Woot!

no, not w00t. woot!

Woot is a website that only sells one item per day (except for woot-offs, hang on there). Shipping is always just $5, and you can order up to three of the item at once. Sometimes the item sells out early in the day, other times it doesn't sell out at all. The new items go up about midnight, Central time, so back in Florida, sometimes I don't stand a chance at getting the item, since it sells out before I even get up. Now that I live in California, I can see the item before I go to bed, which is rather helpful.

What do they sell? Well, most of the time they are electronics. Everything from DVD sets to computer chips to monitors. Power squids, remote control cars, marshmallow launchers, headlamps. On Tuesdays they sell two of the items at a time, like two bluetooth headsets, earbuds, laser pointers, or cell phone chargers.

There's also one shirt for sale every day, and one wine. The shirts are generally very interesting, and certainly original. I wish that they would re-issue some of their most-popular shirts, as I've missed several that I woulda paid $15 for ($10 is the general shirt price, and then $5 shipping). I've not bought any wine (nor do I know of anyone who has) but the deals seem pretty interesting most of the time.

Okay, now the woot-offs. Woot-offs have a great little theme song, and are basically days when they put up a new item as soon as one is sold out. Although there is a little meter on each item to indicate how many are left, there could be any number of items remaining, so you have to act fast. These are usually days when I am able to get a surprise gift for the hubby, since when there's only one item per day he tends to see it at some point. But, during a woot-off, I've got a chance at ordering something without him noticing that it has gone on sale. Woot-offs are completely random, and don't take place "every other Thursday" or anything like that. They have them when they have them, so you kinda just have to check the website (easy to remember, www.woot.com). If it's a woot-off, there will be a flashing light on the screen, and the "I Want One" button may be bouncing around.

A woot-off started yesterday morning, and is still going on. So, head on over and check out what they've got going. You can RSS the woot-offs (that's what my husband does), or follow them on twitter (that's what I do).

Tip: sometimes the "bag of crap" is good. google around and see what other people ahve got (some people film their reactions for youtube as well)