wootoff?

wsngmartin · Posted: May 7, 2008, 9:15 pm Post subject: wootoff?

or is this another april fools type tomfoolery :shock:
i fell for it the last time...

lainghk · Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 44

Thanks Wendy. I have my eyes on more Roombas.

roombareview · Joined: 25 Dec 2003 Posts: 701

<--- Patiently waits for Roomba and Scooba deals to appear... :D

Jeff Carver · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 94 Location: Massachusetts

I don't get it. What's a Woot-off? I just looked on Woot and I still don't get it.

wsngmartin · Posted: May 7, 2008, 10:47 pm Post subject:

Jeff
A wootoff is like a sell-off. They have a certain quantity of things and when they sell out they put up the next lot. No way to know how many items or what they'll sell next.
Last wootoff was march 26th, I think. They had the 4275s and the 4260's but they sold out within minutes...25 for the 4275's and 10 for the 4260's, if memory serves.

roombareview · Joined: 25 Dec 2003 Posts: 701

Woot-off

I see some orange flashing lights on the main page – 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.)

Woot.com

Bobbie · Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Fresno

I got an alert about a Roomba 4210 that was on at 5:30 AM Pacific time... there could be more but that's gone, obviously (gone long before I saw it.)

Bobbie

Bobbie · Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Fresno

Right now there is a Roomba 510 for $149 (which I don't think is too great a deal but what do I know?)

richnorto · Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 246

$149 isn't a bad price. I actually got the one I have for $109 after a rebate from a new credit card but they are much more now on buy.com and amazon.

Gravity · Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 122 Location: Sandusky, OH

So far there's been a refurb 4210, and a new 510.... could be more!

Alas, I don't have the money for one right at the moment... and that's probably a good thing. :lol:

richnorto · Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 246

4260 new $149 on woot now.

lainghk · Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 44

I have been patiently waiting. . .still no 4290. . .

Bobbie · Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 87 Location: Fresno

There was a 4230 sometime during the night. Maybe a 4290 later? (I wasn't up, I had an alert sent even though they tend to come after the item is sold out.)

Bobbie

RoombaHolic · Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 90 Location: Mountain Center, CA

Bobbie wrote: There was a 4230 sometime during the night. Maybe a 4290 later? (I wasn't up, I had an alert sent even though they tend to come after the item is sold out.)

Bobbie
It was the 4260 "later"! :wink:

wsngmartin · Posted: May 9, 2008, 8:18 am Post subject:

for past item info you can check bagsofcrap.com. won't help you if you miss the deal, just prolongs the "darn!"
the 4230 sold out in under 5 minutes, there were 140 units, and they came on at 1250 am pst...past my bedtime.
the 4260s came on at 537 pm pst, lasted only 3 minutes, 47 units.
at 149.99 they were outstanding buys though.....and unfortunately i'm thinking getting fewer and farther in between.
i caught neither offering, for which i should be grateful i suppose :oops: