So after a few bar/work-related call-outs on me adding to this blog in an attempt to be “edgy” or “mysterious” I’m going to gear more towards everyday-cool-stuff rather than my brain’s “cool stuff.” Let’s face it, for anyone who has known me for more then, eh, 3-minutes, you pretty much know that I’m not this deeply tormented mind who has these great and epic things to say (yet, haha). You know who you are, you jokeasses, trying to steal my creative prowess and energy (and I’m just kidding, I’m really not pissed at anyone seeing through this little facade of mine, but seriously, I’m trying to score points here).
So anyways, woot! woot! is a great little web storefront that offers one product every day. It’s
typically a tech-related product (webcams, computers, hard drives, TiVo’s and literally, a “bag of crap”). They post this “one” product at midnight central time nightly (1 a.m. for those of you on the right coast) and keep it available to the masses until it is literally sold out! That means if they have 1 Roomba or 100,000 Roombas (they do love selling the robot vacuum cleaners) they post the item and let the buyers decide how successful or unsuccessful an item is. And once it’s sold out! the woot is done for the day, that is until midnight roles around.
Today was a very special day in a wooters life as it was to be a woot!-off day. A woot! off occurs when the owners of woot! decide there’s too much crap laying around the office and decide to sell multiple random items over the course of the day. That means, say, at woot! headquarters there are 87 Roombas, 39 webcams, 240 portable speakers, 38 bags o’ crap, 349 radio controlled cars and 48 random items, all will be sold over the course of the day. A woot! off is denoted on the site by yellow flashing lights and a little yellow bar that counts down the remaining quantities of the item. Great thing to monitor at work if you get the chance. I mean seriously, who needs the tourney?
www.woot.com
Also, the copywriters think that they are pretty hilarious (from their FAQ’s):
- 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.
- Give it a looksee, it’ll be worth the 18-seconds.
mjb
