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How much money has Woot! saved you?

Oct 10, 2011 7:48 PM

I know you can argue if it wasn't for woot you would have not purchased hundreds of things. But lets put that aside.

Also, go over realistic savings. If you saw a watch with a msrp for 500 dollars but every store online was selling it for 250 and you picked it up for 225, I wouldn't necessarily count that as 275 saved.

If I had to make a guess, I would probably say I have saved 750 maybe almost 1000 dollars on woot items. If I see something on woot I like I see if I could sell 2 of them at a swap meet/ebay and recoup most of my money. A lot of times I can and do. And I can't tell you how many times I have been looking for a gift with a budget of 30-50 dollars to find the perfect gift for 10 or 20. Thanks woot!

How much do you think you've saved?

Edit: I'm talking about the whole woot site: wine, kids, shirt, woot, deals/sellout.

cowboydann cowboydann

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I don't think you should be so quick to put aside the 'woot made me buy it' factor. Even considering the true market value, a lot of the things woot sells just isn't worth it at the prices elsewhere. Refurbs, old models, dead model lines, chintzy brands, describes a lot of my purchases. I think every item I bought was totally worth the price i paid for it, but not a cent more. Never mind $20 more at amazon.

Excluding my multiple Sansa fuze purchases. Those always saved me $5-20 and I would have paid the extra elsewhere.

Nevertheless, playing by your rules, I'd guesstimate about $400. Most of that being an HP media center that was a bit more elsewhere.

I'm not dissing woot at all... I'm just saying everything I bought was at a completely appropriate and mutually fair value.

gregorylikescheapstu gregorylikescheaps…
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I'd say I'm in the thousands of savings, I got a super cheap foam mattress that could have been thousands more than what I paid (under $300), I got an all-in-one desktop last year that was selling for $300 more on amazon at the time, I got super fancy wine chocolates that made awesome cheap but ultimately fancy looking gifts to more "distinguished" friends/coworkers. Bought multiple roombas (one for myself, others for family) on the cheap and a crazy baby monitor system that I got halfprice on kids woot. Its safe to say I'm a deal-addict.

darthemerald darthemerald
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IDK, but alot is all I know.
It has also cost me money (stupid impulse buying) so I would say it probably washes out.

wickedd365 wickedd365
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I've made over 200 Woot purchases, so at $25 savings each that would be $5K in savings. I know some of the bigger items have saved me hundreds in one fell swoop, so it's possible I've saved quite a bit more. (Yikes, 200 Woots is $1000 in shipping alone, that's pretty scary.)

nortonsark nortonsark
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I save no money. I keep buying stuff.

jeffk069 jeffk069
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Looking at my shirt.woot collection ... I don't think I saved any money. My rough guess is that half was from the secondary market, but that still means that I've spent at least $800 in (new) shirts.

narfcake narfcake
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deals.woot helped me get 2 $70 21.5" acer monitors, which i believe saved me about 60$ total (assuming you can get them for $100 each normally)

cornellbigred cornellbigred
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One mill-lion dollars ;)

discountlingeriedeals discountlingeriede…
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I truly do not know. Must say there's some intrinsic value in being able to purchase goods from such an honorable company. ::Is my nose brown now?:: Actually, the laughs I get from woot are worth something. Thank goodness I don't have to purchase anything to LOL daily!

gmwhit gmwhit
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With items received in BoCs, along with $200 in savings when I bought my dyson, I'd say about 400 total, give or take.

bogie21 bogie21
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Well, I started buying as a way to thank a local company for them for putting a giant Ken Jennings head outside their HQ. Saving money? People really do that on Woot? I guess I never made the connection.

sskarstad sskarstad
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i wouldn't say saved. But i did make a few bucks by selling what i did buy :D
Love Woot even though i prolly waste more then i make :/

nycazn1 nycazn1
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Woot has never saved me money. The things that Woot convinces me to buy are things that I never would have bought if it wasn't for Woot's nagging.

shortman shortman
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I've spent on flying monkeys all that I've saved and more...

pg318 pg318
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lol, saved me money? Woot has saved me money only in the sense that I spend alot more money now because of all the good deals.

portezbie portezbie
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lol save money, made me spend lots more then I would have, but got some really great items though. I picked up several mp3 players that my dad and my younger brothers and sisters love My daughter loves them too.

william488 william488
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At the moment I'd say it's been a wash but if you ignore one deal I purchased that ended up breaking on its third use, I've probably saved around $70 bucks so far.

ipegot ipegot

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