made a video of what happens to your servers when the Baggie of Cthulhu get's posted...



I cant help but imagine it to look like that movie "wargames" when Joshua breaks into the Norad HQ computer and everything just goes nuts.

Gives me the grins just thinking of it.

Actually, I would guess there is a lot of smoke and crackling as those circuit welds melt and the massive EMP surges through their servers.

LOL!

FedEx just emailed me to tell me that nothing's changed.

=D

PocketBrain wrote:Seriously, NightGhost, over 1000 QPs? Do you even have a life? That is just sick. I would go on, but I have another 18-hour StarCraft 2 marathon to attend, I'm working on 3 hours of sleep, and everything's getting a little blurry..

for the glory of The Swarm...

No, not seriously. Nothing serious. Truly, that is.

Dear tpw,

Update us please? Productivity of the nations rests solely on your three tiered shoulders.

your faithful (slave) servant,

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NightGhost wrote:No, not seriously. Nothing serious. Truly, that is.

We all need to step up our game, this thread had only 2 quality posts and one of them is from TPW so really we only have one.

I'm waiting on pins and needles to get confirmation delivery so I can ignore this thread for the next week or so. I'm now wondering if I can muster the will power to not even check myfedex for the dimensions/weight.

I just don't know if I'm strong enough...

This is my first Beautiful Ocean Cabana. I had high hopes that the reason it was taking so long was because it was such a large Beautiful Ocean Cabana, they were still trying to decide the best way to ship it. Now I see that everyone is still waiting. Bummer.

btindall wrote:This is my first Beautiful Ocean Cabana. I had high hopes that the reason it was taking so long was because it was such a large Beautiful Ocean Cabana, they were still trying to decide the best way to ship it. Now I see that everyone is still waiting. Bummer.

You're getting a 70" plasma TV! The problem is that it weighs a little bit more than SmartPost's 70lb weight limit. Not to worry though...threepiecewoot is personally chainsawing it in half right now so that they can ship it to you in two separate boxes. Sorry for the delay, and CONGRATULATIONS!

It's probably so late because they are digging reeaaalllyyy deep now. We're getting the very bottom of the bilge. Mistress Bezos is running things now and they expect profit with every product, even the bee dot oh dot cee dot.

While we are all waiting, here's a little refresher as to what happens next:

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Thank you for this info. Does not help my anxiety in awaiting my first ever boggy old creature.

johnnybeltway wrote:While we are all waiting, here's a little refresher as to what happens next:

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Thank you for this info. Does not help my anxiety in awaiting my first ever boggy old creature.

Perhaps I can help with the inevitable "where's my carp??????" anxiety:

As I wrote earlier, when this thread was young, and humans were beginning to build their first cities, I passed the eternities between buy page screens singing to myself as I somehow kept hoping to actually win a Brace Of Chinchilla. I kept singing "gimme sum lovin'" and my Baggie miraculously came in.

So why not sing now, while your waiting for your Cookies to arrive? It could be a great challenge, particularly if you endeavor not to sing the same song twice from now until your Cardboard Wonder finally shows itself. It's okay if you mangle the lyrics, but remember - no show tunes!

So come on everyone: "I'm Slim Shady, the real Slim Shady..."

I can guarantee that I will not repeat any song while I sing until my box arrives.

"This is the song that doesn't end, yes it goes on and on my friends..."

Your crap is very important to us and will be delivered shortly.

*hold music*
Hold Music
*/hold music*

Your crap is very important to us, currently you are crap #2,971. Orders will be shipped in the order we randomly choose. Holding your breath is not permitted. LALALALA we can't hear you...

*hold music*
Hold Music
*/hold music*

1,986,234,766,184,898 bottles of beer on the wall
1,986,234,766,184,898 bottles of beer!
Take one down
Pass it around
1,986,234,766,184,897 bottles of beer on the wall!