andrewkl
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ipgreen wrote:It finally arrived. I live in Dallas so they must have known that I didn't need any bags of Texas air. They did however let me have
1 Honey Do list
2 Wibbly Fun Balls
1 Seahorse bag
1 Discovery Kids Climate Cubes set
Kind of light on the contents, has anyone else gotten shorted on their crap?
How did you get 'shorted'? By my count, you got three crappy items (actually 4 if you want to count the wibbly balls as 2 items...) and a bag... Just what you paid for...
Just really damn lucky: Random Crap: 2/15/08, 2/19/09, 12/25/09, 4/1/10, 12/1/10, 12/25/10, 4/1/11, 5/11/11, 9/14/11, 10/12/11, 12/25/11
andrewkl
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ipgreen wrote:You are right, I got what was advertised. I should feel appreciative that I was blessed with getting a bundle of crops to begin with.
Yeah.. The truth of the matter is - and many others will concur - you're usually going to end up with true crap.. There was a time when you would get really GOOD crap, but I think that's the exception and not the rule nowadays. It has usually been a purchase that you a) were way psyched that you actually GOT one (the 'hunt'), b) dreaming of what could possibly be in the box when it arrived (the anticipation), and c) typically disappointed when it arrived (the letdown), but still pretty happy because of A&B above. There are plenty of success stories (Home theaters, LCD TV's, Laptops, iPhones), but they are few and far between. Was a time when a Bundle of Crops would contain a dozen Sansa's in varying states of functionality..
And then there's always the "letter factor"...
Just really damn lucky: Random Crap: 2/15/08, 2/19/09, 12/25/09, 4/1/10, 12/1/10, 12/25/10, 4/1/11, 5/11/11, 9/14/11, 10/12/11, 12/25/11
JoeJitsu
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andrewkl wrote:Yeah.. The truth of the matter is - and many others will concur - you're usually going to end up with true crap.. There was a time when you would get really GOOD crap, but I think that's the exception and not the rule nowadays.
I think people tend to remember the really good crap they have gotten and forget the crappy craps they have received. Some of my early ones were just junk, like a Chinese magnetic plastic top and a Japanese toy that was completely unfathomable and whose instructions were in such bad Japanese that my inlaws (who are also Japanese) couldn't decipher them. I have had a couple of truly awesome craps, such as the brand new Kodak all-in-one printer/copier/scanner I got and a November crap that had several very nice items (including my lone broken Sansa) that wound up under the Christmas tree that year.
I think that now the "random" part of the crap doesn't happen as much. Most craps are the same items whereas way back when there was a lot of variety between the packages. The variety was almost always broken or used but it was different from box to box. I think Woot used to buy whole lots of returns from Target and other companies and salt the Bundle of Crops with those items.
It's still a great deal of fun and I usually have at least one item with some use in the ones I've gotten lately.
Random Ċrap (2011: 1/25,8/17,9/14 2010: 12/24,12/1,10/21,4/28,4/1, 2009: 12/25,12/9,4/1, 2008: 5/9,4/1, 2007: 12/25,10/25,3/23)
Screaming Monkey 3/28/08(pink/bluex3), 4/27/07(black), 3/23/07(greenx3)
Sansa MP3 2/11/08 (1gb x2), 8/18/06 (256MB x2), 7/31/06 (256MB x2)
Jumbo Universal Remote x2, DigiPro Graphics Tablet x1, Acer Aspire Desktop Computer x1, VTech Digital Cordless Phone x1,
Pinnacle DVD Maker x1, iRiver Mobile FM Transmitter x3, LeakFrog x3, Adaptec AVC-1400 GameBridge x2
MiddleAgeMan
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I was not blessed this go round, but, I would kill for a SeaHorse bag. They mate for life, you know. Not a political statement, just sharing. Bonus sharing; the male raises the babies.
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
