Irrelevance Glorified

As some of you might have noticed, I managed to score a Bag of Crap on Christmas last December. I was helped by the fact that they employed an “anti-cheat” mechanism. That is, if you just went to the site front page, it said it was sold out, but if you took the time to read the text for the time, it explained that you needed to click through to a special page in order to order the Crap. This is intended to foil any sort of automated buying program/script anyone was running. And it worked! I was actually able to score one, something that I hadn’t done in just about a year.

However, I did experience a problem : it didn’t arrive. Well, the tracking indicated that it did in fact arrive, but when I got home…nothing was there! Was there a thief in my area? Was there an incompetent mailperson? We may never know. Luckily, Woot believed my sob story and was nice enough to send me another Bag of Crap. This in itself was awesome, as I was expecting them to just refund my money. Apparently they have redundant crap in their warehouse that they were willing to send me.

See the video below to see my dramatic unboxing. Hit the jump (and scroll down past all the whitespace I’ve added so as to not spoil the video) to see individual pictures of my loot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s everything I got, all in one picture. You can see the three "bags" I got, in the form of the buckets.

 

I received a box of Burpmaster Pens (6 ct). Much as the name implies, this pen "burps" when you press a button on the body. The tagline states "Give ‘em your best — straight from the gut." It features three types of burps, named the burpula, the belly bubble, and the mouth fart.

 

"This handy pen is a surefire way to make your friends laugh anywhere you go. The BurpMaster is a pen with built-in burp sounds that you can call up at the touch of a button. Each burp was carefully recorded and is an authentic re-creation of actual burps."

 

This is a dual package of calculators from Unisonic. One battery powered, and one solar and battery powered. There’s two calculators in the pack, thus doubling the chance that I can get one that actually works. I received 18 of these packs.

 

While I’m not terribly surprised that Hyundai makes power tools, I’d never heard of one. Here’s the base for the 18 V 5-in-1 cordless power tool.

 

Here are all the attachments for the power tool. There’s the drill, the reciprocating saw, the chisel, the sander, and the grinder.

 

Here are a bunch of drills and tips and drivers and a saw blade.

 

In all, this was a pretty impressive haul. Looking online, I found prices of $5/each for the pen and the calculator pack, and $60 for the cordless power tool set, new. That’s an MSRP of $180, all told. Not bad for $3 + $5 shipping. And while at first glance these were mostly useless, it did serve some purpose. Some of my co-workers have young sons, who of course love burping. So I handed out some burping pens and simultaneously made friends with my colleague’s children and mortal enemies with their spouses. I also handed out a bunch of the calculators (the failure rate was indeed about 50%), which could turn out handy in a lab where unspeakable chemicals could come into contact with your fine electronics.

So in short, thank you Woot! I certainly appreciate this bag of crap, and I can’t wait for the opportunity to try it again.

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