Arrived in Eastern PA today, 9.5 pound box, pretty standard:

- 1 Blue Camo Screaming flying monkey
- 1 NFL headset (don't know what it fits into)
- 6 2010 Jumble calendars
- 3 Gold's Gym bags
- 1 Kid's t-shirt, green with a pink dinosaur

Thanks woot!!!!

My Bushel of calendars has spent 3 days making the 20 mile trip between Irving, TX and Hutchins s, TX. Dallas traffic must be really bad.

Funny thing is, FedEx is telling me it should be here today. Since I don't live between Irving and Hutchins and for that matter don't live in texas. I somehow have a few reservations as to it's accuracy.

RWoodward wrote:Madison here as well. My first box of calendars left New Berlin yesterday, hopefully it will be there when I get home tonight.

Hey, Hey! Me too and mine left as well, although I am sad that fedex hasn't updated since then. I'm assuming a sat. delivery hopefully.

hcsencsi wrote:
- 1 NFL headset (don't know what it fits into)

I'm going to guess... it's an xbox 360 headset: http://www.woot.com/blog/viewentry.aspx?id=13224

Mine just arrived (with an expected delivery of 10/12)

3x Fact or Crap (Music Edition)Calendars

3x Gold Gym Tote

1x Screaming Monkey with checkered cape

1x children's size 8 zombie pirate T-shirt

I bought crap and I received crap. The wait was the best part so it was worth it.

Only thing that bummed me out: No Sweet Texas Air.

LEM- wrote:Judging from the picture (as far as I can make it out from low res image) - that errant thingie must be one of those ATI TV tuner/capture cards that they've been dropping into lots of BоC's as of lately. I've gotten a few in prior offerings too....

Something like this, perhaps, or maybe the SD version of the same or similar?

-EDIT- Wow, in the amount of time it took me to look up the link two people beat me with linkless diagnoses! :/

It's the Internet....it's more important to be first than it is to be right or accurate or backed up by evidence.




Hmmmm that might make a good sig in some of the places I frequently comment.....

LayneRobinson wrote:It's the Internet....it's more important to be first than it is to be right or accurate or backed up by evidence.

lol... I take offense to that!

TheBobFoster wrote:
MST3K 20th anniv edition DVD box set

I'm actually pretty excited about the last one. Thanks for another good time, Woot!

otterific! I would be so happy with that DVD set. I luv that show!

Out for delivery. Still says it's 1lb.

Since my last two bags yielded copious amounts of desk calendars, I'm trying to feign enthusiasm.

Wife just told me, by Box of Crayons is in our front room.

I was so interested in it, I offered to let her open it. Apparently kids play dates are more important. So I get to wait at least 7 hours before I find out it's contents.

cdahlkvist wrote:Mine just arrived (with an expected delivery of 10/12)

3x Fact or Crap (Music Edition)Calendars

3x Gold Gym Tote

1x Screaming Monkey with checkered cape

1x children's size 8 zombie pirate T-shirt

I bought crap and I received crap. The wait was the best part so it was worth it.

Only thing that bummed me out: No Sweet Texas Air.

I will trade you a Jumble Calendar for one of your Fact or Crap Calendars...

Setral wrote:Wife just told me, by Box of Crayons is in our front room.

I was so interested in it, I offered to let her open it. Apparently kids play dates are more important. So I get to wait at least 7 hours before I find out it's contents.

*cough* *cough*. Umm boss-man, I think I've got a bad case of Whazindabox. I need to leave early.

LEM- wrote:Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold yer horses!

I'd never tie a tin can to a cat, nor get someone in trouble for nothing... Read my post again. The guy didn't bother to bring the package TWICE on TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS, and third thing like that would mean I'd have to drive over to their location in NJ (that's across the bridge into another state plus pay tolls) to retrieve my package, that I paid to have delivered to my door, or it would end up returned back to sender....

Would you in my place just sit there and say "Oh sure, the poor man must have better things to do then his direct job responsibilities, it's Ok, I can handle it, their location only closes at 5pm, so all I need is take a couple of hours off from work and get there to pick it up, not a big deal, for as long as the poor guy doesn't feel to strained to do his job!"

If you are so kind to them - let it be your way, but please remember, that the poor guy has some job responsibilities, and he is being paid for battling traffic and all those things. Paid by none other than myself, who sheds out money for S+H that is added to my orders! If he does not feel like driving in the heat - he can quit his job, but if he collects a paycheck at the end of the day, he'd better do what he's paid for.

I could possibly understand that he may have had some exceptional circumstances and done it once (though my personal opinion is, if that's what happened, he should've put an honest exception, that unable to deliver due to unexpected circumstances, or whatever they have there, not lie about me not being home). But twice in a row? I beg your pardon! I had to make sure it doesn't happen for the third time...

And if you thing that by saying "have some fun" I meant that I actually enjoyed spending an hour of my time talking to different people and trying to get my package to my home, you're making a big mistake....

If you read my reply to the writer who said "Science forbid that he do his job", you would understand where I'm coming from. I wasn't upset because you got the driver in trouble, I don't believe you did. I was upset because you seem to get too much enjoyment at the sight of the driver running back to his truck, because you seem to believe that he was scared to face you.

I can almost guarantee you that the driver was told to cut off his delivering, to either make pickups or because he had bigger customers than you. The excuse that the manager used is to take the blame off of the company and put it on the driver. I've seen it happen too many times not to believe any different. I don't care for FedEx, they are too slow and they don't treat their drivers well. At least you got your package, I had 3 Woot off lights that FedEx claims they dropped off at my local Post Office and they are MIA. My local Post Office is about the size of my living room, it serves a small town on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. You can see every package that that have on the selves behind the counter and they don't deliver to homes here. They have never lost anything of mine before, I believe FedEx lost it. Woot doesn't have any more of the police lights, so they are sending me a refund.

As far as you paying his salary, do you tell a cop that you are paying his when he pulls you over? Probably.

TiHara wrote:If you read my reply to the writer who said "Science forbid that he do his job", you would understand where I'm coming from. I wasn't upset because you got the driver in trouble, I don't believe you did. I was upset because you seem to get too much enjoyment at the sight of the driver running back to his truck, because you seem to believe that he was scared to face you.

I can almost guarantee you that the driver was told to cut off his delivering, to either make pickups or because he had bigger customers than you. The excuse that the manager used is to take the blame off of the company and put it on the driver. I've seen it happen too many times not to believe any different. I don't care for FedEx, they are too slow and they don't treat their drivers well. At least you got your package, I had 3 Woot off lights that FedEx claims they dropped off at my local Post Office and they are MIA. My local Post Office is about the size of my living room, it serves a small town on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. You can see every package that that have on the selves behind the counter and they don't deliver to homes here. They have never lost anything of mine before, I believe FedEx lost it. Woot doesn't have any more of the police lights, so they are sending me a refund.

As far as you paying his salary, do you tell a cop that you are paying his when he pulls you over? Probably.

Remember when this post was fun and everyone was eagerly awaiting their crap? Where is love people? WHERE IS THE LOVE?

TheBobFoster wrote:

MST3K 20th anniv edition DVD box set

I'm actually pretty excited about the last one. Thanks for another good time, Woot!

I would be amazingly excited and might Baggie of Cthulhu in my pants if I got the MST3K box set! Congrats and enjoy!!!

Has anyone noticed that the posted tracking weights and the crap received don't seem to match?

So someone says their Box Of Calendars weighed 11.4 lbs, but posted a list that is exactly the same or closely similar to another Wooter who reports their Benevolent Order of Cormorants weight as 5.8 (or whatever) pounds?

I think I'll weigh my contents and see what the total is.

Curious.

TiHara wrote:
As far as you paying his salary, do you tell a cop that you are paying his when he pulls you over? Probably.

Shouldn't these Boxes of Calendars comments be filled with joy and happiness? Let's all be friends here.

Hugs, ponies, and sparkle rainbows to all!

gelato822 wrote:Shouldn't these Boxes of Calendars comments be filled with joy and happiness? Let's all be friends here.

Hugs, ponies, and sparkle rainbows to all!

You forgot the sparkly unicorns, oh wait, those are on the deals.woot side.

We should all be happy and shoot screaming monkeys around the office - IT'S FRIDAY!

Robman62 wrote:how can I see the dimensions of my package.

Get a magnifying glass, a pair of rubber-tipped tweezers, and a very fine ruler...

bludonda0 wrote:Has anyone noticed that the posted tracking weights and the crap received don't seem to match?

Curious.

Yes, I've noticed that too. Seems that maybe Texas Air is made up of dark matter.

Mine arrived today. Inside was:

6 - High School Musical Alarm Clocks
3 - Gold's Gym Tote Bages
1 - Woot Monkey w/ Blue Camo Cape
1 - Woot Shirt kids size 8
1 - Energizer Energi to go Netbook charger

Not a bad haul, I can try to sell the alarm clocks at my wife's garage sale next weekend.

haha looks like my niece will be appreciating my bag a lot more than me. I got 3 sing along dvds, children's shirt, and children's cds along with the usual suspects. I am happy about the random collapsible colander though

Whee! Basket of Carp has arrived!

6x Word jumble calendars
3x Gold's Gym tote bags
1x Universal airplane power adapter (missing car plug?)
1x Water purifying pitcher
1x Screaming monkey (leopard cape)
1x Dragon-slaying knight t-shirt, large (nice)

Mine is out for delivery, so my calendars should be waiting for me when I get home.

TiHara wrote:Unless you have worked in the delivery business, you have no idea if the driver didn't do his job or the manager told the driver to quit making delivery's and start picking up packages. You just assume that the driver was being lazy or wanted to get off "early"

The local hub is more concerned in how much freight they pick up rather than how much they deliver. If they have to decide between making a customer who ships a lot of packages mad and some guy waiting for one package at his house, guess which one they choose?

The driver wasn't running because he was scared to face the customer who complained, he was running because they are on such a tight schedule that they don't have time to listen to listen to him cry. Another customer might not get their package if they spend time listening to him.

Tiara's right...if I'm a server in a restuarant and have to pee, after peeing if I'm in a hurry it's valid for me to skip the hand washing to get back to my important clients at my table...

Mine just arrived. 7lbs, Enid, OK

3x - Gold's Gym Bags
1x - ATI HD 600 Tuner Card
1x - Woot Monkey w/Blue Camo Cape
1x - Kids Size 8 Phoenix Shirt
6x - Motorola Madden NFL Gaming Headphones (no cables)

Thanks Woot!

mikebbass wrote:Remember when this post was fun and everyone was eagerly awaiting their crap? Where is love people? WHERE IS THE LOVE?

Still waiting on FedEX Smartpost to deliver it!

spacewill wrote:Tiara's right...if I'm a server in a restuarant and have to pee, after peeing if I'm in a hurry it's valid for me to skip the hand washing to get back to my important clients at my table...

You're lucky if they don't pee in your cup. :-). I avoid restaurants, I've heard too many horror stories on the sanitary conditions at even the so called better restaurants.

I wasn't defending FedEx, I was defending the driver. The way you can tell that a dispatcher is lying is to see if his lips are moving.

crescentfresh3 wrote:Mine left New Berlin, WI yesterday night. I figure it will get to Indy tonight, handed off to USPS tomorrow, and I'll get it Saturday. If it takes longer, due to Columbus Day I won't get it until Tuesday. Now that I see everyone is getting calendars and gym bags, the wait isn't bothering me as much anymore.

Mine is in New Berlin too! I'm in 53129, and there are two of us in Mukwonago set for delivery - I have 5.6 lbs, and the other is 11.2.

trilliank wrote:Anyone interested in a 'best selling' novel on cd that sounds like the most riveting story of 2 BFF's?
Other than that I am very happy with my Baggie of Cthulhu!

Me! LOL.

Has anyone received a 13.2 pounder yet? Mine was late shipping (arrived at FedEx @7pm on the 6th) and is slated to arrive in Richmond, VA on the 14th. I still have bogus dimensions right now (16.4" cube box).

Has anyone gotten MC HAMMER yet...I can't wait!

WierdBMD wrote:Has anyone gotten MC HAMMER yet...I can't wait!

I know thats what I keep looking for.

LEM- wrote:Judging from the picture (as far as I can make it out from low res image) - that errant thingie must be one of those ATI TV tuner/capture cards that they've been dropping into lots of BоC's as of lately. I've gotten a few in prior offerings too....

Something like this, perhaps, or maybe the SD version of the same or similar?

-EDIT- Wow, in the amount of time it took me to look up the link two people beat me with linkless diagnoses! :/

Lucky -- I've been hoping to get one of those TV tuner cards. *crosses fingers* I hope my Baggie of Cthulhu comes with a working one

Wow! Bucket o' Calendars went from TX 10/7 to New Berlin, WI this a.m. Its only an hour away! But says its being delivered next Wednesday. Gained a little weight (to 10.6).Dimensions are now: 16.3 in. x 12.5 in. x 10.6 in.

Can't wait! Really hoping for a Woot monkey!

laxls8 wrote:Lucky -- I've been hoping to get one of those TV tuner cards. *crosses fingers* I hope my Baggie of Cthulhu comes with a working one

I think I need one too. Verizon FIOS is about to make my digital cablecard tuner (ATI) obsolete.

laxls8 wrote:Lucky -- I've been hoping to get one of those TV tuner cards. *crosses fingers* I hope my Baggie of Cthulhu comes with a working one

I got one in the last bag. Want it?

According to my employee the big box sitting in the back of my store (that I can see on camera) is a Television!

Since I did't order a television I can only assume it is part of my Beautiful Ocean Cabana!

Does woot split large stuff from smartpost? Fedex is saying my stuff was delivered to the USPS.

Yay!!! My Baggie is out for delivery today! And I'm going on a weekend getaway tomorrow! I'm so excited (more than I probably should be, but hey, it's my first baggie of cthulhu); even though I know I'm probably getting the same standard mix as everyone else. I just want the screaming monkey really. :D (fingers crossed)

cslynch22 wrote:According to my employee the big box sitting in the back of my store (that I can see on camera) is a Television!

Since I did't order a television I can only assume it is part of my Beautiful Ocean Cabana!

Does woot split large stuff from smartpost? Fedex is saying my stuff was delivered to the USPS.

Pics!

Yea! My Box of Calendars made it safe and sound to Atlanta. It was weighed, and measured, and it metamorphosed! In Dallas it was 30.6 lbs in a 17x17x17 cube. Somewhere on I-20 it went to 30.8 lbs and to a 28x28x8 brick!

Still estimating delivery to Alabama on Wednesday, but I'll make a trip to the post office on Saturday if it comes in then!