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[Nanci]

What is Woot and who's behind it?

Woot.com is an online store and community that focuses on selling cool stuff cheap. It started as an employee-store slash market-testing type of place for an electronics distributor, but it's taken on a life of its own. We anticipate profitability by 2043 – by then we should be retired; someone smarter might take over and jack up the prices. Until then, we're still the lovable scamps we've always been. But don't take our word for it: see what the online community has to say at this Wikipedia article.


I see only one item, do you sell anything else?

No. We sell one item per day until it is sold out or until 11:59pm central time when it is replaced (see next entry for details). However, each item we sell is in stock and typically ships within 2-3 business days.


What is the schedule for new items?

The short answer: we offer a new item every single day. The details: a new product is released every morning at 12am central time, seven days a week. (If you're not a morning person, this can be described as every night at midnight. Better?) If a product sells out during its run, a new item will not appear until the next release time. You will know if a product is sold out, because the main page says "SOLD OUT" instead of "I want one". (Clever, eh?)


I missed yesterday's item, can I still get one?

No. Each woot.com product is discontinued at 11:59pm central time. That's that. Period. We may get more at a later date if we're lucky, but we offer no guarantees, we allow no backorders, and we have no waiting/notification lists. Too bad.


I want to talk to a live person there, can I call you?

No. We are busy sourcing new products and shipping orders. You can post a comment to our community board, but we don't guarantee we'll respond. You should Google for the manufacturer contact to get product answers – we suggest a dating service, magic 8 ball, or ouija board for general life solutions.

[chickwhorips]

living in alaska has its downside. woot and cheapandsteep are great, except by the time i get up, its already sold. though if i was smart i would check it at 9 at night, but by that time i'm sick of computers.

[snapdragen]

So, I've been feeling extremely sorry for myself this week. I'm not sure what the problem is, but I'm really tired of being in the dumps.

Today I decided to take myself to lunch, and ended up at "the mall" (Don't even get me started on Westfield Shoppingtowns - talk about Stepford wives...) Anyway, first I went to Nordy's Bistro, but the line was long, and none of the specials appealed. I ended up at California Pizza Kitchen, with a Chicken Waldorf Salad and a glass of wine. Life is looking up.

Then I decided to go to Mervyns and check out the bras. Gawd. Big mistake, looking at myself half naked in a full length mirror. Should have taken a picture, that's enough incentive to keep me on the Weight Watchers straight and narrow. I resisted all temptations to grab one of the ginormous bras and wear the cup like a hat.

Tomorrow I'm going to try and get my butt out the door and go for a ride. Then I will spend a huge chunk of time, getting Blue all cleaned up, so she can wear her new Banana Bag.

[chickwhorips]

snap you poor thing! hope your not so down soon.

mmmm..... california pizza kitchen. miss that place. so good.

i think you should've put that bra on your head and danced around. would've made you feel a bit better.

[SadieKate]

I'm howling! They're not opinionated at all, are they?

http://www.woot.com/WhatIsWoot.aspx

[SadieKate]

chick, woot doesn't ship to Alaska anyway.

[chickwhorips]

chick, woot doesn't ship to Alaska anyway.

d@mn the luck. well at least steapandcheap does. though i was excited about the woot wine thing. i can never get good wine here.

[Nanci]

You probably should just move to Florida. It's legal to ship here, _and_ we have our own wineries too! Which make wines like Category 5 Sangria!

[chickwhorips]

a bit to warm for me in fl right now.

possibly going to be down there in feb with bf for his yearly family reunion shindig. i think its somewhere in the keys though... not sure.

[DrBee]

I FINALLY got the call from the bee lab! I have an interview the week of Aug 20th! Wahoo! I was starting to get really bummed about not hearing anything. They were very enthusiastic about my coming for an interview. Whew! Now - to prepare the seminar. We've been having major morale issues here lately - this definitely help improve my mood.