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rockyct

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Originally posted by: Pshawn5
Originally posted by: rockyct
1:30 AM PST, or 4:30 EST is my guess of the time of sell out. Get some sleep.

I'm going to go with 2AM PST this will sell out

Yeah, it's looking closer to 2 AM.
 

dxkj

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I do disagree about the 12 hour limit for a woot off killer.

Anything that stays above 50% for 2 hours when you want to go to sleep counts as a woot-off killer, because a lot of people will go to sleep, and when they wake up 6 hours later, they missed 2 hours of woots :)
 

akshatp

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Originally posted by: dxkj
I do disagree about the 12 hour limit for a woot off killer.

Anything that stays above 50% for 2 hours when you want to go to sleep counts as a woot-off killer, because a lot of people will go to sleep, and when they wake up 6 hours later, they missed 2 hours of woots :)

Woot off killer is 12 hours? That is way too long...

Wake up 6 hours later? You dont sleep enough :)
 

dxkj

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Originally posted by: akshatp
Originally posted by: dxkj
I do disagree about the 12 hour limit for a woot off killer.

Anything that stays above 50% for 2 hours when you want to go to sleep counts as a woot-off killer, because a lot of people will go to sleep, and when they wake up 6 hours later, they missed 2 hours of woots :)

Woot off killer is 12 hours? That is way too long...

Wake up 6 hours later? You dont sleep enough :)

6 hours I consider a good day :(
 

dxkj

Lifer
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it just plummeted to 16%!!!

22% in 7 minutes, that is madness

Madness i tell you!
 

rockyct

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Originally posted by: akshatp
Originally posted by: dxkj
I do disagree about the 12 hour limit for a woot off killer.

Anything that stays above 50% for 2 hours when you want to go to sleep counts as a woot-off killer, because a lot of people will go to sleep, and when they wake up 6 hours later, they missed 2 hours of woots :)

Woot off killer is 12 hours? That is way too long...

Wake up 6 hours later? You dont sleep enough :)

Woot.com will change the product after 12 hours. Sure, a product up for 6 hours will severely slow down the woot-off, it does not "kill" it like a product that has to be replaced.

Maybe I'm just arguing semantics, but it annoys me ever time the first few posts in the new woot item are, "woot-off killer!!!". Of course, they say that as soon as they decide they do not want the item, rather than waiting to see that the status bar is not dropping.
 

dxkj

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Originally posted by: rockyct
Originally posted by: akshatp
Originally posted by: dxkj
I do disagree about the 12 hour limit for a woot off killer.

Anything that stays above 50% for 2 hours when you want to go to sleep counts as a woot-off killer, because a lot of people will go to sleep, and when they wake up 6 hours later, they missed 2 hours of woots :)

Woot off killer is 12 hours? That is way too long...

Wake up 6 hours later? You dont sleep enough :)

Woot.com will change the product after 12 hours. Sure, a product up for 6 hours will severely slow down the woot-off, it does not "kill" it like a product that has to be replaced.

Maybe I'm just arguing semantics, but it annoys me ever time the first few posts in the new woot item are, "woot-off killer!!!". Of course, they say that as soon as they decide they do not want the item, rather than waiting to see that the status bar is not dropping.



I agree about that being annoying...

A third toaster/oven of the night that only sells 15% the first hour, i would be willing to shout WOOTOFF KILLER!

Of course it wont last 12 hours, but anything that makes half of the watchers go to sleep is a killer :)
 

dxkj

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I think each woot should last 30 minutes max, and the remnant they dont sell gets mixed back in randomly for later on in the woot off..
 

akshatp

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Cmon people buy that 4gb usb drive!! Whoever guesstimated 4.30 EST looks like the winnar..
 

rockyct

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Originally posted by: akshatp
Cmon people buy that 4gb usb drive!! Whoever guesstimated 4.30 EST looks like the winnar..

lol, that was me, although, I did later agree to 5:00.

edit: w00t, it's done and my original guess was only off by 3 mins. :)
 

dxkj

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153 of those drives took that long to sell? ouch!


CA Lyra 20GB Portable Media Player
$99.99+ $5 shipping
 

akshatp

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Originally posted by: Pshawn5
RCA Lyra 20GB Portable Media Player
$99.99+ $5 shipping

This worth it? Could be a nice xmas present.,.. Either way, they will go quicker than the 4gb drives