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by megablast 5750 days ago
Sure, it is the shop owners fault, she admitted that.

Still, a partner that drives you out of business is not good to have. This is not good for groupon, they should have done things better, made sure that the owner could afford the deal for one. If margins are that thin, maybe they should be looking at not such a good deal, or no deal at all.
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trustfundbaby 5750 days ago
> This is not good for groupon, they should have done things better, made sure that the owner could afford the deal for one

What do you suggest they should have done differently? Should they have filed her Taxes for her, balanced her books and determined her cashflow before turning her down. Maybe then she would only have written a blog post about how the Groupon people were a bunch of elitist asshats that wouldn't do business with her instead?

> If margins are that thin, maybe they should be looking at not such a good deal, or no deal at all.

I'm sorry but this is arrant nonsense. What is she .... five? She's a business owner for goodness sake ... if she couldn't do the math and see that it wouldn't be beneficial to her business to do a deal with Groupon then how is it Groupon's fault?

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sokoloff 5750 days ago
Many people are casting Groupon as a "partner", not as an advertising vendor, which is all I think they really are.

A partner may understand my business and be in a position to help me improve it. A vendor is not. When I buy yellow pages ads, AdWords, or direct mail postcards, I don't expect my supplier to give me advice on my business. Why should Posie's expect Groupon to give them financial advice?

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