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by recalibrator 4302 days ago
I'm convinced Uber is the next Groupon. Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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From day one, if you talked to a Groupon merchant, they would mention how Groupon is fleecing them or even bleeding them dry. Hop into an Uber and talk to a driver, many of them having been driving for 6 months or even a year, and they still talk about how they love it and are making good money.
That's still the saving grace to me. Every Uber driver I've talked to was happy to have the job and felt like they were making good money.
Nope. Groupon wasn't great for it's main customers, small biz owners. Uber is great for it's main customers.