impaul4 wrote:So was it planned to have far less offerings than previous woot offs or was it because of system/server issues?

And since there were less this time are they going to be extra special bags!!!

Nope. I'm pretty sure that they decided to save time and just send all the leftover crap to ME. :D

I'll let you have whatever I don't wanna keep, k? ;-)

ThunderThighs wrote:Rarely does anything go according to plan.

Only Col. Crap knows for sure.

I'm worried that he must've gotten cornered by those renegade insurgent Roombas again....we haven't heard from him yet, after all.

Has anyone gone to look for him to make sure he's okay???

I don't think many people understand that there really isn't a truely stratigic way to deal with the huge influx of traffic woot gets with the -Basket of Crawfish- offerings. It's basically equal to a DoS (Denial of Service) attack that would take any site offline. Give Woot a break!

ReginaFilangee wrote:Ooooh....you just reminded me that I need to try again from a different browser and/or computer!

I was trying to follow your train of thought when I almost got derailed. ;)

I'm guessing the "EasyMac" comment made you think about trying a different computer/browser?

ThunderThighs wrote:Rarely does anything go according to plan.

Only Col. Crap knows for sure.

I like the way one of the developers described the problems we've been having.

Yes, corgies all the way down.

ReginaFilangee wrote:Does anyone else ever feel the automatic compulsion to upvote or downvote comments here like we can at Deals.Woot?

I would DEFINITELY upvote this reply to a previous poster. I even moved my cursor over to the left out of habit, until I realized the arrows weren't there, LOL.
(Hmmmmm....maybe I've spent too much time there recently....)

The pseudo upvote is appreciated...

Well the fun of getting a bag of goodies has always been making it threw the server crash and scoring one or many times not.

Its all part of the fun.

Col.Crap and the crew do their best and that's all we can ask of them.

I check the site every day cause you never know what goodies might be there.

That said , if the gang at woot would fill my box full of rc planes I would be over the top happy . I just loved the tent in my last box ,but don't think the mail lady did. ;-)

ThunderThighs wrote:Rarely does anything go according to plan.

Only Col. Crap knows for sure.

I like the way one of the developers described the problems we've been having.

I liked this one better:
And the staff response is pretty good too.

BTW: I support the idea of adding a totally meaningless vote to the forum. Flame on!

telymanbws wrote:BTW: I support the idea of adding a totally meaningless vote to the forum. Flame on!

And it would give us the ability to make things like, oh say instructions on how to make the Chuck Norris doll speak again float to the top. Add a sort by votes and this would work.

Edit: Oh, and the post with instructions on how to look up your shipping info using the reference number wouldn't have to be repeated on every page of the Bucket of Coral forum either.

songbirdjhs wrote:And it would give us the ability to float things like, oh say instructions on how to make the Chuck Norris doll speak again float to the top. Add a sort by votes and this would work.

Hey, thanks for the shout out - did you get your Chuck doll to talk again?

Hope everyone is adding their info to the wootsack tracker, the pickins' are pretty slim so far!

The troops anxiously await further updates regarding Crawfish deployment, ColonelCrap, SIR!

talwyn wrote:I was trying to follow your train of thought when I almost got derailed. ;)

I'm guessing the "EasyMac" comment made you think about trying a different computer/browser?

No, just that you mentioned saving up again. I didn't even notice the "EasyMac" comment, LOL.
I'll try from a friend's house next week. There's still plenty of time before you leave, right?

songbirdjhs wrote:And it would give us the ability to make things like, oh say instructions on how to make the Chuck Norris doll speak again float to the top. Add a sort by votes and this would work.

Edit: Oh, and the post with instructions on how to look up your shipping info using the reference number wouldn't have to be repeated on every page of the Bucket of Coral forum either.

Yep....what you said. One upvote for you!

talwyn wrote:I was one of the lucky 59, although I have no idea how the heck that happened. I'm usually not that lucky.

I am also part of the "magical" 59. It's almost like we should form a club or something. Almost.

*edit: I'm joking* :P

I have to post this here...

ReginaFilangee wrote:No, just that you mentioned saving up again. I didn't even notice the "EasyMac" comment, LOL.
I'll try from a friend's house next week. There's still plenty of time before you leave, right?

Well, the grand total of $1500 is due on July 24th. I have about $650 of that already raised. So, uh, there is some time, but not much. Thank you, though!

First Microsoft killed jellyfish.com and the Daily Smack Show, now Amazon is killing Woot! When will it end?? When will Corporate America realize they can't monetize awesomeness?? They end up just marginalizing it!!

ThunderThighs wrote:

Nah, they're not doing anything. They're AWS Cloud crap ain't doing us any favors though.

So you are telling me the company that runs one of the largest cloud computing services in the world couldn't handle the traffic during a woot-off? I doubt that.

I think it was a poorly configured site redesign, that wasn't necessary in the first place.

Which gets me back to my original point, Amazon is killing Woot! It's all downhill from here...

It's quiet. Too quiet...

Yeah. Normally, 2000-3000 bags go out. 10 percent of the winners post in the thread (guesstimate). Not many people here this time except us lurkers. When we miss out, we have a Barney Fife compelsion to see what crap will never be ours...

Good luck to all...

Never won a Bucket of Coral before. How long does it usually take to ship? I ordered an item off the woot-off and it has shipped. My Bucket of Coral still says awaiting shipping...

Lassik wrote:Never won a Bucket of Coral before. How long does it usually take to ship? I ordered an item off the woot-off and it has shipped. My Bucket of Coral still says awaiting shipping...

Bucket of Coral#39;s usually take about a week to ship.

ThunderThighs wrote:

Nah, they're not doing anything. They're AWS Cloud crap ain't doing us any favors though.

TT Are you in DFW? I'd love to buy you a beer/mixed alcoholic beverage one evening :P

rude1979us wrote:So you are telling me the company that runs one of the largest cloud computing services in the world couldn't handle the traffic during a woot-off? I doubt that.

I think it was a poorly configured site redesign, that wasn't necessary in the first place.

Which gets me back to my original point, Amazon is killing Woot! It's all downhill from here...

I think I hear the wambulance coming..

ThunderThighs wrote:This one?


At some point, nothing we can say will change their minds.

I was thinking more of this one.If you catch the extra joke incorporated .

maggie3052 wrote:... Not many people here this time except us lurkers. When we miss out, we have a Barney Fife compulsion to see what crap will never be ours...

Good luck to all...

Oh, that's so cold. And so sad. And so true.

Good luck the lucky Bucket of Coral winners this month ... I'm in crap withdrawal. Luckily the $5 all you can ship policy encouraged me to buy enough crap this woot-off to make several of my own bags.

Of course, I'm not nearly as creative as the Colonel!

Hey there, Colonel Crap.

Hope you are safe and not being held captive by renegade Roombas.

Sadly, I was not one of the lucky 559. But.....I have an idea.

If you'd like to test out any server renovations ahead of the next "official" Bucket of Coral offering to make sure the same thing doesn't happen again, I'd be happy to step up and selflessly volunteer my services to be part of a focus group for that purpose. It would be a huge sacrifice of my time, you understand, but something I'd be willing to do....for the good of all the troops, sir. Just let me know when and where the deployment is expected, and I will be right on the front lines, to let you know if the endeavor is successful.

Deprived, I am. Of all the items I bought during the WootOff (several/many/myob), not one has arrived in a Woot! box. The boxes are half the fun. Well, part of the fun. They're fun. Are they a thing of the past? OTOH- severa- uh, some- haven't shipped yet. No Boiling Odiferous Cowpatties, no Woot! boxes, ten days to go before -uh- never mind.

*me crosses fingers for a working RC Helicopter. Despite there being less quantity, I expect some delays on this batch due to the Holiday tomorrow.

Does anyone remember the Maytag repairman--he was the loneliest man in town.

I feel that way as a member of the 559 Bucket of Coral group. It is so quiet on this forum. Do you hear the crickets?

ooby dooby.

I didn't expect to have to wait this long for the dang thing to ship!

steqheu wrote:I didn't expect to have to wait this long for the dang thing to ship!

I'm actually glad it's taking a bit more time. I want to be there when it arrives, and right now, I'm chillin' at my parents home and won't be back at my home for a week. I'd say if it ships after the 4th, I'll be good to be there when my Bucket of Coral comes in. :D

The troops are getting restless! The brave few 559 are in the thick of it, we need word of supplies to carry on. We lack the numbers this time to continue the battle for much longer!!

steqheu wrote:I didn't expect to have to wait this long for the dang thing to ship!

This is about the usual waiting time for Bucket of Coral shipping. Just remember, little grasshopper, "Good things come to those who wait."

ThunderThighs wrote:This one?


At some point, nothing we can say will change their minds.

No reason to be scared... lol.. just seriously looking to meet new friends.

I also am from the Mid Cities area. Seriously, should meet up at Buffalo Wild Wings or Toadies or something like that :P


- As for the Bucket of Coral still not shipped yet, kinda odd, figured it'd be shipped by at least yesterday o.O