Woot!

[Angry_Radish]

If you haven't been there before, check out http://www.woot.com/
Every day they have a new overstock item for sale, usually with insanely cheap shipping. They take CC's or paypal, and ship pretty quickly.
My latest purchase were the speakers that are on there today (24th), perfect for my arcade box!
Once I decase the speakers, the remote wired volume and bass control will be perfect for mounting under my control panel

Anyhoo, this is a great site to have bookmarked and check daily, they have a wide range of stuff there worth looking at

[Chrisdice]

I woot all the time. Don't forget to listen to each days podcast. I got the speakers too.

[slotter]

I woot regularly. My latest was a Magellan talking GPS for the car for under $300. It sells for $480 and up everywhere. Anyhow, it works great and the wife loves it. If you go the wrong way it says such things as, "Do a legal U-turn at the next possible intersection." "Your destination is on the right .5 miles ahead." "You have arrived!"

It is very cool.

[Angry_Radish]

My wife is still pissed I missed the roomba, she's been wanting one of those for awhile

[slotter]

You need to look at midnight or the best Woots will be gone fast, btw.

[Angry_Radish]

Yup, my problem though, is that I'm old:-)
I'm a morning person, so evidently that means my internal clock goes into sleep mode at about 10:30 :-)
I missed the roomba because I forgot to check the entire day though, so I had no excuse

[Chrisdice]

I stay up late on mondays to catch the two for Tuesdays. Otherwise I just wait till I get to work at 8:00.

[birdbrain]

sweet, thanks!

[slotter]

Their shipping is always a flat $5 no matter what you buy and how much they actually have to pay to ship the item.

[logicprobe]

"Woot-off" happening today!

Some things flew out the door quickly... others just dragging (like a refurb 250gig SATA drive right now for $50)
Here's a tracker to past / current deals.

WOOT!

[slothappy144]

Thats a good deal was 99 then 89 new for 250 GB Eide at Sams Club

[slotter]

Be sure you have the SATA interface, though, for that drive.

[Angry_Radish]

Got me 2 of 'em, great deal

[slothappy144]

go for 4 and have a terabite.

[Lddrizzt]

THey had a 250GB EIDE Western Digital refurb for $45 last nite. I snagged one of those.
SIte has gone down at the moment.

[slotter]

Damn, but that is what I'm looking for, Lddrizzt! I saw that they were up there last night for $45. Next time one pops up, i'm grabbing it. They are semi-regular for $50....

[logicprobe]

Remember, though...
Refurb drives have much shorter warranties. Usually something like 90 or 180 days? And drive warranties, from what I've used, are from date of manufacture... not necessarily date of purchase.
New drives usually have warranties that go for 2 or 3 years... or more.
They just might be worth the extra $ for insurance.

[luckydog]

i have external 160 gig western Digital hard drive that I got for 99.99 at Target.

my computer only has a 40 gig hard drive.

[Lddrizzt]

The Western Digital drives only come with a 1 year anymore.
Woot themselves are warrantying this one for 6 months. That's good enough for me.

[slotter]

I'd be satisfied with the 6 month on the refurb. People in the discussion groups have been mostly pretty pleased with the Western Digital refurbs.

Oh, btw, here's a good site for seeing what is going on with the Woot-off:

http://wootoff.wikispaces.com/