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" I've heard from a friend that is close to the creator, that groupon may be going under... I don't know how you fuck up this kind of company, but apparently their operating costs have soared and Groupon isn't getting enough money from their deal sales."

It's no secret that they have been hemorrhaging money for a long time now. The people running this company really don't know what the fuck they are doing.

11/28/2011 12:20:37 PM

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"I don't know how you fuck up this kind of company"

Yep.

I bet LivingSocial/Twongo/etc are licking their lips.

11/28/2011 12:38:18 PM

I feel like Twongo never has deals I'd be interested in. There's only so many times I can be talked into buying a voucher for painting my house/washing my car/cleaning my gutters/etc.

11/28/2011 12:54:30 PM

I feel like Twongo offers more "services" than "goods"

Twongo offers stuff like carpet cleaning, maid service and other "high ticket" items while Groupon does more off the $10 for $20 of shirts at Gap.

I've done a maid service off of Twongo ($60 for four hours of cleaning) and a carpet cleaning.

11/28/2011 1:02:38 PM

How did you like the maid service?

I'm sometimes tempted to do the organizing service ones they have.

11/28/2011 1:24:53 PM

It was awesome. The woman cleaned everything. She actually went over her 4 hours but kept cleaning

11/28/2011 2:52:47 PM

So I guess Groupon lets the retailers set whatever value they want on their service/goods huh? I've noticed that businesses just inflate their "regular prices" for the Groupon so they can make something approaching what they normally charge.

Case in point, todays screaming deal from Meathub.com:

http://tinyurl.com/d4kn6mg

Groupon is calling this a $149 value

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"Two 5.5-ounce top sirloin steaks Four 4-ounce Angus burgers Two 4-ounce seasoned steak fajita strips Two 4-ounce peppercorn steaks Two 4-ounce German bratwurst sausages"

Thats just over 3 pounds of meat, a third of which is just ground beef. Then you get some awesome 4 ounce sirloin steaks and some sausages. Great.

It comes out to around $47 per pound of meet at their regular prices Hell even at the Groupon deal price it's still $15 per pound.

How stupid are people that 120 have already bought?

12/21/2011 12:00:04 PM

lol I saw that today and had a good laugh. I'm guessing a lot of the people that bought it are just looking for last second Christmas gifts.

12/21/2011 12:04:21 PM

$10 for $20 at The Flying Biscuit in Cameron Village

http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/1919/deals/269596-20-to-spend-on-food-and-drink

6/6/2012 3:14:09 PM