> Good old-fashioned finding-the-greater-fool doesn't involve any of that. Everyone involves gets to keep all their money. This includes the greatest fool, too.

> Good old-fashioned finding-the-greater-fool doesn't involve any of that. Everyone involves gets to keep all their money. This includes the greatest fool, too. Admittedly this poor soul has since found out that the thing they bought isn't worth what they thought it was worth, but still has exactly what they paid for. Then why is Groupon 1/4 it's post-IPO price, and how are the people who bought then not screwed over?