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[DEAD]Bag of Crap @ woot

You have better chance of winning the lottery than getting a TV w/ your BOC. Chances of you getting a publicized BOC? ZERO!
 
Originally posted by: stultus
It's Olevia. That's why it's in the BOC.
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Whats wrong with Olevia? he probably paid like $20 bucks or less for the BOC and got that huge Olevia HDTV......now.....wouldn't you pay $20 for a Olevia....?

 
I believe it's $8, you pay $1 per "bag of crap" and can get a maximum of 3 "craps" making it $3 total for the BoC itself, then $5 for shipping.
 
Originally posted by: SupaDupaPan
I believe it's $8, you pay $1 per "bag of crap" and can get a maximum of 3 "craps" making it $3 total for the BoC itself, then $5 for shipping.
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I believe they changed it this last woot off. It's now a BOC for $3 and you can only order one. Shipping at $5 makes the total $8 shipped.
 
Originally posted by: Yzzim
Originally posted by: SupaDupaPan
I believe it's $8, you pay $1 per "bag of crap" and can get a maximum of 3 "craps" making it $3 total for the BoC itself, then $5 for shipping.
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I believe they changed it this last woot off. It's now a BOC for $3 and you can only order one. Shipping at $5 makes the total $8 shipped.
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They automatically ship three now, though, right?
 
Originally posted by: JLee
Originally posted by: Yzzim
Originally posted by: SupaDupaPan
I believe it's $8, you pay $1 per "bag of crap" and can get a maximum of 3 "craps" making it $3 total for the BoC itself, then $5 for shipping.
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I believe they changed it this last woot off. It's now a BOC for $3 and you can only order one. Shipping at $5 makes the total $8 shipped.
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They automatically ship three now, though, right?
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correct

As far as the time, it's 12am CST. Basically you need to be refreshing the page at 11:59pm on 12/24 and you have a 1 in 10,000 chance of getting a BOC.
 
I find the Woot BOC to be quite funny, but how it does not violate the sweepstakes laws is beyond me.
 
Originally posted by: tk149
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: tk149
For something like that, does Woot report it as a windfall to the IRS?
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windfall?
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Sorry, wrong term. Prize? Like when someone wins the lottery.
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Why? It is a regular sale. Frankly, the big ticket item mixed in there is just a marketing tactic. That $2000 TV nets them 100x more in advertising. I think it's a brilliant tactic too. They unload excess "crap" out of their warehouse, at probably a profit no less, and generate huge buzz and advertising by putting some random big ticket item in there lottery style. If there were no chance to get anything good and everyone got some dollar store junk, you'd think it would sell even 1/4 as much? I doubt it.
 
Originally posted by: chexi
I find the Woot BOC to be quite funny, but how it does not violate the sweepstakes laws is beyond me.
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Explain why? I'm not being argumentative. I really want to know what the justification would be. Why would this be in violation of anything. I agree it's like a sweepstakes/raffle/lottery but why is it not just good marketing? What's the difference between this and the 1 millionth customer who gets their free order, or product? Is that a special taxation law as well? I know if you cannot give a gift to someone or sell someone something for well under its value but that's for large sums I think well over 10k? It's to prevent people from selling someone a house for $1. The seller/buyer has to pay taxes on fair market value of the house, not the sale value if it is extremely disproportionate. I don't remember.
 
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