“Groupon” Services Sorely Lack…

7 Comments

1. Anything good most of the time. I thought we already had a discussion on this. Just to repeat. I hardly ever see anything I’m interested in and most of the time the vendors are unpopular places that probably need the business. I guess that’s the point.

   Winston S.
   March 4, 2011

2. Thanks for the input, Winston. Previous “groupon” poll just asked about the general trend — not what specific deals they lacked.

   The Choosy Beggar
   March 4, 2011

3. Taste.

   contrarycomet
   March 4, 2011

4. What was that slogan (Marshall’s? I can’t remember): A bargain is only a bargain if it’s something you love. Words to live by, and reason to ignore Groupon.

   Steve
   March 4, 2011

5. I agree with Steve – I had an email in my box today saying something like “50% off candy apples”. That pushed me over the edge and I unsubscribed.

   Knowing the business only get half the money from groupon, I only am interested if it’s a large corporation’s special. In fact the only one I’ve bought was the Nordstrom Rack, which ended up going towards crap I wouldn’t have bought otherwise.

   If it’s a small business groupon, it means they have either such ridiculous margins that they can accept 25% of retail or they are (or will be) failing and probably not worth my time anyhow.

   Jay
   March 5, 2011

6. What is groupon??!!

   Ro
   March 7, 2011

7. Agreed Jay. So far I’ve only snagged an amazon e-certificate (pay $10 get $20), an American Apparel one (pay $25 get $50), and a Fandango one ($9 for two movie tickets), otherwise none of the other stuff really interests me.

   Winston S.
   March 7, 2011