TT If you are just starting for the night I do not envy what I envision lies ahead of you.

Thanks for the update!!

smerfherder wrote:woot wage at $427? with orders at 1395 woots. i smell bacon. im no math magician but i'm pretty sure that 1395 x 3 equals $4185 which would hopefully be a gross profit which means that at fair market value the net would be $427. that means the average value per woot would be around 269 cents. that's some crap right there the shipping will surely out way the value of the Burnt orange cuda. so for those of you missing out you can rest assured that your better off because the credit card interest on this after one year at 24% apr (thanks for nothing Chase) will be 193 cents, slightly lower then the value of this Bunnies Ogling Carrots

Its divided per hour just like a regular work wage is expressed. Woot has put up the carp 3 times today so the wage is divided by the hours since it first went up this morning. Notice the sales per hour graph in the first post.

ThunderThighs wrote:I'm checking. Let you know when I hear back.

Thank you

Don't you love coming in to chaos?

hackman2007 wrote:
I'm not sure what you guys plan to do to make people "happy" again, but I'm foreseeing a lot of pissed off people and just from reading this thread.

I know a lot of people are frustrated, but I imagine those same people wouldn't be nearly so upset if they were the ones running the business and not selling the bags. It's a lot easier to say Woot should do something when you're on the buying side.

bsmith1 wrote:Good evening! (or is it good morning for you?)

Oh, quit sucking up. TT can't help you score an elusive bag o' cookies. ;)

melissah12 wrote:Oh, quit sucking up. TT can't help you score an elusive bag o' cookies. ;)

Well, it can't hurt. :D

sefrank84 wrote:I know a lot of people are frustrated, but I imagine those same people wouldn't be nearly so upset if they were the ones running the business and not selling the bags. It's a lot easier to say Woot should do something when you're on the buying side.

I actually agree 100%.

But I still think they should e-mail everyone a simple note apologizing for the server issues/extra orders. It might save them a few customers. But then again, most of the complainers will be back next woot-off/April 1st anyways.

bsmith1 wrote:Well, it can't hurt. :D

How true. Never hurts to try. :P

Hahahhaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Frustration...I know it well.. Mooooohaha!

Any idea why after I tried ordering the first time and it hung on processing it came up and said that I had already used that account for this sale?

ThunderThighs wrote:Evening all. I'm just starting up for the night but I checked into this. Seems that the server got stuck on the Bunnies Ogling Carrots and wouldn't turn over to the new product. Developers were called in to fix the problem. I blame the same jerk server that's caused problems the last 2 nights.

So the 13000 sales number was not real. Just the ramblings of one jerk server.

Thanks for the update. It sure made things interesting there for awhile, though. Hardware that wants to create its own reality always panics people, I can't imagine why.

ThunderThighs wrote:Between that and the name calling, it seems to be my lot in life this week.

What I really love is being blamed for post deletions while I'm sleeping.

Yep, I know the feeling.

Good luck tonight1

ThunderThighs wrote:Between that and the name calling, it seems to be my lot in life this week.

What I really love is being blamed for post deletions while I'm sleeping.

Thanks for putting up with us anyway

Ascended wrote:Any idea why after I tried ordering the first time and it hung on processing it came up and said that I had already used that account for this sale?

I'm not sure, but did you score a bag this morning? That may be the cause.

Ascended wrote:Any idea why after I tried ordering the first time and it hung on processing it came up and said that I had already used that account for this sale?

Did you purchase a Bunnies Ogling Carrots earlier? If so, you are not able to purchase a second.

Otherwise, probably a server glitch.

hackman2007 wrote:I actually agree 100%.

But I still think they should e-mail everyone a simple note apologizing for the server issues/extra orders. It might save them a few customers. But then again, most of the complainers will be back next woot-off/April 1st anyways.

Yeah Ape1st will have the remaining 1500 or so bag of today, wrapped in a clunky snail game.
That is going to a treat.

ThunderThighs wrote:Between that and the name calling, it seems to be my lot in life this week.

What I really love is being blamed for post deletions while I'm sleeping.

Go grab some Starbucks TT. They'll still be here trying to burn the place down when you get back.

In other news, I think this is the fastest I have seen a thread grow to 38 pages. I don't really keep count though.

ThunderThighs wrote:Between that and the name calling, it seems to be my lot in life this week.

What I really love is being blamed for post deletions while I'm sleeping.

and you deleted my comment just now because I questioned your aromatic excuse.

So you put in the description that only 10% would get bags, and low and behold 10% of the 13000 orders get them.

Your excuse on the servers is just that.

melissah12 wrote:I'm not sure, but did you score a bag this morning? That may be the cause.

No, I tried earlier but never got through. This time I tried and after I hit the big button it went to processing but never finished. I tried ordering again in case it didn't go through but then I got the message about already ordering the item. I thought I that meant I never got a confirmation so I'm just confused now.

ThunderThighs wrote:Thanks! I may very well need it. LOL.

Thankfully, thick skin is a job requirement. Mine is getting rather unsightly though.

Hey TT... in refrences to my post in deals.woot last night (right before the midnight-offline fun) I saw that woot had the 2-pounds salted caramels on sale. Considered buying a pound for you, but didn't know if you would prefer flowers. That and couldn't figure out how to order half a woot.

jpawmsu wrote:and you deleted my comment just now because I questioned your aromatic excuse.

So you put in the description that only 10% would get bags, and low and behold 10% of the 13000 orders get them.

Your excuse on the servers is just that.

The writers write the write-ups. AFAIK, TT is not a writer. They tend to be sarcastic, so I doubt it was a serious comment.

ThunderThighs wrote:I don't drink coffee but I am desperately sipping on my Diet Coke.

No worries mate, just let the good times roll.

ThunderThighs wrote:Ok, just so nobody freaks out. I'm going to go through the thread and delete the duplicate posts (always happens with the server spikes) and delete the one word posts, profanity, etc. Makes the thread more fun to peruse. I'm also going to spotlight the useful posts like the Tracker link so you can easily find them from the first post in the thread.

that sounds like a bit of a chore (grateful, but still a chore) . . . on average how long does something like that take you?

ThunderThighs wrote:Yes, you are right. We absolutely plan and plot ways to jerk around our customers so we can laugh at it while reading the threads. In no way have the trials of this week been due to catastrophic server malfunctions. We enjoy loosing over 18 hours of sales. It makes our day. We're already planning the ways to mess with you guys next month.

I love your sarcasm.

ThunderThighs wrote:Yes, you are right. We absolutely plan and plot ways to jerk around our customers so we can laugh at it while reading the threads. In no way have the trials of this week been due to catastrophic server malfunctions. We enjoy loosing over 18 hours of sales. It makes our day. We're already planning the ways to mess with you guys next month.

I love you. Deep breaths, and good luck tonight.


ETA: PS: Feel free to delete this post. Hit that delete button extra hard. ; )

ThunderThighs wrote:HI! Morning for me! Been awake about 3 hours now.

So, are you the night watchman, or is that nice watch women?

ThunderThighs wrote:Hour or more since a lot of people post pretty close to the words (only 300?) and I have to keep scrolling up and down to see if they're duplicates. I wills say that I get a bit more willy-nilly after the 30th "Only 300?" post. I mean how many do you really need?

OK... next time I promise to use all my physic powers to make a box of salted caramels appear before you. That and an extra 3-day weekend for all the woot employees (specifically the IT and customer service departments)

ThunderThighs wrote:Yes, you are right. We absolutely plan and plot ways to jerk around our customers so we can laugh at it while reading the threads. In no way have the trials of this week been due to catastrophic server malfunctions. We enjoy loosing over 18 hours of sales. It makes our day. We're already planning the ways to mess with you guys next month.

Yeah next your going to try to tell me we really landed on the moon, that JFK was shot by one man, and that woot really is run by Santa, the Easter bunny, hannah Harry and 3 leprechauns

mikebbass wrote:Yeah next your going to try to tell me we really landed on the moon, that JFK was shot by one man, and that woot really is run by Santa, the Easter bunny, hannah Harry and 3 leprechauns

sounds right to me... I believe anything I read.