> Deals are a win for the customer and the merchant (and Groupon too). Not necessarily, it only would work if you can get repeat customers. There are many grou

> Deals are a win for the customer and the merchant (and Groupon too). Not necessarily, it only would work if you can get repeat customers. There are many groupons that my wife sees that she would never have done if there wasn't a significant discount. These "cherry pickers" are what cause companies to lose money and make a Groupon not worth it. There was a blog/article by a woman who owned a Chicago yoga studio who was told she should do a Groupon. You can see her point of view at http://blog.tulayoga.net/2011/08/why-i-wont-do-groupon.html http://blog.tulayoga.net/2011/08/why-i-wont-do-groupon.html