Your comment is spot on except your hyperbolic and unnecessary attack on social security. Groupon figured out a way to sell a dollar for $.50, and they use mon

Your comment is spot on except your hyperbolic and unnecessary attack on social security. Groupon figured out a way to sell a dollar for $.50, and they use money from new investor's to pay the old-- just like a ponzi scheme. Also what does Groupon have? A few thousand merchants, a few million email addresses, no patent portfolio, no moat so to speak-- and the fact they need 8000 employees mostly dedicated to sales means they can't scale well--ever. Most likely Groupon has 6 months to a year before the money evaporates. If not then they end up like Avon or Snap-On tools at best.