WootBot...Chill Out! :)

ahhh cliked on about 10 after the hour and now I am in for 3 yeah!!!!

sabres431 wrote:

Got my first BOC!!!! Firefox worked better than Internet explorer, never got past the first page with IE. Still had alot of server errors though. It doesn't matter how many servers you have, when this many people all hit them at the same time you will always have errors, so DEAL WITH IT!!!! You know what you are getting into when you try to order BOC!!!!

I had the same experience tonite with Firefox 1.0.4

Ah! The infamous BOC. I can't believe I actually got Three of them ordered! I logged in late and had to enter in my credit card info even. I had three or four "Server Too Busy" messages during the process, but managed to get my order in about two minutes before the dreaded "sold out!" message. I'm stoked! Been watching the site and the forums for about a month or two, but this is my first purchase.

Well, not sure what f#cking planet Peteromains is on, thinking woot 2 is working well. yeah, BOC is a strain on the servers, but comon folks. I've been clicking the damn button in my browser from 10 pm (midnight woot time) till now, three minutes till 11. 57 goddamn minutes before the server finally sends me anything other than "server too busy". And of course, the only reason it now deigns to send me anything is that, of course, the BOC is sold out. WTF is that called. Certainly isn't a good robust web site. And i'm not your happiest wooter on the planet either. Not that I actually really am likely to NEED more crap around the house, but it would have been nice to at least not wait a whole damn hour before even having any idea what was for sale tonight. All I can hope for is that all you who managed, through some arcane magic, to get through to the servers tonight, find you've ordered something that even you will regard as smelly useless crap, not worth the dollar or shipping. Is that sour grapes? Yup. I admit it.Shitty servers selling crap. I suppose it fits somehow...

Peter in Seattle, who could have made much better use of the last hour.

Yoshi_Dino wrote:

Kay...it's 1am....my browser says: Order is processing, Should just be a bit now... It keeps refreshing....Do I still have a chance? Woot Maintainence ppl let me know

So I have a chance???

20002929 7/18/2005 Random Crap 3
20003361 7/18/2005 Random Crap 3

It says I got two orders, but I got only one confirmation email...

Did I get one or two orders?

Oh sweet mother of Jeebus. It took me FORTY-FIVE minutes to get thru. I never got to the place where I get to choose how many craps I wanted. The order page that I finally got to said ONE boc. Heck, I never even got thru to the confirmation page. Upon checking the "your account" page, my order history said I ordered
THREE bocs today. Yeah, that's a good thing. The bad thing is that I think
I had an aneurism, and my fur is falling out. I have never had ANY trouble
ordering before....not even on speaker and boc nights. If this new improved Woot is gonna be like this....I'm gonna have to get my hands on some nitro pills or somethin'. Man, I better get a royale bag 'o doo doo for all this aggrevation. :-)


aw holy crap....the 3 bocs on the 'your account' page is from APRIL.
damn damn damn....
So I didn't get my BOCS????? HALP, COW??????????????????????????????????????????

hacimuyo wrote:

What the f#$#! I still have two internet page that says : your order is processing. should just be a bit now... What's going on here? We've reserved a product for you, and are now processing your credit card. Depending on how crushed our servers are at the moment, this should take somewhere between a couple seconds up to a minute or so. And I'm still waiting since it said one has been reserved for me. what should I do now ??

Check you email see if you got the Woot confim in your box :)

Half the fun of the BOC is reading all of the near suicidal rants and people threatening to never be a customer again. The BOC is $1...I am only guessing that it will not effect the bottom line if you decide not to shop here again. Granted, it was a bit slow but I was able to grab three even after making a CC mistake. Not to gloat- I was able to grab the 5.1's on the Thanksgiving Day Woot Off as well...you just have to trust that your info is going through and not refresh every two seconds thus disrupting the final transaction. Good luck and good crap to all!!!

edncassie wrote:

hacimuyo wrote: What the f#$#! I still have two internet page that says : your order is processing. should just be a bit now... What's going on here? We've reserved a product for you, and are now processing your credit card. Depending on how crushed our servers are at the moment, this should take somewhere between a couple seconds up to a minute or so. And I'm still waiting since it said one has been reserved for me. what should I do now ?? Check you email see if you got the Woot confim in your box :)

Yoshi_Dino wrote:

Kay...it's 1am....my browser says: Order is processing, Should just be a bit now... It keeps refreshing....Do I still have a chance?

Got the same message for over 1/2 hour now; my account shows that I did get three BOCs so I am keeping my fingers crossed, although I have my doubts since it was about 20 past the hour when I supposedly got my three. Good luck to everyone else!

Now I can't even post to the forum, it says there is an error and it has been logged.

Wasted me 30 minutes.

WOOT SUCKS!

I LOVE THE WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOC BOC BOC!! X3

lol.

I got to the final page three times and when i clicked the stupidly large button i got a server error after 10 minutes. :(

ahwell theres more bags of crap later.

Ya know Woot!... millions and millions of people all over the world View, Read, Click, Post and generally loiter on CNN and eBay every hour of the day and night. THEY dont have these problems.

Time to start ramping up if you're gonna play with the big boys methinks. I realize this is a silly little fun thing... but hanging around watching an hour glass for an hour really takes the joy out of participating. :(

Mine is still sitting on the page where I clicked the "this info is correct" button.
I guess we'll see what happens.

For what it's worth, using IE, I could get on the homepage, but clicking the "I want one!" button just kept taking me back to the homepage. Firefox appears to have worked.

managed to get three. one of the last people

its still showing me:
We've reserved a product for you, and are now processing your credit card. Depending on how crushed our servers are at the moment, this should take somewhere between a couple seconds up to a minute or so.

but i have faith nin woot

amazing... not a single error during my entire order process (altho it was sloowwww) and i almost missed it... lucky i got on it right at 1:00 am (for me) in a the middle of a TV show i realzied the time, darted for teh credit card and perfecvtly executed everything.

damn.

awesome day made even better.

-- alan j

Oh Joy Oh Joy!! My crap cometh! Had a feeling it would be tonite ..... glad it was, cuz now that I actually have A JOB again, I can't be staying up EVERY nite!!!

NOTE TO NEWBEES:

With the BOC, you are SUPPOSED to order three. You don't get three bags plus crap, you get one bag with (approx) three craps. So, you won't be able to "share" the bag ..... well, do whatever you want with your crap. Just realize that three is what you are supposed to order (and pay!). With this new Woot 2.0, I'm sure this information was lost on some people.

Speaking of Woot 2.0 -- the ordering was definitely "better", though all the extra screens during the ordering process were giving me a heart attack, waiting to see if I succeeded! I started at 12:00, took me till about 12:12 to finish, and all my info was already saved in the system.

AAAHHHHH -- let the guessing and whining begin!!! :)

Never had a chance. Sort of like speed dialing for a radio contest I guess.

OMG! Wootbot has gone mental!

Score! I got my email, I can't wait to see what crazy random crap I get.

I kept getting "Order Denied" when I tried to pay. Everything was correct, I've got money, the server just didn't like me. :(

WTF does "Order Denied" really mean anyway?

So much for my first woot...

Aeroscout wrote:

Got the same message for over 1/2 hour now; my account shows that I did get three BOCs so I am keeping my fingers crossed, although I have my doubts since it was about 20 past the hour when I supposedly got my three. Good luck to everyone else! Now I can't even post to the forum, it says there is an error and it has been logged.

I still have the browser up...I have to refresh manually now, but it is still up....should I keep trying? IT SAYS MY WOOT IS RESERVED!!! I WANT IT!!!

To previous BOC acquistioners: what can we expect as far as craps go?

weirdest thing ever. i go to order and get a server too busy on the processing screen. so i press my back button and as i'm waiting, i guess the BOC's get sold out. so i'm all pissed and i go and look at my account page. lo and behold, an order number. so i click the link and it takes me back to the processing page, which was constantly loading until just now as i was typing this when i got a confirmed page. finally got a boc. woot!

SillyEagle wrote:

Ya know Woot!... millions and millions of people all over the world View, Read, Click, Post and generally loiter on CNN and eBay every hour of the day and night. THEY dont have these problems. Time to start ramping up if you're gonna play with the big boys methinks. I realize this is a silly little fun thing... but hanging around watching an hour glass for an hour really takes the joy out of participating. :(

You do realize that the companies you mentioned are BILLION dollar companies. Not in the same league. Woot is still growing. These are called growing pains.

SillyEagle wrote:

Ya know Woot!... millions and millions of people all over the world View, Read, Click, Post and generally loiter on CNN and eBay every hour of the day and night. THEY dont have these problems. Time to start ramping up if you're gonna play with the big boys methinks. I realize this is a silly little fun thing... but hanging around watching an hour glass for an hour really takes the joy out of participating. :(

If you think this site is ever going to be on par (or even attempt to be) with the traffic from sites like CNN and eBay, that's ridiculous.

Just so you know, I was able to create an account, enter all my information, and purchase the product...probably 20 minutes after the item posted. Yeah, I had to refresh a few times, but it's 8 bucks...who cares?

I finally got a bag O crap, what more could I ask for?
It only took me 45minutes to get my order through.

i didnt manage to buy one. DARN!! What i wanna know is, how much will you be willing to sell your bag of crap for?? of course, you'll need to commit to selling BEFORE you actually know what you got. before I actually buy it, i need to know what your address is where your crap's gonna be sent, to make sure you send me the crap sent to your address. I'm willing to pay 11 dollars plus actual shipping cost through USPS with tracking number. any takers? if not, email me your lowest price. i need to know by next couple of days before they start sending these things out. email friedrice05@yahoo(andnotgmail).com with BOC on subject line.

Thanks.

Caffinehog wrote:

Mine is still sitting on the page where I clicked the "this info is correct" button. I guess we'll see what happens. For what it's worth, using IE, I could get on the homepage, but clicking the "I want one!" button just kept taking me back to the homepage. Firefox appears to have worked.

I had the same problem, but discovered that for some strange reason if you kept your mouse hovered over the "I want one!" button after you clicked on it, it finally took you to the order page.

heebdawg16 wrote:

WOOT: THIS IS THE LAST TIME I EVER VISIT YOUR SITE. FROM THE VERY SECOND THIS BOC BEGAN AT 1am EST, I SAT HERE HITTING REFRESH, WAITING, EVEN TRYING TO LOG IN FROM MULTIPLE COMPUTERS TO GET THIS BOC. NEVER ONCE DID CLICKING ON THE "I WANT ONE LINK" PRODUCE ANY RESULT. I SAT HERE FOR OVER 45 MINUTES CLICKING REFRESH, WAITING PATIENTLY, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THIS WAS MY FIRST BOC DESPITE THE FACT THAT I HAVENT MISSED ONE SINGLE WOOT IN OVER 2 MONTHS. AND NOW, AS A RESULT OF THIS, YOU ARE LOSING A CUSTOMER WHO HAS PURCHASED NUMEROUS ITEMS FROM YOU. I AM INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS SITE, AND NO LONGER WILL SPREAD THE GOOD WORD AROUND. SINCERELY, DAN.

YAY!!! One less person to try and get my BOC ;)

Some just don't get it...do they?

Yoshi_Dino I'm not going to close these browsers until it goes through. I just checked my account at woot (at the right corner- your account - ) it shows this :

order # date item qty
20004230 7/18/2005 Random Crap 3
10050992 11/9/2004 Bag O' Crap III 3
10026216 9/28/2004 Bag O' Crap II 2


Man, I'm proud of myself! :) I just go for crap :D

Yee-haw, I got three. Maybe another Robosapien to keep my BOCV company?

all i know is that i got all the way to the order screen and all of a sudden when i verified that the information was correct, the server became busy. I dont know if that means i did or didnt get the BOC but either way, im upset.

Wow, it took about 45 minutes to get my BOC. I got several server busy's along the way including right after placing the order, so I wasn't sure I got in until I checked "your account" and saw the order. The email eventually came in as well. Of course, they're sold out now.

I'm looking forward to it. I've tried to get a BOC a couple times before and never got one.

Yoshi_Dino wrote:

Aeroscout wrote: Got the same message for over 1/2 hour now; my account shows that I did get three BOCs so I am keeping my fingers crossed, although I have my doubts since it was about 20 past the hour when I supposedly got my three. Good luck to everyone else! Now I can't even post to the forum, it says there is an error and it has been logged. I still have the browser up...I have to refresh manually now, but it is still up....should I keep trying? IT SAYS MY WOOT IS RESERVED!!! I WANT IT!!!

I've carefully stalked teh woot for months, only now springing my trap upon my unsuspecting prey. Good going to the woot team: from reading the board, I had thought this would be monsterous. Honestly, there was some lag time, but the server seemed to handle the load quite well--even with the rabid, teeming masses beating down the gates.

HUZZAH!

Yoshi_Dino wrote:

Aeroscout wrote: Got the same message for over 1/2 hour now; my account shows that I did get three BOCs so I am keeping my fingers crossed, although I have my doubts since it was about 20 past the hour when I supposedly got my three. Good luck to everyone else! Now I can't even post to the forum, it says there is an error and it has been logged. I still have the browser up...I have to refresh manually now, but it is still up....should I keep trying? IT SAYS MY WOOT IS RESERVED!!! I WANT IT!!!