Why don't you start a new woot?
I don't mean amazon; I mean you, person with some capital, business experience, and a good knowledge of this community.
For better or worse woot just isn't like it used to be, and people are leaving. Why hasn't anyone scooped them up by filling the niche that was left by old-woot? Just buy up random items that you can scoop up as surplus and sell them cheap, throw in a few signature items and loss leaders, and let the community run wild. It might not be as profitable as a new arm of amazon, but there's definitely a market for it.