Why is WOOT trying to emulate THINKGEEK?

wajeremy · January 31, 2019, 8:52pm

This woman sounds awesome, and this quote also explains a lot.

mtn3pitt · January 31, 2019, 9:20pm

So, so much…

pepper114 · February 1, 2019, 12:07am

Could WootyBot’s quotes be updated to include some from bsmith1’s granny?

@bsmith1 Please please please share some more of your granny’s wisdom.

qazxswe · February 1, 2019, 3:23am

peaceetc · February 1, 2019, 3:35am

Those are adorable. Thanks for posting the photo.

I do have to say, though, they don’t look much like Woot’s monkeys. And I’m guessing they don’t scream as you fling them across the room? Also, I looked up the Spock one and you definitely have to buy it.

qazxswe · February 1, 2019, 3:45am

For reference for others:

ThunderThighs · February 1, 2019, 3:25pm

ThunderThighs · February 1, 2019, 3:37pm

The true, honest to goodness, history of the monkeys is that a buyer for those places that give rewards if your kid sells a zillion dollars of something called one of our buyers. They had a truckload of screaming monkeys left over and needed to get rid of them. Enter Woot. We sold them. They were surprisingly popular. We started making branded ones. The rest is history.

LindaGibson99 · February 1, 2019, 3:47pm

I bet they were ThinkGeeks leftover monkeys in that truck.

modi123 · February 1, 2019, 4:52pm

On the positive side - at least woot wasn’t compared to Jinx… You know, Jinx is just the slightly nerdy twin of HotTopic.

bsmith1 · February 1, 2019, 5:26pm

When did this happen, though?

deanerino1 · February 1, 2019, 5:43pm

OMG this is GREATT!!!

ThunderThighs · February 1, 2019, 6:23pm

What does it matter. We bought it because they were a good price. Not because Thinkgeek had a monkey. LOL

bsmith1 · February 1, 2019, 6:34pm

because if Thinkgeek was after that, I can give the OP a really good ribbing.

wajeremy · February 1, 2019, 9:16pm

It wasn’t. ThinkGeek had Timmy in 1999.

qazxswe · February 1, 2019, 9:24pm

We need themed Woot monkey plushies!

##### Still disappointed that I couldn’t buy the 3 piece collection of Mort, Monty, and B0C pillow, as I refused to buy 2 without the 3rd. Shame (for me) people thought that the B0C pillow was an actual B0C.

qazxswe · February 1, 2019, 9:29pm

Actually, due to the fact that time is wibbly wobbly, ThinkGeek was inspired by Woot to use a monkey mascot.

peaceetc · February 1, 2019, 10:08pm

I tried really hard to get Woot to make a Crapsmaster plushie after that one Woot live event a few years back. I wanted to be able to squeeze its belly and have it laugh like @Slydon did as the Crapsmaster. It would have been AWESOME.

bestsportnascar · February 2, 2019, 1:02am

Who is really using the monkeys better though?

peaceetc · February 2, 2019, 1:18am

It’s the screaming. From the monkeys, that is. It attracts attention.