beeker478 wrote:New to Woot. Please explain Woot off!!!!!!!!!!!

if you wiki "woot", you'll find a rather interesting in-depth explanation.

Was there no Basket Of Carp, or did I miss it?

$15 for a couple of novelty lights is a rip, especially after three days of back2back2back disappointments. The screaming monkey endings were getting a little tired, but at least they were cheap.

Next time there's a december woot-off, they gotta change the theme song to "woot-off the wed-nose weindeer".

Thank you again Woot. I finally got some USB Woot Lights on the 3rd try. I also landed the elusive Bag of Carp, and a couple of other good things.

Yeah there were about 4 or 5 items that I would have bought had I not had to work, sleep, and in general maintain life and missed them when they were available. So maybe next time I will get them.

All in all, a decent Woot-off in my opinion.

Not a great woot off.... few deals mostly a bunch of cheap junk. I'm afraid I'll have to start looking elsewhere....

also put on probation for the last hour...

Merry Christmas to ALL! (SERIOUSLY)

I missed the item I have wanted for about 2 years!!!! I have never seen it here before, and can't believe they had it, AND I MISSED THE DAMN THING!!!
Un-feaking-believable!
It was the Alton brown Shun knife set.
I have looked at and lusted for these for 2 years. I have seen them sold for up to $800!!! Woot had the for like $250.
if you don't understand why this is such an awesome deal on knives, nobody can explain it to you.

Hey Woot Staff: whoever shot this video can you tell me how loud these things are? I've had some crappy rotating lights before that run off AA batteries that are annoying as hell, the gears that turn the reflector sound like a lawnmower!

in for one, the look like they will be fun to have

I was soooo in for bacon!....Until it was $35! I love bacon, but GEESH!

podpalacz wrote:nobody is going to read this.. pathetic...

I read it, so you are validated.

Turn out the lights the party's over

This was my first woot experience. A friend recommended the site and told me what great bargains and stuff they have. I think I'll have to pick my friends more wisely from now on. This sucked.

WOOT off KILLER!!
This will be here till 1 AM Eastern,I betcha.

beeker478 wrote:New to Woot. Please explain Woot off!!!!!!!!!!!

I see some orange flashing lights on the main page – what do they mean?
No, you aren't seeing a side effect from your allergy medication. You have found a Woot-Off, a short term frenzied mutation of our product posting procedure. In Woot-Off mode, a new product is launched immediately after the sellout of the previous deal. There is a half-Woot-life of 12 hours maximum on any product within a Woot-Off that does not sell out. The number of Woot-Off items, sequence, and quantity will not be announced. When Woot-Off mode is over, the orange lights will disappear and our normal schedule will resume. Depending on its success, this may be a mode we would go into once or twice a month for a relatively short duration of time (24-72 hours generally.)

woot lights, again, did not like them the first time did not like them this time, and what a way to end the woot off, with these left on my screen..Time to stumbleupon I guess.

This frakking vacuums, no worthwhile woots the entire woot-off, and yet again no Banjo of Consternation!!! GRRRRR!!! ANGRY!!! HULK SMASH!!!

Got two,,,maybe?

yokken wrote:I have lost all faith in Woot after this woot-off. The past 3 including this one have been absolutely terrible. I have no doubt that all the Bags of carp will include nothing more than a hairbrush, a travel toothpaste, and a screaming monkey.

What happened to the old Woot? The Woot that actually had deals that you couldn't find anywhere else? /me sighs

Does your "kitty" hurt too?

gacibula wrote:llo I thought I was special for snagging a pair of the 98 available during the woot off... guess not

You should have been around for the April 1, 2008 quasi-woot-off when they kept selling the same item over and over and over again with different product descriptions!

NO BACONNAISE FOR YOU!

bygdawg wrote:Got me some woot lights. I wanted a Sony Sound Bar. :-( Maybe next time.

me too, is the woot-off over now?, no more lights rotating here.

Well I got a4 gig Kingston flashcard for the camera , missed the bacon gift set.

beeker478 wrote:New to Woot. Please explain Woot off!!!!!!!!!!!

"Woot-off" - Something that was missed by you.

lololzak wrote:why is everyone saying the woot-off is over?
how do they know?

No more flashing lights with a meter as to about how many items are left. There are flashing lights...but just those being sold.

Woot=bacon, goodnight Wooters.

zen21tao wrote:I called it.... the last Woot-off before Christmas and they only give out 1/2 to 1/3 as many as Bags of carp as they do in a normal woot-off.

Only 1500 x 3. Normally they give out around 4500 with 60%-65% =1 and 30%-35% = 3 for a total between 7500-9500.

Way to show your lack of Christmas spirit, Woot.....

No, they normally do 4500 total Bags of carp. So they did the normal amount, but actually listened to all the bitching about the I want 3 button not working and made 3 the only option. Now there are people like you bitching about it this way. I didn't get a bag this time around either, but it was at least nice to see that they listened to the community and tried something different.

Well I'd just like to say this was an enormously disappointing woot-off. Got rooked out of a Braille on Cookies and no $ really to get anything else. BLEH.

I'm for food and sleep.

later daze, folks!

aaww woot off over =(

Amoreena wrote:I read it, so you are validated.

yeah but you are not real..

Geeeeez, so many things...so little time!

Mydnyte wrote:You should have been around for the April 1, 2008 quasi-woot-off when they kept selling the same item over and over and over again with different product descriptions!

That was a riot!!!!!
I got me a pair of them to power my USB aquarium, llo

WOOT YOU ROCK! THANKS FOR PUTTING THESE UP AGAIN!

Now I have to get:

More Woot Monkeys
Candi The Pole Dancer
The USB Plasma ball
The USB Disco ball

I must have more of the USB toys!!!! Can you imagine my desk when I get done!!!

No....I am NOT ADDICTED!!!

WOOT ROX UR SOX!!

yeah but not for 10 bucks. Thats what I paid for the pole dancer!

rotaryfreak3 wrote:Was there no Basket Of Carp, or did I miss it?

Yep - you missed it.

Although there HAVE been WootOffs without Baskets. Not many, but a few.

Got some lights on the third try. Too bad I missed the Bandolier of Carrots.

Missed my dang B>O>C but got my woot lights.......Haven't seen a woot off this long since around the end of 06.........Need more bags of carp though

wootsboc wrote:HAY People

67 HOURS of WOOTING

WOW
now go to sleep

and you still bought nothing

maryannparker wrote:if u have a plug in ur truck >>>>>>>>>>

Bagged the lights this time, and didn't even think about the fact that they will work in the car with a USB plug charger in the lighter socket! Now they are really special!

did anyone get the Banjo of Consternation?

No Bandolier of Carrots for mmmmmmeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!