Oh yea, the below came with it saying under the subject header that 'THIS IS A WOOT SPONSORED DEAL BROUGHT TO YOU BY WOOT'

That was done in an effort to get people to believe it was safe to click on, when IT IS NOT!

Now, was this the work of certain individuals or did it truly come from woot?

I cant answer that, I can only guarantee the link was harmful. If WOOT did sponser this, then they are far more dubious then even I suspected. If woot didnt sponser/send this, then it just proves yet again, and again, and again, that woot is not capable of 'keeping its customers safe'

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itsme1964 wrote:(Quoted Post)

I really tried to give it some time to see if how much of my reaction was an "I hate change" reaction and how much was things I really dislike about the change. SO this isn't exactly my first impression, but my first week or so's impression.

It makes me sad and unhappy.

I find it cluttered and visually distracting/unappealing. The dimensions also seem off - my left text is literally butting up against the browser, which gives it a very cramped feeling. And it's so wide that I have to scroll to see the very end on the other side.

All of the charm of the fun descriptions is lost, both through the truncation AND through the placement - there's no real connection visually between the product image and the describing text. With everything else on the screen, they don't look related, it's a very clunky/modular feel. And it doesn't encourage me to read on (and thus, to potentially buy.)

I've noticed this even more on the wine.woot page - with woot proper, it was always a bit easier to know fast if something was of interest to me or not. With wine.woot, I really want to read information on the wine - I depend on it to make my purchase. I have no desire to even READ that information on the new site, nothing encourages me. Not only have I not bought anything since the change ... I haven't even been TEMPTED to buy something. I can see myself still checking for woot cellars, but that may be about it. Even Wellington (which I love and buy a ton of ... when they were the featured plus the first week, I was turned off by the number of choices and didn't buy.)

The images on the plus products are just ridiculously large and dominating on the primary pages. They also overwhelm their own supporting text. Everything looks chaotic and jumbled and all it makes me want to do is go away.

The third party ads at the bottom are just - an embarassment.

Now, on the few good things:

I DO love the fact that there's a consolidated list of all purchases, rather than per section. And I like the bar at the top of the screen that leads to the other sites.

Sure by this point folks have noted all the negatives, re the new site.

So a general comment-

SUCKS!!!!

BIG TIME!!!

WITH BONUS POINTS!!!


a.

itsme1964 wrote:(Off topic post removed)

Please, please, please delete itsme1964's account so we can actually have a decent thread of conversation.

With that being said, I still haven't completely gotten used to the new site. Here's my $5:

1) I love the hover tab bar that shows all of the products of the particular site. I can easily check out the site.woot deal along with the woot plus deals.

2) Like many others, I don't like the woot plus deals on the main site.woot page. I'd rather see the fun writeups there and then have to scroll to see the woot plus (or better yet, I'd just use the hover tab bar and completely wipe out the woot plus stuff from the main site.woot page). This way, I can either click to look at the woot plus offerings or not; I don't need them plastered in my face everywhere.

3) I like that you've brought sellout.woot back from deals.woot. It deserves its own tab/page.

4) I like the $5 All You Can Ship deal. I haven't used it yet but I imagine there will come a day when I need some bucky balls and a Dyson on the same day.

I never typed on woot before, but I came here to say the new layout is a pain. I check woot every morning on my droid. Have you seen the new layout on a droid? Impossible to appreciate. Fix it, if you can.

It is a week and a half later. Still abhor the new layout. I am a function over form kind of guy. The new interface just makes it harder for me to make an informed decision whether or not to buy an item.

I'm putting my meager money where my mouth is. I am not buying today's shirt.woot shirt and I am a HUGE fan of Douglas Adams.

ammatos wrote:Sure by this point folks have noted all the negatives, re the new site.

So a general comment-

SUCKS!!!!

BIG TIME!!!

WITH BONUS POINTS!!!


a.

its harder to navigate somewhat confusing, but am sure i can get used to it, i still couldn't figure out how to post so i had to reply to one, can't see where i can just post one new post???

Oh there , add a ...OK if we all take the time to look, its all there after all, woot made me spend more money than i would have if i didn't come back to check what's new each day. so how about a reward program with maybe free shipping or woot rewards for repeat customers (suckers-don't we make you feel good when we spend our cash here?) no such luck remember we are not customers, just suckers, sometimes we are the first sucker....and other times we are just one of many suckers...but we all swallow

I don't like it

So, we get an email today about a new newsletter, so I decide to come here to see if anything has changed, and between all the posts on the 2 main threads - what - 16 pages on one and 25 on another - it doesn't look as if Jason's Fried Fish Feast has listened at all.

They may have "heard" us, but to actually listen seems to be beyond comprehension for these numb-nuts.