songbirdjhs wrote:2.4 lbs and 12x9.6x9.2 Due in Florida panhandle Tuesday the 8th but Smartpost usually arrives at my door the day before.

Not coming back to the community until it's open. Want to have some surprise seeing as this appears to be one of the generics. But then again, a letter would fit nicely into this box....

Shout-out to my panhandle peep! 850 represent!

I was excited when I saw two packages from woot today. Alas it was just my flying monkey and tent, lol.

The suspense of 14.9 lbs Bunnies Ogling Carrots due Monday is killing me.

Curses Fedex, there is no information showing up when I put in my reference number. I guess it will just be a big mystery until it gets delivered.

Last time I got one, I was so excited that I continually checked the posts and ruined the whole surprise for myself. This time shall be different.

Just checked my dimensions (thank you to everyone who posted directions on how to get them!):

12.25 in. x 9.8 in. x 9.25 in.

Still only showing as 1lb. Since this is my first one, I'm sure I will be ecstatic no matter what is in it!

songbirdjhs wrote:2.4 lbs and 12x9.6x9.2 Due in Florida panhandle Tuesday the 8th but Smartpost usually arrives at my door the day before.

Not coming back to the community until it's open. Want to have some surprise seeing as this appears to be one of the generics. But then again, a letter would fit nicely into this box....

I've heard people mentioning that throughout, but what is so special about this "letter" ? I get that it was something sent by a particular team member who moved on, but yeah.
I'm assuming somehow the letter is worth something? Even if it's just a few laughs.

I'm sort of a foal at crapping, first time, weee!

ssiemonsma wrote:Ok, I finally got my tracking number to work, and my Bindle of Carp is 76.8 pounds!!! I'm exited now.

Edit: Only cubed dimensions so far (16.8 in. x 16.8 in. x 16.8 in.)

Estimated delivery is Tuesday (when I have a couple of finals), so I probably won't be able to post about it until the evening.

Dang, Tuesday can't come soon enough. I'm dying to know what the woot gods have bestowed upon you

reinmasamuri wrote:Follow this guide to get the dimensions.

I have had 17 bags of crap, and i've never once had anything but 1 lb with n/a dimensions. I've done all the my FedEx tricks and it is always a mystery.

Just in case any of you were dying to know this.

missed out on this one! can't wait to hear what everyone's getting this time around! the last one was pretty amazing for most!

CrystaIEyes wrote:I've heard people mentioning that throughout, but what is so special about this "letter" ? I get that it was something sent by a particular team member who moved on, but yeah.
I'm assuming somehow the letter is worth something? Even if it's just a few laughs.

I'm sort of a foal at crapping, first time, weee!

Usually a letter meant something bigger (and oftentimes extremely better) was on the way. I remember reading about people getting big flat screen TVs, a pallet (an entire huge pallet) full of car wax, etc. I can't remember some of the other items at the moment. I want to say that someone else got a pallet full of action figures.

everwondering wrote:Usually a letter meant something bigger (and oftentimes extremely better) was on the way. I remember reading about people getting big flat screen TVs, a pallet (an entire huge pallet) full of car wax, etc. I can't remember some of the other items at the moment. I want to say that someone else got a pallet full of action figures.

Someone got a pallet of left-handed putters.

Still waiting for mine to be shipped...am I the only one?

Baw, I still haven't gotten a shipped notice
All the good crap will be gone by the time mine goes :<

lifevirusx wrote:Baw, I still haven't gotten a shipped notice
All the good crap will be gone by the time mine goes :<

I got a Bunnies Ogling Carrots in the last wootoff and I got one of the first packages from the first batch and I noticed the larger and better items seemed to arrive from the later batches. So I wouldnt worry too much about not having yours picked up by FedEx yet.

ambermarie1221 wrote:Just curious, did you all that have the two tracking numbers get the final bag of the woot off?

Yeah I got mine in the last offering of the Bunnies Ogling Carrots

>.< still have placeholder weights, haven't been picked up..

CrystaIEyes wrote:I've heard people mentioning that throughout, but what is so special about this "letter" ? I get that it was something sent by a particular team member who moved on, but yeah.
I'm assuming somehow the letter is worth something? Even if it's just a few laughs.

I'm sort of a foal at crapping, first time, weee!

The Letter meant that you were getting something that ranged between awesome and incredible. Each Barrel of Crops there were 3-5 letters sent out stating that 1 crap was to large to fit in the box and you will be receive notice of another shipment which was signed by Threepiecewoot. When that happened you ended up receiving some large item(s) that have a much larger value then your typical Barrel of Crops.

Depending on how the Woot Gods are feeling you can get various items. Many people ended up with HDTV's, some as large are 60 inches others in the area of 32. The smaller sized TV’s often came with a couple DVD or HD-DVD players. Others got large shipments of more common Barrel of Crops items with some extra goodies thrown in....think along the lines or a couple of boxes of Woot off lights (100+ sets per box), boxes of the bag being sent in that Barrel of Crops, boxes of the various "crap" being sent out with the current Barrel of Crops and then maybe a surround sound system, DVD players, 1 time I saw a Solar Lawn Mower that had been sold on Woot...Etc. One time the Woot Gods truly listened and a letter recipient asked if possible for kids items for his daughter, when his shipment arrived it was full of items that were found on kids.woot. He couldn’t have been happier in the video he posted showing his family unpacking all the toys and his daughter looking on in amazement at all the fun stuff that had just been dropped off for her.

Then others got Items that were awesome yet bizarre. Once someone received a pallet of 800 or so action figures, another time someone got over 1000 pounds of car wax. My favorite may have been coffee makers however. Everyday for around a week one person was receiving shipments of items from his letter. Each time coffee makers and each time the numbers arriving increasing. First day he got 1 and wondered if that is all the letter would give him....the next day he got a few more....the day after even more. When all was said and done he had gotten something like 86 coffee makers. While the item was nothing spectacular like a HDTV, the shipment was done in such a manor it put it over the top in my mind. I’m sure all his friends knew what they were going to get for Christmas that year.

As you can see people always hoped for letters which would give you either some great piece of electronics for your home, some items to have fun with or just a great story you can tell about the time you had a pallet of action figures dropped off in your driveway. This setup seems to have ended when Threepiecewoot left the company. He was in charge of the Barrel of Crops for years and this was a special twist he put into it. Since he announced he was leaving the company I do not believe anyone has received another letter which is a shame because it was an event that was followed with people posting pictures and videos of their shipment arriving and what they had received once they had it all sorted out. I found it to be a community building event that has yet to be matched.

bsmith1 wrote:Wouldn't that mean woot would had to pay for 2 shipping labels even if they don't send 2 packages?

Shipping labels can be canceled easily if never scanned in.

My 10x10x10 weighing in yesterday at 3.1 lbs has been demoted to placeholder status, now tipping the Woot! scale at an even 1 lb. Perhaps a disciplinary action for acting up and talking out of turn amongst the other packages.

I prefer to think that ColonelCrap actually pulled the contents of my perfectly square package and replaced it with a letter. Just as long as they're not enlistment papers. Then again, joining up in the Woot!Army may not be such a bad thing....

CrystaIEyes wrote:I've heard people mentioning that throughout, but what is so special about this "letter" ? I get that it was something sent by a particular team member who moved on, but yeah.
I'm assuming somehow the letter is worth something? Even if it's just a few laughs.

I'm sort of a foal at crapping, first time, weee!

Like this one someone posted

terriann3086 wrote:Tracking by reference yields two separate tracking numbers! Hoping for the best. Both are still placeholders.

Mine too, assumed someone just keyed in a wrong order ID number but you never know...

holygrailbob wrote:Yeah that's what I thought as well. Been around awhile, haven't managed to snag any Boxes of Cats until recently though. And there's that mess with me deploying and not getting to stalk Woot...

Just wanted to verify that I wasn't missing anything!

This is my first Bunnies Ogling Carrots as well, and I have 2 tracking numbers associated with my order too. Both showing 1lb.

I have not gotten my tracking number, I am hoping that I get it today.

Got my (TWO) placeholders! Hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.

At ease.

Raider9924 wrote:The Letter meant that you were getting something that ranged between awesome and incredible. Each Barrel of Crops there were 3-5 letters sent out stating that 1 crap was to large to fit in the box and you will be receive notice of another shipment which was signed by Threepiecewoot. When that happened....

Wow. Thanks for the explanation. This will be my second Barrel of Crops and I had no idea.

I hope someone here that posts regularly gets a huge willy wonka sized prize. That would be cool to read about. It would suck if such a cool thing was given out and the recipient didn't advertise because it was a bot account or a non-vocal member.

I wonder if that happened during the last March Woot off? What was the march big ticket item?

4lbs marked as "Out for delivery"

I'm in the next town over from Woot!

Hoping for less crappy crap this time since i'm "local" ;-)

My Barrel of Crops is on it's way to me! Left Dallas this morning for Massachusetts. So far, it's still only got the placeholder size & weight (12 in. x 9.6 in. x 9.2 in., 2lbs). The due date is Wednesday, 5/9. Looking forward to an early birthday present!

Raider9924 wrote:The Letter meant that you were getting something that ranged between awesome and incredible. Each Barrel of Crops there were 3-5 letters sent out stating that 1 crap was to large to fit in the box and you will be receive notice of another shipment which was signed by Threepiecewoot. When that happened you ended up receiving some large item(s) that have a much larger value then your typical Barrel of Crops.

Depending on how the Woot Gods are feeling you can get various items. Many people ended up with HDTV's, some as large are 60 inches others in the area of 32. The smaller sized TV’s often came with a couple DVD or HD-DVD players. Others got large shipments of more common Barrel of Crops items with some extra goodies thrown in....think along the lines or a couple of boxes of Woot off lights (100+ sets per box), boxes of the bag being sent in that Barrel of Crops, boxes of the various "crap" being sent out with the current Barrel of Crops and then maybe a surround sound system, DVD players, 1 time I saw a Solar Lawn Mower that had been sold on Woot...Etc. One time the Woot Gods truly listened and a letter recipient asked if possible for kids items for his daughter, when his shipment arrived it was full of items that were found on kids.woot. He couldn’t have been happier in the video he posted showing his family unpacking all the toys and his daughter looking on in amazement at all the fun stuff that had just been dropped off for her.

Then others got Items that were awesome yet bizarre. Once someone received a pallet of 800 or so action figures, another time someone got over 1000 pounds of car wax. My favorite may have been coffee makers however. Everyday for around a week one person was receiving shipments of items from his letter. Each time coffee makers and each time the numbers arriving increasing. First day he got 1 and wondered if that is all the letter would give him....the next day he got a few more....the day after even more. When all was said and done he had gotten something like 86 coffee makers. While the item was nothing spectacular like a HDTV, the shipment was done in such a manor it put it over the top in my mind. I’m sure all his friends knew what they were going to get for Christmas that year.

As you can see people always hoped for letters which would give you either some great piece of electronics for your home, some items to have fun with or just a great story you can tell about the time you had a pallet of action figures dropped off in your driveway. This setup seems to have ended when Threepiecewoot left the company. He was in charge of the Barrel of Crops for years and this was a special twist he put into it. Since he announced he was leaving the company I do not believe anyone has received another letter which is a shame because it was an event that was followed with people posting pictures and videos of their shipment arriving and what they had received once they had it all sorted out. I found it to be a community building event that has yet to be matched.

Wow, thanks for the awesome clarification! And I'm sorry to see things are no longer this epic =( maybe the new Woot God is still getting his feet wet before he (or she?) figures out how to add his own flair?

Still, wish I was around to watch those! The coffee machine one sounds quite epic, and I agree that the delivery definitely makes it the best!
... Would be ironic though if the person didn't like coffee.


I'm not expecting much in my bag, and to be honest I'd be happy with like, a coloring book, and some stickers.


I AM however curious what was in that "one" special first bag, it has to be good...

WOO HOO, Bunnies Ogling Carrots at the post office, maybe it will be delivered today

Right now, I'll be happy if I either receive an email or I see on the FedEx site that it really exists. Right now I have neither.


Afterwards, I'm willing to wait for receival to be totally surprised.

I couldn't contain myself any longer and checked FedEx by reference number. Any idea why 2 different tracking numbers would show up for it? Does it always do that? They're both still in initiated status with placeholder weights.

munkycrazy wrote:I couldn't contain myself any longer and checked FedEx by reference number. Any idea why 2 different tracking numbers would show up for it? Does it always do that? They're both still in initiated status with placeholder weights.

There are 62 pages of comments. You may want to read atleast the last 4.

cjhughes wrote:My Barrel of Crops is on it's way to me! Left Dallas this morning for Massachusetts. So far, it's still only got the placeholder size & weight (12 in. x 9.6 in. x 9.2 in., 2lbs). The due date is Wednesday, 5/9. Looking forward to an early birthday present!

That sounds like a real size & weight. The placeholder is usually 1 lb, and is almost always a cube.

Still hasn't shipped 1 lb. placeholder no dimensions yet and it was supposed to ship yesterday lol

welp my 3.4 pound krapp is on the way..

::sigh:::

Still no tracking number and a 1lb placeholder on the FedEx site.. but like a couple others my expected ship date was yesterday... Not sure how i feel about that!

richboi wrote:::sigh:::

Still no tracking number and a 1lb placeholder on the FedEx site.. but like a couple others my expected ship date was yesterday... Not sure how i feel about that!

If the reference number comes up, you have a tracking number...

reinmasamuri wrote:If the reference number comes up, you have a tracking number...

No...

What he's saying is he went to Track by Reference on Fedex, put his order number in, country, and zip code and it came up as a 1lb placeholder without any other bits of information...

I am in the same boat. I do not have a shipping number. I've yet to receive it as woot has not technically shipped it yet.

CrystaIEyes wrote:Wow, thanks for the awesome clarification! And I'm sorry to see things are no longer this epic =( maybe the new Woot God is still getting his feet wet before he (or she?) figures out how to add his own flair?

Still, wish I was around to watch those! The coffee machine one sounds quite epic, and I agree that the delivery definitely makes it the best!
... Would be ironic though if the person didn't like coffee.


I'm not expecting much in my bag, and to be honest I'd be happy with like, a coloring book, and some stickers.


I AM however curious what was in that "one" special first bag, it has to be good...

http://www.woot.com/Forums/viewpost.aspx?PostID=4004953&PageIndex=63&ReplyCount=4440#post4024038

with the reveal:
http://www.woot.com/Forums/viewpost.aspx?PostID=4004953&PageIndex=102&ReplyCount=4440#post4039482

with video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APpxfEW7cz8

Also no email, hasn't shipped yet per Fedex

Jertyrael wrote:No...

What he's saying is he went to Track by Reference on Fedex, put his order number in, country, and zip code and it came up as a 1lb placeholder without any other bits of information...

I am in the same boat. I do not have a shipping number. I've yet to receive it as woot has not technically shipped it yet.

If you look it up by reference, FedEx webpage also lists your actual tracking number that will be emailed to you once it actually ships. Same thing.

mtvainfl wrote:Still waiting for mine to be shipped...am I the only one?

Nope. Mine hasn't shipped yet either.