dbcooper wrote:1lb placeholder for me!

Interesting... Now, it says it can't find any information for my package. O_o

Those of you that had tracking earlier and now don't see it it's because Fedex tracking is down right now.

dbcooper wrote:Interesting... Now, it says it can't find any information for my package. O_o

Thats because they are doing upgrades.

fedex.com Login will be temporarily unavailable from Saturday 24 SEPT 2011 23:00 CST (5:00 GMT) until Sunday 25 SEPT 2011 03:00 CST (9:00 GMT). We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for using fedex.com

same im just getting a "Sorry, we are unable to process your tracking request. Please retry later, or contact Customer Service."

I am an Engineer and I anticipate a delivery of sometime before the end of the year...

And my Bundle of Crops is half full and redundant to the last Bundle of Crops I won...

No Tracking Number...

No Joy!

maggie3052 wrote:I'm watching football. Drinking and have realized there is more to life than Woot.

Of course, I didn't get a bag and am reading this forum....on a Saturday night....So, as I was saying....Luck to all and.........Go WVU!!!!

I am an LSU fan and getting bored of watching this game so I had to come check Woot! Still no tracking for me, but I usually have a package before shipping works! Geaux tigers!

Flamesedge and jlagesse on this page of this thread both have already mentioned that FedEX is performing maintenance on their tracking site... No one can see tracking until tomorrow.

They probably couldn't handle the awesomeness of the Barnacles of Cabbage

I'm a political scientist, and I say when X was in power the glass was half full versus when it was half empty under Y....

maggie3052 wrote:I'm watching football. Drinking and have realized there is more to life than Woot.

Of course, I didn't get a bag and am reading this forum....on a Saturday night....So, as I was saying....Luck to all and.........Go WVU!!!!

I'm sitting here drinking, watching football and thinking there is more to life than .. Wait! I have to check my tracking number again!! Now what was I doing??

LoL & go USC

I am a cat. If you don't pet me and put me up on a pedestal, I will tip over your glass, spill the water on the computer and blame the dog.

I am the dog, and I will be pissed if that stupid cat gets me blamed for something I didn't do yet again.

My reference number worked before but doesn't any more. The tracking number, however, does still work. Fedex still lists the reference number on the status page

No change. 1 pound place holder and anticipated ship date of today.

I'm a network administrator and I'm responsible for filling the glass back up after the users tip it over and spill half of it out. I've told them a hundred times how to use the glass but they always think they have a better way.

>_> This is awfully odd for woot!.

First allow me to apologize for the unacceptable delay in posting. Its difficult giving my primary goal of zombie monkey mastery priority when such mundanities as bills and a job that generates an actual paycheck so intrude.

Also please excuse the low quality imagery.

The transport containment unit from TPW arrived late last week. It was carefully opened to reveal a compressed form along with reams of documentation.



Before unpacking further we had to be sure the future plague vectors were carefully restrained. Wouldn't do to have them trying to escape.



The documentation included was impressive. It will be carefully preserved.



The notice about inconvenience, it turns out, was prescient.

The Zombie-Like Monkey was extracted from its transport containment.



The zombie-like face of death and Woot!pocalypse was truly frightening to behold.



However it soon became clear that this zombie-like creation was in fact inactive, its viral payload nonviable. Also silent... no moaning. I believe these conditions were made necessary to allow the subject to fit in the transport containment. Internal integuments removed (Mmmm... monkey-gut stew!)

This information quickly spread to the victim monkeys. The first one was like "Huh!"



And the second was... jeez, it was smirking! What impertinence!



The rest quickly fell into expressions quite unlike the unabashed fear I had expected from TPW's gift.



This would not do. Time to transfer the Zombie Like Monkey to the development containment unit



I mentioned inconvenience? I was not prepared to provide a reanimation sequence. The power requirements alone are stupendous! Nonetheless an attempt was made using house power.



Unfortunately close examination revealed no change in the ZLM's status.



The titters of laughter (well, actually raucous shrieks from the victims gallery were most disheartening. It is well their arms were restrained else I fear feces would have been flung. The ZLM was left in containment, under guard of the one truly loyal monkey servant.



Now TPW... I do appreciate this. I really do. However I think the level of inconvenience is going to make reanimation of the ZLM and its viral package a huge task. Do you know how much paperwork its going to take to get HOA approval for multiple lightning rods? Stave off the FCC when they try to shut down the massive electronic interference of the Jacobs Ladders and spark arrestors? Not to mention the insane cost of the large gauge copper cables that will be needed to transfer power from the apparatus to the ZLM-contact elctrodes!

Sadly, I suspect there will not be a Zombie Monkey Woot!pocalypse this year, at least not one originating from my humble lab and abode. We must continue to count on you, with your much larger and more complete resources.

I shall not give up however. Someday... someday I will succeed in reawakening the ZLM. Think on this and be dismayed!

duodec wrote:First allow me to apologize for the unacceptable delay in posting. Its difficult giving my primary goal of zombie monkey mastery priority when such mundanities as bills and a job that generates an actual paycheck so intrude.

Wait, so you not only got a Zombie monkey, but it was a patriotic zombie monkey? Go USA Zombie Monkeys!

(really neat, nicely done TPW )

duodec wrote:First allow me to apologize for the unacceptable delay in posting.

This is one of the best posts I've seen on any forum.

I've never seen a nicer flying zombie monkey in my life. (I can say that honestly!)

I really hope you can reanimate it enough to scream "Braaiiiiiiiiiiiiiins" when it is flung (flinged?) toward mortal flying monkeys.

Awesome! Sweet zombie monkey of horror!

I received my tracking number via a reference search

duodec wrote:First allow me to apologize for the unacceptable delay in posting. Its difficult giving my primary goal of zombie monkey mastery priority when such mundanities as bills and a job that generates an actual paycheck so intrude.

...

I shall not give up however. Someday... someday I will succeed in reawakening the ZLM. Think on this and be dismayed!

Nice! And let me add this is one of the best posts I've ever seen here

duodec wrote:

Now TPW... I do appreciate this. I really do. However I think the level of inconvenience is going to make reanimation of the ZLM and its viral package a huge task. Do you know how much paperwork its going to take to get HOA approval for multiple lightning rods? Stave off the FCC when they try to shut down the massive electronic interference of the Jacobs Ladders and spark arrestors? Not to mention the insane cost of the large gauge copper cables that will be needed to transfer power from the apparatus to the ZLM-contact elctrodes!

I happen to work in a state lab in ... well, let's just say it isn't CERN ... I may have access to the kind of power you need. And of course if we can't shock him to life we could always go in the other direction and try liquid nitrogen to ... well, just because liquid nitrogen is fun.

Got my tracking via reference trick! I can now sleep!

Pro Tip:

Once you get your tracking number, download the Parcels app

If you have an android phone (As I do)
Download the Parcels APP here: https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.zomtec.android.delivery&hl=en

For iOS Peeps:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/parcel/id375589283?mt=8

You can track your package to your complete joy anytime you want without having to boot up the big ol computer.

By my experience getting the information early has no effect on when your Bundle of Crops arrives. I'll just wait for the woot email with the tracking number and then track it the usual way.

duodec wrote:

Uh Oh! Does that mean I'm going to get 7 t-shirts of assorted color and brands screenprinted with a Crapster logo in a Men's XS. Doh!

I think we should all send TPW a Bundle of Crops That would be fun.

xcapone wrote:I think we should all send TPW a Bundle of Crops That would be fun.

I might do just that.

Yay! My order* is arriving tomorrow!

*of 12 random t-shirts from TeeFury ordered on 9/15

Ahh, the wait is finally over. I've got a good feeling about this one! It finally showed up in fedex via reference, though it is just the generic 1lber.

Good luck to everyone, and grats on the zombie monkey score duodec! That is AWESOME, and should definitely encourage people to post more in the forums (myself included). Woot just got some bonus points!

...

The titters of laughter (well, actually raucous shrieks from the victims gallery were most disheartening. It is well their arms were restrained else I fear feces would have been flung. The ZLM was left in containment, under guard of the one truly loyal monkey servant.



Now TPW... I do appreciate this. I really do. However I think the level of inconvenience is going to make reanimation of the ZLM and its viral package a huge task. Do you know how much paperwork its going to take to get HOA approval for multiple lightning rods? Stave off the FCC when they try to shut down the massive electronic interference of the Jacobs Ladders and spark arrestors? Not to mention the insane cost of the large gauge copper cables that will be needed to transfer power from the apparatus to the ZLM-contact elctrodes!

Sadly, I suspect there will not be a Zombie Monkey Woot!pocalypse this year, at least not one originating from my humble lab and abode. We must continue to count on you, with your much larger and more complete resources.

I shall not give up however. Someday... someday I will succeed in reawakening the ZLM. Think on this and be dismayed![/quote]

--------

We are all as green with envy (as green as your zombie monkey), not only for the zombie but also for a letter from TPW. In addition, however, I am also jealous that you have been able to train your (loyal) monkey servant to stand on its own. Impressive! The best I have been able to do with my vast training and frequent threats has been to get my cadre of simians to sit up straight (of course, leaning against one or more of their chums). Very well done!

... hey wait, is that really a GI Joe toy in a monkey suit?

Why is my fedex package so HEAVY????!!!!!!

efprofessor wrote:
We are all as green with envy (as green as your zombie monkey), not only for the zombie but also for a letter from TPW. In addition, however, I am also jealous that you have been able to train your (loyal) monkey servant to stand on its own. Impressive! The best I have been able to do with my vast training and frequent threats has been to get my cadre of simians to sit up straight (of course, leaning against one or more of their chums). Very well done!

... hey wait, is that really a GI Joe toy in a monkey suit?

=====

As it happens, certain Monkeys are amenable to learning the discipline of steel. More specifically... a certain amount of flexible stove wire, carefully applied, can lend skeletal structure to the formerly boneless. I suppose with adequate care it could even form an internal skeleton.

Hmmm.... also prescient. I had an actual first stage Franken-monkey without realizing it. He thought he wanted to be a super hero, shrieking "Tail High, Brothers!" as he arced through the sky.



Now he guards lab experiments. Such is life.

My delivery estimate is Wednesday by FedEx Home Delivery although that could change to a later date. Nothing out of the ordinary yet.

CmC918 wrote:My delivery estimate is Wednesday by FedEx Home Delivery although that could change to a later date. Nothing out of the ordinary yet.

... except the fact that yours is sent by FedEx Home delivery as opposed to SmartPost, like everybody else's... Unless you live in one of those areas that SmartPost does not cover, that is... Is yours actually shown as in transit, or just a placeholder yet?

Well FedEx has the tracking information for my order now.

Just place holders, hopefully they get the packages in their system soon.

I'd love to get my Bundle of Crops before this weekend so if there is any especially crappy in it I can add it to my sister's wedding gift.

It's a good thing there are pictures of all those monkeys to entertain us while we await shipping information.

Got tracking via reference, due Wednesday. So with that, I am out of here until Wednesday, can't wait all the crap posted!

Still no information on my Bundle of Crops . Hopefully I will see something on FedEx's website today.