That was a big pain in the ass. According to my account page I got one, but I haven't received an email receipt.

Never got to the confirmation screen. Made it to the "Click the Big Button" screen and then a bunch of 503s. It shows in "My Account" but haven't received an email confirmation yet.

Yeah!

jwsparrow wrote:Holey carrots, a b of c on an iPhone with a 3G connection? I am amazed I actually got one.

Same here, on Verizon. First time I've ever made it through. (One time was close, but it kept denying me the ability to enter my card's verification code.)

The big gold buttons aren't big on the iPhone 4.

Woot is like Tony Romo - good for most of the day, but does not come through at crunch time. I have been proponents of both, but it is getting harder and harder (that's what she said) to defend them. I guess the Cowboys coming so close on Sunday should have been an indicator for me today .

Getting a Bundle of Crops is *usually* a test of patience, using a little knowledge, with a lot of luck. Today, it was all about luck. Using 3 computers, I spent 40 minutes trying to get this. I got to the confirmation page several times, but either got sent back, errored out, or told it was Sold Out. Today did not reward those of us who waited all day for this. It was a lottery, and those coming late to the party had just as much a chance as those trying for 40 minutes.

Congratulations to those who successfully got a bag. I'll see yall right back here next month.

Never got to the confirmation screen. Made it to the "Click the Big Button" screen and then a bunch of 503s. It shows in "My Account" but haven't received an email confirmation yet.

Yeah!

thumperchick wrote:OR - Like me, you could've tried for over an hour and never gotten past a 503 error.

I never gave up... I just didn't get one this time. So... meh. I guess.

I did not give up! I clicked on the buy it button and got the 503 errors over and over and ended up on the new woot page. Nothing shows up on my account, have to check Paypal.

Got my 2nd Bundle of Crops Much trials but CC showed and now my account listing confirms it. Oh, happy day!

Thanks woot for once again successfully keeping me from spending any of my money on a wotoff.

No joy this time, despite an epic battle with the woot servers that may rival Ali vs. Frasier. Ah well, que sera...etc.

Congrats to all who scored one, especially the first-timers. May your elation last long beyond the delivery of your Bright Old Candle, or at least until the next woot-off.

Joined Woot! in '05 and got my first Bindle of Carrots.

Lots and lots of 503 errors and refreshing, but I got through and it shows in my account....I'm giddy

So after all the 503 errors....even getting one after I put in my credit card information and hit submit....I have come to the conclusion that there needs to be a change at Woot.

There are too many something.woot.com things and not enough server space to go around. On top of that now there are the woot minion thing that they are trying to get more members. I have been a loyal woot member for years now, my first purchase was in 2006, and I have never managed to get a Bundle of Crops Call it bad luck, call it Bots...but whatever it is all it leads to is frusturation. It cant be a random draw becuase I got to the billing information page and it 503 errored and I did not get a Bundle of Crops Shirt, wine, kids, moofi, deals.....all lead up to less server space for those of us that were here when woot was just woot, one site one deal, one day. Thanks to the popularity of woot there is now onesaleaday.com, dailysteals.com, and major national retailers who do a deal a day coping woot.
When you look at the breakdown that woot provides 91% of those that got the Bundle of Crops have been a member less than a year but more then a month yet those of us who have paid the bills at woot for more then a year only account for 7% of those that got the item. Now that woot is popular and has all of the spin-offs there is no thanks to those of us that were here when it was simply one day one deal

Thank you to the following for assisting me in scoring my first Biner of Control since I joined in 2006!

1. Woot Overlords for the fun of competing for Bags of Coffee (hey, I work in the coffee biz!

2. Apple Computer for creating the iPhone 4

3. Verizon for having great coverage when it counted most!

Wow, what a nail biting challenge! I've never been so excited to score a box of crap! Can't believe i pulled it off with the iPhone. Could never dream of this with a tmobile blackberry!

wooot infor1... been a while. May the gods smile upon me crapily.

This was the "War and Peace" version of Bundle of Crops

I'm more of a Reader's Digest kind of guy but diligence paid off - IN FOR ONE!

That's 3 bundles of joy out of 3 attempts so far. I'd say that's pretty good odds.

was already logged in for the woot-off and got lucky: saw it when it first came up. But not so lucky: tried dozens of times but never got in. Errors of various types. GRRR. Thanks for saving me $14, Woot.

i am going to die a Bundle of Crops virgin

wooot infor1... been a while. May the gods smile upon me crapily.

mconrad wrote:Are people really naive enough to enter their account and password in this "tracking" site?

The tracking site does not require your woot password.

503 error grrrrr, and I was SITTING RIGHT HERE when it went up for sale, oh the humanity!

Seriously though, congrats to those that got one, especially the noobs, the best part is the anticipation!

Congrats everyone. I wasn't so lucky this time around. I kept on putting in my CCV number, clicking this info is correct. Server crash. Back button. Repeat process 20x times. Finally, I got to the Big Buy It button. Click. Server crash. Back button sent me all the way to confirm this info page, which I kept having to retry over and over, but never seeing the sweet Buy It button again. Maybe next month.

wormburnr wrote:I got the same error message every time I tryed to view the Obamacare Bill. Never had any luck with "Barrack O's Change" anyway. Perhaps next time I will try for the "Brilliance Of Conservatism" maybe I'll get one then.

Maybe, if you're already "Brimming of Cash"...I mean rich.

unejanie wrote:i am going to die a Bundle of Crops virgin

That may not be such a bad thing after all....

I don't want to dash any hopes, but I remember about 3 years ago, they had the same problem with the servers. They ended up selling 5000 - but cancelled orders afterwards to make it their normal count. People had receipts - but they just back-tracked it out. It does seem like ALOT of people got Bundle of Crops#39;s this time - wonder if the same thing happened.
(GEEZ, I hope not - cuz I got one too!)

Very surprised to score this one. I wasn't at my computer when it showed up, somehow still managed to snag one after many, many 503s.

This will be my first crap sent to my new (and first) house! Hopefully Woot sends my wife and I a great housewarming gift.

Got one!

That was most definitely not worth the effort. I actually said screw this and gave up at some point when I couldn't get past the credit card info page, which I got to after very little time at all.

Chances are the amount of money I made by doing my work in the small time I stopped trying could afford the junk that would come in the box anyway. Not to mention, it's not exciting to get a box of crap when you are too mad at how ridiculous the order process was. When you can load the main page that states the server is still there and hasn't crashed but nothing else works, I'm going to have to call "bull honkey" on that.

ariellem wrote:was already logged in for the woot-off and got lucky: saw it when it first came up. But not so lucky: tried dozens of times but never got in. Errors of various types. GRRR. Thanks for saving me $14, Woot.

They only saved you $8. You can only purchase one when it's a $3 bag

Boss: Aaron, it sounds like you're hard at work laying out the... wait... why are you spamming F5?

Me: 503's sir.

Boss: How long have you been at this?

Me: About half an hour, but I promise to share the spoils.

Boss: What will you get?

Me: umm... A "B"igger "O"ffshore"C"lientel?

** perhaps it was my unconvincing delivery but I walked away without a Bundle of Crops and an empty promise. Thanks, W00t!

I really thought I'd missed out on getting one of these after thousands of screens of 503 errors. But I checked my account and I seemed to have gotten one. I'd do a dance but I still don't believe it's real. =/

WOOHOO! My first Bundle of Crops I've been trying for years and this is my first one. Thanks Woot!

Lots of 503s but persistency paid off for me today. After a half hour of refreshes looks like my order went through. Yay!

EDIT: Wow, just saw on my avatar that I've been wooting for 6.5 years. Time flies when you're having fun

Are they still doing 500 on moofi and 2500 on woot? I didn't see moofi change over, so I am curious if anyone here actually just went to moofi to score a bag? If not, maybe there is still hope?

Yep, got one! 503s like hell, but slowly it went through. Congrats to those who scored. Thanks woot!

I got 503s for what seemed like a solid hour. I got to the screen to enter my code from the back of my card 7 or 8 times, and then back into 503 land. I logged on after taking a very long delayed lunch, and checked my account. I have no idea how, but I have a bucket of chum, scored today. Early birthday present for me!

Bizarre thing though, no confirmation email. . .

margatuti wrote:Been a member since 2008 and STILL no Bindle of Carrots! Tried and tried and tried and tried -- but only got "waiting for..." messages and the error message. Read the posts from people who thought they didn't get one -- but checked their account and there it was -- so I checked mine. Nope. Bummer.

I have also been a member since 2008, and a frequent customer as well, having wooted almost 200 times and still never got one...

Until today! so hang in there.

After many 503 errors and reloading many times, I guess my computer didn't want to give up. At 3:24 cst my last attempt to load finally quit and gave me this message:
"Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage
What you can try:
Diagnose Connection Problems
More information"
Etc.
I do not have Random Cr** on my order page. My husband's account, which we have used since 2005 and ordered WAY too much merchandise on (black square LONG ago) did not get one either. It's been a LONG time since he got one--we always try and always get stuck. I think we are not on a fast enough pipe for the Internet. We have fast connections at work and at home--I think it's farther up the system. Look at the map. Utah and Nebraska always seem to have an advantage.

When I put apps on my phone, they always load the new products before the old one is even sold out on my computer (whether at home or on really fast connections at work). I always have to refresh for over a minute before the old product will sell out and a new product will load. Can anyone explain that to me?

i didn't get one

unejanie wrote:i am going to die a Bundle of Crops virgin

That's a good thing. You'll never feel the crushing defeat of opening a Bundle of Crops and realizing you got a 2009 "Fact or Crap" calendar, a random GPS mount (sans GPS), and a broken aquaglobe (with the "bag" part being a cheap nylon drawstring bag with a company logo on it).

dhelmuth wrote:Maybe, if you're already "Brimming of Cash"...I mean rich.

rich people do get away with a lot. But its because of them that I have a job. No more "Bankrupting Our Children's" future.