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nashfh wrote:Does refurbished mean used or lower quality in any way?

Items that are refurbished are things that were on display at stores or used as display models. They can also be items that were bought and returned for whatever reason. Once something has been bought and opened it cannot be resold as new even if it is in proper working condition.

Before it is sold with the title "refurbished" it is sent back to the manufacturer and they replace all the major components and sell it as refurbished.

Refurb = pot luck with the battery (depending how long/how hard the previous owner ran it).

DigMe wrote:Will this pick up small animals in my backyard?

See my earlier comment; mine caught a mouse and drug it back to the docking base. It appeared that the mouse was alive before being cleaned.

I cannot vouch for the extended warranty company SquareTrade but I would definitely purchase a warranty. I had another model of Roomba replaced within the first year and is being serviced again. I love the Roomba, hate the short battery life and happy that I purchased the extended warranty on my first Roomba.

As far as noise...yes Roombas are loud but that is only because you are doing something else while "someone else" (aka the Roomba) is vacuuming for you. The same would hold true if your maid was vacuuming with your manual vacuum cleaner while you were watching tv.

just bought 2, giving each to my mom and mother in law for christmas. I got the 510 and Dirt Dog combo off woot a month ago and love them both, especially the dirt dog this time of year (sucking up all the leaves in the garage)!

but those were in New condition. I hope this one doesn't come with any noticeable markings on them indicating refurbished. A red R on the bottom (like some have mentioned) wouldn't be bad. I thought about purchasing the SquareTrade warranty, but it would only cover $129.99 worth of parts and labor costs, since that's what the refurbbed Roomba cost. It makes sense, but I can picture getting a call from my mother in law saying "the Roomba's broke and needs $200 in repairs, so it's going to cost $90 with shipping to get it fixed." add in the $20 I'd spend for the warranty and we're pretty much right back to the cost of the thing in the first place.

4999?
Woot must've kept 1 for themselves...

2 Roombas here and they are used. Good price but mine are working fine.

Roombas, always Roombas
When will they sell a Scooba?

shelby61 wrote:How does this model do with standard fringe at the ends of rugs? I have a 8x10 kilim rug with typical fringe and don't want my rug destroyed. I'm completely fine with picking up other articles (clothes, magazines, cords, etc).

Thanks

Occasionally mine will get stuck on the fringes. It does stop before any damage is done. Unless you have a fragile rug, it shouldn't' be a problem. I just move my smaller rug with fringes, my door mat, to a different room when I run the Roomba.

Wow, 5,000 units and about $10 profit per unit. Not Bad for a days work. Good Job Woot!

vmo1059 wrote:I am wondering the same thing.

I think you have 10 days or two weeks to decide. Check the squaretrade site.

mrau92me wrote:Says it picks up spills. But, it doesn't say dry spills only, so can I assume it's a wet/dry vac and will p/u soda?

Roomba is a dry vacuum/sweeper. You'll want the Scooba for mopping.

zadriel wrote:Perhaps if you did the same for your man every morning he would be.

HERE HERE, well said! :D

jimcx wrote:Once you register the roomba, you get a %15 discount from the irobot store. I used that to get the larger collection bin (no filter), and it holds a LOT of dog hair.

Cool! I did not know that. I will look into that.

can't wait to see what it can do

omnipotentq wrote:But a beautiful magic. Each time I see one of these on Woot, I get just a little bit closer to buying one. The floorplan in my house makes it....difficult, to say the least. (lots of small rooms with doors and doorjams that would make vacumming with this thing impossible)...le sigh.

You should make the jump next time. I have been using these for years and love them. You obviously have to keep picked up or pick up before you leave. I currently have 4 and I have three that run loose on the first floor of my house to handle ~3000sq ft, the last one can handle the whole upstairs since my dogs are not up there. They get everything clean. I have two very big dogs with LOTS of hair so I needed an extra one just to keep up with the hair on the carpet in my bedroom. Though the two were rated for the sq footage they couldn't handle it. I bought extra walls let them start at different opposite ends of the main part of the house and let them do their thing. I found this worked way better than segregating each one in a specific area. I bought extra walls for the bedroom doorways the Roomba goes in those after the main area is done, otherwise they just wander the whole house. I run them usually every other day, about as often as I had to vacuum when I used to do that manually. Try to do it when I drop my son off for school so I come back and its all clean and usually everyone is back on a home base of their choosing.

Good luck -Alysa

noomehtrevo wrote:I live in an apartment and there is about a half-inch lip going from the den to the kitchen area. Will it make it up to that area?

It will make it up there with little problem.

flexblade wrote:I bought a Roomba back in August and because I heard the batteries went bad for some, I purchased a replacement on eBay for $35. Unfortunately and ironcally, yesterday a house guest opened the bedroom door and let the Roomba get out (why didn't I use the virtual wall?). He picked up the Roomba and dropped it and now it does not dock anymore.

So today I bought two, a replacement and one for a gift.

HE KILLED ROOMBA!

We also got our first roomba from woot. We love it, not the thing for the perfect housekeeper but if you like things to just be kept tidy and do your heavy cleaning once a week it is great. We called ours Rosie. Hoping to get a second one for upstairs.

shelby61 wrote:How does this model do with standard fringe at the ends of rugs? I have a 8x10 kilim rug with typical fringe and don't want my rug destroyed. I'm completely fine with picking up other articles (clothes, magazines, cords, etc).

Thanks

We have a large 8x10 floor rug with normal length fringe on the ends and the 530 has no trouble in the transition from hardwood onto the carpet, even if it has to go directly over the fringe. No catching or snags so far and we've had it about 6 months. Run it about once daily…great machine.

bgbopper wrote:just bought 2, giving each to my mom and mother in law for christmas. I got the 510 and Dirt Dog combo off woot a month ago and love them both, especially the dirt dog this time of year (sucking up all the leaves in the garage)!

but those were in New condition. I hope this one doesn't come with any noticeable markings on them indicating refurbished. A red R on the bottom (like some have mentioned) wouldn't be bad. I thought about purchasing the SquareTrade warranty, but it would only cover $129.99 worth of parts and labor costs, since that's what the refurbbed Roomba cost. It makes sense, but I can picture getting a call from my mother in law saying "the Roomba's broke and needs $200 in repairs, so it's going to cost $90 with shipping to get it fixed." add in the $20 I'd spend for the warranty and we're pretty much right back to the cost of the thing in the first place.

We bought the 530 on Woot about 6 months ago and it was a refurb, but it came in all the manufacturer's original packaging and looked brand new. It has worked flawlessly and we love it! We have a 4 yr old and a 1 yr old who have given it some pretty hard punishment and my 4 yr old has even dropped it on the tile floor. Still works fine under these strenuous conditions!

in for 3!! mom wanted me to get these for her forever since things like this are considered the latest technology in China.... now shipping them... how much will that set me back =T

rswoot555 wrote:if you have young children that leave their toys, etc. around the house the iRobot isn't for you.

I guess vacuuming isn't for you, either... Unless you have one of those fancy new toy-picking-up vacuums...

Got one 1st woot ever for me, can't wait til it gets here!!!!

Was informed by email on 11/2 that I missed the sell out. So - I had to cancel the warranty from Square Trade - what a hassle! This morning what appears on my credit card but a charge for the Roomba Woot deal. Does my Roomba show up in my Woot purchase history???? NO

What is the story Woot?

kcarsonwoot wrote:Under username: *** we only have record of one attempted/completed purchase for a Digital Photo converter on 11/02.

**UNDER FURTHER REVIEW** you successfully purchased this iRobot Roomba under another account: ****, with the same CC registered under ****.

If you any further questions/concerns regarding the charge/square trade warranty -- please contact service@woot.com for individual attention.

Thanks,
Staff

WOOT WOOT, Double WOOT - thanks for researching!

Holy cow, they said it would "ship in 5 business days", and it's here already!

Their stuff ships fast sometimes. I purchased the Roomba 560 during the last Woot-Off. It came up about 2:15 in the morning on the 27th. It shipped on the morning of the 28th and I had it about 4:00 in the afternoon on the 30th. Can't beat that with a stick, specially considering it went from Dallas to the Chicago area in just over 3 days. It made it just in time to help clean up the Halloween mess.

Wishing status would change to "shipped". My Roomba Puck died last weekend so this is timely. All the battery tricks didn't work - neither did replacing the battery so I think he is done.

I'm so mad that I missed this sale!!!

If anyone bought an extra and has changed their mind, please let me know!

kcarsonwoot wrote:**Shipping Update**

iRobot Roomba 530 Robotic Vacuum with Virtual Wall has completely shipped via FEDEX Ground. All tracking will be emailed by this aftenroon to members who purchased this item. If you would like to find your tracking information sooner, please click the following link and use your ORDER NUMBER as the reference number.

FEDEX TRACKING

Just wanted to note - after a few mins of being confused - that when doing the order number/reference search you have to provide all your shipping address details in order for FedEx to figure out which order it is. At first I was getting stuck without an "account number" but that's not necessary if you fill in the other fields.

Just got mine today, first experience love it already. Thanks WOOT!!!

Got mine today. Not boxed up , shipped in original Roomba box, so now wife knows what one of her xmas presents are since she was home when the package arrived. OH well.

Just received my box. I AM MISSING A VIRTUAL WALL ALTOGETHER!!! AND THE BOX LOOKS LIKE 2 YEARS OLD!!

What is this woot??

Update 11/12/2009: BEST THING EVER!! My apartment never looked so clean!!

Got mine. Doesn't work. Won't charge. My first woot, my last woot.

Just got mine - box looks new. Shipped in a roomba box, my apartment complex took the liberty of writing my apartment number on it in sharpie in several places.. so.. not so good for gifting, but it's mine so what's the dif? Just noting that for gift-giving apartment dwellers.

Going to plug it in and give it a whirl shortly. Will update.

In the box..

Roomba
1 Virtual Wall (needs 2 D-size batteries)
User Manual and Quick start guide
Spare yellow filter
Home base and power dealies
15% off coupon at the irobot store.

On the packaging - looks like new as far as that is concerned. All plastic wrapped and sealed. The roomba itself shows a few minor signs of wear/tear. The front caster wheel has some blemishes that are entirely cosmetic which makes it look like it's been used, but otherwise the little bot is spotless. I think the other two bigger wheels have been replaced along with the whole underside chassis and the spinning brush as none of those show any signs of wear.

The underside is red, which I seem to recall is not the best underside chassis and can be pretty easily replaced to the newer version - probably using that 15% off coupon.

Going to plug it in and see how it works

And it works.. but it wont dock at the docking base.. can't even manually put it there and get the contacts to register the connection. It charges fine from just the power cord thing though.

Off to email iRobot.