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It's moving a little faster now. I imagine people are waking up and smelling the deals.
But pretty much everybody has a printer already, every company practically gives 'em away so they can keep you buying ink for $30.
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*bump* It's now a Roomba. (But if you don't want a Roomba it'll probably be a few hours before the next change too. The last time they sold this in a Woot-off they had 1500 of them.)
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I don't have that kind of money, and probably wouldn't buy it if I did. But, there's a hilarious blog about someone who got this: Viva La Roombalución!. I literally can't read this without busting into laughter and reading bits out loud to anyone in the room.
The Roombas are going fast. Posts: 2034 | Registered: Apr 2004
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I'm telling you, it's all about putting one of those tracker pages in the Firefox sidebar. I've been up all night writing a couple papers and I've got two 19" LCD screens that I bought off of Woot a couple weeks ago. I've had Firefox open in one, doing research and browsing the web with the current Woot in the sidebar, updated every 30 seconds or so.
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I tried all of the services on the wiki until I found two I liked that seemed to work pretty well. The web-based one, which works the best, I just have on it's own tab. The tab itself has the percentage written on it, which is mostly all I need to know. When I have something other than Firefox on top, I just make sure that tab is the selected one, and then the percentage shows up on my taskbar as well. And I can jump to "Buy It" from wootaholics.
I'm sure it's not the only great caching service, but since I tried like a dozen of them, I'm not in a hurry to start trying new things again.
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24.99 is really good for a dual handset cordless phone system with remote voicemail. But I don't know if I should. Mercifully, it sold out. I'm hanging on with morbid anticipation to see if it will tempt me with a laptop. They've all been going fast. Even the robotic litterbox.
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Now the hard part is deciding whether I will really give it to Amanda for Christmas or keep it for myself. Posts: 2034 | Registered: Apr 2004
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FYI, you can pick up a 2 gig SD card for about $25, that will make it a little less, um, small.
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Icarus - was that FYI for me? Part of the reason I jumped on this purchase is because my digital camera takes SD cards, so I already have them.
Oh, and I showed Amanda the link and she's like, "It's ugly." That's too bad. It may not be pretty, but it will play music. Maybe my "give to Amanda or keep for myself" decision won't be so hard after all.
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Yeah, it was. Glad you already know. You might point out (or you might not ) that it has like four different-colored face plates to change the color. I honestly didn't get why people were going on and on in the woot forums about how ugly it was, like that really matters. I was very sorely tempted by that one.
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I think I made it this time, but the server crashed before I could get any definitive feedback.
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There's nothing more I can do now, I'm just going to wait half an hour and then check my account, and if I did get one, then I'm going to spend the next month wondering if I'll be getting an eight dollar ps3.
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Okay, now it's back to saying sold out, and staying there so it looks like I didn't get it. Oh well, maybe next time when I don't also have to register.
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I expected a BoC today, so I was at my computer shortly before midnight. For once, I didn't get any "Server too busy" responses. Pages loaded slow, but I was able to complete my order... except they had sold out by the time my order went through. Posts: 1805 | Registered: Jun 1999
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I make it a personal policy never to visit Woot. I'm afraid I might be tempted to buy something.
I don't need anything. I am content with what I have. Logging on to Woot can only change this perception and make me acutely aware of how much stuff I really really need, and will be unhappy without.
Ignorance is blissful for the Tante.
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I'm not unhappy without any of the stuff I decide not to buy, nor would I be unhappy without any of the stuff I do decide to buy, if I didn't get it--the notable exception being, of course, the Bandoleer of Carrots. I realize pretty much everything they sell is a luxury item. It helps that they pretty much never have anything that is the top of its line, so I can always convince myself I don't need whatever it is because it's not really that good. When I end up buying from them, it's typically because they come up with something I've already been thinking I'd like to buy someday, and suddenly there it is for like half of the price. I also really enjoy their sense of humor, and I enjoy reading their forum--though I hardly post.
(I'm not trying to convince you, btw. I'm just rambling like I'm wont to do.)
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It's not just Woot. I hate shopping, too, in part for the feeling that I get that I want want want something that, just a few minutes ago, I didn't know existed, or that I had no desire for.
Even grocery shopping will trigger urges in me to buy stuff just because it is there, or novel, rather than because it is stuff that I need.
I'm better off steering clear. You guys go and enjoy without me.
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I almost pulled the trigger on the Adaptec dual TV tuner, but there's not much out there on it working with MythTV. Now I wait for hard drives.
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I was tempted by the Polaroid digital, but I have a digital camera (with fewer metgapixels), I hear the Polaroid brand name has been sold and is now a junk brand, and if I buy another digital camera, I want it to be pocket-sized. I was tempted by the digital tape measure, but it went in seconds. I am tempted by the DLP projector, but I don't have $600 to spare.
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