It’s one of a kind

Web-surfing bargain hunters have a new addiction: Woot, www.woot.com, an online retailer dishing out items as varied as 40GB iPods ($349) and Cuisinart blenders ($29.99) at steep discounts and a flat $5 shipping fee.

Only one item is sold per day and it often sells out, so if you like what you see, click quickly.

Fervent Wooters have even taken to compulsive midnight browsing: New products are posted at midnight Central time, Monday through Friday. You may also come upon the occasional grab bag that sells for $1 and could be anything -- from a camera bag to a TiVo. (You won’t know until it arrives on your doorstep). Can we hear a Woot, Woot?