zelucifer wrote:Maybe I'm just a horrible nerd, but does anyone get the feeling they made the total quantity, just slightly over 9000, as a reference to the far too popular meme?

Nappa: "VEGETA! What does the scouter say about his power level?"

Vegeta: "IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!" *crushes scouter*

Nappa: WHAT NINE THOUSAND!?

DrKickflip13 wrote:Wow I've been buying everything on Woot this week.
Good thing I got a check for $212.56 from Treasure Trooper this month
http://www.thescarletbeard.com/FreeMoney.html

your dead to me

it's over?

Washii wrote:I have to install drivers to charge my RAZR V3m via my USB cable. Did you try that?

Nope - but I will now...after I go google for where to get them.
Thanks!

supasteve013 wrote:your dead to me

Interesting - another probation pending here? llo

Well off to bed perchance to dream...

DA59 wrote:I got mine here

Day-umm!! And I just ordered 14 of just plain-ol-colored-cape with helmet-or-mask for all the good little girls & boys around our XMas gathering - YESTERDAY!
And now today you show me an XMas screaming flying monkey?!!!
Santa mocks me!

DA59 wrote:DAMN! That was fast for them to appear. Before they even got them!

OOooooh, unless it's woot staff! Conspiracy!

Get a life....other than woot.com, seriously.

mrktshop wrote:Get a life....other than woot.com, seriously.

You're here too...

RogerCushing wrote:That would seem to be the simple & obvious truth, so why does my PC USB port not charge my CrackBerry?
The CrackBerry charges off of my B&D Power Brick.

Blame the "CrackBerry".

RogerCushing wrote:That would seem to be the simple & obvious truth, so why does my PC USB port not charge my CrackBerry?
The CrackBerry charges off of my B&D Power Brick.

Install the Blackberry drivers and you'll have better result.

My Moto Q9h doesnt charge unless the drivers (ActiveSync/WMDC) are installed for it ... also a co-worker had to install the Blackberry software suite (included with his phone) to get his to charge via the PC. My Razr used to charge just fine without anything special, but windows saw it as a mass storage device so the drivers were already in Windows.

looking forward to next woot off

oh the end!

THANK YOU WOOT I ORDERED 3 BECAUSE I LOVE THESE THINGS THANKS FOR BRINGING IT BACK AND LONG ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THEM

gqquintano wrote:THANK YOU WOOT I ORDERED 3 BECAUSE I LOVE THESE THINGS THANKS FOR BRINGING IT BACK AND LONG ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THEM

SECONDEDED.

Great. Woot suckered me into buying the lights because I thought they were going to be scarce.

Very well played Woot. I bow to your greatness.

wrwine3 wrote:Great. Woot suckered me into buying the lights because I thought they were going to be scarce.

Very well played Woot. I bow to your greatness.

Me too. I got the lights on the first offering, but couldn't carry stretch out my luck on the carp. All told - I bought 4 woots this woot-off.

I want my Banjo of Consternation

docb wrote:Me too. I got the lights on the first offering, but couldn't carry stretch out my luck on the carp. All told - I bought 4 woots this woot-off.

Apparently I DIDN'T get the lights after all. I just checked my account and it is not listed as being purchased by me.

I just checked my credit card. I don't have a pending charge for it either. I do have a pending charge for another item I purchased during the woot-off. Strange...

Maybe it hung in the reservation thing while everyone else hurried to get the 'rare' woot lights. I did get to the processing purchase screen.

wrwine3 wrote:Apparently I DIDN'T get the lights after all. I just checked my account and it is not listed as being purchased by me.

I just checked my credit card. I don't have a pending charge for it either. I do have a pending charge for another item I purchased during the woot-off. Strange...

Maybe it hung in the reservation thing while everyone else hurried to get the 'rare' woot lights. I did get to the processing purchase screen.

It may be worth it to tell your story to their customer service, and ask if they can send you one if anyone cancels their order. From what I hear (and from the few times I've needed to contact them) woot customer service is pretty awesome

Edit:
oh and woot! 100 posts!

re-Edit
and woot! a black box!

Buyers beware !!! Just got my Slacker from Woot. Does not wok. The reply I got from Woot was " Unless we specifically tell you not to, call the manufacturer of the product you bought. You will likely get a replacement of a new model or better item from them."
Now I know why I shop at stores. If it does not work, they give you a refund. They don't tell you it is not their problem and you should go online to figure it out or call the manufacturer. By the way, there is no number to call Slacker, no instruction manual, no installation disc... Live and learn

PeterSullivan wrote:Buyers beware !!! Just got my Slacker from Woot. Does not wok. The reply I got from Woot was " Unless we specifically tell you not to, call the manufacturer of the product you bought. You will likely get a replacement of a new model or better item from them."
Now I know why I shop at stores. If it does not work, they give you a refund. They don't tell you it is not their problem and you should go online to figure it out or call the manufacturer. By the way, there is no number to call Slacker, no instruction manual, no installation disc... Live and learn

http://www.slacker.com/support/

In for one! Glad they brought it back, can't wait to display them in the cube.

PeterSullivan wrote:Buyers beware !!! Just got my Slacker from Woot. Does not wok. The reply I got from Woot was " Unless we specifically tell you not to, call the manufacturer of the product you bought. You will likely get a replacement of a new model or better item from them."
Now I know why I shop at stores. If it does not work, they give you a refund. They don't tell you it is not their problem and you should go online to figure it out or call the manufacturer. By the way, there is no number to call Slacker, no instruction manual, no installation disc... Live and learn

If the item says something like "Warranty: 1 Year Slacker" then that means there's a one year warranty from the 'Slacker' company.
You do have a point about going in to stores though, if you want to have the option to return something, pretty much no questions asked, no hassle, that's the way to go.
The trade off for that being, you will pay a lot more in stores 90% of the time, sometimes even 2 or 3x the price as on line.

And did you really expect a company named "slacker" do have a phone number to call? ;)

Personally, I think it would be better if these woot-off lights could connect to the internet and sense a woot off and turn on themselves.

That would be bad ass and definitely worth $15.

asylum475 wrote:Personally, I think it would be better if these woot-off lights could connect to the internet and sense a woot off and turn on themselves.

That would be bad ass and definitely worth $15.

From what I gather, these don't. They are "USB powered" but not USB controlled. They have individual on/off switches.

I think when I get mine, I will modify them to be controlled by commands from the PC. Connected to be a "woot warning device" or not, they will at least be controlled from a PC.

woot off = mediocre. is it possible to have those lights more often? 3 times and then ending with them?! I guess I'm just bitter about not getting the bandolier of carrots.

In for 1! Will work great in my recording studio (lights on = quiet! recording!)

hockeyali08 wrote:woot off = mediocre. is it possible to have those lights more often? 3 times and then ending with them?! I guess I'm just bitter about not getting the bandolier of carrots.

I thought the woot-off went alright, I managed to get x-mas gifts for 4 or 5 people, a few things for me including an additional power cord for my laptop (so I can keep 1 in my backpack, and the other under my desk) and woot-off lights.

I also missed the Bandolier of Carrots, by mere minutes, so I feel your pain, I'd say it's the bitterness rising up making you doubt the awesomeness of this woot-off

I thought it was a pretty great woot-off, even with missing out on the Bandolier of Carrots. And the lights are something I'll definitely keep on display.

Dayum! That was fast - already have my tracking number. (got mine on 1st offering)

DA59 wrote:DAMN! That was fast for them to appear. Before they even got them!

OOooooh, unless it's woot staff! Conspiracy!

who in the hell would bid up to $21 for those things?

now I can pretend there is a woot off going 24/7!

wrwine3 wrote:Great. Woot suckered me into buying the lights because I thought they were going to be scarce.

Very well played Woot. I bow to your greatness.

There is a reason Woot says first "SUCKER". I bought them cause they were AWESOME. Besides...they will be scarce...eventually.

I can't wait to get mine!

You want lights? I went in for 2 sets. I really only need (need?? ha) one.
I want Woot monkeys. Functioning ones, with capes. Best offer, and best color selection gets it. I haven't got my tracking number yet. But I see it in my list of woot purchases.

PM me.
Jen

wrwine3 wrote:Great. Woot suckered me into buying the lights because I thought they were going to be scarce.

Very well played Woot. I bow to your greatness.

+1....kinda irritated now that they are a dime a dozen.

edthebedhead wrote:not all PC usb ports are powered.

All USB Ports are powered.

There are two types of devices: low-power and high-power. Low-power devices draw at most 1 unit load, .... High-power devices draw the maximum number of unit loads supported by the standard. All devices default as low-power but the device's software may request high-power as long as the power is available on the providing bus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb#Power

Mobile Phones mfgs and other unpleasant corporations [try to] make it so the phones will only charge with OEM chargers. to charge off pc, the drivers are only necessary to say it's a pc the phone sees, and not a knock off charger. the first brand chargers actually communicate to the phone to put the phone into charge mode. it's a tad overcomplicated [although, there have been lot's of consumer devices that have had exploding batteries, so maybe a little control is necessary]

I only recently heard of usb3.0 however. I can't keep up with it all anymore.

Shameful plug / bump:
I detailed my current solution for controlling usb periphery, in the following post: http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=2859604

I didn't read all the pages in this topic [yet], but I did read the last few repeatedly trying to find my damn msg.

DA59 wrote:I got mine here

They're on sale, too. Just paid $3.99 for a bunch of monkeys. One even has a parachute!!! (the parachute one was more)

Totally love the flying pig...

Has anyone's lights shipped yet? I am kind of hoping they would have shipped by now since SmartPost takes forever to get to where I am at.

I was hoping to give them as a Christfetivuwanzza gift.

My boyfriend really wanted these, but they sold out