[trustfundbaby]

My apologies if I sound harsh but have you even read the woman's blog post? The blame belongs entirely with the shop in my opinion. http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=443354298928&id...

Its clear from the writing that she didn't know what she was getting into when she struck a deal, she set her deal at a price point that she could not possibly sustain (against the advice of her husband/business partner) and never once contacted Groupon for help with the situation.

What was Groupon supposed to do? Read her mind?

To be fair, I'm sure going forward Groupon can put up big bright red signs warning sellers that they will send them a ton of customers (the horror!) and that they'd better plan to appropriately deal with it or pick a price point that they can sustain, but the implication in your post that Groupon is somehow at fault for the situation makes steam come out my ears.

edit: looks like they already have something like this for sellers "We responded to those concerns by creating merchant preparation materials, including this video featuring a Groupon merchant who sold 10,000 bagel Groupons in a day:"