GeekyOne wrote:After I saw this post I immediately re-checked my crap and found a smallish brown something on the washcloth - the wife threw it away along with anything that came in direct contact with it (diva face mit and the ugly green flower bag).
I'm pretty sure dead squished things embedded into our crap items are not seen as a "good" thing - either by wootazon or by the crap purchasers.

if anyone has taken a pic of the bug they found on the washclothes, please post it in the question thread on deals woot so we can get these things identified. it is listed under the ask the community and the question is: has anyone identified the type of bug found on the washclothes in the christmas Burgandy Olfactory Center
i will be checking my stuff when i get home today but the towel might have already gone through the wash and the tote bag had already been thrown in with my other tote bags. thanks.

I'm a tad worried I have that natty washcloth sitting with all my other towels.

Crap used to be crap. As in crappy crap that you ordinarily would see sold during (crappy) woot offs, etc. Now you're sending washcloths and lip gloss?

I used to get adams family and star wars action figures, screaming monkeys, woot off lights. Now I get a washcloth that was clearly left in the dank corner of the warehouse waiting to be thrown out. And now bugs.

/rant. sorry.

edit: Also, I second the motion to post a pic of the bug. I, too, can easily spot a bed bug. Really hoping it isn't a bed bug.

meh3884 wrote:I'm a tad worried I have that natty washcloth sitting with all my other towels.

Crap used to be crap. As in crappy crap that you ordinarily would see sold during (crappy) woot offs, etc. Now you're sending washcloths and lip gloss?

I used to get adams family and star wars action figures, screaming monkeys, woot off lights. Now I get a washcloth that was clearly left in the dank corner of the warehouse waiting to be thrown out. And now bugs.

/rant. sorry.

edit: Also, I second the motion to post a pic of the bug. I, too, can easily spot a bed bug. Really hoping it isn't a bed bug.

I third that! I just missed the Bag of Bugs and now I want to see what I missed out on

My towel arrived visible bug free. I am pretty sure its coated with Ebola, Small Pox and the Tyrant Virus

mikebbass wrote:My towel arrived visible bug free. I am pretty sure its coated with Ebola, Small Pox and the Tyrant Virus

And covered with Anthrax Spores!

So Burgandy Olfactory Center now refers to Bugs On Crap?

I haven't washed my washcloth yet. I just got it out to check, and it appears to have no bugs on it, as far as I can tell.

I feel itchy now.

sprkmaker wrote:So you paid for a Burgandy Olfactory Center then they refunded your money and said "Sorry, no Burgandy Olfactory Center for you?" ORRRRR, did you get to a processing page and THINK you had a Burgandy Olfactory Center only to miss out?

I find it hard to believe the entire, "we gave out too many Burgandy Olfactory Center#39;s, so we wont give you one," deal. All woot would have to do is send you some random stuff.

Sounds like sour apples to me.

Could have been the wait listed page. I received that once where it said sorry we sold too many bags, but if something goes wrong with the other orders we'll fulfill yours. I didn't get one.

crap... I washed my towels already... after leaving them in my laundry basket for several days with my other clothes. Really hoping it wasn't bed bugs.
arg.
somebody post a pic already.

jon98gn wrote:Could have been the wait listed page. I received that once where it said sorry we sold too many bags, but if something goes wrong with the other orders we'll fulfill yours. I didn't get one.

We had several small black shells in our box, they looked like baby cockroach sells. Wife said she didnt see anything alive in our box, but there were some "Egg" looking deposits on the bath towel - She just took the items that were sealed out and tossed the rest into the garbage. We figured better safe then sorry and we thought it was an isolated thing... Now we see it happened to a lot of people and some say bedbugs... The eggs were white tiny little things...

Received my 8th Bushel Of Corn today, & I must say I was pleasantly surprised.

1 Craptastic red duffel bag.
2 ugly black wash cloths (Couldn't find any bugs, eggs, antennae, legs or any other body parts of any kind on them or in the box.)
1 Air Hogs Helix 360 remote controlled helicopter! Brand new in box & works great!

Only disappointment was that I didn't get any bags of Texas Air.

ThunderThighs wrote:Awwww, we don't hate you! Sure appears that either FedEx or your Post Office do though. Send an email to service@woot.com and let them figure out what happened to your crappy crap.

Thanks ThunderThighs, glad to know Woot doesn't hate me. I decided to give it another day and see what happened. And when I got home from work, there it was waiting for me.

While I know now Woot doesn't hate me, I can tell they are not crazy about me either. Because I got the same run of the mill Sack of Crap as everyone else:

5 XL T-shirts
green washcloth w/flower embroidery -no bugs
Foot Flush - the fun one
green bag with purple flower
Diva Darling Face Mit

Now if only I could figure out how to make FedEx and the Post Office like me, maybe if I am ever lucky enough to get another Barrels of Crud...It would not go MIA for 5 days.

All in all, it was 8 bucks well spent.

ETA - Ooops, someone else was logged in. This was suppose to be from Dexdcat.

Tried to post on the carp tracker but it said a plug-in was disabled. The required word was: manatee. This is what should have been on the tracker:

Funny you should mention a manatee! I will be able to look one in the eye if I encounter one while SNORKELING with my new mask and snorkel. And when I get out of the water I will dry my fingers with my little finger towel with the nice potted plant embroidered on it. After putting my snorkel set into its handy mesh bag, I will place that in my nice little blue duffle bag, along w/ the towel, and my new 4' HDMI cable. I LOVE WOOT!

Also:

No bugs.

3 Texas air which I savored since I no longer live there.

Great, now I have to examine my things for bugs. Fortunately, I segregated it from the rest of my laundry. Still, it was all together in the red duffel bag - one washcloth from the suspect company, and 5 t shirts.

Not happy here.

And is there an official statement from woot?

Edit: trashed the washcloth, will probably wash the tshirts in hot water.

sprkmaker wrote:So you paid for a Barrels of Crud then they refunded your money and said "Sorry, no Barrels of Crud for you?" ORRRRR, did you get to a processing page and THINK you had a Barrels of Crud only to miss out?

I find it hard to believe the entire, "we gave out too many Barrels of Crud#39;s, so we wont give you one," deal. All woot would have to do is send you some random stuff.

Sounds like sour apples to me.

Go back and read all my posts, if you don't believe me. The servers somehow let double the craps go through that they had to sell. I was cancelled. Many long time Wooters will remember the Woot Off light mess next where they tried to make it random that you got crap with your lights, trying not to crash the crappy servers. Next, I got the million shipping being one of the first to have my Barrels of Crud go through during the next Woot Off after the April Fools one, and it automatically cancelled, and folks later, after it was corrected, got theirs instead.
Real experiences here in Woot Land. I don't even have sour apples to go with the bugs I was just shipped. I told all my friends about the wonder of Woot back in the day. Please don't attack me. It all happened.

GBrunner321 wrote:does anyone have a pic of the bugs they are finding? i started a question on it in deals.woot
http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/8f77a5bc-ab41-4002-9cea-19c66d9f16f8/has-anyone-identified-the-type-of-bug-that-was-found-in-the-washclothes-in-the-ch#8

and one of the responders said they would be able to identify if it is a bed bug if we could post a pic.

I took a pic. Shook off tiny black one that was embedded, outside my door, but black and dead for some time. When I went to take the pic the other day, I had 3 brown long skinny small somethings on it. They were dead as well, and not bedbugs. I had put the washcloth back in the box, with the other craps, and I think there had been more bugs in the box that it grabbed. Maybe it was on the boxes? Post the pic later, have a parent in the hospital, but wanted to reassure. What I saw is just bugs, not bedbugs

ThunderThighs wrote:I worked CS for Radio Shack during the TRS-80 Model I days then later as a tech writer on other TRS-80 models. Ahhh, the squeal of that cassette loading your program in the 4K expansion memory. That was hard core computing.

What was the name of the cassette game, Space War or something. btw, I actually upgraded my Model III to 16K to have an internal 5.25" drive.

I rocked.

oddlyjen wrote:Mine:
Pico Pocket Projector
Orange bag with pink flower (LOVE!!)
1 - Shamwow
Brown fringed indian looking hand towel
Drinking spitball dartboard thing


My husbands:
Periwinkle colored washcloth with sad flower on it.
Yellow bag with blue flower
Drinking spitball dartboard thing
1 - Cupcake lipgloss
Footflush toilet foot flusher



We've had better crap. My personal favorite was the orange bag with pink flower. Both bags are already in my car and have been used at the grocery store. All hail ColonelCrap.

Nice little projector though

aaee wrote:Nice little projector though

I'm guessing like many others, they meant the projector screen, and not the actual projector. I could be wrong though.

My 2.2lb ended up being 2.4lb. the box was 14X10X8 and had the standard 2 pound sac crap.

-HDMI cable
-Small duffel bag black
-Birthday survival kit
-A washcloth redish

So Merry Christmas to me?

Thank you WooT

Got my fishy carp bag in yesterday at 1.4lbs, and received the following:

A Red duffle bag
A blue Sham-Wow
A Bug-free Towel
12 office clips
...and one of those 'protect your hair' headband for the ladies.

Worth waiting the 30 minutes through the crashed server? Eh, it IS crap after all.

Will this prevent me from buying it the next time a Woot-Off comes around? Hell no! Buy, buy, buy!

Ok the bug thing is freaking me out... I dont think I will ever be able to order from woot again.... My Barrels of Crud hasnt arrived yet, I think I will just refuse the package, I just cant take a chance on getting bedbugs... Man that is freaking nasty

received my Barrels of Crud

2 blue hand towels (bug free)
1 table top tripod
1 box of tea
1 duffle bag

Well i guess this isnt a bad haul for my first Barrels of Crud

RNLori wrote:I took a pic. Shook off tiny black one that was embedded, outside my door, but black and dead for some time. When I went to take the pic the other day, I had 3 brown long skinny small somethings on it. They were dead as well, and not bedbugs. I had put the washcloth back in the box, with the other craps, and I think there had been more bugs in the box that it grabbed. Maybe it was on the boxes? Post the pic later, have a parent in the hospital, but wanted to reassure. What I saw is just bugs, not bedbugs

I am sorry to hear about your parent. Hoping for a speedy recovery for them. Thank you so much for taking the time to reassure, definitely makes me feel better.

spookilove wrote:Ok the bug thing is freaking me out... I dont think I will ever be able to order from woot again.... My Barrels of Crud hasnt arrived yet, I think I will just refuse the package, I just cant take a chance on getting bedbugs... Man that is freaking nasty

It seems from the post of one of the people that had some of the dead bugs in their box that they are not bedbugs. I am sure every warehouse has some bugs. I'm just glad that woot actually has a forum so we got the heads up on it.

Werd - I believe you.

I dont know why....but, I do.

RNLori wrote:I took a pic. Shook off tiny black one that was embedded, outside my door, but black and dead for some time. When I went to take the pic the other day, I had 3 brown long skinny small somethings on it. They were dead as well, and not bedbugs. I had put the washcloth back in the box, with the other craps, and I think there had been more bugs in the box that it grabbed. Maybe it was on the boxes? Post the pic later, have a parent in the hospital, but wanted to reassure. What I saw is just bugs, not bedbugs

FWIW, I checked my towel carefully and there were no bugs or remains of the little critters. There was also nothing in my box. I still think I'm gonna wash my towel before use, though. Just to be on the safe side.

Score:

5.1 Lbs (18x12.5x12.8)

1x Set of Bucky Balls
1x Benji the bear Aroma Therapy Bundle (http://kids.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=20847#)
1x Pair of YakTrax
1x Sigo Water Bottle
1x Kids shirt size 6 (bacon and eggs skull)
1x Kids shirt size 6 w/ a sailboat and planets
1x Completely Mad Book - A history of the comic book and magazine
1x Flower bag

I <3 you woot.

nangtadam wrote:Score:

5.1 Lbs (18x12.5x12.8)

1x Set of Bucky Balls
1x Benji the bear Aroma Therapy Bundle (http://kids.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=20847#)
1x Pair of YakTrax
1x Sigo Water Bottle
1x Kids shirt size 6 (bacon and eggs skull)
1x Kids shirt size 6 w/ a sailboat and planets
1x Completely Mad Book - A history of the comic book and magazine
1x Flower bag

I <3 you woot.

One of the best hauls yet!

Well I calmed down, took the plunge and accepted my Barrels of Crud Tho I opened it outside. Contents...

1 HMDI cable
1 table tripod
1 seemingly Bug Free Towel
1 Red Duffle bag

I havent had the nerve to bring the box and contents into the house as of yet. I am hoping the freezing temps will kill any organism that might still be thriving in a cozy little nook....

I sure hope ColonelCrap supplies the crappy elves with lots of Raid next time...

What color bucky balls you get? I got the pink 125 set.

I was so pumped I F'n facebooked about it!

nangtadam wrote:Score:

5.1 Lbs (18x12.5x12.8)

1x Set of Bucky Balls
1x Benji the bear Aroma Therapy Bundle (http://kids.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=20847#)
1x Pair of YakTrax
1x Sigo Water Bottle
1x Kids shirt size 6 (bacon and eggs skull)
1x Kids shirt size 6 w/ a sailboat and planets
1x Completely Mad Book - A history of the comic book and magazine
1x Flower bag

I <3 you woot.

sprkmaker wrote:What color bucky balls you get? I got the pink 125 set.

I was so pumped I F'n facebooked about it!

Just the plain ol' silver ones, which I probably actually prefer because I have read of a lot of people having the color wear off after a while.

Yeah, i would have preferred silver. Did you get the 125 or 216 set?

nangtadam wrote:Just the plain ol' silver ones, which I probably actually prefer because I have read of a lot of people having the color wear off after a while.

sprkmaker wrote:Yeah, i would have preferred silver. Did you get the 125 or 216 set?

216

My haul arrived late last week... just finally got to posting it now:

Dimensions: 16" x 12" x 10"
Weight: ~ 5.6 pounds

8x Bags of Texas Air... 2 didn't survive the journey...
1x Footflush
1x black Avanti washcloth (bug-free as far as I can tell)...
1x Diva Darling Facial Mitts (white)
1x Reuseable Yellow Bag w/ Pink Flower
5x Jerzees Brand 100% cotton t-shirts (pink, dark blue, light blue, brown, and yellow ringer)

Overall a pretty decent haul...
Thank, Woot!

I guess I should post an update. In my previous post, I had mentioned my lackluster Barrels of Crud that was one crap short.

Lets just say that colonelcrap and the w00t staff are reading the messages here. I was just about to email support and up popped an email with a tracking number with a replacement Barrels of Crud Way to go guys!

The replacement Barrels of Crud arrived, it was 3.1 lbs and I enlisted the help of Reggie to unbox the carp.





And just what is that black thingy? They looked like some kind of S&M implements. I could imagine putting a strap on the back and it could serve as a muzzle...big enough to fit over a ball gag



But no, it wasn't anything kinky, just a pair of WinterTrax:




Now I have to figure out how to get the theft prevention thingy off of the baseball glove...

zAmb0ni wrote:I guess I should post an update. In my previous post, I had mentioned my lackluster Barrels of Crud that was one crap short.

Lets just say that colonelcrap and the w00t staff are reading the messages here. I was just about to email support and up popped an email with a tracking number with a replacement Barrels of Crud Way to go guys!

The replacement Barrels of Crud arrived, it was 3.1 lbs and I enlisted the help of Reggie to unbox the carp.





And just what is that black thingy? They looked like some kind of S&M implements. I could imagine putting a strap on the back and it could serve as a muzzle...big enough to fit over a ball gag



But no, it wasn't anything kinky, just a pair of WinterTrax:




Now I have to figure out how to get the theft prevention thingy off of the baseball glove...

LOL - your cat is awesome - also, apparently col. crap is so willing to make things right that now the woot minions are stealing items from where ever they can find (as seen on that baseball glove with security tag still in place)
Way to commit to the "program" col. crap!

Just wanted to post my haul real quick:

1 red bag
1 maroon wash cloth....no bugs
1 table top tripod
1 pioneer dj style headphones...$49 on Amazon

Thanks Woot.