I recently bought a NeatReceipts unit on Woot for $75 ($150 MSRP). I've wanted one for a while, and the price was hard to beat. Before buying it, I looked at the NeatCo website to verify which product I was getting; and I noticed they offered two versions: Mac and PC. I assumed it was the same hardware and that I could just get a copy of the Mac version of the software later. Bad consumer = me. The unit arrived, and I opened it and plugged it in. My iMac didn't recognize the scanner and the bundled software was Windows only. After more thoroughly reading through all of the support docs on the NeatCo website, I realized the Mac and PC versions were truly two different products. My heart sank, but I emailed NeatCo support anyway. To my amazement, they (next day) gave me a link to download the Mac version of the software with a serial number to register it and offered to ship me a replacement scanner (Mac version). I happily agreed. A little over a week later, my Mac edition NeatReceipts scanner arrived. Return shipping for the Windows version? Pre-paid.

I could not be happier with the speed and friendliness of the support I received, especially considering the mistake was mine. NeatCo rocks the party.

I just connected the scanner a few minutes ago and started my first batch of receipts. I cannot yet vouch for the product, but if it's even half as good as their customer service, it should be fantastic.

On September 28th, 2009 I saw a shirt that I wanted to buy on the famous shirt.woot.com website. I clicked the "I want one" button and created an account by supplying a username and email address. I was then taken to my account information page to fill in my personal information. This is where the problem began. To my surprise, almost all of the fields on this page were already pre-populated with another user's information. This included the following information about that user:

- Their name
- Pieces of credit card information (xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-, expiry date)
- Their shipping address (this user's place of work)
- Their billing address (this user's apartment)

Although this user's credit card number was luckily not revealed in its entirety to me, I am guessing that if I had left it untouched and simply clicked the "this info is correct" button I would have been able to complete my order and have it charged to this user. Upon seeing this user's information, I immediately sent am email to Woot's bug reporting address codeslaves@woot.com, alerting them to what had happened and to what I referred to as a "Massive Security/Privacy Breach". I attached a screenshot of the information that was shown to me and I also asked that they remove the account I had created from their site and disassociate my email address and username from the compromised user's account.

Two weeks passed, and I had still not received a response from Woot. So on October 12th, I then sent them a second email, this time to privacy@woot.com. I found this address in their privacy policy, and it is to be used to request removal of personal information from their database. I told them that I had not heard back from them and included my original email and screenshot. 18 days have since passed, and I have still not received any responses from anyone at Woot. I can also still log on to their site using the account I had created and see the other user's information. I should also probably point out that this user works for what I will call a fairly well known organization in New York City. A simple web search confirmed this, as I was able to find this person's name and email address on this organization's website.

So, in total, it has now been 32 days and I have yet to receive any response from Woot. I personally find this unacceptable, considering the fact that I am trying to bring a problem with their site to their attention. I am wondering how I should proceed from here. Should I try contacting the other user and alerting them to the fact that their personal information has been leaked to me and potentially many other people? I would like this person to know that their information has been compromised, but I don't know how they would react. I would prefer to do this anonymously. Also, should Woot not be obligated to respond to a personal information removal request within a certain time frame? If so, do you know what it is? What do I do If i never hear back from them?

As far as my relationship with Woot is concerned, I think it's clear that I wont be purchasing anything from them anytime in the future.

Any e-commerce experts have any ideas about what could be going on? Have any other readers experienced customer database strangeness at Woot?

UPDATE: Woot has contacted Robear, and the company's founder and CEO showed up in the comments to this post to express his point of view and concerns. Click here to go to the thread.

Unfortunately, this is indeed the first our team has been aware of this report or any similar circumstance. Robear, thank you for identifying the glitch and taking steps to contact us. My apologies for our communication problems after your unsettling experience. Our customer service team's primary email (service@woot.com) should have been in the loop on the privacy address and we're tracking down what may have occurred whether it was missed on our end or if perhaps a follow up was lost to you - in either case it is clearly our mistake for this not elevating to our development team with urgency. I would also like to confirm that we have the screenshot you supplied at this time and that is of great assistance in the matter.

As to the issue reported, be assured, no credit card information or even the ability to order would have been available with the profile mismatch that is described. We use ASP.net profile management web services from Microsoft that are in widespread secure use, but security of actual transaction information is protected by other features designed at woot. However, the population on your order form of a users name and address is an unacceptable fault to have occurred and we will take steps to ensure it doesn't occur again.

As privacy geeks ourselves, we are obsessive about these matters and value the trust that others place with us. If anyone has a privacy related concern, I would like to make sure future communication issues do not occur. My email at woot is mrutledge@woot.com - if you or anyone else has a security issue that needs my awareness, please cc me on any correspondence. (also, side topic but if you have a service issue that's not taken care of to your satisfaction, I would enjoy a direct report on that as well - while we set expectations low on service levels, we pride ourselves on responsiveness and take quick corrective action when necessary)

Thanks to the Consumerist and readers for being there as a resource to bring this to our attention, and thank you again Robear for your time involved. Once this matter is comfortably resolved, I hope we can share a chuckle on the irony of the shirt that it occurred on.

Matt Rutledge
Founder & CEO

(Photo: Brian Jackson Now)

Brandon writes:

Mid May of this year, I fell into a trap. DeadlyDeal.com offered a mystery box guaranteed to satisfy. I thought I couldn't go wrong with a $46 dollar purchase (with supposed free shipping), after all, my dealings with Woot.com had all been more than satisfactory so far. After a long wait, I received my mystery box with only the invoice inside identifying it from deadlydeal in June (2nd to be exact), which contained an already opened Mr. Clean AutoDry Car Wash starter kit (retail $30 from Amazon at the time). I'm perfectly happy to wash my car with a hose, bucket and sponge, and so attempted to arrange an RMA for the product I was not happy with. I received no reply from their RMA team, nor their listed support email that I tried several times to reach through June. Finally in July I got a response when I tried posting on their message board. They issued me an RMA number and instructions to return the product.

Recently, against my better judgment I went back to DeadlyDeal.com when I noticed an item for sale I had been watching for (a credit card lock pick set). I felt a bit more comfortable in knowing exactly what it was I was ordering, even given their long shipping time in the past. However, it seems they don't want my business. Not only have I still not received the refund for the RMA I returned 2 months ago, (order # 8561), but I also have not received my latest order (# 10520) which supposedly shipped 8/27/09. All but one of my contacts to the company have been ignored, and have yet to actually resolve anything.

I used paypal for my first transaction. Since it was more than 40 days past the original purchase, they refuse to take any action. Do I need to issue a chargeback on my second order before I get stuck in the same situation?

Yes. Get the hell away from DeadlyDeal and stop doing business with them, Brandon! You can buy cheap, probably foreign-made crap at a dozen other websites any day of the week. DeadlyDeal does not need—or apparently want—your business. If they did, would they have sent you a previously opened, $30 car wash kit in your $46 mystery box in the first place?

"Apple iPod 30GB Video" [Woot]

They put the new shirt in the mail without mentioning it to me, and I hadn't received it at the time I posted. Thanks, Woot!, for fixing everything! Let's all hope that the U.S. Postal employee who stole the original shipment falls into a letter sorter.

PREVIOUSLY: The Post Office Stole My Woot! Shirt!
(Photo: I still have a weet smile) [shirt.woot!]

For those who haven't used Shirt.Woot! before, it's very similar to regular Woot. A shirt goes on sale each night for $10 and remains available for 24 hours or until it sells out, whichever happens first. This design sold out in around an hour. Woot holds onto a number of shirts that they then sell for $15 after the one-day period ends. My design was still available for $15 when I sent an email explaining that I would prefer a replacement to a refund. Woot agreed, but quickly reversed themselves, claiming "that design has been discontinued," even though it was still clearly on sale for $15. I instead have my $10 back, but what I really wanted was the shirt.

Crushed, I decided to take my useless bags to the Post Office for an explanation. They offered none. Since Woot doesn't insure their shipments, the Post Office declared that they were blameless.

This isn't the first time Consumerist has had a bad experience with a Woot! order. I may not have an awesome shirt, but at least I no longer trouble myself by visiting Shirt.Woot! at midnight to look for new designs.

Update: Woot! replaced the stolen shirt!

There is likely to be a Woot-off starting at midnight tonight. Here is the email that led us to believe as such:

Welcome to Woot's first official recession-era newsletter! For the next 12 to 24 months...[ed. blah blah blah funny stuff about the economy oh here we go] you'll want to stay far away from Woot.com this week. The breadth and scope of bargains we'll be offering - especially starting Tuesday morning at midnight - will be powerfully tempting.

[Woot] (Thanks to Jeffrey!)

PREVIOUSLY: Woot Customer Demands Non-Existent Black iPod Headphones
(Photo: bbatsell)

Millard does not care that Apple only makes white ones (unless you're getting special U2 iPods, which this wasn't). Now he wants Woot to pay for the black headphones he was "forced" to buy so they would match. It was very important to both him and his daughter, for whom the iPod was a birthday gift, that the headphones and iPod matched.

Woot.com was actually the ones who forwarded over the email exchange to us. They're hoping that Consumerist readers can offer advice on how they should react to the situation. At the bottom of the exchange posted below is a poll where you can write your tips and vote on other others'. Woot has promised to take them under advisement.

"From: MillardR
To: Service; Woot Member Services
Subject: Error in color ....
Hello,

I received the item I ordered, but the ear piece was shipped to me in "white" rather than in "black" to match my black iPod.

Can you help?

Millard R

—
Woot Member Services wrote:

Millard,

Apparently the people at Apple are not fashion-sensitive because those ear pieces only come in white. We apologize for this but unfortunately there isn't much we can do for you in this case.

-Rutherford

—
From: MillardR
To: Service; Woot Member Services
Subject: Re: Error in color ....

Hello Rutherford,

I never knew that this piece was going to come this way, and if you ask me (your customer) I fell that Woot should inform their customers of this type of detail issue. Well ... it now cost me an additional $29.00 to purchase a black set of ear plugs (that are for sale) to match the IPOD that I purchased from Woot in Black. How is this fair
to me .... the customer that feels he was mislead?

I hope you can do something to off-set my additional expense.

Best regards,

Millard R

—
Woot Member Services wrote:

I'm not sure how you felt mislead. The picture shows white earbuds. As a matter of fact, I looked back at other iPods that we sold and ALL the earbuds were white.

Rutherford

—
From: Millard R
To: Woot : Service

Hello Rutherford,

I'm really surprised to see that you're (WOOT) is taking this stance against one if its customers. The reason I felt mislead is because I was asked to select between "White" or "Black", and I was under the assumption that, again "White" meant totally "White" and that "Black meant totally Black". It never mentioned that only to IPOD itself
would be affected by the color, and that the other accessories would be shipped in a standard White color.

That's like purchasing a new car in the color of your choice (Blue) and when you finally take it home and you open the hood or truck ... its pink in color. Well when you call your sales person and report your finding, the customer support person states that it only comes in that color. Well if you were never told this information, would you feel mislead just because you never opened these areas to check for your self. Well ... I feel mislead, and so did my little daughter that received it item from us for her birthday!!!

Please review your customer satisfaction policy to see if there is any language within that takes care of your customer ... under this type of circumstance.

Please advise,

Millard R."

(Photo: bbatsell)

RELATED: The Worst Tip We Have Ever Received

• Newegg: 24-hour sale
• Woot: Refurbished Dyson DC18 All-Floor Vacuum for $259.99
• Buy.com: ASUS Eee PC 4G Surf Celeron M 900MHz 7" Widescreen Laptop for $294 + free shipping

• Staples: Peachtree Pro Acounting 2008 Free After Rebate
• Newegg: RCA RP5050 Digital Voice Recorder with Camera $35 Shipped
• MacMall: Wacom Graphire4 4x5 Graphics Tablet for PCs & Macs $40

• Meritline.com: 8 x 21 Rubber Armored Binocular for $7.69 w/ Free Shipping after coupon code M24804545POFF
• Frys.com: Crucial 4GB DDR2 PC5300 Laptop Memory Kit $34.99 after rebate
• HobbyLobby.com: 40% Off Hobby Lobby Printable Coupon (expires Sept 6)

It will take some time for the economic impact of Hurricane Gustav on New Orleans to be calculated, unless the journalist or statistician in question is a fan of daily gadget deal site Woot! As part of the forums area, the site throws out various data, like how many units did people buy, percentage of sales per hour, and a Woots per capita map. The map clearly shows that basically no one in Louisiana is buying jack from Woot right now, and, no doubt, from any else. How will we know when people have returned to Louisiana and are buying again? By watching the delta on the Woots per capita map!

Sep 2 [Woot]
Aug 2 [Woot] (Thanks to Cy Guy!)

• Lenovo: Employee Pricing on ThinkPad and IdeaPad Notebooks, up to 42% off (login with passcode 536686)
• Woot: Sandisk Clip 2GB MP3 Player for $19.99
• Newegg: ESET NOD32 Antivirus Home Edition v3 for $14.99 (Best antivirus around, won't slow down your computer)

• Buy.com: Kingston 4GB USB 2.0 Portable Flash Drive $14 Shipped
• Hanes.com: Save 15% off Complete Order on All Clothing
• Vann's: Sony FX820 Portable 8-inch DVD Player $150 Shipped

• Amazon: Kitchen & Home Labor Day Sale: Save up to 65%
• Linens 'n Things: BOGO 50% off bath furniture, more + 20% off coupon
• American Eagle: 40% off purchases coupon

• Vann's: Klipsch iGroove HG iPod Speakers $100 Shipped
• Mac Connection: Apple iMac $1099 + Free VMWare Fusion Software
• Chefs: Labor Day Sale: Save up to 80% off Cookware, Kitchen Tools, & More

• Southwest: Fares starting at $59 one-way
• Purina: Free bag of Purina Yesterday's News cat litter
• Arizona Jeans: 50% off select jeans and all shoes

• Woot: Olevia 65” 1080p LCD HDTV for $2,299.99
• Target: 12 pack Coke products for 25 cents YMMV
• Office Depot: Acer Extensa AMD Dual Core 1.9GHz 14" Widescreen Laptop for $430 after rebate + free shipping

• REI: Labor Day Clearance: Save up to 30% off Clothing & Gear
• Meritline: PQI 8GB SDHC Card now $25 Shipped & Other Discount
• Buy.com: Dynex DX-LCD32 32-inch LCD HDTV $480 Shipped

• Kmart: Jeans, all apparel BOGO 50% off
• Hoover: Summer Canister Sale: Save up to 56%
• JC Whitney: Up to $40 off purchases coupon

According to the email, Woot miscounted their brown Zunes and realized this only as they were preparing their shipments. They substituted black models for brown:

...While many did not care about color, and some may perceive the black color to be a higher value (correct at least from Woot's financial perspective), the dilemma was of course it wasn't what you ordered. Unfortunately, we also had little time to act as we were at the fringe of shipment expectations already. The story does get better, however; we were able to persuade our marketing minds that this was a good opportunity for their budget to expand:

We have included a bonus: A Microsoft Zune Travel Pack has been shipped with your order

The Zune Travel Pack has 5 products including the Zune Premium Earphones, Dual Connect Remote, AC Charger, Sync cable, and a decent bag. These are new retail boxed and carry a Microsoft MSRP of $99.99. Information from Microsoft and links to street pricing are here: http://www.zune.net/en-us/accessories/zune/zunetravelpack.htm#

While your orders left our building only recently, they are on their way. I hope that those of you who are fans of the brown zune find our emergency solution to be acceptable-it was a rather expensive action. Due to logistics delay, there was no time available to make this an opt-in program (or everyone's zunes would not ship until next week.) As things stand now, if this solution does not meet with your acceptance, we're down to a last resort of issuing a call-tag to pick it back up (once it arrives) and issue you a full refund.

(thanks to Phillip!)
(Photo: Salim Virji)

Incidentally, Woot just sent her a pre-paid shipping label and said they will issue a refund. Sweet.

At the outset, Meghann didn't feel like shipping because the cost of shipping and the possibility of receiving yet another busted DVD player just didn't seem worth it.

Meghann's may have been part of a bad batch. Some other Woot!ers DVD players didn't turn on, or they reported problems with HDMI, S-VIDEO or sound. Still others said theirs worked fine.

Hey, you takes your refurbs and you takes your chances. Mankind shall live to Woot again. — BEN POPKEN

Fiery, rubix-cube-on-the-head that she is, Meghann refused. She didn't see the value in paying shipping to and from California for a new refurbed DVD player that she thought probably wouldn't work either. She said, "Why sink money into a dvd player that's so bad it's on Woot!?"

Unable to disarm her impenetrable logic, we said, okay, let's ask the fray.

Should Meghann ship the player back to Toshiba? Or should she make a video (set to music) of her smashing it?

Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you're viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled web browser.

Whichever wins, she will do! — BEN POPKEN

5 days later a totally broken DVD player with a 30 day manufacturer's warranty showed up at our door. The player will not even turn on.

More inside.

According to Woot's return policy:

So that leaves us with a 30-day manufacturer's warranty (from date of purchase, which was several days ago.) The warranty does not cover any shipping costs. So, while Woot seemed like a nice idea, the reality is pretty crappy. For what we will end up paying to ship this item to California and back, we could have just bought a player from someone who would take care of us if the product was defective. Woot! is a very popular site, and we often feature deals from them on Consumerist, but we have to say that we wish we'd never wooted.

We're not the only ones experiencing difficulty, we've also received complaints from two readers about a Woot!ed Belkin XM Radio and a Cobra Electronics handheld GPS 1000 not working. Woot states its policy very clearly, and that there is risk involved in purchasing from them. Is the risk worth the reward? We're not so sure.

Since we don't foresee needing a blood pressure monitor or a "game bridge" any time soon, we probably shall not woot again, and this makes us sad. —MEGHANN MARCO

Some Product Information:

Toshiba SD-4990 DVD Player
Pricegrabber Price Range: 71.00-116.99
Woot! Price 39.99+5.00 shipping

So, what do you guys think? Should we pay to have it sent to Toshiba and repaired "again"? Or cut our losses and get out now?

Hotlist [DODtracker]

According to the Washington Post:

A component of red wine recently shown to help lab mice live longer also protects animals from obesity and diabetes and boosts their physical endurance, researchers reported yesterday.

Excellent. As if we needed another excuse to Wine.Woot. —MEGHANN MARCO

A Second Pour of Good News About Substance in Red Wine [Washington Post]

We think Woot! is just a swell site: a decent to great deal every day, accompanied by a vivid and often hilarious description of the product. We've often thought there should be more Woot! rip-offs.

And now there is! Tanga has shamelessly torn a page out of Woot!s playbook. One deal a day, lasting as long as they still have the product in stock. Where Tanga tries to set itself apart, though, is by appealing to the geek: for example, the first Tanga deal was an Xbox 360 for $100 off retail price. Today's is Alhambra... the board game, not the castle, for $10.

We'll likely fold this into the Morning Deals Round-Up from now on, but we wanted to make sure you guys knew there was another cool site putting the spotlight on one deal a day. They aren't competitors! They're fellow deals lovers!

You know, when there's a Woot! Off, that really deserves its own post. And there is. Right now!

For those who aren't aware of the wonderful consumer euphoria of a Woot! Off, it's simple: go to Woot! Right now, there's a Logitech Cordless Headset for the Xbox at $5.99, an absurdly good deal. But maybe you don't have an Xbox. So click refresh in ten minutes and some equally absurdly good deal will replace it as soon as Woot! sells out. Shipping is always 5 bucks.

In short, some people waste entire days clicking refresh on a Woot! off. The scope, number and array of deals that will come up over the next 18 hours will leave even the most slattern-faced consumer weak at the knees and turn their genitals into tingling jelly.

Go! Go! Woot! Off!

Woot! [GO!]

We were less than impressed with yesterday's offerings, but the Woot Off remains a fun way to keep a browser window refreshed all day. If you use Firefox, you can use the Reload Every plugin to make the refreshing automatic.

Woot! [Woot!]

• We do not feel the least bit of East Coast haughtiness when we say that we despise NASCAR. So when we recommended this Radio Shack PRO-84 Compact Scanner and Headphone Bundle, do not mistake its NASCAR frequency compatibility as its selling point. That would be its price: $100, or half-off. [via TechBargains]

• Get one of the brand-new 1GB iPod nanos from Abt Electronics for just $134.10 with free shipping, after using coupon code CASFEB2006. [via DealNews]

• Today's Woot! is the Lowrance iFinder Map & Music GPS Receiver with MP3 player for $145. It even plays Ogg Vorbis music files, which may be a selling point or reason not to buy it, depending on your level of hippieness.

Highlights from Dealhack

• Lomography Fisheye Camera now only $25 at Design Within Reach

• SanDisk Cruzer 1GB USB 2.0 Flash Memory Drive $35 & Free Shipping at Amazon

• Go Video R6640 Refurb DVD Player/Recorder $75 at Geeks.com

• We've never used the brand, but PCMicrostore.com has the Kroo iPod Video Leather Cases available for just $14, shipped, including pink. Considering how ridiculously priced iPod cases usually are, that's pretty good. [via BensBargains]

• Today's Woot! is a two-pack of EA Sports Hockey and Football Games—the sort that you plug into the TV that have the games built in, not unlike that Atari joystick that you glance at occasionally, but never play.

Highlights from Dealhack

• SlingBox Media Server only $220 with Free Shipping at Amazon
(View and control your TV—and Tivo—from any PC, Mac, or Mobile Phone.)

• SanDisk Sansa M240 1GB MP3 Player with FM $80 at J&R
(Best price for the micro-sized MP3 Player with FM radio and voice recorder)

• Samsung ML-2010 Compact Laser Printer $50 at Buy.com
(It's a laser printer for fifty bucks! Really)

• Save up to 80% off Clearance Cooks Tools at Chef's Catalog
(Pro kitchen gear at outlet mall prices.)

• Buy a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts and get 12 free valentines—each with a coupon for a free donut inside. The idea is, of course, to give them all back to yourself. Show your gut who you're really sweet on.

• Target has the somewhat plain Merona Walking Coats on sale for $7 plus shipping. They look like something our grandmother would wear, but our grandmother is a pretty stylish lady. Direct links on Slickdeals.

• Today's Woot! was a pair of Bluetooth hands-free headsets by Body Glove, but you've already missed them. They were big and ugly, but these are exactly the kind of deals we watch Woot for.

• The lovely Dell 24-inch Ultrasharp 2405FPW LCD Monitor is available for $879 shipped, a good-but-not-amazing price. But gosh it's pretty. (Don't get us started on the 30-inch model.) The 20-inch model is $463.20, but it's been under $400 before.

• The Altec Lansing GT5051 Speaker System is on clearance at Buy.com for $50 shipped.

• Amazon is selling the Cowon iAudio X5 30GB multimedia player with FM tuner and voice recorder (and video!) for just $266 with free shipping. If we weren't inexorably housed in Apple's colon, this is the digital audio player we would buy instead of the iPod video.

Highlights from Dealhack

• New iMacs Shipping with Free RAM & Printer at MacMall
(The first of the Intel Dual Core Macs are now shipping.)

• Two Coupons: 10% Off and Free Shipping at Gap.com

• McAfee VirusScan & Firewall Bundle 2006 Free After Rebate at Buy.com
(It takes two rebates to be free, but it'll cover you for another year.)

• Amazon has the ironically-named Back to Basics TEM500 Egg & Muffin 2-Slice Toaster and Egg Poacher for $40 with free shipping. This is a so-so deal, but we got one for Christmas and have been utterly entraced at its redundancy.

• Dell Home is selling the Olympus IR-500 4MP 2.8x Zoom Camera for $159.20, after you apply the coupon code: PSVPPT40QDS3W0.

• Today's Woot! is the Boston Acoustics 5-Piece Speaker System for $65, shipped. '5-Piece' means it's technically a 4.1 system (no center channel), but if you've been longing for a bit of surround for your PC, they might not be a bad deal. They don't sell for too much more on Amazon, but they did review very well—in 2002.

Highlights from Dealhack

$600 in Free Upgrades with One Price Sale at Dell Home
(No decisions to make—all the upgrades included for free)

• Kodak EasyShare One WiFi Camera $400 at B&H Photo
(For the early adopters: ditch the dock. WiFi included)

• Voice Over IP USB Phone Free After Rebate at Geeks.com
(Use Skype? Get a free handset to go with your free calls)

• If all the goofy Hot Coffee controversy didn't inspire you to play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in one of its two versions on the Playstation 2, Best Buy is taking orders for the Xbox version for only $20. Ships in mid-February. [via TechBargains]

• Dell has extended their point-and-shoot camera sale for another day, with discounts in the 15 to 20% range. Ben's Bargains has a thorough index of cameras available with pre- and post-discount prices.

• Buy.com is selling the ACP-EP Memory 128MB USB 2.0 Mini Flash Drive for $4.95 with $6 shipping. Thing is, the shipping doesn't increase much when you order more, so toss in a couple dozen and give them out to your friends. [via Dealnews]

• Woot! is selling that damn InFocus 61-inch DLP HDTV again for $2,505 shipped—but this time they're throwing in a blender. You can help put feel a little sorry for these guys. It's one thing to have a whole bunch of extra USB keys sitting around, but these HDTVs have to be taking up a lot of space.

Highlights from Dealhack

• 30% off Dimension Desktop PCs (expires 1/18)

• Refurb iRobot Roomba 4210 Discovery over 50% off at Amazon

• Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR $2804 at Dell Home [This is a great deal for a great camera. -Ed.]

• Eddie Bauer is holding a 60% off winter sale on clothing for women and men, as well as 'gear.' The online outlet follows suit with an additional 5% off.

• If you squeeze your shopping in this morning, Gamestop.com has free shipping until 11am PST for orders over $75. Use code: 3DAY75.

• And since it wouldn't be indicative of the hopelessness of fighting the American cellular telephone hegemony to complain about a company on the same day you post a deal for their product, Cingular is offering the RIM Blackberry 8700c for $150 with a $150 rebate with a (probably two-year) contract.

• Today's Woot!: A 250GB hard drive for $55. Not a had deal at all if it were new. Unfortunately, these drives are refurbished, and god knows what happened to them before Woot got them in stock. We'd say pass—hard drives are fragile enough as it is.

• We despise rebates, as you know, but they seem to be the norm when it comes to new cell phone service. If you can deal with rebates twice over, you can pick up the well-reviewed Sony Ericsson W600i Walkman phone on Cingular (via Amazon) for free with a two-year contract. Of course, you'll need to pay out at least $250 while you wait for your rebates to not arrive.

• Belkin.com has a 40% off coupon, which happens to be the same code we use for our luggage: 12345. Sadly, PureAV products and sale items do not qualify, but even with Belkin's over-retail list prices, there are deals to be had.

• Computers4Sure.com has the Logitech Harmony 360 Advanced Universal Remote for Xbox 360 for $92.95 with free shipping. That's not a huge savings, but it's a slight discount on a new, relatively hot product. [via Dealnews]

• Ski gear store Backcountry.com has an (up to) 50% off sale in their online outlet.

• And while we're talking about 50% off sales, bike nashbar is running one as well on "over 50 items." Granted, like half of them are Shimano crank sets, but if you're one of those hippie dippie "I can get to work without driving my car to the cigarette store" types, then have a look. [via TechBargains]

• The Woot boys are having a breakdown. Not only are they offering a two-pack of bagel-slicing toasters for $35, shipped, they've covered the images in kittens. What's next, Woot? (Clearly, the answer is 'porn.')

• Amazon is running their Winter Clearance Event on shoes and apparel. It's heavy on ugly suede tragedies, as per usual, but there are a few nice deals depending on your taste. [via Tech Bargains]

• Today's Woot! is a winner: a refurbished iRobot Roomba Discovery for just $125, shipped. We generally have excellent luck with refurb products, and at that price the little house fraubot is nearly half-off.

• Or if Timberland isn't your style, try the clearance sale at Kenneth Cole. While there are a few men's items, there is quite a bit more for women. Slickdeals has a listing of items and coupon codes.

• Today's Woot!: The Creative MuVo 128MB MP3 Player for $25, shipped. If you bumped yourself up to the $50 range, you could probably quadruple your storage amounts. If you need a second, beater MP3 player maybe, but the prices on these things are in a continual freefall.

• For instance, the 2GB SanDisk Sansa MP3 player can be had at CircuitCity.com for just $115, after using the coupon code TDAZTESAAD. Free shipping, to boot. [via BensBargains]

• And while you're at Ben's Bargains, take advantage of their list of $10 videogames on sale at Amazon. The list includes some quality titles, too, in between the BeyBlade and Hamtaro pap.

• To get the hundred dollar price on this I/O Magic Gigibank 6GB storage thingy, you'll have to send in a $30 mail-in rebate. That said, $130 for a 6GB pocket-sized storage device isn't awful. [via TechBargains]

• Amazon has a bunch of Timberland jackets on sale, plus an additional $20 off $75 coupon. Some, like the canvas jacket, are just $40. Not bad. Ben's Bargains has the details.

• Woot of the day: Gyration Ultra GT Full-Size Keyboard and Mouse for $55, shipped. The mouse uses a gyroscope to allow use without a surface, so you can get all Harry Potter when you're watching movies on your home theater PC.

• And since we're entering convention season, The Consumerist had need for a new Powerbook battery. Batteries.com was not only cheaper for a generic replacement unit, but the current code HOLIDAY was good for an additional 15%, plus free shipping. We are pleased.

• Amazon has the SanDisk 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo—the same memory card used by the PSP and most newer Sony products—for $78, plus an additional $10 off if you want to use a mail-in rebate. Amazon is still claiming Dec 23rd deliveries for standard shipping, but go for 2-Day if you really need it.

• Both Zappo's and Shoe Buy have sales running, with free shipping on every order. Zappo's has more clearance items, although you'll have to do some digging to find shoes that have been discounted more than a couple of bucks.

• Today's Woot!: Mark of the Beast Fitness Wrist-Mounted Blood Pressure Monitor for $25, shipped. We know nothing about keeping blood pressure low, because if we kept ours at a reasonable level, we'd be out of a job.

• Amazon's Friday Sale! There are a hundred-and-fifty items on sale today (the last day Free Super Saver Shipping will get there by Christmas), but the clear highlight is the Wallace Yellow Ribbon Support Our Troops Ball. Do the Iraqi hustle!

• Ritz Camera has the totally quality Nikon D50 Digital DSLR with Nikkor 28-80mm Kit Lens for $650, bundled with a $50 gift coupon, an Epson Photo Printer, and a 19-inch stuff bear. We're a Canon family around here, but there ain't a thing wrong with the D50 if you're looking for an entry-level DSLR. [via TechBargains]

• Amazon is selling the Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 5-Piece Speaker System with Subwoofer for $220 shipped. We paid about $80 more than that in March and you know what? We still don't regret the purchase as much as our upstairs neighbors do. Suck down that funky bluegrass, hipsters. (If we were nice, we'd have picked up these Sennheiser HD 202 Headphones for $20, instead.)

• Best Buy has Call of Duty 2 for PC for just $35 with cheap shipping. If you're still into WWII shooters, it's supposed to be quality. [via Dealnews]

• Today's Woot! The Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX Sound Card with the fancy-ass external input/output breakout box, for $115 shipped. For almost everyone, the sound card you already have in your computer is going to be just fine. For gamers or budding musicians, well... There are probably better options, honestly, but that's a solid price. We say go for it—you can always use another remote control from your PC.