# I love Woot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475 "2005-09-07T05:01:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/1 "2005-09-07T05:01:34Z")
Recently I discovered the joys of [Woot.com](http://www.woot.com/): they offer one product for sale each day, at a discount, and the item stays on sale until they run out. A new product becomes available at midnight Central Time every day. They offer all sorts of stuff, mostly electronic or gadget in nature and always accompanied by a witty product description, but what prompts me to extoll their virtues this evening is that the new item just posted is a 61 inch DLP High Definition TV (for just $2,799.99 +$5 shipping) … and the picture of the TV shows a scene from _Monty Python and The Holy Grail_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/2 "2005-09-07T05:31:50Z")
I love lamp! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/3 "2005-09-07T08:35:48Z")
Meep! ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/4 "2005-09-07T10:16:47Z")
I want! ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/5 "2005-09-07T11:44:41Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > I love lamp! Do you really love the lamp, or are you just saying it because you saw it? ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/6 "2005-09-07T12:38:48Z")
I love Woot! I have picked up many items from that site. What is a great selling point for me is that the shipping, no matter what the item, is always only $5.00. That big screen TV being offered today? $5.00 shipping. I bought a vacuum cleaner - cheap!- with $5 shipping. Computer? $5 to ship. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/7 "2005-09-07T16:09:27Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Do you really love the lamp, or are you just saying it because you saw it? I love lamp. . . I LOVE LAMP! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/8 "2005-09-07T17:05:20Z")
I came here hoping–almost praying–that you weren’t talking about [woot.com](http://woot.com). Shut up already! You want everyone should know about it? Damn it! ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/9 "2005-09-07T17:30:43Z")
I wants me a bag of crap (BoC), but I always miss out. ☹ I also wants me that TV. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/10 "2005-09-07T18:46:06Z")
I’ve bought a few things from them. Some I keep and use, some I sell on eBay. It’s a great place. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/11 "2005-09-07T18:57:18Z")
> [@TwoTrouts](#): > > What is a great selling point for me is that the shipping, no matter what the item, is always only $5.00. Yeah, I noticed that almost right away. Amazing! I haven’t ordered anything from them yet (I’ve only known about the site for a week or two), but that $5 shipping is pretty nifty. Just out of curiosity, how long did it take for your stuff to arrive? Was it sent via USPS? > [@UrbanChic](#): > > I came here hoping–almost praying–that you weren’t talking about [woot.com](http://woot.com). Shut up already! You want everyone should know about it? :eek: :smack: > [@KKBattousai](#): > > I wants me a bag of crap (BoC), but I always miss out. ☹ Haven’t seen one of those yet, but I got a chuckle out of the “mystery brand” 6-speaker set the other day … and might just have ordered one, if I’d stayed up later/woken up earlier. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/12 "2005-09-07T21:35:27Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Haven’t seen one of those yet, but I got a chuckle out of the “mystery brand” 6-speaker set the other day … and might just have ordered one, if I’d stayed up later/woken up earlier. 🙂 From what I’ve read elsewhere, the last one (maybe all the mystery speakers?) was a set of Dell speakers which, in turn, are supposedly rebadged Altec Lansing speakers. Woot’s always one of the last sites I look at before I go to bed, though I haven’t been rewarded for my diligence…yet. (Mental note: Save up three grand for the next 62" TV that rolls around.) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/13 "2005-09-07T21:51:48Z")
Duely bookmarked and placed next to [SlickDeals](http://www.slickdeals.net/) on the surfing list. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/14 "2005-09-07T22:24:42Z")
Isn’t that HDTV crippled because it only has 720p vertical resolution, not HDTV’s maximum possible 1024p? or am I misinformed? ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/15 "2005-09-07T22:54:07Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Isn’t that HDTV crippled because it only has 720p vertical resolution, not HDTV’s maximum possible 1024p? or am I misinformed? Make that 1080p, and yes, it is (after doing some googling around). ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/16 "2005-09-08T08:28:35Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Make that 1080p, and yes, it is (after doing some googling around). I was under the impression that there’s only a small handful of 1080p sets (and at a heck of a premium), and an equally small number of devices that output to 1080p. So not bleeding edge, per se, but not crippled either, imho. Personally, I’m not really a _bleeding_ edge guy, so 720p or 1080i is fine with me. Especially 61" of it… (Boo, and we have now moved on to some media player that’s not a huge-ass TV.) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/17 "2005-09-08T12:49:28Z")
Guess what DeHusband is giving me for my birthday? A great big honkin 61 inch TV. Which I have to clean out the den and rearrange the furniture to be able to use. And how exactly is this a gift for me??? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/18 "2005-09-08T14:36:48Z")
> [@KKBattousai](#): > > (Boo, and we have now moved on to some media player that’s not a huge-ass TV.) ☹ Yeah, but at least it’s some media player that _no one else can buy yet_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/19 "2005-09-08T14:40:49Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Just out of curiosity, how long did it take for your stuff to arrive? Was it sent via USPS? The computer and the vacuum came UPS. I can’t recall how the other items were shipped. None took very long, around 4 or 5 days. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475/20 "2005-09-08T17:20:25Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Yeah, but at least it’s some media player that _no one else can buy yet_. 😉 Ah yes, an excellent point. I like this excerpt from their FAQ page: > [@](#): > > If this LAUNCH EVENT item isn’t available anywhere else, how am I supposed to shop around and make comparisons? > Yeah, it sort of seems like you can’t. > > Why do you keep putting LAUNCH EVENT in all caps? > To fully convey its majesty. > [@DeVena](#): > > Guess what DeHusband is giving me for my birthday? A great big honkin 61 inch TV. Which I have to clean out the den and rearrange the furniture to be able to use. > And how exactly is this a gift for me??? And in reply to **DeVena’s** doubtlessly rhetorical question: Biggest. Porn. Ever. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-woot/320475.md?page=2)