> This is nothing but a marketing ploy. Its groupon, what is groupon if not a marketing ploy? > Firstly, selling any commodity for 10-15% of its market value

> This is nothing but a marketing ploy. Its groupon, what is groupon if not a marketing ploy? > Firstly, selling any commodity for 10-15% of its market value will attract lots of opportunistic buyers.... Well yea, thats the whole idea of groupon, the news here is that an onion sale crashed their site, that is funny to westerners because, well, its onions. > Secondly, Groupon was selling 3000 kg per day, with a limit of 1 kg per order. Some sites mention they sold out the first day within 80 minutes. Other than that, I haven't seen any evidence/data about the incoming traffic that caused the site to crash. So till I do, I'll treat news of the "crash" like a marketing gimmick from the company. If you check the listing, http://www.groupon.co.in/deals/shopping/Groupon-India-Onion/408055 http://www.groupon.co.in/deals/shopping/Groupon-India-Onion/... You'll see they already have a large amount of press about the sale, I believe the crash is less a marketing gimmick, and more is a result of one. The "crash" if you beleive this source, was only for 10 or so minutes. Which is well within reasonable belief imo. "The first day itself we ended up selling 5,000kg. Today (Friday) our site crashed completely for 10 minutes. It's been absolutely fantastic." http://news.insing.com/feature/sold-out-onions-fly-off-indian-shelves-in-groupon-deal/id-cf2d3101 http://news.insing.com/feature/sold-out-onions-fly-off-india... > Given this history - of poor design, senseless acquisitions and multiple u-turns in strategy - I wouldn't be surprised if their code is a taped-up patchwork that will crash regardless of 90% discounted onions. I don't even know how this is relevant to the story or has anything to do with this discussion. R u just mad cause you can't move that much onion?