questions → same item, different price- again?

vote-for26vote-against

Same item, different price- again?

Dec 9, 2012 6:06 AM

Of course Woot! would do this for the second time in a week...have two identical items somewhere on their sites, and two different prices. This time it's only a penny difference rather than $5.

Deal #1
Deal #2

s21 s21

7 Answers answer

Sort By:

vote-for5vote-against

Didn't you see the announcement? Woot is offering "Pay What You Want" on some items.

xochiluvr xochiluvr
vote-for4vote-against

Looks like the extra penny gets you the flashlight with the case, strap, and carabiner while the other deal is the light only.

rustybender rustybender
vote-for9vote-against

Nothing that strange there. Plus deals are usually even dollar amounts. The main deals are not.

thunderthighs thunderthighs
vote-for5vote-against

@rustybender: Look again. Both deals include case, strap, and carabiner.

rayray8822 rayray8822
vote-for7vote-against

Seems Woot! needs to have an Amazon style "Tell us about a lower price" button.

gt0163c gt0163c
vote-for3vote-against

It's cross-merchandising.

jsimsace jsimsace
vote-for4vote-against

@jsimsace: You call it cross-merchandising, I call it embarrassing. I penny, $5 or whatever. Sure wish there was a useable search function on woot.

gmwhit gmwhit

Stats

Asked
Dec 9, 2012 6:06 AM
Asked By
s21
Answered
7 times
Viewed
672 times
Voted Against
1 time
Voted For
27 times

Similar Questions

Related Deals

Not a farewell, just a forced redirect.

It's true, Local.Woot is no longer, but please don't despair.

Never-ending savings are still to be found on Deals.Woot each and every day, so come on in. Don't think of it as a time for tears. Think of it as a way to bring us all closer together under one roof.

Sorry

This is only for people who have bought woots

We restrict voting to users who have purchased something from one of the other Woot stores. It's not just because we want your money (which we do) - it's the best way to be sure all the votes are coming from real people and not spam-bots or phony accounts. The best way we can think of, anyway. For now.

You can always get voting rights by buying something from one of Woot's other sites:

Purchases through Deals.Woot don't count, because in that case you're not buying anything from us. And we don't have your account information for those purchases.

If you think you've bought something from Woot before and still can't vote, make sure you're logged in with the same account you used to buy from us.

Geez, why so negative?

You have to vote up more before you can vote down.

Don't get us wrong. Negativity has its place. And downvotes are just as essential as upvotes when it comes to making Deals.Woot a useful place to find deals.

But when your votes lean so heavily toward the dark side, we have to wonder. Go vote up a few things. Accentuate the positive for a little while. It'll do you some good, and it'll do the site some good, too. Then you can get back to dealing out the smackdowns, OK?

Too late, we all heard you!

Hmm... you're wanting to take your vote back?

Well, that's a bit tricky. See, we do a lot of stuff with your vote, using it to work out the popularity of what you voted for, compare that to all the other things voted on, tally up our leaderboard, work out your reputation. Someday we'll do a little cartoon showing just how hard your vote is working.

Anyway, taking votes back messes all that up, so we give you five minutes, in case you just mis-clicked. After that we've got to say no take-backs. Luckily, votes are free, so feel free to throw them around left and right wherever you see fit.