threepiecewoot wrote:Thanks for taking the time to post your BoC. You even learned how to post pictures just so you could make a comprehensive post, which is very cool of you. I wish there was more coming, but that was more of a warning note, than a letter.

A little history; I changed from signing The Letter from "Woot Gods" to threepiecewoot for more efficient communication regarding the "last item". This way if the recipients of the letter had questions they could PM me directly or if they wrote into customer service, it would be forwarded to me.

To answer your last question, I am a he. Typically, IRL the beard would give it away, even at a distance. I think you are trying to tell me I write like a girl, but I'm totally cool with that.

Thanks again to you, and everyone who is posting all of these great pictures or otherwise contributing to the 04/01 Big o' Cosmos thread. More surprises to come, I'm sure of it.

Am I the only one in the community who is thinking that the Woot gods may have shorted some people on purpose? Since they know we are paying attention and posting maybe some of us will get letters as our last item.

I dont think i got a bag, unless the baggies covering the usb's count

gvencelov wrote:it is subscription; here's the page to activate a new device. https://www3.tivo.com/tivo-mma/activate/activate.do?WT.z_links=Activate_tivosite_footer_links

I can't find where the pricing plans are. They used to have a lifetime (to the device) plan but not sure if they still do...

Thanks for the info! Hmm... I already have Comcast DVR, but could potentially set up the Tivo elsewhere. If nothing else it would challenge me and my roommate to up our TV watching.

I didnt get a bag, unless the clear baggies covering the cables count

holyitz wrote:they should be counting texas air as a bag as well

Its not "Texas Air". Its packing material. It keeps your crap from breaking.

morganaw wrote:Its not "Texas Air". Its packing material. It keeps your crap from breaking.

If only it worked retroactively ...

morganaw wrote:Its not "Texas Air". Its packing material.

What gains come to thee, that thou come into this place and spew forth such untruths?

morganaw wrote:Its not "Texas Air". Its packing material. It keeps your crap from breaking.

pingraming wrote:What gains come by to thee, that thou come into this place and spew forth such untruths?

lol

anticipating the backlash from that blasphemous comment

So, I finally received a response from Evan at woot.. He explained that the reason they haven't responded to my recent emails is due to the fact that they already responded, and told me then - and maintain now - that the 2 six packs of grilling planks constitutes 12 craps.

I respectfully disagree, since woot offers them on Two For Tuesdays, and count that as TWO items, not TWELVE. Seeing as the 2 six packs were in a single sealed box, I still feel that I received ONE item, but I will meet them half way, and say I received TWO items... Not TWELVE.

Why are they being so belligerent? Is it because I'm being a pain in the ass?

Kinda funny that we call it "Texas Air", when in reality those air cushions are probably not made in Texas. It could be Chinese or Mexican Air for all we know :shrug:

bethtoritye wrote:i asked for an update on my replacement items, this is my reply:

We are still working on getting your replacement order out. You should receive an email with tracking once it ships.

Kam


*fingers crossed it's soon*

“So, I finally received a response from Evan at woot.. He explained that the reason they haven't responded to my recent emails is due to the fact that they already responded, and told me then - and maintain now - that the 2 six packs of grilling planks constitutes 12 craps. I respectfully disagree, since woot offers them on Two For Tuesdays, and count that as TWO items, not TWELVE. Seeing as the 2 six packs were in a single sealed box, I still feel that I received ONE item, but I am willing to meet them half way and say I got TWO items, not TWELVE, and thus, still short-crapped.

ThreePieceWoot hasn't even responded to me!

Why are they being so difficult on this? Is it because I'm being a pain in the ass?

jsh139 wrote:Kinda funny that we call it "Texas Air", when in reality those air cushions are probably not made in Texas. It could be Chinese or Mexican Air for all we know :shrug:

The plastic probably is, but there's a machine onsite in the warehouse that puffs it up with fresh Texas air before they throw it in the box. It would be ridiculously expensive to ship boxes of air from China to Texas when Texas has plenty of air. Though not so much as Montana in Big Sky Country, I assume.

My first Big o' Cosmos

1x Spindock
1x Luminart
2x charging cables for a Sansa mp3 player
1x recycled tote bag
and best of all
1x Happy mobile phone, with Benign Girl on the inside

Wasn't expecting much for my first time, might even get some use out of the Spindock.

morganaw wrote:Its not "Texas Air". Its packing material. It keeps your crap from breaking.

No wonder you don't have any quality posts... You obviously don't know what you are talking about.

wager wrote:The plastic probably is, but there's a machine onsite in the warehouse that puffs it up with fresh Texas air before they throw it in the box. It would be ridiculously expensive to ship boxes of air from China to Texas when Texas has plenty of air. Though not so much as Montana in Big Sky Country, I assume.

That's cool. I didn't think that they would puff their own packs.

That sounds dirty.

bylarke wrote:Am I the only one in the community who is thinking that the Woot gods may have shorted some people on purpose? Since they know we are paying attention and posting maybe some of us will get letters as our last item.

Yeah thats what im thinking, cause all the replacement bags weigh 4.1 lbs... 4/1.... ooooh sooo awesome!

I received an interesting call from FedEx asking me if I can be available between a four hour period next Tuesday to receive a 172 lb package form WOOT?

I received my level 2 with no letter. My level 1 is due on Monday

I too received the infamous 2.1lb Random Crap that came with:
1x Black/White bag
1x Screaming Monkey Keychain
1x Bath Set


When I emailed service@woot.com they said they'd fix it and send me my missing crap. I only expected 1 item, but I received 3 (mostly awesome) items!!!
1x Franklin Covey notepad with Leadership Images
1x Mobi Headphonies Striker
1x Sansa Charging Cable

Update on our April Fool's Day Big o' Cosmos:

Contents:
1 - Joy Buzzer Toy Cell Phone thing (not a watch)
1 - Black and White recycle bag
1 - Pair rubber flip flops things - a little too small for Jaime
1 - "Spin Doc" lazy susan thing for a laptop
12 - Woot Grilling Planks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA2UbrVK15U

This one really lived up to its name but we're satisfied

maraquin wrote:Sent an e-mail to service about my level 8 (keychain, bathset, zebra bag) and they're sending me one additional crap! Thanks, Woot!!

Why are some with the (keychain, bathset, bag) craps getting an extra item sent, while others are not. Why the double order WOOT!? DID YOU ORDER THE CODE RED? I want the truth!

I just got my 27.8 lb Big o' Cosmos. All of the items appear to be new.

1 x Samsonite Rolling Leather Laptop Bag (very nice!)
1 x Sunpak 6600C Tripod
1 x Aerogarden Classic

I looked all of the items up and the estimated value is about 260 dollars! It's missing the bag, but I'm not complaining.

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dieburnbot wrote:I just got my 27.8 lb Big o' Cosmos. All of the items appear to be new.

1 x Samsonite Rolling Leather Laptop Bag (very nice!)
1 x Sunpak 6600C Tripod
1 x Aerogarden Classic

I looked up all of the items up and the estimated value is about 260 dollars! It's missing the bag, but I'm not complaining.

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The laptop case was your bag... You've been shorted a crap... :-)

richellelander wrote:I'm thinking of taking Threepiecewoot's note as a challenge. What do you think? Should I try to eat it?

As someone who's health will not be affected by you eating a gummy bear who has spent 15 days in a cardboard box, I say YES! You could even have a party and offer it out like hors d'oeuvre




Also since people are having a discussion about TX air, I find it funny living in TX I usually don't get any. Hey, I didn't even get a bag! ;)

Our crap is all here!

My bag:
(1) Halo Sleep Sack for babies (small)
(1) Flying Monkey Keychain
(1) black and white bag
(1) Personalized box claimed by the cat

Woot has been emailed about lack of third crap, and a replacement is on the way.




The boyfriend's bag:
(1) Spindock Laptop Swivel
(1) Mobi headphones speaker (taken out of the box already in this photo, but came in the box)
(1) Monkey keychain
(7) Bags of sweet sweet Texas air
(1) Personalized box, claimed by our other cat

Posted this a bit earlier, but I think it disappeared back to level 1 somewhere.


Our crap is all here!

My bag, Level 10:
(1) Halo Sleep Sack for babies (small)
(1) Flying Monkey Keychain
(1) black and white bag
(1) Personalized box claimed by the cat

Woot has been emailed about lack of third crap, and a replacement is on the way.




The boyfriend's bag, Level 4
(1) Spindock Laptop Swivel
(1) Mobi headphones speaker (taken out of the box already in this photo, but came in the box)
(1) Monkey keychain
(1) black and white bag
(7) Bags of sweet sweet Texas air
(1) Personalized box, claimed by our other cat

I got my replacement Big o' Cosmos today and it's pretty sweet. This is what a Big o' Cosmos should be!!! Thanks Woot!

17x Texas Air
1x unused bubble envelope
7x Sandisk usb cables
1x Cassette to MP3 converter
3x Headphonies
2x Syma S107 Mini Helicopter

To anyone having trouble posting or seeing your post, click reply to someone elses post and quote them. Then you can delete the entire quote from the box and type what you want to post.

Right now for some reason, the default "add a comment" puts you back into level 1 crap - see pages 126-131 for your posts from the past 3 days that got lost (and the pages before page 126 if it got lost before the 13th).

By quoting someone from level 10 and deleting the quote, it will push your post to the end.

Hmm... I think my post disappeared. Anyway, this is what I posted on Wednesday (04/13/2011):

So... First time Big o' Cosmos and it arrived today.

Level 3 - 2.1 lbs.
1x Sheep Blanket (or whatever it is)
1x 2011 woot! Calender
1x Black/White Stripe tote(?) bag

And from reading EVERY POST (yes I did @_@) it seems I'm short of one crap. I sent an email and now just waiting for a response. Some of you guys got some nice crap. Especially those dog(s) and cat(s). :p

I sent two emails (because the first one didn't get a response) and today receive a reply saying my replacement crap is on it's way! woot! woot!

my crap arrived
level 1 --2.9 lb


7x xm radio antennas
1 roll of WOOT packing!!!
1 Woot (question mark) brown bag

annnnnd last but not least one 9 x 11 Micheal Jordan NBA HOOPS pic autographed by threepiecewoot!!! He said last item wouldn't fit in box, it's being shipped separately!!!!

trying to post pics- help please

I got my replacement Big o' Cosmos today and it's pretty darn sweet! This is what a Big o' Cosmos. should be. Thanks Woot!

17x Texas Air
1x Unused bubble pack envelop
7x Sandisk usb cables
1x Tape to MP3 converter
3x Headphonies
2x S107 Mini Indoor Helicopter

patty280 wrote:I'm in the same boat... It doesn't really matter I'm just curious since it seems like everyone that was shorted this time is getting an entire new Big o' Cosmos.....

I won't be getting a new bag... I FINALLY convinced Evan that my 2 six packs of grilling planks should constitute TWO items... He insists it's TWELVE...

So, long story short, they are sending me ONE more item..

Smart money says I'm getting one more grilling plank.. Not a package... Just one.

winning!


woot tape by txas4suzi, on Flickr





woot brown bag by txas4suzi, on Flickr

woot letter by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people

My Replacement Crap came today, here is what it contains:
4.1 lb Box

1 x Logitech Headset with Microphone
2 x Sandisk Sansa 4gb Video Player Black ( both returned with various things wrong with them, have yet to test them)
1 x 4gb SD Memory Card
1 x 8ft HDMI Cable
7 x Sansa USB Cables
1 x Mobi Headphonies
1 x Nvizio Sunlight 7 Piece Fountain Pin Collection, As Seen On TV
1 x Paladin Tools Power Play 18-in-one Utility Tool
1 x Manilla Envelope
18 x Texas Air

I'm amazed with all the crap they sent! Very cool I love it, thanks woot, and thanks support for all of the help!

My 8.7 level 8 link crap contained nothing extraordinary, but special crap to me nonetheless. I could never be a disappointed father.

I got
1x crap bag the paisleyish one.
2x 6packs of cedar planks.
3x baby bottle drying racks.
4x 180 ear warmers.

Not use for most of this as its not winter and I dont think ive ever used ear protection personally. No baby. And I am vegetarian, and don't own a grill. But maybe we will find out this summer how grilled seitan tastes compared to grilled seitan on woot cedar planks tastes....

andmott wrote:My Replacement Crap came today, here is what it contains:
4.1 lb Box

1 x Logitech Headset with Microphone
2 x Sandisk Sansa 4gb Video Player Black ( both returned with various things wrong with them, have yet to test them)
1 x 4gb SD Memory Card
1 x 8ft HDMI Cable
7 x Sansa USB Cables
1 x Mobi Headphonies
1 x Nvizio Sunlight 7 Piece Fountain Pin Collection, As Seen On TV
1 x Paladin Tools Power Play 18-in-one Utility Tool
1 x Manilla Envelope
18 x Texas Air

I'm amazed with all the crap they sent! Very cool I love it, thanks woot, and thanks support for all of the help!

WOW!

Thanks for taking all the good replacement crap. I guess it will be Nancy Kerrigan cards for me.

Since I already had one Big o' Cosmos in my life, I thought I'd introduce my son to the concept. His previous exposure to the Big o' Cosmos term usually had something to do with the diaper pail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwA_aSMnZMk
I think he enjoyed it, and I enjoyed watching him open it.
Our 1.1 pounder was free of Texas air.
It included.
1x woot monkey key chain(my sons favorite
2x 6" usb extension cables
1x Woot calender.
1x Zebra striped bag.

Now I'm a little sad that it's over. Might have to re-use the box to send gift Carp to unsuspecting relatives to keep the smiles going.

Thanks Woot!

posted 2 hours ago but it never was posted,so here it is again. “my crap arrived level 1 --2.9 lb 7x xm radio antennas 1 roll of WOOT packing!!! 1 Woot (question mark) brown bag annnnnd last but not least one 9 x 11 Micheal Jordan NBA HOOPS pic autographed by threepiecewoot!!! He said last item wouldn't fit in box, it's being shipped separately!!!! trying to post pics- help please”

djdarell wrote:Excellent suggestions. There are truly no markings on the outside of any kind, other than the USB symbol. Here are some pics of its guts:


As you can see, there's a round yellow thing under the circuit board. It kinda looks like a speaker. You know, those cheap kinds that just make little polyphonic sounds?

If it's a battery, then I guess that kinda makes some sense. I'd still like to know what it's for, though.

If it's a dock, then I can't imagine why you would want to plug the cable into the dock, then clip the dock on the item, instead of just plugging the cable into the item.

I seriously won't be able to sleep until I know what this thing is.

Kind of reminds me of my bluetooth dock for my ps3 headset. When it sits on the dock, it acts as if it is a microphone, maybe this goes one step further and the yellow thing is a microphone and makes a bluetooth really into a microphone.

Looks like I'm in that bad luck camp that got the bath set as two craps (got that and the keychain). Just a string of bad luck hitting my account given all the usual high reviews on the site.
I had sworn off woot since my last purchase was the 09 woot lights/fake Big o' Cosmos issue (for those who remember) and my roomba had broken down easily. Dumb thing on my part is that I could have used the old 5 dollar off coupon code, but forgot.

this got lost on level 1 pages

2.9 lb crap arrived today!!
7x xm radio antennas
1 woot packing tape
1 woot brown bag
and Michael Jordan nba hoops card

woot letter by txas4suzi, on Flickr

I got a letter!!!