congrats to all that got thru, u must have a speedy puter and lots o luck!

Garand70 wrote:Snagged one while at work. Just realized that this was also my 100th Woot! Purchase. I think I may need help...

Congrats! My 100th too!

CapnJB wrote:I have no idea but your avatar makes me want to grab the bridge and go get the secret dot.

That game was epic.

Adventure rocked it old school.

mikebbass wrote:Obscure movie quote #4
"Oh yeah? Well, the only show you could ever star in would be a show called the not funny diarrhea club!"

Movie quote #4 2nd hint
"The dolphins are in the Jacuzzi"

globalgamble wrote:congrats to all that got thru, u must have a speedy puter and lots o luck!

I scored on my Hp Touchpad.....

~luck~

blind luck, hope it holds out for the box opening

rlopdude wrote:The silver lining in getting laid off last friday. Barrels of Crud #6. Thanks Woot

I'm with you. Got laid off December 23, they didn't want to give me holiday pay. But I got crap! That's something, right?

omh1009 wrote:I'm with you. Got laid off December 23, they didn't want to give me holiday pay. But I got cap! That's something, right?

I'm almost in the club. I got laid on December 24th.

wambut wrote:Smart people sign in Before trying for the Barrels of Crud.. Just sayin'

I keep all my browsers logged-in to woot at all times. I don't see why anyone wouldn't.

SColburn wrote:I just want to point out that this sale launched at 13:37 (Eastern Time, check local listings).

\|/311 ¶1@¥3|), \|/00+.

Too bad for me, I was working & missed out. Oh well; everyone else, enjoy your crap!

That's awesome

minionofeckerd wrote:You have to enter your password even if you're signed in.

No you don't. At least if you are not using Papal.

tugnutt831 wrote:Actually, there was a woot-off where they had multiple Barrels of Crud sales. However, it was just the usual amount split into 3 (I think) separate instances, plus you couldn't order the later bags if you had gotten one of the earlier ones.

That was W00T's anniversary, it was some crazy "pick your adventure" thing.

colonelcrap wrote:
It sounds like the troops’ moral is diminishing. I have been sent to clean up the mess, address the issues and right the ship. It looks like I have an uphill battle, but I have a good battle plan. If you will give me time, you have my commitment that we be victorious in our pursuit of the best Beachhead of Ceasefire yet.
I know there is some dissension in the ranks due to the changing of the guard. I have read that some of you are grumbling about how your crap is too crappy, not crappy enough or too much like your neighbor’s crap. Instead of addressing each of those complaints individually, let me just say that I am aware of the issues and have the power to make changes where changes need to be made.
I am here to make sure that the items being shipped are more diverse, interesting, bizarre, broken, weird and worthy of blog banter. I am also here to make sure that every package has, at least, the minimum amount of crap and that the crap gets shipped in a timely manner. I am here to make sure that communication about the shipped crap is distributed so that everyone can start getting battle-ready to receive their crap.
I know that there is more to address, but a plan doesn’t work if it never gets started. I am sure that this plan will work and make this a mean, lean, crapping machine. See you in the trenches.
ColonelCrap

Here's hoping to randomness and crapiness galore! No more status quo! I don't want to be like everybody else. In 2008 I received 1 crap (didn't click the I Want Three) and I got a Jvc camera bag and a Go Duster. No one else got a go duster. My 2 yr old got that Go Duster caught in my hair and I have a bald spot. But you can bet that the go duster lives on safely out of her reach... It is great. My last two craps were standard blahs. I gave most of it away as gifts My coworkers no longer oogle and aw and get excited for my crap! There is no more envy or excitement! Some don't even try anymore!!!! Please help bring the change. Make the Barrels of Crud what it once was!!

jpawmsu wrote:imagine that....a Barrels of Crud during the lunch for the western states or during the drive home for the eastern states.

Forget it Eastern time zone. woot hates you

Yes, they purposely did the Barrels of Crud at that standard rush hour time of 1:30 EST. You've cracked the code!

Since this is my 13th bag, I thought a trip down memory lane for the other 12 would be good.

My first BOC was in November of 2007 (I actually almost got one earlier that year but didn't know what it was so I didn't bother to order it).

Back then you had to select 3. None of this enter your CCV # and click 2 gold buttons junk you whippersnappers have today.

I didn't label each item with which BOC it came from so please understand if I get them in the wrong order.

Even back then there was a lot of similar items, but I did score an under the counter radio/cd player. Also, there were a lot of Westren[sic] Cowboy Kits. I didn't know cowboys used radios and it had the whiskey bottle for the future alcoholic. It was made by "Fanng toys and powerful, the powerful and funny"

That single item has gotten more attention in my cube than any other toy.

The next time (April 2008 the famous 3 BOC April 1st). I still display the Mother Goose Record proudly.

Since then I've gotten:

• Yanni in Words
  
• Photo frames
  
• Slinky Jr
  
• Flying Aces model airplane kit
  
• Hypochondriac stress pill
  
• ? bag (which is now missing)
  
• Captain Kirk Vinyl figure
  
• Superman Figure
  
• Thomas the train figure
  
• 1990 Pro Bowl Football Cards

Some stuff was donated such as coloring books to a day care center. Yes I've gotten two Sansa devices as well and I've been shorted on more than 1 occasion. Each time Woot took care of me, even if it was shipping me overnight a paper bag with a ? on it.

For $96 dollars over 4 years, I've had a lot of fun. Have some BOCs been worse than others? Sure. But recently things have been getting better (I mean I did get two bottles of wax and a model airplane once about 2 years ago).

In my time I've seen the rise and fall of Google Docs for tracking as well as the rise of the latest crap tracker. I also learned how to put BOC without it hitting the filters. I've seen happy hour come and go (they never seem to do it anymore) and many many woot-off killers / LOL Cats. The number given away has increased from 1500 @ 3 items/order to approximate 2500, allowing more people to score. I've used woot-off lights (both police and normal) to indicate build status on a nightly build system. I've seen smartpost added, and when they were too fast in the Oregon area, replaced with FedEx home.

So now the score sits:
Woot - Bob
$96 - 12* (13 when this BOC arrives, the April 1st snafu BOC was free)

Woot, thank you for 12 great packages and the memories created, here's to another 12.

This was my 75th Woot. Not 100, but a nice number all the same.

Also, thanks to Colonel Crap for hearing the voice of the people and doing something about it. Hoping it hits this one...

mikebbass wrote:Movie quote #4 2nd hint
"The dolphins are in the Jacuzzi"

Shakes the Clown

At first I was thinking Ace Ventura.

omh1009 wrote:That was W00T's anniversary, it was some crazy "pick your adventure" thing.

Actually it wasn't. This was an April 1st Woot, where they sold a lot of Black and Decker USB batteries. And by a lot, I mean thousands. It was a 1 day Woot-Off for that specifically.

Link to the index page

Note the 40% order rate at 3 PM? That's when they entered the orders of people who got denied due to a bug. They did that the 9th of April.

dbcooper wrote:After 6 years of trying, I've managed the last 5 in a row. My method:

1) Click "I WANT ONE" wait.... wait.... wait.... If it times out, or errors: F5.

2) fill in woot password for paypal payment. Click "BUY IT" wait.... wait.... wait.... If it times out or errors: F5

3) Click the stupidly large button. wait.... wait.... wait.... If it times out or errors: F5

Barrels of Crud

One window, one browser, one account. 100% success over the last 5 offerings. YYMV

Same here. Three for Three during last three Woot-offs! Hope I am not jinxing myself...

Even though I didn't get one this time I always find it fun to lurk on these threads.... you guys are always so interesting...

I keep telling myself that I am not going to buy another Bag of Cuuuuuute!. But, here I sit looking at another order confirmation for $8.00. I feel dirty.

GuardianBob wrote:Actually it wasn't. This was an April 1st Woot, where they sold a lot of Black and Decker USB batteries. And by a lot, I mean thousands. It was a 1 day Woot-Off for that specifically.

Link to the index page

Note the 40% order rate at 3 PM? That's when they entered the orders of people who got denied due to a bug. They did that the 9th of April.

I might be confused then. When was the crapshoot game?
I hated that thing. There was a W00Toff just after one of this events that ended without a bag.

skippykj wrote:Shakes the Clown

At first I was thinking Ace Ventura.

Best alcoholic clown movie EVER

omh1009 wrote:I might be confused then. When was the crapshoot game?
I hated that thing. There was a W00Toff just after one of this events that ended without a bag.

This last year, on April 1st they did the the crapshoot game. The year before that (2010) they did the adventure crap. In 2009 it was listed at $1,000,000 unless you read the text and entered the correct code, snail.

I don't remember what they did on Woot's birthday, but for the last two years on Christmas, the link for the bag was in the text.

Edit:
Yes, for the adventure, they released a second set, if I recall correctly.

GuardianBob wrote:This last year, on April 1st they did the the crapshoot game. The year before that (2010) they did the adventure crap. In 2009 it was listed at $1,000,000 unless you read the text and entered the correct code, snail.

I don't remember what they did on Woot's birthday, but for the last two years on Christmas, the link for the bag was in the text.

They did do another "pick your own adventure" type thing for Woot's B-day (7/12/11). That was the last Barrels of Crud I got because I knew to just keep clicking links until I got there. It was called "Wootquest: Bullets Over Crimeville" and you can still play it.
Blog Post

skippykj wrote:They did do another "pick your own adventure" type thing. That was the last Barrels of Crud I got because I knew to just keep clicking links until I got there. It was called Wootquest.
Blog Post

You're right, the blog/discussion link doesn't show up in the account order page for me. Don't remember what happened in 2010, but 2009, on woot's birthday you had to buy the lights and 10% got bags, based on the order # and the dow.

GuardianBob wrote:This last year, on April 1st they did the the crapshoot game. The year before that (2010) they did the adventure crap. In 2009 it was listed at $1,000,000 unless you read the text and entered the correct code, snail.

I don't remember what they did on Woot's birthday, but for the last two years on Christmas, the link for the bag was in the text.

Dang, if I wasn't so dumb, I might have more Bags of Crap!

Edit: ...and more quality posts.

Utah, first in Barrels of Crud

Tango45 wrote:Dang, if I wasn't so dumb, I might have more Bags of Crap!

Edit: ...and more quality posts.

First and foremost, you're not dumb. There's some of us who fought and survived these quests. We remember the history because it is seared into our minds and our account history. We've got the battle scars on our credit cards and in our credit reports to prove we won.

People complain about bots now, it used to be simply bad servers. Best I can tell it is all about bandwidth and timing. The "bots" are simply hordes of people trying to get in at the same time. Also since the website is distributed, sometimes it updates in some parts of the country before others. I've been denied more times than I've scored, but that doesn't stop me.

GuardianBob wrote:You're right, the blog/discussion link doesn't show up in the account order page for me. Don't remember what happened in 2010, but 2009, on woot's birthday you had to buy the lights and 10% got bags, based on the order # and the dow.

2009 and 2010 was when you bought the lights and if the last digit of your order matched the last number the DOW closed at that day, you won a Barrels of Crud
7/12/10
7/12/09

skippykj wrote:2009 and 2010 was when you bought the lights and if the last digit of your order matched the last number the DOW closed at that day, you won a Barrels of Crud
7/12/10
7/12/09

Yup, I see that in my order history now, both times I missed.

I forgot that they did it twice.

GuardianBob wrote:Since this is my 13th bag, I thought a trip down memory lane for the other 12 would be good.

My first BOC was in November of 2007 (I actually almost got one earlier that year but didn't know what it was so I didn't bother to order it).

Back then you had to select 3. None of this enter your CCV # and click 2 gold buttons junk you whippersnappers have today.

I didn't label each item with which BOC it came from so please understand if I get them in the wrong order.

Even back then there was a lot of similar items, but I did score an under the counter radio/cd player. Also, there were a lot of Westren[sic] Cowboy Kits. I didn't know cowboys used radios and it had the whiskey bottle for the future alcoholic. It was made by "Fanng toys and powerful, the powerful and funny"

That single item has gotten more attention in my cube than any other toy.

The next time (April 2008 the famous 3 BOC April 1st). I still display the Mother Goose Record proudly.

Since then I've gotten:

• Yanni in Words
  
• Photo frames
  
• Slinky Jr
  
• Flying Aces model airplane kit
  
• Hypochondriac stress pill
  
• ? bag (which is now missing)
  
• Captain Kirk Vinyl figure
  
• Superman Figure
  
• Thomas the train figure
  
• 1990 Pro Bowl Football Cards

Some stuff was donated such as coloring books to a day care center. Yes I've gotten two Sansa devices as well and I've been shorted on more than 1 occasion. Each time Woot took care of me, even if it was shipping me overnight a paper bag with a ? on it.

For $96 dollars over 4 years, I've had a lot of fun. Have some BOCs been worse than others? Sure. But recently things have been getting better (I mean I did get two bottles of wax and a model airplane once about 2 years ago).

In my time I've seen the rise and fall of Google Docs for tracking as well as the rise of the latest crap tracker. I also learned how to put BOC without it hitting the filters. I've seen happy hour come and go (they never seem to do it anymore) and many many woot-off killers / LOL Cats. The number given away has increased from 1500 @ 3 items/order to approximate 2500, allowing more people to score. I've used woot-off lights (both police and normal) to indicate build status on a nightly build system. I've seen smartpost added, and when they were too fast in the Oregon area, replaced with FedEx home.

So now the score sits:
Woot - Bob
$96 - 12* (13 when this BOC arrives, the April 1st snafu BOC was free)

Woot, thank you for 12 great packages and the memories created, here's to another 12.

That is a great write up! Nice work. I got that same mp3 player pillow in a Barrels of Crud back before the dawn of time. Mine was White. I wish I had kept track of the things I recieved in the early Barrels of Crud#39;s. I do remember that my first Barrels of Crud was full of broken little plastic "The Incredibles" dolls.

mikebbass wrote:That is a great write up! Nice work. I got that same mp3 player pillow in a Barrels of Crud back before the dawn of time. Mine was White. I wish I had kept track of the things I recieved in the early BoC's. I do remember that my first BoC, was full of broken little plastic "The Incredibles" dolls.

Thanks! The MP3 pillow still works, it is in the back of my car. The wife used it for some music while we were moving.

Obscure movie quote #5
"It's not how far you go, its how go you far"

My very first woot was under a different username way back on September 28th, 2004. It was for the Bag O' Crap II. The bags weren't as well known back then so it was actually still up at 6:30am when I checked. I figured what the heck and bought three. It had sold out by the time I got to the office.

I got a handful of priority pucks, an iomega zip disk holder, a fm radio wrist watch that smelled of gasoline and an iomega camera bag that I used for my first DSLR for years. It was a great woot. And there were rumors that someone got a DVD player in their crap. They never lasted that long again.



Look at me... rocking the 21" CRT!


Judging from the order number (10029853) it looks like they've done about 26.5 Million woots since then, averaging almost 10K a day (provided they've used a linear system that hasn't changed).

Woot on!

I think waiting for it to arrive is worse than waiting for it to come up to buy, I may attact the mail man when he brings the box!

GuardianBob wrote:Since this is my 13th bag, I thought a trip down memory lane for the other 12 would be good.

My first BOC was in November of 2007 (I actually almost got one earlier that year but didn't know what it was so I didn't bother to order it).

Back then you had to select 3. None of this enter your CCV # and click 2 gold buttons junk you whippersnappers have today.

I didn't label each item with which BOC it came from so please understand if I get them in the wrong order.

Even back then there was a lot of similar items, but I did score an under the counter radio/cd player. Also, there were a lot of Westren[sic] Cowboy Kits. I didn't know cowboys used radios and it had the whiskey bottle for the future alcoholic. It was made by "Fanng toys and powerful, the powerful and funny"

That single item has gotten more attention in my cube than any other toy.

The next time (April 2008 the famous 3 BOC April 1st). I still display the Mother Goose Record proudly.

Since then I've gotten:

• Yanni in Words
  
• Photo frames
  
• Slinky Jr
  
• Flying Aces model airplane kit
  
• Hypochondriac stress pill
  
• ? bag (which is now missing)
  
• Captain Kirk Vinyl figure
  
• Superman Figure
  
• Thomas the train figure
  
• 1990 Pro Bowl Football Cards

Some stuff was donated such as coloring books to a day care center. Yes I've gotten two Sansa devices as well and I've been shorted on more than 1 occasion. Each time Woot took care of me, even if it was shipping me overnight a paper bag with a ? on it.

For $96 dollars over 4 years, I've had a lot of fun. Have some BOCs been worse than others? Sure. But recently things have been getting better (I mean I did get two bottles of wax and a model airplane once about 2 years ago).

In my time I've seen the rise and fall of Google Docs for tracking as well as the rise of the latest crap tracker. I also learned how to put BOC without it hitting the filters. I've seen happy hour come and go (they never seem to do it anymore) and many many woot-off killers / LOL Cats. The number given away has increased from 1500 @ 3 items/order to approximate 2500, allowing more people to score. I've used woot-off lights (both police and normal) to indicate build status on a nightly build system. I've seen smartpost added, and when they were too fast in the Oregon area, replaced with FedEx home.

So now the score sits:
Woot - Bob
$96 - 12* (13 when this BOC arrives, the April 1st snafu BOC was free)

Woot, thank you for 12 great packages and the memories created, here's to another 12.

If we're keeping track, and I am, I'm almost embarrassed to say that this is my 15th bag, since September 2008. Figuring roughly 14 a year are offered (one a month, plus 2 for Woot's birthday and Christmas), and that I pretty much have tried every month since the first one I got, this makes my take rate is 31.3%.

Not too bad, now that I look at it. And no secret sauce for me either, other than being vigilant, being setup in advance, and just lucky, I guess. And mad F5ing (and knowing when NOT to F5).

Among the highlights are:

- Married with Children action figure (Jefferson)
- Hamilton Beach Blender (New, still using)
- Kidsmart smoke alarm
- Polaroid DVR (very broken)
- 30GB Zune Media Player, defective, but replaced new by Microsoft
- 1 each, Spock and Kirk vinyl figures
- Sansa e260 media player
- "I Love Lucy" Salt and Pepper Shaker set (looked like her shoes, of all things)
- Vupoint slide and negative scanner
- Woot Wrist/Headbands
- Texas Instruments eZ-430-Chronos Watch/Development Tool
- Foot Flush

So much other crap as well: bags, wibly fun balls, jumble calendars, sparky toasters, horrible polo shrts, usb dongles of unknown use, and so much more.

Good times around. Can't wait for the next chance to "win".

acraigl wrote:If we're keeping track, and I am, I'm almost embarrassed to say that this is my 15th bag, since September 2008. Figuring roughly 14 a year are offered (one a month, plus 2 for Woot's birthday and Christmas), and that I pretty much have tried every month since the first one I got, this makes my take rate is 31.3%.

Not too bad, now that I look at it. And no secret sauce for me either, other than being vigilant, being setup in advance, and just lucky, I guess. And mad F5ing (and knowing when NOT to F5).

Among the highlights are:

- Married with Children action figure (Jefferson)
- Hamilton Beach Blender (New, still using)
- Kidsmart smoke alarm
- Polaroid DVR (very broken)
- 30GB Zune Media Player, defective, but replaced new by Microsoft
- 1 each, Spock and Kirk vinyl figures
- Sansa e260 media player
- "I Love Lucy" Salt and Pepper Shaker set (looked like her shoes, of all things)
- Vupoint slide and negative scanner
- Woot Wrist/Headbands
- Texas Instruments eZ-430-Chronos Watch/Development Tool
- Foot Flush

So much other crap as well: bags, wibly fun balls, jumble calendars, sparky toasters, horrible polo shrts, usb dongles of unknown use, and so much more.

Good times around. Can't wait for the next chance to "win".

Yeah, the toaster. Glad I didn't get that. Did you ever see the post about the kitty who got burnt by the toaster? http://www.woot.com/forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=3684133

Remember to be careful when you test out your BOC items. The one who gets hurt may not be you.

GuardianBob wrote:This last year, on April 1st they did the the crapshoot game. The year before that (2010) they did the adventure crap. In 2009 it was listed at $1,000,000 unless you read the text and entered the correct code, snail.

I don't remember what they did on Woot's birthday, but for the last two years on Christmas, the link for the bag was in the text.

Edit:
Yes, for the adventure, they released a second set, if I recall correctly.

Was it 2008 when they had the fake woot-off with the all the battery things? And then 4 times throughout the day when the batteries sold out there was a Barrels of Crud and the overall quantity of the 4 Barrels of Crud opportunities added up to 3000ish?

No craps for me this time. I got to the last button but it was not to be. I'm going to watch this thread though, to see if colonelcrap has worked his magic yet.

rotflol wrote:Was it 2008 when they had the fake woot-off with the all the battery things? And then 4 times throughout the day when the batteries sold out there was a Barrels of Crud and the overall quantity of the 4 Barrels of Crud opportunities added up to 3000ish?

No craps for me this time. I got to the last button but it was not to be. I'm going to watch this thread though, to see if colonelcrap has worked his magic yet.

See the links in this post. But to answer your question yes.

GuardianBob wrote:Yeah, the toaster. Glad I didn't get that. Did you ever see the post about the kitty who got burnt by the toaster? http://www.woot.com/forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=3684133

Remember to be careful when you test out your BOC items. The one who gets hurt may not be you.

Yep, remember it well. It was the HomeCookin' 2-Slice Toaster, and caused quite a stir, IIRC. I plugged mine in for about 2 seconds before I realized how dangerous that thing was. Sparks a plenty, and not a in a celebratory 4th of July way.

Right in the garbage with that one. Folk were upset about refurb or cheap appliances and wondering who would be liable. Sad about the kitty, but I'm glad there weren't reports of worse.