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Post by staffard on Jul 15, 2011 4:40:42 GMT -5
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Post by optronix on Jul 15, 2011 4:57:17 GMT -5
Take your spam bullshit elsewhere. Can't even bother to put it into the right forum. "Do it with style or don't bother doing it." Consider yourself IP banned. Jackass.
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Post by optronix on Jul 15, 2011 4:59:45 GMT -5
I think I'll have a nice juicy burger out of spite later. Wonder if we will get a message from a prince next.
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Post by razkazz on Jul 16, 2011 21:49:28 GMT -5
I know next to nothing about it, but I'm still filled with an inexplicable rage whenever I hear the word "Groupon".
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Post by optronix on Jul 16, 2011 21:52:13 GMT -5
I know next to nothing about it, but I'm still filled with an inexplicable rage whenever I hear the word "Groupon". It was a spammer. The link he had was an unsafe link. Guy was in India which is why I mentioned eating a tasty burger. Which I did too.
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Post by frinspar on Jul 16, 2011 22:51:06 GMT -5
Groupon is great for Groupon and consumers, not so good for the businesses they dupe into using their service.
Spammers for Groupon should be bled slowly until dead.
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Post by SweetZombieJesus on Jul 17, 2011 0:28:25 GMT -5
I've never heard of this group coupon thing...what is it?
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Post by frinspar on Jul 17, 2011 1:04:36 GMT -5
It's kinda like a guy whose girl asks for doggie, but the douchebag "accidentally" enters the incorrect location and just doesn't stop until he's done. In theory the intent out the outset was to be mutually beneficial for both partners, but in the end (goddammit, I punned) it turned into something unpleasant for the girl, while the guy pretty much had that outcome in mind from the start. Might be a little shittier on his end, but he doesn't really care and he got all he wanted. And while she initiated the co-mingling, and never expressly said, "Stop." and hoped the original unpleasantness would ease along the way, her displeasure continued to grow and before she knew it, the deed was done and she felt a bit run over.
Groupon partners with smaller local restaurants and businesses, putting together deals to get customers for those places. For example, they have a restaurant offer $25 worth of food for $12. The restaurant pays for whatever amount of coupons they want to offer, with the hope that they can create repeat customers. But Groupon takes 100% of the money up to the first $10 on something like that, so the restaurant loses nearly 23 bucks per order. Based on the sale amount, Groupon requires a fixed amount that is usually not beneficial to the business owner unless it really does create repeat business. In many cases, they've just had freeloaders that want a nearly-free meal or item without any intention of going back. And when owners try to - very stupidly, IMO - recoup some money by trying a new coupon deal, Groupon tightens down and asks for even more the next time around, requiring greater investment by the owner. Lots of places that would never usually put so much money into an up-front advertising venture have been sweet-talked into paying major cash by Groupon sales reps and have never recovered. Groupon also holds payments for 60 days, so many struggling businesses hoping to cover immediate costs might be SOL even faster.
I'm sure there are plenty of good stories out there by some business owners, and many consumers to be sure, but the practice sounds really shady and a great way for a place like Groupon, with very few employees, to fleece a lot of hopeful and naive businesses.
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Post by SweetZombieJesus on Jul 17, 2011 2:05:25 GMT -5
Wow...I had no idea it was that deep to be honest.
From the vibe I got off knucklehead's original un-edited post above it did sound like it was started by a chap named Scammy McScam who hailed from McScammeringsville though.
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Post by frinspar on Jul 17, 2011 4:50:06 GMT -5
Anyplace that relies on spamming fucktard cuntbag loser, colostomy bag-drinking sewer-dwellers to advertise for them is a filthy hole of scuzzy crapdom. May Eternity stuff an everlasting firecracker in their butthole.
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Post by j97e on Oct 4, 2011 17:47:45 GMT -5
It did give him a penis though. Small, as he mentioned, but still, a penis. It's better than what he had before
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Post by frinspar on Oct 4, 2011 17:51:53 GMT -5
Probably just a skin tag.
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Post by razkazz on Oct 4, 2011 18:03:09 GMT -5
I have a small penis on my neck.
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Post by frinspar on Oct 4, 2011 18:05:53 GMT -5
Get some nail clippers after that sucker! They bleed like hell but they won't come back.
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Post by frinspar on Oct 4, 2011 18:06:55 GMT -5
I have a small penis on my neck. My previous post was reaction to the facts. Upon further study, that me laugh like hell. ;D
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