Zarabear wrote:I felt the same way! But I knew if I gave in, I'd miss out by one last refresh or something. Hahaha Lucky it's summer break and I work from home. (and my 9 year old let me sleep in!)

Sadly, it's obvious we're addicted to "crap" :p

rick790 wrote:I live 3 miles from Woot headquarters.... I hope the servers are like in Idaho...cause... I NEVER get in! You think I would have an in!

Drop your order in the mail, they'll get it before the servers are up!

CatCK wrote:Did anybody even get one this time?

Yes. I did.

andrewkl wrote:anyone notice the stats for the last offering?


Basket of Crawfish

Speed to First Woot:
37m 8.225s

First Sucker:
lexicon

Last Wooter to Woot:
pepsipepsi

Last Purchase:
35 minutes ago

Order Pace:
0m 5.993s

Woots Sold:
59


FIFTY NINE!!! They're usually offering up 3,000 (+/-) through the course of the woot-off, so I think there's still lot's more crap to come...

Where does it show # of Woots sold?

gail72 wrote:I managed to get past the "Buy one" page, but as with everyone else the necessity to re-log in cost me a lovely bag. Interestingly tho, I clicked on the "Buy one" for the headphones and there was no need to re-log in for it. So, rookie question here, is that re-log in page for Bucket of Coral only?

No. I did not have to login during the bag purchase process.

dnila wrote:Ok, I admit I haven't been around here for quite a while, not since they stopped calling these things Bucket of Coral#39;s. But, can someone tell me why it is now called a Bucket of Coral?

I get it, more creative censorship, but geez all I wrote was B--O--C's

ThunderThighs wrote:Hey guys. Just coming on for the night. I Just checked with the developers and they were monitoring this from the get go and are working on it feverishly. Please give them a round of thanks and applause. They have been watching things behind the scenes the entire time.

Thanks TT.

cinoclav wrote:Eh, doesn't mean much:

Stupid servers. Really, all these hideous changes to the site and they still can't handle the load.

Yup.

Screencap from my connection at work a few months back (still the same or a bit faster). It's all about luck apparently. :/

ReginaFilangee wrote:Thanks TT.

Agreed, Thanks TT <3

Un0fficial wrote:59 is most likely not correct. It was probably around 500.

As i recall it was looking like 89% sold. If the quantity was 500 total, then 55-59 items sold looks like a good number. It would have turned 88% when number 60 sold.

dnila wrote:Is that FIOS you are on? Pretty impressive upstream number.

Yep. I considered calling and haggling them for the new 75/35 speeds, but I'm fine with what I have (which is actually supposed to be 35/35). I'm not a gamer, so it's plenty of speed for the net and anything I might stream.

ThunderThighs wrote:Greetings again all.

The problems are not with your Internet service. Not gonna lie, we do have issues at our ends including (but not limited to) getting slammed by an unbelievable amount of traffic that even load leveling in the cloud can't handle.

Apologies from all of us for this experience and thanks for sticking with us.

Thanks for acknowledging and posting for us. You are a class act sir.

Zarabear wrote:Thanks for acknowledging and posting for us. You are a class act sir.

Ma'am. TT is a ma'am!

cinoclav wrote:Ma'am. TT is a ma'am!

Oohh You are a class act TT, a real Lady! :P (My apologies!)

Us with the boobiez has to stick together!

ThunderThighs wrote:Greetings again all.

The problems are not with your Internet service. Not gonna lie, we do have issues at our ends including (but not limited to) getting slammed by an unbelievable amount of traffic that even load leveling in the cloud can't handle.

Apologies from all of us for this experience and thanks for sticking with us.

No Worries! We will always be around to complain about bags!

saschab wrote:That's ridiculous. The double sign-in is bull hockey.

Server crapola.

I concur!

Un0fficial wrote:It's the same thing every woot off. "worst woot off ever"... every. single. time.

You're not entitled to a Bucket of Coral - it's not impossible to get a Bucket of Coral - Everyone has the same chance to get a Bucket of Coral as the next guy. Stop complaining. Woot! Doesn't HAVE to do a Bucket of Coral at all... your complaining is sad.

You should have gotten the humor of my post. It is always the worst Woot Off ever, so it's bound to actually happen one day.

Your words telling those to stop complaining, however, would be more convincing had you not posted that you were "In for 3, as always". If we took your precious craps away, you would be crying in the corner, so let them complain. I have been here long enough to know it's crap even if you get it!

ThunderThighs wrote:Greetings again all.

The problems are not with your Internet service. Not gonna lie, we do have issues at our ends including (but not limited to) getting slammed by an unbelievable amount of traffic that even load leveling in the cloud can't handle.

Apologies from all of us for this experience and thanks for sticking with us.

And so TT returns to hiding under her dining room table...

saschab wrote:I miss LeakFrogs.

I saw LeakFrogs for sale in Home Depot yesterday. Honest.

After a looooooonnngggggg looooooooooooooonnnng delay (and a server crash... several), my patience finally paid off. 6 woots 33% Bucket of Coral Firm Salute to the Colonel and the troops! Brothel of Cougars to ship... when ever.. please take your time to carefully fill this Box of Contraptions with the good stuffs

ThunderThighs wrote:Greetings again all.

The problems are not with your Internet service. Not gonna lie, we do have issues at our ends including (but not limited to) getting slammed by an unbelievable amount of traffic that even load leveling in the cloud can't handle.

Apologies from all of us for this experience and thanks for sticking with us.

Thank you for clearing that up! I was beginning to wonder... I will say that I was more frustrated than a 3 legged dog trying to bury his business on the ice!

my buy page just loaded, asked for me to log in again and I was told not to cheat the woot-off.

I guess my browser was still trying to load a Basket of Crawfish three woots later

that's so sad

I only waited 2 hours last night, missed this one, had confirmation page up 3 times, and crashed every time...

ThunderThighs wrote:About the extra sign in:

This is an added measure of security to be sure that the person making the purchase is you and to keep your private information private.

"Stuff you bought" and "Your Accunt" contain personal and financial information. We ask for an added level of verification before accessing these areas. Think of it like this... if you walk away from your desk at work, someone can't make an order on your account.

This is the process followed by many other online retailers.

Whoa!! What did you say?

ThunderThighs wrote:About the extra sign in:

This is an added measure of security to be sure that the person making the purchase is you and to keep your private information private.

"Stuff you bought" and "Your Account" contain personal and financial information. We ask for an added level of verification before accessing these areas. Think of it like this... if you walk away from your desk at work, someone can't make an order on your account.

This is the process followed by many other online retailers.

Honestly, the only other site I can think of off the top of my head that seems to do that to you is.... Amazon. Surprise.

It really is a horrid practice and very, very, very annoying to the consumer. If someone walks away from their desk (why are they shopping online at work anyway?) and wants their account secured, there's that lovely (Sign out) option. We appreciate those in the prettier woot offices making some positive changes in response to the user complaints, but this is one they should seriously consider.

bpeterson82 wrote:Look, I love Woot, I do. HOWEVER, woot is not my child, spouse or best friend that I can cut slack or forgive endlessly. Woot is a business, and any business that cannot operate effectively is not successful. I REALLY want woot to continue it's world domination, i really do. But it HAS to find some other way. I think the Bucket of Coral idea is marvelous, but I also think it is time to change direction if it cannot be executed with perfection.

My unit tries hard to drop bombs on target. Please forgive them ,they are working hard after all, if they miss and slaughter the innocent.

Not trying to be disagreeable, but please allow me to disagree with you, LOL.

This is not bomb-dropping. Woot is not "all about" Bucket of Coral.
They began in a garage and became a thriving, successful, multi-million $ business in a short period of time because of their initial business model. Bucket of Coral are merely a bonus they offer us (customers) for fun. Even without them, they'd have a thriving business. It (the Bucket of Coral is the gravy....not the meat or potatoes. It is the icing...not the cake. It is the "O"...not the...well, wait a minnit that last one might not be the best example.

Point is....just to offer a differing perspective....Woot would *still* be a thriving business w/o even offering Bucket of Coral. (Please don't do this, Woot---I'm only trying to make a point, LOL!) Those who Woot regularly would continue to do so, and those who come ONLY for the Bucket of Coral are not valuable customers. Woot can afford to lose them (I wish that would happen, actually, as the rest of us will still buy up all their Bucket of Coral: we'd be better off, and they wouldn't lose a dime.) If you judge a business' success/failure based upon ONE clearance event a month, then you apparently don't understand what Woot is all about.

ThunderThighs wrote:Greetings again all.

The problems are not with your Internet service. Not gonna lie, we do have issues at our ends including (but not limited to) getting slammed by an unbelievable amount of traffic that even load leveling in the cloud can't handle.

Apologies from all of us for this experience and thanks for sticking with us.

Thanks for the response. It's always nice to have an official word on what's going on. Much appreciated!

ReginaFilangee wrote:Not trying to be disagreeable, but please allow me to disagree with you, LOL.

This is not bomb-dropping. Woot is not "all about" Bucket of Coral.
They began in a garage and became a thriving, successful, multi-million $ business in a short period of time because of their initial business model. Bucket of Coral are merely a bonus they offer us (customers) for fun. Even without them, they'd have a thriving business. It (the Bucket of Coral is the gravy....not the meat or potatoes. It is the icing...not the cake. It is the "O"...not the...well, wait a minnit that last one might not be the best example.

Point is....just to offer a differing perspective....Woot would *still* be a thriving business w/o even offering Bucket of Coral. (Please don't do this, Woot---I'm only trying to make a point, LOL!) Those who Woot regularly would continue to do so, and those who come ONLY for the Bucket of Coral are not valuable customers. Woot can afford to lose them (I wish that would happen, actually, as the rest of us will still buy up all their Bucket of Coral: we'd be better off, and they wouldn't lose a dime.) If you judge a business' success/failure based upon ONE clearance event a month, then you apparently don't understand what Woot is all about.

Thank you. I started to type numerous replies, and then threw in the towel, but you have made a wonderful reply.

Dear ThunderThighs,

Can you make a comment on whether or not it was only 59 people that actually scored this round?

Love, Steqheu

As for the "id check", this seems to happen if you haven't re-logged in recently, though I'm not sure how short "recently" is. It's certainly in the hours range, and maybe minutes.

This is the tradeoff for no longer having to provide the CVV2. It's a security thing to keep someone from buying something from your computer if you left it logged on.

As for the crashes, well.... Woot isn't going to spend the bucks for a Google-sized dataplex just so they can sell bags of crap at $3. So they have to come up with an economical way to minimize the pain, without having a server that's 99.99% oversized 99.99% of the time. There's cloud-based load-leveling, but that's tricky to do.

The alternative is no more Bucket of Coral, which solves the server overload problem.

ReginaFilangee wrote:Not trying to be disagreeable, but please allow me to disagree with you, LOL.

This is not bomb-dropping. Woot is not "all about" Bucket of Coral.
They began in a garage and became a thriving, successful, multi-million $ business in a short period of time because of their initial business model. Bucket of Coral are merely a bonus they offer us (customers) for fun. Even without them, they'd have a thriving business. It (the Bucket of Coral is the gravy....not the meat or potatoes. It is the icing...not the cake. It is the "O"...not the...well, wait a minnit that last one might not be the best example.

Point is....just to offer a differing perspective....Woot would *still* be a thriving business w/o even offering Bucket of Coral. (Please don't do this, Woot---I'm only trying to make a point, LOL!) Those who Woot regularly would continue to do so, and those who come ONLY for the Bucket of Coral are not valuable customers. Woot can afford to lose them (I wish that would happen, actually, as the rest of us will still buy up all their Bucket of Coral: we'd be better off, and they wouldn't lose a dime.) If you judge a business' success/failure based upon ONE clearance event a month, then you apparently don't understand what Woot is all about.

sorry, you opinion has been rejected.

ThunderThighs wrote:Greetings again all.

The problems are not with your Internet service. Not gonna lie, we do have issues at our ends including (but not limited to) getting slammed by an unbelievable amount of traffic that even load leveling in the cloud can't handle.

Apologies from all of us for this experience and thanks for sticking with us.

So, TT, what you're saying is... All is normal?

BTW- When will we see Woot! Clue again? o_0

talwyn wrote:... here's a picture of my dog asking me if I'm done with the Woot-Off and if we can go for a walk now.

Ocean Mussel Goodness, how did my widdle one get all the way over to YOUR house???

Oops...nevermind. He's right here, where he has burrowed himself a little foxhole *under* the comforter.
(He has no dark hair on him, either.)