mewantsBOC


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Tomssw wrote:My ole lady got me three while I was at work. Come to think of it, she got me my last Banjo of Consternation too... Anyways, she knew I was pissed when last night I got locked out of buying after waiting. It blows to get screwed by glitches, these people complaining should have the floor and sound off. Its more of a trophy hunt than the actual bag of crack... Although W00T something really cool would be nice ;)



Stop yer whinin' already. You sound worse than my 2 year old nephew.

slightlyslapdash


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deceptiveanomaly wrote:So I've been wanting to know what is getting changed to the extended pancakes for a couple days now.... so I'm gonna test the word filter



Ass

tree ants

Harvey Wallbanger

dead weasels

ticks! GET THEM OFF! HURRY!

Banjo of Consternation



PAAAaaaAAaaaanCAAAAAKES!

I am slightly slapdash and I have USB and Nike+ addictions. =(|) woot monkeys rock. \m/(>.<)\m/

bunnyonwall


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jibal wrote:No, they owe you nothing, since you paid nothing. And the fact is that you got a fair chance in the first lottery, and lost that one. Then there were additional lotteries for those who never even got a chance to get into the first one. None of this is necessary or owed to anyone, but nothing's enough for spoiled brats.



Well, thank you judge and jury!

The only time you should expect to be treated fairly is if you pay for the honor? Interesting concept - I hope that works well for you if you ever end up in the hospital emergency room without a fist-full of cash.....

BTW, "spoiled brat"? Considering you have absolutely no clue who I am, isn't that being a bit presumptuous?

davidnolen


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Has any received anything good in their bagofcrap? What kinda stuff do you get. Discuss!

David Nolen

RyanRieder


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Awesome to hear woot is looking into the situation, props to you guys for the speedy response

Tomssw


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mewantsBOC wrote:Stop yer whinin' already. You sound worse than my 2 year old nephew.



Does he have a cold too?

sandsage


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So, what IS woot! going to do? I got at least 2 of the "Already Purchased" messages...

BuLLitz


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bunnyonwall wrote:Well, thank you judge and jury!

The only time you should expect to be treated fairly is if you pay for the honor? Interesting concept - I hope that works well for you if you ever end up in the hospital emergency room without a fist-full of cash.....

BTW, "spoiled brat"? Considering you have absolutely no clue who I am, isn't that being a bit presumptuous?



The guy has a reall attitude problem.

mewantsBOC


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bunnyonwall wrote:Well, thank you judge and jury!

The only time you should expect to be treated fairly is if you pay for the honor? Interesting concept - I hope that works well for you if you ever end up in the hospital emergency room without a fist-full of cash.....

BTW, "spoiled brat"? Considering you have absolutely no clue who I am, isn't that being a bit presumptuous?



bunnyonwallbanger - stop yer cryin' remove the sand from yer vagina

SilvrCloud


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jibal wrote:Those comments are directed at those who are in deep despair and ready to go on a shooting rampage because they didn't get the opportunity to give woot another $8.



Speaking for myself, it has nothing to do with the opportunity to give Woot $8, $80, or $8000..its the fact that there are people who dont try to skirt the system, only have one account, and legitimately try to get in on the Baiting other consumers "lottery", only to get placed "in line" behind some of those who take advantage of the system, then become the victims of a software glitch when the opportunity comes again while those who create account after account end up with "the spoils"

It's more frustration than "despair", at least for me. I missed out on the first one, got placed "in line" on 2 and 3, then got the "already purchased" on #4. Am I disappointed? Yes! Am I frustrated? YES!

Let's see what the "fun solution" they offer is...

5/28/08 Cube Memory 2GB MicroSD Card with SD Adaptor x2
3/28/2008 Soyo Freestyler 500 Bluetooth Headset and Bluetooth USB Adapter
3/11/2008 Generic BT-407 Bluetooth Headset – 2 Pack
3/1/2008 Philips Digital FM Transmitter
2/5/2008 Wireless FM Transmitter - 2 Pack

williamjeffstevens


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Thanks for your kind words Bull... Going to bed alone won't be so sad tonight....

mys


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williamjeffstevens wrote:I was merely trying to show you guys how much you mean to me... I wish you wouldn't berate my comments...



Do you not know what this means: ;) ???????????????????

ok attention wh*re ... is that better??

jibal


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mys wrote:l-o-l shooting rampage! O.M.G.

{{picturing an elephant stampede down Main Street and they're carying guns}} rofl



"shooting rampage" gets 135,000 google hits, and they aren't referring to elephants.

JustLookingAround


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silen7scope wrote:




ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BuLLitz


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mewantsBOC wrote:bunnyonwallbanger - stop yer cryin' remove the sand from yer vagina



Get bent 'Mr 1 woot in a year'. That was uncalled for.

mewantsBOC


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SilvrCloud wrote:Speaking for myself, it has nothing to do with the opportunity to give Woot $8, $80, or $8000..its the fact that there are people who dont try to skirt the system, only have one account, and legitimately try to get in on the Baiting other consumers "lottery", only to get placed "in line" behind some of those who take advantage of the system, then become the victims of a software glitch when the opportunity comes again while those who create account after account end up with "the spoils"

It's more frustration than "despair", at least for me. I missed out on the first one, got placed "in line" on 2 and 3, then got the "already purchased" on #4. Am I disappointed? Yes! Am I frustrated? YES!

Let's see what the "fun solution" they offer is...



Hmmmmm...I only have one account and a shotty internet connection (Hughesnet). Heck, I never even bought anything from woot before and still was able to get me three BagsOchit! Get over yourself already. You lost, next time you better be on your game! :op

dilligaf2day


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test

BobinPasadena


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sophiliapoo wrote:where the heck are my screaming monkeys!



I think they might be making it with mine.

davidnolen


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Has any received anything good in their bagofcrap? What kinda stuff do you get. Discuss!

David Nolen

SilvrCloud


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mewantsBOC wrote:Hmmmmm...I only have one account and a shotty internet connection (Hughesnet). Heck, I never even bought anything from woot before and still was able to get me three BagsOchit! Get over yourself already. You lost, next time you better be on your game! :op



Was I speaking only to you? I dont think so....Stop The Freakin Umbrellas already.

5/28/08 Cube Memory 2GB MicroSD Card with SD Adaptor x2
3/28/2008 Soyo Freestyler 500 Bluetooth Headset and Bluetooth USB Adapter
3/11/2008 Generic BT-407 Bluetooth Headset – 2 Pack
3/1/2008 Philips Digital FM Transmitter
2/5/2008 Wireless FM Transmitter - 2 Pack

uplateanyway


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dilligaf2day wrote:test




Well??? Did it pass ???

slightlyslapdash


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BobinPasadena wrote:I think they might be making it with mine.



Heh, I need to go to bed. I totally read that as, "I think they might be making it with wine" Then I thought of wine.woot... Oh! mead! I totally have mead in the fridge! Party time!

:D

I am slightly slapdash and I have USB and Nike+ addictions. =(|) woot monkeys rock. \m/(>.<)\m/

williamjeffstevens


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slightlyslapdash


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uplateanyway wrote:Well??? Did it pass ???



I'm sorry. You didn't pass this time. You will have another chance to take the test again in approximately 72 hours. Best of luck.

I am slightly slapdash and I have USB and Nike+ addictions. =(|) woot monkeys rock. \m/(>.<)\m/

ApaOps5


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I have one account and have won two B to the O to the muther smurfin C's twice. If you don't get it stop bitching. Woots trying to make a living and provide us entertainment.

silen7scope


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Trishlovesdolphins


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Who else is drowning their sorrows in some liqour?

I survived the great battery woot off of 4/1/08

bmxky


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I got 5 of them *pumps fist*

Tomssw


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davidnolen wrote:Has any received anything good in their bagofcrap? What kinda stuff do you get. Discuss!



Its hard to say, my previous Baiting other consumers actually went to friends that had a use for the stuff, Ipod external rechargable battery, camera case and something else. I forget, its late and I am thinking of ways to torture mewantsBOC...

mewantsBOC


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BuLLitz wrote:Get bent 'Mr 1 woot in a year'. That was uncalled for.



Wow was that your lame attempt to put me down? I have a life and do not need to sit in front of a computer for 24 hours straight to score three Baiting other consumers's. Don't hate tha playa just because your jealous...

dontwantaname


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Volunteer Moderator

Snapster wrote:Hello Woot Members - it's been a long day for everyone so I'm going to make a fairly basic acknowledgement here and then follow up as facts and options become clearer (presumably tomorrow.) Many thanks to those of you who enjoyed most of the days events and my apologies for the temporary staff intrusion in this future celebratory thread.

We're constantly tweaking and recoding the order allocation process to allow for features of each woot site. We definitely like pushing the envelope -- we know features and events such as this are important to our members. Several things popped up here at once due to recent evolutions of the site. The "ordered already" messaging was indeed a main process glitch - a normal woot sale rule that we expected to be dropped from the multi-part release code apparently did execute as planned. That combined with a very unexpected bottleneck in the reservation system on releases 2 and 3 allowed for an unprecedented number of members to have both been in queue before and then subsequently stopped from getting in line for release 4.

A few minor points to make: The total sum of units awarded didn't change due to these glitches - the misfortune of some very early in the process led to the success of others also very early but who otherwise would have been too late. Remember, receiving the 'already ordered' message did not indicate that you would have been positioned in the queue to "win" but that you were stopped from entering this queue for a chance to "win".

So to boil it down we're aware of some unfairness in the outcome and we will be investigating what data we have on who was affected (and of course what the problems were so we can fix them). I believe that we will have data sources tied to your account that will enable us to see the scope of the issue and communicate with those affected proactively (there should be no need to email member services or post here). I and other staff will be exploring some hopefully fun solutions.

After 4 years of expansion and evolution, we have made a lot of mistakes as well as a lot of progress. While it's certainly frustrating when we backslide or I am an un-original person to recognize new issues before they happen, we intend to continue applying our resources to best bring you entertaining events. We're often at our best coming up with creative solutions to challenging problems.

Thanks - and sorry again for the staff interjection - if necessary I'll announce and create a new thread to resolve the split interests here.

Let the wild rumpus resume.

Snapster

if necessary, please quote/copy this as needed to future pages.



WE LURV YOU TOO! Dork!!!

steevieg


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damn, a april fool's wootoff of batteries.

what's this? a Banjo of Consternation right after i get home from work???

WHAT KIND OF APRIL FOOL'S JOKE IS THIS?!!?
lame.

silen7scope


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andnineteen


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afk to die =(

mewantsBOC


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SilvrCloud wrote:Was I speaking only to you? I dont think so....Stop The Freakin Umbrellas already.



I could care less who the hell you were speaking to. Do my comments bother you Mary?

chemwolf


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Still waiting for a crap to show up when I am not at work.

pearlsea4


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sh4ne wrote:same here, same here...there's always next time, though =\



I also got the "already ordered" error when I tried to get it this evening. I was all over the one in the afternoon, as soon as it came up. I was kind of surprised when I got the message that I would be "in line" in case any previous orders got cancelled. Then I was right on the evening one, also, only to get the "already ordered" message. I was like NO NO NO I didn't get one, don't cheat me. But then after about 10 seconds of being mad, i got over it. Regardless of the fact that, evidently, I didn't get a Baiting other consumers, it was a pretty clever, entertaining event for April Fools.
All you people who are complaining... let it go.. you will survive. Don't try to ruin it for everyone who was able to get one. I would guess that your complaining is only going to negatively impact WOOT's desire to have fun events like this.

slightlyslapdash


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dontwantaname wrote:



Aww! The Meeces are sooo cute! (real pics, that is)

I am slightly slapdash and I have USB and Nike+ addictions. =(|) woot monkeys rock. \m/(>.<)\m/

silen7scope


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Trishlovesdolphins


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It's ANARCHY!!! All over Baiting other consumers!

I survived the great battery woot off of 4/1/08