Don’t Buy from Woot.
Woot comes off as a great site with great deals. In the end those great deals end up being a waste of money. Here are the purchases I’ve made with an explanation for each one.
10/25/2007 Vivitar 8MP Digital Camera with 6x Optical Zoom : 8 mega pixels sounded great, but not a single picture comes out clearly.
6/4/2007 Dyson DC14 Full Kit Upright Vacuum : Bought two, one has worked well, the other makes a horrible loud crunching sound after two minutes of vaccuuming.
6/2/2007 Genius PenSketch 6×8 USB Graphic Tablet : Hasn’t even been opened yet.
5/31/2007 Vizio 37” High Definition LCD TV : Expensive TV, and it has worked well so far.
4/26/2007 Logitech io Personal Digital Pen : Hasn’t been used once.
4/26/2007 Logitech G5 Laser Gaming Mouse: Battlefield 2142 Edition : This has worked great, but its a mouse. I’ve never had a mouse that didn’t work.
3/31/2007 Ultrex 415994 Travel Mug Coffee Maker : Worked for a couple months and then just quit.
12/8/2006 RCA Lyra M2030 512MB MP3 Player : Christmas gifts, never saw them again.
12/7/2006 Philips Aurilium 5.1 Channel External High Definition Audio Processor : Used once, weren’t anything special.
11/19/2006 Logitech Wireless USB Music System for PC : Used once, for part of a party, but weren’t loud enough so I never used them again.
11/18/2006 HannsG 19″ 8ms LCD Monitor - $109.99 After Mail in Rebate : This one really irritates me, because the rebate was denied repeatedly and Woot wouldn’t do anything about it. I know for a fact I sent in what I had to, they just didn’t want to send the rebate.
UPDATE : 2-7-08
10/16/2006 Audiovox Portable 10” LCD TV with DVD Player & In-Car Mounting Kit : Doesn’t work on batteries, so it gets used very rarely. UPDATE : It has now broken and will not power up, with a disc caught inside. Another hunk of woot junk.
8/26/2006 Mixman MP3 Producer Music Mixer : Was a toy, not what I thought.
8/17/2006 Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers & Subwoofer : Never used.
8/17/2006 Atcom VoIP USB Phone : Not very reliable at all, and phone communication needs to be reliable to be worth using.
4/1/2006 MAG KleerDrain Instant Drain Opener : The one time this was used it worked well. Probably my best woot.
3/2/2006 Gyration Ultra GT Compact Keyboard Suite : Used once and discarded. Not worth it.
11/15/2005 Monster Mobile PowerStation 150 Watt Inverter 2-Pack : Never used either of two.
10/24/2005 Gyration Ultra GT Compact Keyboard Suite : Christmas present, which I don’t think was ever used.
10/15/2005 Lightning Audio 400-Watt Complete Bass System : Still have not installed this in my car.
3/11/2005 HP Photosmart 7350 Photo Printer : Worked well, but bought another printer instead of refilling the ink.
February 11th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
If you are so sure that woot is so junky why do you continue purchasing items from there?
February 11th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
The camera in October was the last straw. I will not purchase from them anymore, and I would suggest no one else should either.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Dude, you sound like a compulsive internet shopper.
You buy stuff and barely use it, gift it, complain about it and just keep on buying.
Try a local store. Most have reasonable return policies.
August 15th, 2008 at 2:53 am
I love my RCA Lyra M 2030. If you can get the ones you gave away, I’ll buy them from you! calaloo722@yahoo.com