“Woot!” It’s the sound of excitement and often times in gamer lingo turns into “w00t!!!1!11!!!1” when the enthusiasm becomes uncontrollable. But that’s not the woot I am gonna talk about right now. This woot is a special woot - it toots my horn and blows my whistle and I am going to share it with you. Some of you may already know what this is (as its been out for 2 years), in which case you can attest to how awesome this woot can be. I am talking about CHEAP GEARZ! My friend directed me to the Woot site (www.woot.com) a few months ago and I’ve been waiting for this special day to come.

Normally on the site, one item is up for sale all day long (even if it sells out within the first half of the day) and the next item is posted at midnight. You can find pretty much anything there, from electronics to appliances, kitchenware to Weather Channel Emergency Awareness Kits. However, “Woot Off” is something to particularly look forward to because this is the special day of the month that they sell items back to back. And I’m talking about: sometimes you have to spam F5 (refresh) if you wanna catch the next item in time for purchasing. Some things take 30 minutes to sell out, some things take 30 seconds.

So here I am, going into hour 3 of my very first Woot Off. I’ve successfully purchased a Razr Diamondback mouse for $20 (normally $40-50 other places), ALMOST purchased a Bluetooth headset (but was sold out before I could submit my payment information), and bought my dad a real cool Ferrari Stopwatch for his upcoming birthday. I feel the intense desire to buy SO MUCH more; the addiction is pumping through my veins. But alas, I must control my nerdy urges and sit back until the “Bag O’ Crap” is up for grabs.

Oh, Bag O’ Crap, where art thou? Full of surprises and special things, thinking of you makes be sing. This is what the Woot Off is all about: Bag O’ Crap. Yeah, it sounds cryptic but its actually wonderful. It’s a mystery-purchase for $1 per bag, and it’s up to Woot to send you whatever they feel appropriate. But fear not, because sometimes in these bags of secret goodies is a surprise of different sorts. Perhaps a Palm Treo? Maybe a camera? Even an HDTV? How about a computer? No, seriously, I am not kidding. They will mail you your Bag O’ Crap and it might actually be a gleaming new digital toy that you just took from them for ONE little dollar. I don’t know why they do it, possibly just to keep the mob of crazy nerds happy and eager for the next Woot Off, but now I am hooked. It’s 6:30 in the morning and I WON’T sleep until I’ve gotten my own little bag of goodness.