As previously mentioned, I had figure out what kind of welcome gift I wanted from Amazon.com. Well I went ahead an used Amazon.com’s ’send to a friend’ link and requested this Xbox 360 premium bundle. I never heard from the ‘giver’ about the item, so I assumed that the email got lost, or they decided that it wasn’t a ‘productivity tool’ and I would never see the Xbox 360. The next day, they were out of stock. Now I was totally bummed since they didn’t respond and they were out of stock again. Meaning they would have had to order it the day I requested, or I was out of luck again. I have been scouring Amazon.com for an item and have yet to find one. I gave up hope last week and decided to wait for the next generation of ‘video iPod’ to come out. I have a 40GB iRiver MP3 player which is great, so I didn’t need a new one now.
My luck changed this morning! I got an email from my ‘giver’ and she said it would ship on 4/17! That’s Monday, which means it should be here by next weekend. As soon as I get it hooked up, your all invited to come over and play. I’ll need to grab a few extra controllers via my Amazon.com gift cards maybe, and a few extra multiplayer games. My brother is coming to visit on just the right weekend.
Woot! is a company that sells junk to ‘computer geeks’. From home appliances to computer equipment to kitchenware to electronic gear. That’s no different than Best Buy or Fry’s, right? Wrong. Their sales are entirely web based, so they are like Amazon.com, right? Wrong. The key difference is they sell only 1 item at a time, and look for a target market. That’s right, they typically hock 1 item on the website every 24 hours. If it sells out in 30 minutes, great! If not, then the left over stock sits in the wearhouse waiting for another chance. Sales start at midnight central time (they are based in Texas), and they tend to sell out quickly. They are selling ‘cool stuff’ that typically is end-of-life or is being replaced by another item. They don’t provide support and recommend you contact the manufacturer for all issues. The idea is to lower their costs, and push all issues back to the engineers that make the stuff.
