No thank you NSA
What are you hiding?
I have 4 of these around the house and I find them very handy. The one in the kitchen for measurement conversions, the living room and bedroom for weather and news. We have one in our sonâs bedroom we can send reminders to. We also use them as alarm clocks and timers. And if you group them you can have music piped throughout the house.
As far as NSA snooping and password protection you need to ask yourself a few questions. A) When was the last time you had a conversation with anyone that would have been the least bit interesting to anyone else? And B), when was the last time you called out a password (out loud that is) while entering it. Even when the wife asks for a password we use a shortened version so the teenager doesnât get it.
So bottom line the NSA doesnât give a crap if you asked your Echo for the recipe for a beefless beef stroganoff or how many cups in a gallon. Admit it: weâre just not that interesting.
These Echo devices sold by Woot have invalid registrations. They cannot be set up and used like the ones Amazon sells.
Beg to differ about that one. We gave one of our Dots to my wifeâs mother. I just replaced it and got one additional in the WOOT! sale on Sep 25, 2018. (Paid $3 more each too⌠ERRRG!) They both set up nice and easy right out of the box. They were sold as used but both looked brand new.
BTW: WOOT! IS Amazon.
Amazon owns Woot. These are being sold by Amazon through Woot. If these Dots cannot be registered they can be returned. Woot has a great track record of taking care of their customers.
In what manner can they not be used?? Because if they canât be used like what youâd expect then whatâs the pointâŚ
What cant they do?
Is this Echo Dot new or used/refurbished? Since they donât mention anything about âbrand newâ I assume itâs used but does anybody know?
Edit: Never mind, itâs used. They tell you once you try to purchase it. Would be nice to be more upfront.
It is indeed used/refurbished condition.
It says this on the first page:
Special Note: This is a used item in âgoodâ condition, meaning that it may have cosmetic blemishes but is in perfect working order.
Did anybody mention to you where it says right there on the page the condition?
I have a 1st gen Echo that I use for the types of questions you describes, but more so for music. Is the speaker on this Dot good enough to play music?
Itâs not on the main page when you first get to woot, itâs on the second page after you hit âread moreâ. You can easily get to the discussion page without going to the page where it shows the condition. So itâs understandable someone my not know how to find condition.
The Dotâs speaker is comparable to that of an alarm clock radio. However, it does have both a line-out jack and Bluetooth for hooking up to things like your favorite portable speaker, a nice set of desktop computer speakers, wireless headphones or even your home stereo system, I use an older small Jambox portable BT speaker in my home office and the sound fills the room.
They also make docks with speakers built in and even a digital clock display on the front. When our last bedroom alarm clock died, our Dot and Alexa moved right in and itâs been great.
This is the landing page after clicking on clicking the link in the email. Itâs small but even my old eyes saw it immediately.
Iâm always hesitant to buy used or refurbished but this deal seems too good to pass up.
I picked up one of these a few weeks back the last time they were available. (I also have a gen2 echo dot that was purchased, new, directly from the mothership.)
Despite being âusedâ I wouldnât have known, other than the echo dot from woot was packaged in a plain brown box.
The major difference between them is that buying the used one left me with an extra $20 in my wallet to buy another.
On second thought⌠Take my money woot-azon, Iâm in for two.
Canât speak to this particular sale, but I bought 2 echos from woot before that were listed as used. They arrived looking brand new.
I have a Dot in the master bedroom, basement, and garage. I have the big Echo in the living room. I have a Dash wand in the kitchen. I want another Echo Dot, but I donât know why yetâŚ