I've been talking about this on the Shoutbox, but since it's probably going to be a developing story, I thought I'd make a post.
Some who know me might know I shop at Woot, a deal-a-day site who at random intervals runs what is called a Woot-Off, where multiple items come up rapid-fire. The treasured find of these Woot-Offs are the mysterious Bags of Crap. They're 3 dollars plus shipping and promise at least three random items. As per the name, most of it is crap, but some people find brand new routers or other nice things in their bags. They usually tend to sell out within a couple minutes and, often, crash the site with orders.
I'd won two before previously and got pretty crappy hauls in them.
My first Bag consisted of a T-Shirt, a collapsible picnic basket, a portable iPod speaker, and a High School Musical wall clock.
My second Bag consisted of three Would You Rather desk calendars, two High School Musical alarm clocks, a Pirates of the Caribbean accessory case, and a TV tuner card (no box, just loose, but with manuals.). Picture
So as you can see, for the most part, the Bag of Crap has lived up to it's name.
A couple weeks ago, I won a third one, it arrived today. Its contents were rather crappy. Two Wii-mote Nunchuk 2-packs, a book of wrestling poems written by Randy Savage's brother Lanny Poffo, and an 8x10 glossy photograph of San Antonio Spurs' David Robinson. Picture
On the back of the photo, was this. The fabled Woot Letter. A forum poster at the Woot Forums sums it up the best:
So now I wait to see what awesome/absurd thing Woot has in store for me. More on this story, as it develops"The 'Letter' is a note/letter in a Bag of Crap that states that your Final item wouldn't fit in your box and will be arriving separately... This Final 'item' for people has been anything from a Big Screen TV to a Pallet of Coffee makers to a pallet of Action Figures to a pallet of Car Wax to a pallet of many random things...."
