Woot - Off Autobuy

The most famous stories of "autobuying" involve the lengths users went to—and the bizarre results they received. The Rise of the Autobuyers

: To counter these bots, Woot eventually introduced the "Vestibule of Patience," a digital waiting room that acts as a buffer to prevent server crashes and filter out automated scripts. The Legend of the "Pallets of Car Wax" woot off autobuy

To beat the thousands of people manually mashing their F5 keys, tech-savvy users developed . The most famous stories of "autobuying" involve the

* A Woot-off? What's a Woot-off? It's a day-long gauntlet of unannounced deals, with deals launching every 30 minutes or so. Woot- * A Woot-off

The most legendary autobuy story involves a user who successfully nabbed a BOC for $8 (at the time, $3 for the bag plus $5 shipping). About - Woot

: Advanced scripts didn't just refresh the page; they could be set to play an air-horn sound or automatically trigger the "I Want One!" button the moment "Bag of Crap" appeared in the site's code.