DroxLA

So there was an interesting post a while back about SomethingStore.com. Somethingstore.com is this site where you can buy something, pay via Google check-out, and have it delivered to you within a few weeks. The catch is, you have absolutely no idea what you’re getting. In essence, it’s Christmas for yourself any day you’d like. Sounds ridiculous right? Well, actually going to the site and viewing what other people have received is a very interesting experience. You’ll see that there is a wide variety of items that people have bought, some of the things worth far greater than the ten dollars they paid (eg. ipods, video games, gift cards) but other things are worth far less and are things you’d more often see on the shelves of bad gift shops or the clearance sections at wal-mart and target.

Needless to say, I was too curious to let this one go – after all, I am an avid Woot! watcher and have missed every possible opportunity to buy one of their coveted “Bags of Crap” (of which have resulted in Woot!’ers receiving a myriad of expensive electronic equipment, as well as well, pretty much the equivalent of crap), so me and trex both decided to try it and see what came.

A few weeks went by and finally my package arrived. As I opened it in anticipation, and pulled it out of the packaging it had the potential to be a great prize. But like a kid who got coal on Christmas, it was a disappointment. Low and behold, this is what somethingstore.com sent me:

Apologies for the bad resolution, another cell-phone pick, but it’s a 3in1 Charger for an iPod, made by iBoost International (no rip-off of the Apple “i” there huh?). Quick search on ebay and how much was it worth? No more than $5, with an additional $5 shipping, and no bids. So it is worthless! No one wants them, and even the sellers trying to unload for under $2 up the shipping to cover the costs taken by ebay and the payment provider. Oh well, at least it was a surprise and something I guess.

What did trex get? Well, that’s another story altogether, and I’ll leave it up to him to comment or post on that funny incident

little late, but better late than never