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GroupOn should die. I can think of nothing I would want less than a daily mail with some "deal". To say nothing of the businesses that offer the deal losing m

by ape4 13y ago

GroupOn should die. I can think of nothing I would want less than a daily mail with some "deal". To say nothing of the businesses that offer the deal losing money.

dragonwriter 13y ago
Groupon is a service for connecting potentially interested users with meatspace promo code offers. While details of the mechanism of its operation -- mostly things that are easy to change -- might be suboptimal, I don't see why its inherently a bad thing for either businesses or consumers.
3am 13y ago
It's marketing. Nobody is holding a gun to the business owners' heads. And there is a _very_ simple way to not get those emails. I've found a lot of interesting things (restaurants, various shops) that I wouldn't have found otherwise through GroupOn and peers. To each their own.
pchristensen 13y ago
I've noticed a strong correlation between vitriolic negativity and use of the spelling "GroupOn".
- dominotw 13y ago
  Always.
dominotw 13y ago
Heard of 'unsubscribe'?
rythie 13y ago
GroupOn is trying to solve a two-sided problem. 1. Businesses need more customers 2. Customers want cheaper stuff I'm just not sure that linking the two solves either problem. You've got cheapskates taking up deals and never coming back.
- zenbowman 13y ago
  Don't see why it is cheap to take a deal. I'm not a coupon addict, but my wife is one. Since she discovered Groupon she refuses to buy anything not on sale. I think its pretty smart, I'd do the same but it takes too much time and dedication to shop that way.
  - pbhjpbhj 13y ago
    >Since she discovered Groupon she refuses to buy anything not on sale. // I can't recall the exact figures but the way Groupon's deal worked when they pitched me was a definite loss-maker. Groupon took their portion, the customer was required to get a massive headliner discount to make the deal look attractive. Effectively Groupon's proposition was for us to swallow a big loss to send them revenue. I like a bargain but if the "bargain" means that a third party profits whilst I get to help send local businesses under then I can't take that offer. Sure for some types of business Groupon can work but they don't [didn't] only target those businesses. Demanding unsustainable prices is "cheap" because it's not a proper saving. You end up paying for [your share of] the social welfare payments for the people that go out of business and the businesses no longer exist to serve you.

by ape4 13y ago

GroupOn should die. I can think of nothing I would want less than a daily mail with some "deal". To say nothing of the businesses that offer the deal losing money.

dragonwriter 13y ago

Groupon is a service for connecting potentially interested users with meatspace promo code offers. While details of the mechanism of its operation -- mostly things that are easy to change -- might be suboptimal, I don't see why its inherently a bad thing for either businesses or consumers.

3am 13y ago

It's marketing. Nobody is holding a gun to the business owners' heads. And there is a _very_ simple way to not get those emails. I've found a lot of interesting things (restaurants, various shops) that I wouldn't have found otherwise through GroupOn and peers. To each their own.

pchristensen 13y ago

I've noticed a strong correlation between vitriolic negativity and use of the spelling "GroupOn".

dominotw 13y ago
Always.

dominotw 13y ago

Heard of 'unsubscribe'?

rythie 13y ago

GroupOn is trying to solve a two-sided problem. 1. Businesses need more customers 2. Customers want cheaper stuff I'm just not sure that linking the two solves either problem. You've got cheapskates taking up deals and never coming back.

zenbowman 13y ago
Don't see why it is cheap to take a deal. I'm not a coupon addict, but my wife is one. Since she discovered Groupon she refuses to buy anything not on sale. I think its pretty smart, I'd do the same but it takes too much time and dedication to shop that way.
- pbhjpbhj 13y ago
  >Since she discovered Groupon she refuses to buy anything not on sale. // I can't recall the exact figures but the way Groupon's deal worked when they pitched me was a definite loss-maker. Groupon took their portion, the customer was required to get a massive headliner discount to make the deal look attractive. Effectively Groupon's proposition was for us to swallow a big loss to send them revenue. I like a bargain but if the "bargain" means that a third party profits whilst I get to help send local businesses under then I can't take that offer. Sure for some types of business Groupon can work but they don't [didn't] only target those businesses. Demanding unsustainable prices is "cheap" because it's not a proper saving. You end up paying for [your share of] the social welfare payments for the people that go out of business and the businesses no longer exist to serve you.