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Care to take a gander at my Woot Mountain of Crap??

Nov 21, 2012 4:48 AM

Some of my buddies here already know, but if you don't: I've been living and working in Brazil for the last 7 months. I plan on doing so more, but not without having a nice little family Thanksgiving and mini-break in the states!

I just arrived back to my American home with my wife, after our extended honeymoon to this:

Needless to say, my necessity for living in another country has not inhibited my want for amazing Woot products! I mean, c'mon! Who can resist watching 5 woot offs without participating? I submit that NO ONE could!

Anyway, this is kind of my little victory blurb, as I will now proceed to act like a child on Christmas, and tear through all my boxes of goodies that have been fermenting for far too long! My wife won't mind, I have lots of surprises packed away in here for her as well :)

Anyone else been in a situation where they've been away, or just couldn't get to their woot packages for a while? what's your biggest unboxing event?

dmaz dmaz

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Welcome back, and happy Christmas in November!

edit: To answer your question, I've never been in a situation like yours. My biggest unboxing event was the time I mailed some stuff to myself, and got home before it did. I was in France for two weeks, and I had bought so many gifts for family and friends I had to mail it all in two shipments. The first box got there one day before I got back, and the other arrived a few days after I did. lol...my best unboxing story, and the box of stuff wasn't even for me.

rprebel rprebel
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That is exactly what it is like for me when I return from Bolivia. Merry Christmas! It really is like Santa Claus has visited. Have fun!

trekmiss trekmiss
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@rprebel: Thanks :D

I didn't have enough room in my post to say it, but I just wanted to also take this opportunity to just thank woot as well as all the woot staff, and the logistics that go into making the woot-offs, along with all side events. Just awesome. LOVE you guys!

Also: UPDATE!

I also have a hefty package from the first official Wootizen BOC exchange, which I've been waiting anxiously to get home to open!

@erinaine appears to have gone above and beyond with my BOC, and I feels deserves it's own post. Expect one soon! Thank you SO MUCH in advance @erinaine! I can't wait to share!!!

dmaz dmaz
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LOVE IT

kamikazeken kamikazeken
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nice stash. the recycle guy will wonder what the heck happened!

my biggest un-boxing event was when I was about 9 or 10 when my sister and I decided we were going to peek at a Christmas present. We saw and re-taped. Christmas morning there was a massive pile of presents. We each went through 25 or 30 presents that had things like silverware, mugs, mail, empty containers randomly thrown in & each with a piece of paper that read 'I saw you peek'. my mom never even laughed. Never looked early again. Still haven't!

jeeperwoot jeeperwoot
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Nice :D [edit] Just out of curiosity, were any of those BOCs? [/edit]

@dmaz: Am I an alcoholic or do I remember you saying you lived in China at one point too?
(Just kidding, I know I'm an alcoholic.)

drchops drchops
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I spent two years in Brazil myself, way back in 1978. I was there with my dad, who was helping to build an electric power plant there. What kind of work are you doing in Brazil, and where?

msalsbury msalsbury
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@jeeperwoot: my parents used to always be amazed by how fast my sister and I figured out how to play all the games we got- we'd open em, play em, then pack them back up

panthiest panthiest
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Welcome back, and enjoying your gigantic pile of woot!

okham okham
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Nice @dmaz!

My biggest one comes on a woot-off where I order a TON of stuff. I have it all delivered to my job for multiple reasons, and sometimes a lot of it will get there before I do! Once I had a couple big boxes, and then the mail lady also left one of those Post Office trays full of stuff (and that was just one days!). By time I got there, another few boxes had arrived. Best day of work ever...I spent a decent portion of my day opening all of it! :)

baybei baybei
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This post makes me very happy! (Welcome back!)

inkycatz inkycatz
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@drchops: I can't - and don't want!- to comment on whether you're an alcoholic (if so, please seek treatment), but your memory is correct (so Korsakoff's syndrome hasn't set in) that @dmaz used to live in China.

neuropsychosocial neuropsychosocial
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I want to know what's in the boxes!

goneferal goneferal
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@jeeperwoot: I find that story hilarious! You got your comeuppance, didn't you? Thanks for the laugh. :)

jsimsace jsimsace
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@drchops: haha, you are correct! I actually met my Brazilian wife in China :)

dmaz dmaz
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@baybei: Sounds like a blast! :)
While I'm just buying stuff for my wife right now, I plan on eventually introducing her to woot as well...I can imagine the woot off spendings will increase slightly at that point ;)

dmaz dmaz

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