OT- woot off going on today

[little_squid]

happy shopping as its a woot off day

 

[BlakDuc]

please explain?

 

[little_squid]

google woot

 

[DodgeDude99]

so its a online store??

 

[little_squid]

did you google it

 

[ekrunch]

I can no longer afford to Woot! I bought a reef tank. :lmao:

 

[kawicivic]

woot

 

[ppurcell]

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

 

[DodgeDude99]

i still dont get it.

is it a joke or something?

 

[ekrunch]

Not really. Woot.com is a site that sells one item per day (thus the "one deal, one day" slogan)

In a Woot Off, they just blast through items as fast as they can sell them so they may change every 2 hours, they may change every 2 minutes. When Squidmark made the announcement it was so people who woot on a daily basis (like me) would know that there's a woot off and that we needed to be checking more often to get in on the good stuff.

 

[little_squid]

yea what she said lmao

 

[little_squid]

ed did you know the bar under every item between the lights will shrink as the item sells out so you know when the next item is coming or will be sold out

 

[ekrunch]

Yeah, I did. Speaking of flashing woot-off lights ... Did you see the flashing USB Woot-Off lights?

http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=2837329

 

[ppurcell]

http://www.wootalyzer.com/

^ Nifty system tray tool that pops up an alarm every time the item in Woot! changes. Can also track a list of other similar sites.

 

[little_squid]

thanks phil thats a cool program

hummmm today is another woot off day

 

[NewSchool04]

I'm hooked even though I really don't get it. I keep going back to see what is next. How long does it usually take for an item to sell out in a woot off?

 

[little_squid]

depends on how good the item is

 

[Andystl]

Depends on the quantity of the item they have for sale & how many people want it. I have seen them go so fast you cannot get one if you want but I have also seen the same item for hours on end (this is during the wootoff.

I just want a bag of carrots already!!!

 

[ppurcell]

It's a gimmick site. They sell one thing a day. Sale lasts until midnight or until they run out. Occassionally they have a Woot-Off where they sell a lot of things in one day. The duration of a woot-off lasts for 12 hours or until the item is sold out.

I see some orange flashing lights on the main page â€"œ what do they mean?
No, you aren't seeing a side effect from your allergy medication. You have found a Woot-Off, a short term frenzied mutation of our product posting procedure. In Woot-Off mode, a new product is launched immediately after the sellout of the previous deal. There is a half-Woot-life of 12 hours maximum on any product within a Woot-Off that does not sell out. The number of Woot-Off items, sequence, and quantity will not be announced. When Woot-Off mode is over, the orange lights will disappear and our normal schedule will resume. Depending on its success, this may be a mode we would go into once or twice a month for a relatively short duration of time (24-72 hours generally.)

 

[Andystl]

you beat me to it squid...