RobinBobcat wrote:So... is there ANY way for a casual Wooter to get their hands on a Bravo Charlie *WITHOUT* resorting to using an automated script?

Seriously. even with frantic F5-bashing, I never get to see it, because the servers get so suddenly overloaded that NOTHING happens.

On the rare instance it gets to show the picture before it sells out (usually not), I then get to wait for it to try and get to the order screen.

By the time it churns through to the order screen, of course, it has sold out. This is usually within about thirteen seconds, tops.

Seriously.. All I want is a chance at what the greedy bastards with the Bag scripts are hogging. Can we add some sort of Captcha or something? Please?

I totally agree. My buddies and I literally stayed awake during the whole woot off. We f5'd IMMEDIATELY after every item. As soon as the Xoom ended, I hit order on the Bundle of Crops I got to the order screen after a few minutes of loading. When I hit the gold button, it timed out. I refreshed the front page and there were still half of the Bundle of Crops#39;s left. I don't understand. I agree on the captcha thing as well. The scripters ruin it for everyone..

WOOOO HOOOO I got my first ever Bindle of Carrots!

DAG NAB IT!!!! I got to the order screen and hit the button and it sat there FOREVER, then I get the sold out. I LOOOOOOOVE PONIES!

Thought I had one this time... got all the way to the order page then it timed out, never to be loaded again this was a tough one!

flameout wrote:Must be my lucky day! I didn't even know there was a wootoff going on. Checked woot and saw the xoom tablet so fired up the other computer. I got a Bundle of Crops within minutes and my wife got one 3 minutes later!

well it would have been nice to even log in. woot sucks now.

WOOOOOOOT!!!!

Got my first Bundle of Crops!

Bindle of Carrots more like bunch of crap.

I got through to buy the bag and quickly input my security card code and clocked the button and I get a "Sold Out" message.

Worst Woot feeling to date.

Kept timing out during the confirmation

2 computers, Woot alarm, not so much as a Box Of Chocolates order page. Curse you WoOt!

I got my first one.

Page finally failed.

No crap for me today.

Kept timing out during the confirmation

Once again the bundle of corn eludes my grasp...

Three years of trying and still hasn't paid off.

Woohoo! my 100th purchase from the Amalgamated Woot Empire of Sites is a Bandolier of Carrots.

I look forward to being "better than everyone else" once again, after that long period of wandering in the purple squared wilderness.

Once again the bundle of corn eludes my grasp...

Three years of trying and still hasn't paid off.

Doing the happy dance! WooooHooooo I got my Bundle of Crops #2. This is a great day-after-birthday present! Thanks Woot!

Is it too early to go sit on my porch and wait for the package?

I grabbed my fourth bag o crap today! Did it the old fashioned way too. I had a two and half year drought finally come to an end!

oh the elusive Bundle of Crops gets away from me again. I too made it to the payment method page only to get timed out in the end. well, I guess I get to keep my $8 instead

Jmsimons wrote:Clicked the golden "info is correct" button, waited and waited, then comes the "Connection was reset" page. Doomed to never get one

Ditto. No way back to the big button after that either. So sad today.

Got mine the old fashioned way, clicking I Want One!

Thanks again Woot, and for anyone who's going to complain about their carp, take your $8 and go spend it at a garage sale, you'll end up keeping your stuff longer!

ZealotOnAStick wrote:Q@#*@#%$^#@$@#^!!!

For some bloody reason, when my order page loaded enough to interact with, it had Paypal selected as my payment method. This is despite my going into my account info yesterday and confirming that I had my Visa as my method of payment (and mentally confirming my confirmation code...

If you use FireFox, you may want to manually change the 'refresh page' setting to 'every visit to the page'. I think it defaults to every third visit or something. I didn't even get to the 'buy' page this time, though.

Wow. Was away from my desk, came back and it was the mythical Bundle of Crops Status bar indicated that the bag was half gone... Oh noes! I clicked "I Want One!" anyway... Order screen came up relatively quick. Filled it out fast and hit the "This info is correct button." Took a while (like 3 minutes) for the next screen to come up. Hit the "I want one" button (or whatever it says) in less than a second... Then the waiting began... Screen cleared.... Nothing... Nothing... After about 10 minutes of waiting I checked my email and much to my amazement there was an order confirmation for one Bundle of Crops ! WOOO - HOOOO!!!! I rule.

Arrrgg!!!! Hey! If any of my fellow wooters are looking for any last-minute Bundle of Crops ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Matt Rutledge, founder of woot, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there in the DFW Metroplex with all the other internet retailers and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, hopeless, heartless, slow-as-crap, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of flying monkeys site he runs! Hallelujah! Holy crap! Where's the Tylenol?

DAG NAB IT!!!! I got to the order screen and hit the button and it sat there FOREVER, then I get the sold out. I LOOOOOOOVE PONIES!

In for 1. Thank you Bundle of Crops gods.

i couldn't even get past the main page this time. i'm usually at least able to get to the order page before i'm disappointed

After 4 years of trying I finally got one!!!

Now I wait for my bag of c rap.

Day off work at kings island theme park and perfect timing for an afternoon snack, God bless my family and God bless Woot! Anticipation is starting!

DAG NAB IT!!!! I got to the order screen and hit the button and it sat there FOREVER, then I get the sold out message. I have been trying for several years! Double U Tee Eff!

FIRST TIMER!

Very Excite! I will let you all know what I end up getting!

FINALLY! YES!

Woo! Hoo! Bindle of Carrots!

on 8/17/2011, you successfully wooted.
order 344XXXXX
You want 1

Bindle of Carrots
You ordered 3 Random Crap.
which each cost $3.00
for a subtotal of $3.00
plus shipping + $5.00
for a total of $8.00

Ugh.. Sorry.. Looks like it sent my post EVERY time I whacked the 'post' button, despite the churning.

Can't believe I actually got one! Yeah!!! After trying SOOO long.

The pages kept getting stuck, so I was sure I missed it, but actually got through the process, though it took 10 min. or more!

Holy crap, I finally got one! I have tried many many times only to suffer defeat while one of my friends has gotten three. Well today, on August 17th, Monty211982 is finally VICTORIOUS! I look forward to receiving my Bundle of Crops

Kind of raged here at missing out again. Not that I was physically the fastest, but to find I had no chance is pretty upsetting. At the very least, alter the Bindle of Carrots page each Woot-Off so that scripts aren't so easily used.

To spend hundreds of dollars in a Woot-Off while other people that probably aren't even looking at the site can get a Bundle of Crops in three seconds...Yes mad.

Yeah! My first crap! I'll treat it with care..

jaymanmsu wrote:Arrrgg!!!! Hey! If any of my fellow wooters are looking for any last-minute Bundle of Crops ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Matt Rutledge, founder of woot, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there in the DFW Metroplex with all the other internet retailers and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, hopeless, heartless, slow-as-crap, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of flying monkeys site he runs! Hallelujah! Holy crap! Where's the Tylenol?

+1 Quality Post

Yeah! My first crap! I'll treat it with care..

Still waiting on the Bundle of Crops wine at wine.woot..

I still had the order page up, waiting on the old sslwww.woot.com page to inform me that I was too late after clicking the first gold button. I knew it was too late, but I did not want to close the tab on my own. It would mean failure. It would mean finally coming to grips with the fact that there would be no crap for me. Happy wooters would go on with life having their crap and their crap having them forever. I was left on the sidewalk in the cold rain. Waiting... Forever...

RobinBobcat wrote:So... is there ANY way for a casual Wooter to get their hands on a Bravo Charlie *WITHOUT* resorting to using an automated script?

Seriously. even with frantic F5-bashing, I never get to see it, because the servers get so suddenly overloaded that NOTHING happens.

On the rare instance it gets to show the picture before it sells out (usually not), I then get to wait for it to try and get to the order screen.

By the time it churns through to the order screen, of course, it has sold out. This is usually within about thirteen seconds, tops.

Seriously.. All I want is a chance at what the greedy bastards with the Bag scripts are hogging. Can we add some sort of Captcha or something? Please?

Maybe you're just slow? This was my first woot after longtime lurking (and creating my account around the start of this woot off,) and after some luck with the servers I still managed to get one having to type in all my credit card information, shipping address, and billing address (which I think autofills for repeat wooters, but again, I'm a newb, so I'm not sure.)