I absolutely love Woot! I check the site daily to see what sort of product they have, sometimes even checking at 1:00 am EST when the new deal goes up for the day.
The descriptions of the products are usually hilarious, even the pictures of the item can be funny as well. Kudos to Woot for hiring such entertaining writers.
I've bought everything from a Dyson vacuum to SD cards. No matter how big/heavy/little an item is, you'll pay $5 for shipping. They utilize Fedex SmartPost which can be slow since it's handled by USPS. The great deals more than make up for that in my opinion.
Also check out Shirt Woot, they sell a t-shirt of the day (usually with customer designed art) for $10 and free shipping (again with Smartpost).
Woot-off's happen occasionally as well (look for the two flashing yellow lights), maybe once a month or so. They usually have small quantities of products that they cycle through to sell during the day, and once it's gone... it's gone. You usually have to jump on it if you want something, things can easily sell out in under a minute. On the flip side, it can sometimes take hours to sell through a product.
Woot once oversold an XM Radio I had ordered, and canceled my order. It wasn't something I really needed of course (more of a impulse buy than anything), but it was a minor annoyance. To make up for it they did email me a $5 coupon, which I think rectified the situation just fine.
All in all I really love the business model of Woot, I always make sure I know exactly what the specs of a product are before I buy, if it will work with my system, and I know my sizing in American Apparel for their t-shirts. Woot will absolutely continue to get my business!
This review was modified by its author, bellina, on
4/23/09 3:41 PM.