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Hooty McDeal

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Zack
on 1 September 2007
in audio, geek and miscellany
. 8 Comments

Woot is a website that sells one thing each day, until it sells out, or until it expires after a 24 hour period. Typically, they sell electronics, computery parts, or gadget-type stuff. They’re super awesome people. They also have a site called Wine Woot, where, predictably, one can buy quartets of old liquid grapes for substantial savings. (My girlfriend is the wine drinker, and she spends 35% of her annual income at Wine Woot. She’s like a choca-holic, but for booze. ) So…

If you’re one of the 4 people on this planet that doesn’t own an iPod, today is your lucky day. Today’s Woot is a 20 Gigabyte Apple iPod. You know, the 3rd generation White one that doesn’t do anything more than play music, and the occasional game of Parachute. (Lame)

It’s $99.00. It’s refurbished. Shipping is $5.00. Get ‘em quick. Good stuff on Woot doesn’t last long!

PS - if you become horribly addicted to Woot, please don’t blame me. PPS - the site refreshes with a new product at 10PM Pacific Time, every day.

Hooty McConcept

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Zack
on 28 February 2007
in geek and laugh!
. 3 Comments

Well, it’s not quite a Hooty McDeal just yet, since you can’t actually order this product. (It’s still just a concept.)  But I know a few people who could benefit from this type of product…myself included.

From SciFi.com…

“Clearly this is some sort of jokey concept, but I just love that chinstrap. It really takes this thing away from the realm of the reasonable and straight into crazytown. I mean, how uncomfortable does this thing look? I love it, I love it so much. I especially like the “sporty” version with the ABA colors and guy with a fro. Seriously, if they ever made one of these for real I would buy one just to support the mad genius who came up with it. Kudos.”

Kudos, indeed.

Hooty-McDeal - It’s a Woot-Off!

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Zack
on 12 October 2006
in miscellany
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Greetings, Christian consumers….Today’s Hooty McDeal is nothing new, really. But if there’s anyone in the Western Hemisphere that isn’t already aware of Woot, consider this post more of a public service…

Woot is a very unique shopping site. Each day, a product is offered at a (usually) much lower price - sometimes the products are refurbished. The product is offered at some ridiculous price for 24 hours, or until it sells out - whichever comes first.

Sometimes, like today, you can find a “Woot-Off” - products are offered in rapid-fire succession - for an hour or two, or until they sell out. As of 10:55AM Pacific Time, the current item is a JBL On-Stage iPod dock for the socially and economically retarded price of ony $59.99. An hour ago, cordless Bluetooth headsets for the XBOX 360 were on-sale for $5.00 - yes, five bucks. But that was an hour ago - in Woot time, that’s like 1986.

The deals are humongous, the products are typically top-notch, and the writing and reviews are damn hilarious.

And for all you wine drinkers (see: alcoholics, Ally) check out Woot’s sister site: Woot Wine! For one week at a time, quartets of fine wines are offered at similarly ridiculous prices.

Hooty-McDeal

Published
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Zack
on 29 August 2006
in geek
. 3 Comments

I’ve decided to start a new feature here at Addison Rd. (With Sir Mike’s approval, of course…)

Since quite a few of us spend our days reading websites with names like “Gear Slutz” and “Gizmodo“, it’s safe to assume that we’re a bunch of dirty gadget consumers. So, once in a while, I’ll be compelled to post about some fabulous deal I’ve found on the interwebs. Here’s a good one for ya:

Sennheiser HD-28 Headphones from Amazon - $73 w/free shipping.

That’s about $125 less than retail for some damn fine cans. I own about a gazillion dollars worth of Sennheiser stuff, and it’s totally bueno.