trunks2020 wrote:I like many of you read the description and got my Boggy Old Creature. This morning I opened my stocking and my wife made me my own Boggy Old Creature.

Included are:
8 - Fingernail Clippers
3 - Scissors
1 - Electronic Toothbrush
1 - Dart Gun
1 - Cookie in tin
1 - Package generic super glue
1 - Naruto Puzzle
1 - Bag Plackers
1 - Manicure set with additional 2 finger nail clippers
1 - Deck of Cards
1 - Disposable Crow

Oh, come on now... how is that a Box of Crippie?? There wasn't one single thing in there made by Excalibur!! :P

Seriously though... that genuinely made me laugh out loud. Props to you and you'uns for the great sense of humor and sharing that with us!

Way to abuse the folks drunkenly trying to put together their children's bicycles, WOOT! I loved it! And to all the people who don't think READING is FUNdaMENTAL... better luck next time! I saw the SOLD OUT immediately and thought I'd read and research a little more.. and blam! Lucky biiiiiiya!

Big ups to Woot for the mental workout at 1am EST on a fantastic night...

And stinger72 - if you get any tires that will fit a '98 F-150, I'll take 2 - maybe 4 - if the price is right!

The people who can't read just got a big lump of coal in their stocking for Christmas! ;)

h4n h4n!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

man i wonder what this was? was it a woot christmas gift? a car or tv or something ?

It was nearly 5 minutes after by the time I clicked on the link and then on "I want one". And I still was able to get one. Thank You Woot for Santa's Sack-O-scaffolding.

For the record, there WAS only 1 Ba.g of C.rap...

The other 2999 people bought Santa's sac o'c.rap.

lehrdude wrote:For the record, there WAS only 1 Ba.g of C.rap...

The other 2999 people bought Santa's sac o'c.rap.

That's funny. I was so pissed and thought it sold out right away as usual, then I read the details and found the link to the Sack-o-c.rap. I was cutting it close and still got the best christmas present ever, random woot leftovers.

1) Go to Woot.com
2) l2read
3) ???
4) PROFIT!


...or should steps 1 and 2 be switched?? :-o

stinger72 wrote:LOL, I was the ONE that got through on the fake Boggy Old Creature... I was sitting in front of my laptop and use an autofill program, but I personally click info is correct and BUY. I'm shocked it beat out scripts! Regardless, I don't think they are sending anything for that (probably good, they'd send me a skid of tires).

Are autofill programs frowned upon? I personally like what they did, woot is great at mixing things up. There will always be whiners, but keep up the mixup and more people will get Boggy Old Creature that never had before.

So, did your account get charged ten thousand? Just curious.

ExoCorsair wrote:1) Go to Woot.com
2) l2read
3) ???
4) PROFIT!


...or should steps 1 and 2 be switched?? :-o

that is still my favorite south park episode

It's always nice when I can use real world examples in my English classroom. Today's lesson will be a wonderful example about the importance of reading. I'll also be able to make the point stick as I open my basket of cacti with my students.

Thanks W O O T!

Was anyone else confused by the little sidebar description on the "Secret Page"? What's with the reference to "manually entering" orders, and what backdoor are they talking about?

wootietootiefrootie wrote:What a unique way to alienate your customers! Maybe they should post a message on their home page saying "CLOSED--OUT OF BUSINESS."

Sorry, but my time is too valuable to waste reading any text that follows "SOLD OUT!" if they want to fool the bots, use pictures instead.

Whats the matter, yer bot didn't work? lol Seriously, what else could you be doing late at night while waiting for the new deal to come up that is worth SO much of yer time. ;-)

I love you Woot and Merry Christmas!
Went to bed right after I scored so this is first chance to check forum.
Awesome way to do the scaffolding! Took me three clicks before I read.
This is my seventh scaffolding and I don't even know what a bot is so I am definately not using one...I'm an old technoilliterate hillbilly.
I even got a scaffolding with the purchase of the lights and it was the best scaffolding ever!!!

mdl1atra wrote:....

BTW, is it too early to start complaining about FedEx?

it is NEVER too early to complain about FedEx.

wanted one gone with santa

vmsingh wrote:b-o---c = Boggy Old Creature

b-a--g o-f c-r--a-p = baby of the cosmos

c-r--a---p = scaffolding

b dash o dash c i.e. b_o_c = Bought On Credit

Ummmm what?

PengLord wrote:I'd love it if they sent a box of rancid seal poo with a live, real-time cellular webcam attached.

Best. Idea. Ever. lol

Dear Woot,

Thank you for the present. I waited up like an eager elf and was rewarded for my efforts - my first sack in over 2 years. I went to bed with dreams of Japanese toys, plasma tvs and odd electronic gizmos, sleeping for 11 hours of blissful joy.

I'm still grinning. Happy Christmas to me.

kfergus wrote:Worth purchasing?? Ha, probably not most of the time. But, that isn't the point. The real point is the fun of it.

And the anticipation: is there a chance that they threw in something that's not quite as [fill in pejorative adjective that will pass the forum word filter] as the rest of the [fill in pejorative noun, probably related to the adjective in the previous brackets, that will pass the forum word filter] in the bag?

(Answer: Not much, but hey, it's only $8.)

I love watching all the bot users b*tch and moan for a change. Ha, Ha!! Merry Christmas to us non-bot users.

Thank you woot, your decision to leave the bots out in the cold made this an extra special christmas for me!

quantamm wrote:Already sold out!!! Argh!

dagNABit! !

mdl1atra wrote:Actually, 22% if you just look at the price of the item. But, only about 8.5% for the total (shipping).
Yeah, I never thought it was fair to tax shipping, but it only applies to Texas residents.
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I hate living in Texas.

BTW, is it too early to start complaining about FedEx?

It applies to Missouri, also, thanks to a Woot presence in St. Louis.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I can never get a baby of the cosmos! and I'm just curious.

You twisted my words!

I got one woot woot. I had to wait all day to makie sure it was confirmed but it worked!!! Only took me 2 years to snag one!

Zia Lia wrote:Dear Woot,

Thank you for the present. I waited up like an eager elf and was rewarded for my efforts - my first sack in over 2 years. I went to bed with dreams of Japanese toys, plasma tvs and odd electronic gizmos, sleeping for 11 hours of blissful joy.

I'm still grinning. Happy Christmas to me.

I did the same thing I had to put a facebook status as I finally got the illusive baby of the cosmos!!

can you call the carrierer (sled-ex or uspspss or a snail) after you got the Boggy Old Creature and get a retail refund claiming it "broke in transit?"
just saying.

GuardianBob wrote:Um you're about 14 hours and 25 minutes too late.

No, I was on during all the hub-bub last night, I tried and tried. I felt like Charlie Brown running at Lucy, every time, the football was yanked out in front of me.

WOOT! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I finally gave up even trying to get a Boggy Old Creature again because of bots, but now you have given me new hope. Please keep it up.

elangomatt wrote:YEAHHHHH!! after 1.5 years of bad luck, I finally had some crappy luck and scored my fourth ever Boggy Old Creature

More like 3-4 for me till this Christmas!! With the 5 biz days will not be shipped it looks till after new years. Darn holidays lol! It is nice getting many breaks to catch up on stuff and celibrating with family.

mackie112 wrote:can you call the carrierer (sled-ex or uspspss or a snail) after you got the Boggy Old Creature and get a retail refund claiming it "broke in transit?"
just saying.

If you need to try to get a "cheat" refund, you shouldn't spend the 8 bucks in the first place! I've had broken items in past "bags", but all they were always worth what was spent, in fun and actual worth!

skywarrior3 wrote:There was more than 1. I got one.

THink of it you bought one Sack of Santa's scaffolding that holds 3 Sacks of Santa's scaffolding.

mackie112 wrote:can you call the carrierer (sled-ex or uspspss or a snail) after you got the Boggy Old Creature and get a retail refund claiming it "broke in transit?"
just saying.

...why would you?

OK so I love Woot as I just scored my first Black Ogre Corpse last night after a few years of membership. Can anyone explain Woot's business model and how it can afford to sell bags of scaffolding for such prices...assuming that the average Boggy Old Creature has an approx value of $30 (while obviously taking a margin loss but also getting rid of slow moving inventory). I am just assuming that Woot's inventory turns are on the order of 300 or more which is outstanding but the Boggy Old Creature just baffles me in terms of profit margins. Does Woot just view their time more valuable when it's spent searching for the next high volume buy vs. spent trying to get rid of inventory at a better resale value?

Merry Christmas woot! and all the little wooters...

Anorion wrote:So they guy who got the only Bowl of Cereal on the front page was a real person? I'm surprised. But very happy.

Yep, real person that is going to feel the pain I believe. I'll keep everyone posted on the big rig full of septic tanks I receive.

I have uninstalled robocopy and sworn to read everything before clicking.

yellowbastard wrote:

And stinger72 - if you get any tires that will fit a '98 F-150, I'll take 2 - maybe 4 - if the price is right!

I have a feeling I will be able to get you a very decent price. In fact, it may be a buy 1 tire get 1000 free.

layfay88 wrote:OK so I love Woot as I just scored my first Black Ogre Corpse last night after a few years of membership. Can anyone explain Woot's business model and how it can afford to sell bags of scaffolding for such prices...

The most common explanation I see is that it is a "loss leader" for Woot! Certainly that holds true during Woot-Offs. There are probably tens of thousands of folks glued to the computer for days, waiting for the Basket of Cats, and while they are at it, they pick up a few other items.

It certainly builds a following for Woot. Some of the other D-O-D sites have tried it, but none as successfully as Woot!, because the others only have crap in the bags. Woot! keeps the expectation that there may be a gold nugget in with the horse manure.

In a more cynical view, its a way to get rid of un-sellable items and useless bits and pieces, and have people enjoy getting it. An example of un-sellable items that Wooters love to get are the beat-up Sansa players. Can't sell a scuffed but functional Sansa, but if its in a bag, everyone is happy.

1 bag? really woot?