The Woot of the problem
“So this is what being a crack addict is like,” Trini mused as the Woot-Off entered its 64th hour. And it’s a nerve-wracking experience, to say the least. At least I was able to snag a couple of things that sold out quickly.
Whatever my speed, though, it was unfortunately not sufficient to secure for myself a bespoke orange Cadillac.
And after 68 hours, Woot had unloaded more than 52,000 items and taken in something like $2.2 million, which would pay for about one-twentieth of the therapy needed by all the wooters struggling for their very own brick owl cages.
Erica »
4 February 2007 · 10:23 pm
Is that what was going on? Early last week I decided to re-subscribe to their RSS feed and I was getting a bajillion new or updated entries a day, so I unsubscribed because I couldn’t keep up.
CGHill »
5 February 2007 · 6:27 am
Exactly. When there’s a single item, as there is most days, you get one update, and that’s that. The Woot-Off generated dozens.