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Okay -
Sandee - NO e-commerce site is perfect - yeah, sometimes the stuff they sell here ain't the greatest, sometimes it ABSOLUTELY rocks - especially for the price (I could list several Flings that beat the crap out of my wooting any day - like the Philips HD1500 headphones - which if you have more of - hint, hint, Royal Court - please list them again or shag me one in a MB, that would be awesome) AND you know what, woot! is MUCH more of a marketing company than anything else, in fact, a lot of times they do not even fulfill their own orders from their own warehouse - read their forums - and they are genius at it (marketing) - ThingFling may never get to that point (as in, that large), but they sure will capture a good deal of market share and not every site is right for every person . . . so shop at woot!. But if you post here could you please say something CONSTRUCTIVE? I'd be happy to entertain a discussion with you on actual issues rather than accusations that are baseless.
Shaggy: Good come back, glad to see you are working on your Engrish (private joke, take it the right way please, it is meant in good fun). And you are right Shaggy- there is no need for impolite talk.
Angel - to understand a "bag of crap" you really have to experience it, it is only 8 bucks delivered, and a roll of the dice - much different than a MB . . . some people love them, I like them and I have gotten stuff worth several hundred dollars (Teac Radio, Roomba, etc. in a BOC) - BUT - you do take your chances and YMMV. As for not seeing anything you might want at woot!, like I just said, not every DoD site is right for everyone - TF IS QUITE UNIQUE. I enjoy shopping a lot of different DoD sites, as I have said, and each is different - but I will echo something I think Scared or someone else said a while back, about speaking negatively about the "competition" - never a good idea, sometimes it just pushes others toward the competition - it may be better, to continue to do like you just did - and expound upon those things that are POSITIVE about Thing Fling, without "trashing" another DoD site. Nothing good can come from it other than a flame war . . . plus, for the most part, there's nothing wrong with woot!, and there is absolutely NOTHING WRONG WITH TF - I'd say TF has come A LONG way toward meeting their goal of matching - or beating - them in many respects (but that is purely subjective). It is by no means "over" - there is no "winner" - and there may never be - but TF does win for me on customer service and several other issues. woot! wins on other things. . . but no need to speak "poorly" of either of them.
There's my unsolicited 2 cents.
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I totally agree Devilish...Trashing either site is uncalled for. I've never shopped on Woot before..except for the shirt I bought that JadenKale designed..by the way..wore it today..I received comments from perfect strangers on how cute it is!  I've just never seen anything else I absolutely can't live without and nothing really seems to be a super deal. But as for a bag of crap..I've never actually SEEN this elusive bag that everyone speaks of!  Seems to be a mythological creature! But..from what I'm hearing..you will either be lucky and get something great like that Roomba..or crap! It's the luck of the draw!  At least here at ThingFling..in a mystery box..you will always get good stuff..and if you're lucky and get shagged..you'll get even BETTER stuff..it's a win..win here! What I don't understand is..why do people think it's ok to come here on THIS forum and trash this site? I bet none of us have ever gone to another site and trashed them on their boards..ie Woot...and if they did..I'll bet their moderators pulled the posts and banned them from the boards. Hell..we dont' even trash Woot on THIS board! There is a certain person..and a couple others who keep posting over and over under topics that have nothing to do with that 9.99 MB telling everyone how bad TF is and all about the 9.99MB as IF everyone needs to hear what they have to say..since these other topics have nothing to do with that 9.99MB...then they should not be posting about it anywhere else BUT the 9.99 MB topic. It's reached the point of fanaticism and obsession. It also seems that these people that are doing this are long time Wootaholics since they keep mentioning how great Woot is as they trash ThingFling..it makes me wonder if Woot is sending them or is that the kind of people that shop over there....doesn't look good for Woot actually if that's the kind of people they are attracting as their loyal following. 
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Angel -
The "infamous" $9.99 box left a tremendously bad taste in the mouth of a lot of people, I had feelings about it also, which I shared recently in the Everything Else thread. My post there also addressed a lot of GOOD recent things about TF too . . .
However, no matter how bad the "taste", you are right in that we shouldn't have to "eat" it forever just because a few can't let it go.
After speaking with the King on the phone, I can tell you he isn't perfect - no one is infallible, but he does TRY DAMN HARD and he's not going to drop the ball again - I expect that these boxes will be a good value for the money - the recent $31.99 box I bought was BRILLIANT.
There's no need to rehash the "Infamous" boxes any longer.
I'll go back to my initial suggestion that TF REALLY needs to deviate from their policy in one of two ways, and quickly, for the good of the community . . .
A) Moderate the forums. Enough is enough and they (TF) has been through enough over the whole damn mess - start deleting posts and banning by proactive moderation (as in a paid position) - or
B) Immediately institute the IGNORE button that we asked Tiny Gecko - is it Code Fling now? - for some time ago. When 5 or 10 people put the poster on ignore, then it suspends the account from posting and masks their recent posts until someone can look at the posts, contact them and decide if they are able to rejoin constructively or they need banned. It is entirely possible that other DoD sites might hire "astroturfers" to "ruin" the forum(s) - TF needs to be proactive to stop it now, before it gets out of hand. In order to alleviate burden on TF this could be a volunteer or "nominated" position with a moderate monthly product stipend (pay, if you will) - it would be of negligible REAL cost to TF (especially if the "volunteer" paid for shipping ). In fact, the product(s) received in exchange for the "moderation services" could also come with the caveat that they be reviewed in depth in the product forum.
Bottom line, it needs to stop - because it isn't in the "spirit" of keeping an "open, unmoderated forum" anymore - it is just NUTS.
Just an idea - might be better in the Everything Else threads - feel free to paraphrase or copy me if you want and start a discussion on it over there if you like - I'm pooped and off to bed - my fibromyalgia is kicking up a damn storm.
Later Ava. Be well.
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devilish69fling wrote:Angel -
The "infamous" $9.99 box left a tremendously bad taste in the mouth of a lot of people, I had feelings about it also, which I shared recently in the Everything Else thread. My post there also addressed a lot of GOOD recent things about TF too . . .
However, no matter how bad the "taste", you are right in that we shouldn't have to "eat" it forever just because a few can't let it go.
After speaking with the King on the phone, I can tell you he isn't perfect - no one is infallible, but he does TRY DAMN HARD and he's not going to drop the ball again - I expect that these boxes will be a good value for the money - the recent $31.99 box I bought was BRILLIANT.
There's no need to rehash the "Infamous" boxes any longer.
I'll go back to my initial suggestion that TF REALLY needs to deviate from their policy in one of two ways, and quickly, for the good of the community . . .
A) Moderate the forums. Enough is enough and they (TF) has been through enough over the whole damn mess - start deleting posts and banning by proactive moderation (as in a paid position) - or
B) Immediately institute the IGNORE button that we asked Tiny Gecko - is it Code Fling now? - for some time ago. When 5 or 10 people put the poster on ignore, then it suspends the account from posting and masks their recent posts until someone can look at the posts, contact them and decide if they are able to rejoin constructively or they need banned. It is entirely possible that other DoD sites might hire "astroturfers" to "ruin" the forum(s) - TF needs to be proactive to stop it now, before it gets out of hand. In order to alleviate burden on TF this could be a volunteer or "nominated" position with a moderate monthly product stipend (pay, if you will) - it would be of negligible REAL cost to TF (especially if the "volunteer" paid for shipping ). In fact, the product(s) received in exchange for the "moderation services" could also come with the caveat that they be reviewed in depth in the product forum.
Bottom line, it needs to stop - because it isn't in the "spirit" of keeping an "open, unmoderated forum" anymore - it is just NUTS.
Just an idea - might be better in the Everything Else threads - feel free to paraphrase or copy me if you want and start a discussion on it over there if you like - I'm pooped and off to bed - my fibromyalgia is kicking up a damn storm.
Later Ava. Be well.
I'm raising my hand as a volunteer moderator to go through IGNORED posts.
No pay necessary, I'm happy to help.FLINGING with wild abandon since 12/2006 - Good things come to those who FLING !
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sandeepgoel wrote:[b] let me tell ya truth about this website. This is one****ed up corporation/company that sells trash and we like some****ing idiots buy it. They can never beat woot.com
Not even in their dreams[/b] And you love those BOCs dont you, talk about crazy idiots, Been there and done that. I have been on woot since their beginning and in my opinion they have gone downhill in the past year. ThingFling customer service and their products are running circles around woot now. 60+ Flings
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jrogow wrote:
I'm raising my hand as a volunteer moderstor to go through IGNORED posts.
No pay necessary, I'm happy to help. Remember..Lucy wants to be your apprentice..she's sharpening her claws as I type! She's ALWAYS watching! She's a hard worker..always alert and on the ball...ready for anything! Seee????  psssst...Lucy! *poke poke* wake up! Here's your que! Look alert!!! 
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angelsvintageattic wrote:jrogow wrote:
I'm raising my hand as a volunteer moderstor to go through IGNORED posts.
No pay necessary, I'm happy to help. Remember..Lucy wants to be your apprentice..she's sharpening her claws as I type! She's ALWAYS watching! She's a hard worker..always alert and on the ball...ready for anything! Seee???? psssst...Lucy! *poke poke* wake up! Here's your que! Look alert!!! Miss Lilly will appreciate the help.FLINGING with wild abandon since 12/2006 - Good things come to those who FLING !
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And Lucy will let Miss Lily hold her sceptor! Lucy will point..and Miss Lily can bash them with the sceptor! Team work! Hell hath no fury like two pissed off cats! 
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angelsvintageattic wrote:And Lucy will let Miss Lily hold her sceptor! Lucy will point..and Miss Lily can bash them with the sceptor! Team work! Hell hath no fury like two pissed off cats! Those two will rule the world if they ever get together. FLINGING with wild abandon since 12/2006 - Good things come to those who FLING !
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i wouldn't worry too much about idiots posting. give them time, and they will get tired and go away... then some other idiot will come and take their place posting stupid stuff until they get tired of it and go away.
i think that it is possible that TF fans get so emotional about their support of TF, that when morons post negative things about TF, it motivates some to buy from TF when they might have passed on an offer.
those of us that like TF won't change our minds based upon idiotic posts, nor do i think the newbees will give any real creedence to those posts.
honest posts about products, service, fulfillment, communication, whether positive or negative, are what makes a site like this work with minimal product returns and very little buyers remorse. if a product is bad, people post that info and one can choose to buy knowing the products flaws... or choose to pass... either way, one can make an informed decision with both positive and negative feedback.
moronic posts are ones that most of us will just ignore, but i don't think that they in any way lessen the TF experience. every class has a class clown (unfortunately.) every seminar has some moron making noise, asking stupid questions that don't pertain to the subject, and in general, a distraction. this forum is no different, except that we can just recognize when a post has no value to us and skip past it on our own.
if a moderator was to be compensated for moderation by receiving product and reviewing product, i feel the reviews would not be as accurate as they are now. everyone uses products differently, and so what is an important feature to one person may not be important to another. for example, a programmer would likely view a plain text editor without spell check, but with nesting indenting features and the ability to only save files in ascii or unicode rather than MS word's DOC files as a good thing, but someone who likes to write literary pieces would find it mostly useless.
i am not completely anti censorship or moderation, but don't really see that it is needed here.
that was a lot of words to say very little! funny, in 'real life', i hardly talk at all! believe it or not! btw, i think that thingfling.com, woot.com, sellout.woot.com are targeted to different demographics. there is most likely some crossover appeal for a segment of the market, so they can both exist and thrive reaching different markets. i am curious to know some of the other DoD sites, but haven't really bothered to search for them. if anyone wants to pm me some sites, i would like to take a look at them. i suspect that any that are sucessful will be reaching out to different segments of the market.
ok... i am done now... i promise!
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tennesseebill wrote:i wouldn't worry too much about idiots posting. give them time, and they will get tired and go away... then some other idiot will come and take their place posting stupid stuff until they get tired of it and go away. The issue was / is that they are not / were not going away and appeared to be shills or astroturfers from other DoD sites . . . tennesseebill wrote:i think that it is possible that TF fans get so emotional about their support of TF, that when morons post negative things about TF, it motivates some to buy from TF when they might have passed on an offer. I'm not sure i agree with you here, ONLY in so far as the comments re: the MB. Other product postings, yes, I see your point. tennesseebill wrote:those of us that like TF won't change our minds based upon idiotic posts, nor do i think the newbees will give any real creedence to those posts.
honest posts about products, service, fulfillment, communication, whether positive or negative, are what makes a site like this work with minimal product returns and very little buyers remorse. if a product is bad, people post that info and one can choose to buy knowing the products flaws... or choose to pass... either way, one can make an informed decision with both positive and negative feedback. Agreed. tennesseebill wrote:moronic posts are ones that most of us will just ignore, but i don't think that they in any way lessen the TF experience. every class has a class clown (unfortunately.) every seminar has some moron making noise, asking stupid questions that don't pertain to the subject, and in general, a distraction. this forum is no different, except that we can just recognize when a post has no value to us and skip past it on our own. Agreed, which is why a bunch of us asked for an ignore button, if only to "kill" the postings from being shown in our own "view" - simply to provide a better experience for the heavy forum user. tennesseebill wrote:if a moderator was to be compensated for moderation by receiving product and reviewing product, i feel the reviews would not be as accurate as they are now. everyone uses products differently, and so what is an important feature to one person may not be important to another. for example, a programmer would likely view a plain text editor without spell check, but with nesting indenting features and the ability to only save files in ascii or unicode rather than MS word's DOC files as a good thing, but someone who likes to write literary pieces would find it mostly useless. I disagree - sometimes there are not ENOUGH in depth reviews of a particualr product IMHO - in the "theoretical" that I put forth, at least it would / COULD provide more info on a product than that which is being shared currently - obviously, yes, they (those doing such review) would need to be unbiased in their comments and write them in such a manner that they be acceptable for everyone - technical or not. Plus, it was just a suggestion . . . tennesseebill wrote:i am not completely anti censorship or moderation, but don't really see that it is needed here. Based on my personal experience with other DoD sites and as an e-commerce consultant I humbly disagree - I feel without proactive moderation the issue is only going to get worse as others realize they can spam / astroturf / etc. with impunity. tennesseebill wrote:that was a lot of words to say very little! funny, in 'real life', i hardly talk at all! believe it or not! btw, i think that thingfling.com, woot.com, sellout.woot.com are targeted to different demographics. there is most likely some crossover appeal for a segment of the market, so they can both exist and thrive reaching different markets. i am curious to know some of the other DoD sites, but haven't really bothered to search for them. if anyone wants to pm me some sites, i would like to take a look at them. i suspect that any that are sucessful will be reaching out to different segments of the market.
ok... i am done now... i promise! Careful - or you'll be accused of being a "verbose son of a b@#$% like I was . . LMAO. Peace.
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HI HO fellow flingers. I have been reading the posts here and about the $31.99 MB and I think you all need to step back and take a deep breath. There are good and bad things about every retailer and shipper in the world.
I have had 3 of my recent TF orders screwed up by someone at TF Shipping. In fact I returned four boxes and two showed back up that were supposed to be something else, but you know what they respond to the help tickets and follow up emails within a couple of days, and if they do not fix this problem we will deal with it this week.
I shop TF cause I love the MB's and I shope woot! because I do find great products on there for great prices. Even their mystery bags of crap are usually pretty cool. I also shop at shnoops! who has an excellent mystery bag, and the more of theirs you buy the more variety you get. I have fulfilled a birthday and christmas gift list on these sites.
However the moderation of a free thought posting area is very much a negative thing for any company. It gives buyers a feeling that they can not take criticism and makes new customers wonder if they have something to hide. You do not need an ignore button, or a moderator, you just need to ignore the posts that are obviously not informed. Its that simple.
Now enough of my soap box. I got shagged in one of my last MB's, and if was just a pillow and something else but it was cool to find the letter from Shaggy Fling. So Shaggy feel free to shag any of my flings, and oh lets get this weird mix up with my stuff fixed please! Hope to see my $10 MB soon! Keep on flinging friends!
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rjwhite023 wrote:HI HO fellow flingers. I have been reading the posts here and about the $31.99 MB and I think you all need to step back and take a deep breath. There are good and bad things about every retailer and shipper in the world.
I have had 3 of my recent TF orders screwed up by someone at TF Shipping. In fact I returned four boxes and two showed back up that were supposed to be something else, but you know what they respond to the help tickets and follow up emails within a couple of days, and if they do not fix this problem we will deal with it this week.
I shop TF cause I love the MB's and I shope woot! because I do find great products on there for great prices. Even their mystery bags of crap are usually pretty cool. I also shop at shnoops! who has an excellent mystery bag, and the more of theirs you buy the more variety you get. I have fulfilled a birthday and christmas gift list on these sites.
However the moderation of a free thought posting area is very much a negative thing for any company. It gives buyers a feeling that they can not take criticism and makes new customers wonder if they have something to hide. You do not need an ignore button, or a moderator, you just need to ignore the posts that are obviously not informed. Its that simple.
Now enough of my soap box. I got shagged in one of my last MB's, and if was just a pillow and something else but it was cool to find the letter from Shaggy Fling. So Shaggy feel free to shag any of my flings, and oh lets get this weird mix up with my stuff fixed please! Hope to see my $10 MB soon! Keep on flinging friends!
EVERY one of the other sites you mention in your posting actively censor, moderate and delete posts in their forums. In fact, TF may very well be the ONLY DoD entity that does not as a general rule, I say "generally" because they have modified / deleted SOME postings (and yes, there is empirical data to back up my statement). So, admittedly then, by your own declaration, you feel that they (the other DoD websites you list - and any in general) can not take criticism and make new customers wonder if they have something to hide. Further, this isn't a "take a breath and step back issue", I don't feel, IMHO, anyone was / is riled up - and no one was mentioning the $31.99 MB in anything but a good light here, and then only as an example of how well TF was / is doing . . . so I don't see the connection there . . . maybe I am missing something in reading your post . . . Perhaps this entire discussion would be better off in the Everything Else section, as I stated previously - so I'll let this go until it shows up there (or I move / begin it there).
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No..when Devlish is talking about an ignore button and moderatorship...THIS type of post is what needs to be ignored and deleted..and the person banned. sandeepgoel wrote: let me tell ya truth about this website. This is one****ed up corporation/company that sells trash and we like some****ing idiots buy it. They can never beat woot.com
Not even in their dreams Not the unbiased opinions of products or even thingfling..but this type of uncalled for bashing is what needs to be removed and the person themselves banned from the forum..this is not constructive in any way...not an unbiased opinion..it's not even a valid opinion..it's just there to stir up trouble and cause grief amongst the comunity. Basically...Trolls should be removed. If someone has something to say about products..good or bad...they should stay here since we all do want to know about product experiences of others so we know what we are buying...many websites have those "rate this product" options for people to post their comments..some are good..some are bad..but it's about the product itself. What that person said in the quotes above is not what needs to be posted anywhere and if that was posted on Woot or any other DOD site..or pretty much ANY site...the post would be removed...they would have been banned..and they should be banned here as well. There is no use for people like that....anywhere! I agree 100% with Devilish on this! I definately like the idea of moderators for product...If only I had the time to do that...I'd jump on it in a heartbeat! Now..LUCY has all the time in the world and she'll share with Miss Lily!!
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devilish69fling wrote:rjwhite023 wrote:HI HO fellow flingers. I have been reading the posts here and about the $31.99 MB and I think you all need to step back and take a deep breath. There are good and bad things about every retailer and shipper in the world.
I have had 3 of my recent TF orders screwed up by someone at TF Shipping. In fact I returned four boxes and two showed back up that were supposed to be something else, but you know what they respond to the help tickets and follow up emails within a couple of days, and if they do not fix this problem we will deal with it this week.
I shop TF cause I love the MB's and I shope woot! because I do find great products on there for great prices. Even their mystery bags of crap are usually pretty cool. I also shop at shnoops! who has an excellent mystery bag, and the more of theirs you buy the more variety you get. I have fulfilled a birthday and christmas gift list on these sites.
However the moderation of a free thought posting area is very much a negative thing for any company. It gives buyers a feeling that they can not take criticism and makes new customers wonder if they have something to hide. You do not need an ignore button, or a moderator, you just need to ignore the posts that are obviously not informed. Its that simple.
Now enough of my soap box. I got shagged in one of my last MB's, and if was just a pillow and something else but it was cool to find the letter from Shaggy Fling. So Shaggy feel free to shag any of my flings, and oh lets get this weird mix up with my stuff fixed please! Hope to see my $10 MB soon! Keep on flinging friends!
EVERY one of the other sites you mention in your posting actively censor, moderate and delete posts in their forums. In fact, TF may very well be the ONLY DoD entity that does not as a general rule, I say "generally" because they have modified / deleted SOME postings (and yes, there is empirical data to back up my statement). So, admittedly then, by your own declaration, you feel that they (the other DoD websites you list - and any in general) can not take criticism and make new customers wonder if they have something to hide. Further, this isn't a "take a breath and step back issue", I don't feel, IMHO, anyone was / is riled up - and no one was mentioning the $31.99 MB in anything but a good light here, and then only as an example of how well TF was / is doing . . . so I don't see the connection there . . . maybe I am missing something in reading your post . . . Perhaps this entire discussion would be better off in the Everything Else section, as I stated previously - so I'll let this go until it shows up there (or I move / begin it there). I did not mention the message boards of those sites because I do not post on them, but would, and if they feel the need to hide offensive or negative posts then I would question their business model as well. You see you are overlooking the fact that the fine rulers of Flindom have given their loyal subjects the right to speak freely without being quashed by over-loyal members of the community. As for the everything else forum, I address censorship wherever it occurs. As for people posting like sandeepgoel you will never quash ignorance even with moderation. Geeeeesssshhh can't we all just get along.
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angelsvintageattic wrote:Yeah..I've never seen anything on Woot that I wanted or needed...actually the only thing I ever bought there was JadenKale's T-shirt that she designed..and I had to register to get it! They've never given me a reason to register before! I keep hearing about these "bags of CRAP" they have and if you're lucky you might get something great in it like a Roomba or something like that..but that's like one in a million and all the rest of the bags ARE bags of CRAP so why take a chance to get actual crap in the hopes of getting something good if I'm lucky...at least with the Mystery Boxes..it's ALL good, worth way more than the price I paid and when lucky..you can get shagged and get even MORE great stuff! I've gotten neither Roomba's, nor tv's, nor crap from my 3 boc's from Woot. So far it's all been stuff I can use or give to my family. Not always great stuff, but more than worth my $8. And nothing that could be classified as crap. On the other hand, I have gotten crap from TF mystery boxes (opened packages with no products in them, not even fallen out into the box). But I wouldn't diss TF for it. That was also when TF used to put 1 or 2 larger items in a box and the throw in alot of various other things to fill a box. And reading the forums wouldn't tell you what you got in your box. In some of the earlier MB's I got alot of stuff I've been able to use (speaker wire, household products). Nothing in my recent MB's have been remotely useful to me or anyone I know (enough with the IPOD stuff, the Dentek stuff was gross, no satellite radios in my house and when my computer needs speakers my logitech surround sound do nicely). That's why I quit buying them. I don't buy, I don't get upset or complain about what I got. From what I've seen the only people who get shagged are the kissups (yes you are a kiss up, not trying to be rude or mean - just calling as I see it) And even then, chances of being shagged are slim. But at least I've purchased MB's from TF before I complained about it. I think it's rude for you to complain about Woot's BOC and you haven't bought one. And unless you had a bad experience purchasing whichever of Jaden's shirts you bought (Jaden's an excellent woot shirt designer, why only the one shirt?), I don't think you really have much authority to talk about Woot anyway.
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Finally Processing!!!!! 
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anticipation..... The best part is I usually get my box's before everyone else... I had to put in a second order of MB for the wife... becasue she wanted 3 to... lolz Founder of the A.A.A.A.A.A.
All American Association Against Acronym Abuse
Now shagged 4 times....
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angelsvintageattic wrote:No..when Devlish is talking about an ignore button and moderatorship...THIS type of post is what needs to be ignored and deleted..and the person banned. sandeepgoel wrote: let me tell ya truth about this website. This is one****ed up corporation/company that sells trash and we like some****ing idiots buy it. They can never beat woot.com
Not even in their dreams Not the unbiased opinions of products or even thingfling..but this type of uncalled for bashing is what needs to be removed and the person themselves banned from the forum..this is not constructive in any way...not an unbiased opinion..it's not even a valid opinion..it's just there to stir up trouble and cause grief amongst the comunity. Basically...Trolls should be removed. If someone has something to say about products..good or bad...they should stay here since we all do want to know about product experiences of others so we know what we are buying...many websites have those "rate this product" options for people to post their comments..some are good..some are bad..but it's about the product itself. What that person said in the quotes above is not what needs to be posted anywhere and if that was posted on Woot or any other DOD site..or pretty much ANY site...the post would be removed...they would have been banned..and they should be banned here as well. There is no use for people like that....anywhere! I agree 100% with Devilish on this! I definately like the idea of moderators for product...If only I had the time to do that...I'd jump on it in a heartbeat! Now..LUCY has all the time in the world and she'll share with Miss Lily!! Since I review consumer electronics for print media - and have for over 30 years - I'd be happy to help Miss Lilly and Lucy with the job. No payment for me, but the feline ladies would expect treats tossed their way on occasion FLINGING with wild abandon since 12/2006 - Good things come to those who FLING !
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 4/26/2008
Posts: 59
Location: Dayton, Ohio
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I had to chime in on the Woot and Thing Fling discussion because my husband took my boys for a walk and posting here is much more appealing then doing some laundry! I have been a Woot member for quite awhile, and I have made numerous purchases. I have stayed up way too long for a Woot-off while I played 75 games of CandyLand with my children sitting next to the computer just in case I wanted the next item. I have even scored the elusive BOC (once...not for lack of trying), and I was gifted Raul my Roomba. I adore him. I have had two Woot shipping mess-ups, and I can praise their customer service for righting the issue quickly. And now I am a fan of Thing Fling also. I love that TF offers more than one deal in a day because I get bored very easily.  I have only purchased one thing that was not a MB, but I keep looking. I have never had any complaints in the MB department. More things that I expected to receive...fast shipping...and I have been beyond impressed with the way the Royal Court pays attention to their customers. I was surprised to see the Royal Court members actually commenting in forums, responding to fun question posts, and just being present. And the customers here...I have never seen so many people willing to answer a newbie question or just include new people in conversations. That is a huge step up from Woot, in my opinion, where members seem to forget that everyone was a new member at some time. I don't think that one site is better than the other. I agree with an above poster that said the sites just appeal to different people. I am all about the remote controlled items from Woot because my boys love them. Being that we are not too into electronic stuff over here, I focus more on the fun stuff in my TF Mystery Box. I am just glad that I found my beloved Wootalyzer that introducted me to Thing Fling. I just wish the darn thing did not sound like a tornado siren when a MB is appears or during a Woot-off. Scares the cats something silly! And since I am on a rambling roll...I can s |