RunesageMagik
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I know nothing about it other than it's been sitting in my Deals&Discounts folder for over a year. If you like GAOTD's strict limited time concept, you'll probably feel comfy WOOT!ing.
Reviews on a google search seem to be pretty positive. This simplistic unscripted terribly rambling intro video review covers the basics while butchering the marketing term "IMPULSE buyer" as "IMPULSive buyer."
RunesageMagik
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Maizey, unlike GAOTD, I think WOOT! is a "supplies limited" operation as well as being on the 24-hour clock. The old saying - "you snooze, you lose" - applies.
WOOT! seems to be an off-shoot of a trend to reduce inventory of and cut losses from perfectly good but unsold items. I could be mistaken, but it appears to be a tad/teenybit/smidge more upscale than the credit card companies stunt - sticking "(inflated) value-added" piggyback specials in monthly account statements to a captive sucker audience - "FREE GIFTS" (read crap) for "just the cost of shipping". WOOT! seems the equivalent of remaindering books in $1 bins. It seems to focus on retail products and targets impulse shoppers.
I'll put it in the same category as the larger (and pricier) Overstock.com, with the hook being their 24-hour window. Overstock uses "limited time only" spam to create a sense of urgency. Then there's the infamous QBC (if they're still in business)... they hyped crap hour after hour to people with shopping addictions. At the bottom of the sludge pond are late night infomercials. They hawk stuff that even crap finds offensive. (e.g., coral calcium supplements, colon cleansers, get rich quick in the stock market, swampland for sale, MLM scams, etc.)
FWIW, another part of the inventory reduction trend are companies that specialize in matching wholesale inventory to businesses/builders in search of supplies and products. It's a great way to reduce landfill demand and it reduces tax write-offs a bit, both positive for Joe Public.
maizeydaze
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Maybe we should start a thread listing "where to go" and "how to find" deals online. We could also point out sites to stay away from and any good or bad experiences we've had with online retailers. I have some sites and shopping search tools in my bookmarks that are "shareworthy" (new word). What do ya think?
maizeydaze
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Yeah, but I also started this Music Links thread. I really thought is would attract much more attention than is has. I was hoping that others would add their links so that I could increase my collection of bookmarks. Now it seems that the thread may forever be lost in the bowels of the forum, unless someone can fix the forum search engine. (I've already put in a call for help which has been forwarded to the proper personnel.) The problem is, if you were to search for the term "music", the above thread does not appear in the results. :(
If there is going to be a thread to list sites offering deals - be aware of the forum rules and the ban on shill advertising commercial sites (thanks to the past circumstances of the influx of site owners posing as satisfied customers recommending their own sites).
Instead if the goods should be free - then there is no implied commercial interest or relationship between giveawayoftheday and the promoted websites.
As discussed via pm with maizeydaze - the thread will probably take the form of listing other "deal sites" as opposed to specific products that are on special. This way users can locate and browse for deals that interest them. The "teach a man to fish" as opposed to "give a man a fish". Sorry, if you don't like seafood.
RunesageMagik
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I love seafood, BuBByCo. Can't afford it as much nowadays, not to mention the nuisance of having to scan it with a metal detector for mercury and living with the guilt that no matter what species it is, I'm either helping destroy ecosystems or helping decimate global fish stocks.
Just one question and then I'll stop hectoring... will we be permitted to post more specific info for a fellow regular member about a specific product if we see it on a deal site and know that a fellow regular is in the market for one? We could post a disclaimer:
We hereby affirm we are not affiliated with the deal site and the expressed views are not those of GAOTD or any of the guys behind the curtain.
Should Maizey first start a thread to pick a Theme name for the deal thread?
maizeydaze
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RM - I've begun compiling a list with individual divisions/sections for each of the following:
1. Time Sensitive Deals & Coupons
2. Product Reviews
3. Consumer Advocate and Price Protection
4. Specialized Search Tools
I have not thought of a name. Do you or anyone else have any suggestions for the theme name and/or divisions?
I was thinking to scour the forums to see if anyone has already posted relevant links and give credit where credit's due. Maybe that is overkill and I should just let those folks post their own links, again.
RunesageMagik
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Sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner, Maizey. I've a thought that might make reading a thread easier. To keep the thread clean and readable, maybe call it "Master Deals & Coupons Archive". Then, each entry could be hotlinked to a separate thread for just one particular item or site where feedback comments would go. We wouldn't be faced with the congested overlaps of link posts and comments posts as has developed on the "Guess What It Is" monster. The primary Forums page demonstrates how many lazy newbies refuse to follow directions and just start multiple new threads for every day's giveaway.
Just a thought. Maybe a standardized signature following a link might be enough to keep things neat and orderly, for example:
50 percent off digital cameras at ValueMart Link thru 3/1/2008.
Please post your comments about this offer on the proper FORUM THREAD, not here in the INDEX.
~ Maizeykins
maizeydaze
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Runesage - Ahh!...A wee bit too late. I've already posted the thread as Buyers Tools for Deals, Coupons, Reviews and Searching.
Maybe Bubby or someone could get into it to rename and/or restructure this thing. I am fairly new to forums and not too certain on how they are structured or what works well. I tried to post to this thread last night to let you all know the thread was up, but the GOTD server was, again, having problems. It's been up for 13 hours now, and funkymom has been the only person to reply to the new thread. It's just possible that it won't be a popular as we had anticipated.
OldandSlo
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Hello all.
Thanks Maiseydaze for the compilation of all those sites. I have very few of them bookmarked as ones to visit so many of those will be added. I have many "save as" pages of items from these forums etc. that I have saved for the various links and websites. I may never get back to most of them, so it is nice of you to gather so many items in one place.
FWIW. Being fairly new to everything myself, I just thought I'd point out to the "really newbies" that the major download sites usually have reviews by both editors or reviewers of the site and by any users that would care to comment. (I could name some of the sites that I use, but I don't know if that's legal, so I won't.) These will also be of help to them when deciding if the downloads are what they want and worth their time.
Again, Thanks to all for the kindnesses shown by the community in the responses to questions and problems from people like me - inexperienced. I have learned a LOT from All of you.
Old&Slo
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