I Miss the Old Woot

[wootbot]

I Miss the Old Woot

[qazxswe]

I was discussing the old Woot with some people, and then they complained that that wasn’t what they wanted.

I mean, seriously! They want the old Woot so badly, that Woot goes out of their way to design a shirt expressing this feeling (but mostly for the money), and then they suddenly DON’T want the old Woot.

[deanerino1]

no sales stats? oh man…

[woot3347]

I agree, I miss the old Woot. It offered better products, prices and humor. I used to order more often also. When Amazon took over the company it became a dumping ground for customer returned, so-called “reconditioned” merchandise.

[ThunderThighs]

Amazon made no difference in us selling customer returned, so-called “reconditioned” merchandise. That’s what we built the Woot business on.

How about this: https://old.woot.com/

[wajeremy]

@woot3347

I agree, I miss the old Woot. It offered better products, prices and humor. I used to order more often also. When Amazon took over the company it became a dumping ground for customer returned, so-called “reconditioned” merchandise.

I agree! Woot NEVER used to sell reconditioned and refurbished goods before Amazon. This product in 2008 actually fell through a wormhole in spacetime from 2012 back to 2008 to be listed on Woot:

Polaroid 8" Dual-Screen Portable DVD with Game Controller

[qazxswe]

Remember when Woot Offs were fun?

/s

[wajeremy]

Oh and then there’s this computer from 2004:

FIC VL67 Ice-Cube P4 Barebone

Received mine today, woot! I know it said that it was “reconditioned”, but this thing looks like it’s brand new. It came with documentation, 2 IDE cables, a SATA cable drive cable, SATA power cable converter, power cable, and a floppy cable. This thing even has an optical out, and came with an optical cable as well. It also came with a heatsink/fan. I’m very impressed! My only gripe is that the sticker over the AGP slot left that white sticker residue that stickers sometimes lea…

That wormhole, I tell ya.

[wajeremy]

@qazxswe

Remember when Woot Offs were fun?

/s

No.

[qazxswe]

As in they are still fun, or they were never fun?

[wajeremy]

@qazxswe

As in they are still fun, or they were never fun?

[pepper114]

Since my orders aren’t being delivered by a monkey flying a drone I’m pretty sure this is the old Woot.

[Narfcake]

Is it still customary to say that every woot-off is “the worst woot-off ever”?

[netMASA]

@Narfcake

Is it still customary to say that every woot-off is “the worst woot-off ever”?

Fucking hate wootoffs, when’s the next one?

[pepper114]

@Narfcake

Is it still customary to say that every woot-off is “the worst woot-off ever”?

Well, yeah. I mean, you know, it’s tradition.

That’s why there’s always uncle wooty’s tanker truck of balsamic vinegar, off-brand magic erasers, @daveinwarshington 's lightly haunted Roomba, expensive stuff no one can afford, and all those squirting toilet seats.

[peaceetc]

@wajeremy

That wormhole, I tell ya.

Time Truck.

[woot3347]

If you actually work at Woot, which I strongly doubt, then you must be a recent hire because you have no clue how Woot used to be before Amazon took over.

[Narfcake]

• TT does.
• If by recent, you mean compared to decades.
• TT has been a customer since the days of old.woot.com.

Anything else?

[davejlives]

@woot3347

If you actually work at Woot, which I strongly doubt, then you must be a recent hire because you have no clue how Woot used to be before Amazon took over.

this comment is amazing for so many reasons, unbeknownst to the author

[davejlives]

@pepper114

Since my orders aren’t being delivered by a monkey flying a drone I’m pretty sure this is the old Woot.

We piloted drone delivery but it was cost-prohibitve

Drone Delivery