Amazon buys Woot.com

While I love woot to death, I’m learned not to touch their refurbs. Yes, there’s every chance that you’ll get a great product that will never give you a problem out of a refurb, but after going oh-for-three, I’m done with that gamble.

Toshiba DVD Recorder with HD Upconversion and HDMI Cable: Broken on arrival – door wouldn’t open. I was able to take it apart and fix it, however.

Kodak EasyShare Z1275 12MP/720p Digital Camera w/5x Optical Zoom: Lasted about two months before dying.

Compaq DX2000 Business Desktop: Power supply failure after four months.

Just made my first-ever woot purchase!
Kodak 12 Megapixel Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom – different model than Hal Briston got, but yeah, it’s a refurb. But I’d been thinking about a new camera and I just couldn’t pass up that $50 price tag. We’ll see how it goes.

How long does woot usually take to ship?

You should have it in three or four business days (add another two or three if you buy during a woot-off).
ETA: Good luck – I hope it lasts you a good long while!

I considered that camera myself, until I found a dearth of reviews for it, and what reviews I found were at least 50/50 negative.

For 50 bucks I was willing to gamble. I don’t need professional quality and I don’t take tons of pictures. When I do carry a camera I want to stick it in my pocket and forget it’s there until I want to use it. This is cheap, small, and light, so I’m hoping it will fit that bill for me.

Yeah, we’ve already got a Canon SD450, I was looking for somethign with a little more zoom for some specific shots, but the pictures still needed to be usable. Didn’t sound like this was going to be it.

On a related note: W00t bills AP for quoting them.

Awesome. However, The AP Is Not Amused.