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Starting tomorrow I start taking risk with women again.....but then again E3 starts tomorrow so it might start a little later.
 
DOA said:
But my question is how did the company get to sky rocket to 30 billion dollars in 3 yrs????? That is phenomenal. From what I heard the company (market) only exist in a few cities in America and 1 foreign country (Russia). That is a crazy amount of number they have generated in a short period of time. For those of you who own a small business or run a biz for someone else would you use Groupon and why???
The way I understand the model- for example, a $40 tanning could be purchased by the consumer from the website for $20. That is, the salon provides the tan valued at $40 for $ 20 and then Groupon and the salon would split the $20. At the end the store only gets $10, so the salon is selling their product/service at 75 % less. So why the salon/store wouldn’t market their service or product themselves and by pass the groupon??? Also how come other companies did not topple Groupon????
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I first used Groupon in the UK so it's probably got a wider international reach than you think. There's a company called "star deals" in Australia which is under the parent company of Groupon... they're everywhere!
 
DOA said:
Has anyone used Groupon? How in the fuck did the fucker from a small apartment in Chicago come up with the idea that sounds ridiculously stupid, and in 3 years time got 83 million customers and now his company is worth 30 Billion dollars, yep that's right, 30 billions $$$$$$$..... All the company does is sell discounted coupons via email. Fucken amazing!!!!!!!!!!! I am reasonably intelligent guy but I am having a very difficult time to grasp this rapid growth. How in the fuck did this company made this much money in a short period of time???? This just blows my fucken mind. Maybe I am just stupid after all, 30 billion in 3 yrs, wow just wow.
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Lol! Seemingly stupid ideas work because people act stupid en masse. It's not really about the coupons or you could buy them without being a 'member'.

Information is competitive advantage. The companies hold a valuable intangible resource- who buys what, when.

You pay for the discount with your personal information. It can be and is sold for marketing. For bucks. It's up to the consumer If that's a good deal for them.
 
Leksola said:
Lol! Seemingly stupid ideas work because people act stupid en masse. It's not really about the coupons or you could buy them without being a 'member'.

Information is competitive advantage. The companies hold a valuable intangible resource- who buys what, when.

You pay for the discount with your personal information. It can be and is sold for marketing. For bucks. It's up to the consumer If that's a good deal for them.
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At this point in the game, everything about us is sold..including by the DMV. And we don't even get a discount from them.

It's a good deal for me. I have used it to get $40 worth of product from the store I shop (that already has my information anyway), for $20. Usually I have to wait until Christmas to get anything remotely 50% off from them.
I also used it for a dental cleaning, check-up and x-rays (when I didn't have dental insurance) Cost - only $40.

Membership is free.
 
Kunoichi said:
At this point in the game, everything about us is sold..including by the DMV. And we don't even get a discount from them.

It's a good deal for me. I have used it to get $40 worth of product from the store I shop (that already has my information anyway), for $20. Usually I have to wait until Christmas to get anything remotely 50% off from them.
I also used it for a dental cleaning, check-up and x-rays (when I didn't have dental insurance) Cost - only $40.

Membership is free.
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:smt045as well as being introduced to new businesses
 
Kunoichi said:
At this point in the game, everything about us is sold..including by the DMV. And we don't even get a discount from them.

It's a good deal for me. I have used it to get $40 worth of product from the store I shop (that already has my information anyway), for $20. Usually I have to wait until Christmas to get anything remotely 50% off from them.
I also used it for a dental cleaning, check-up and x-rays (when I didn't have dental insurance) Cost - only $40.

Membership is free.
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lipstick said:
:smt045as well as being introduced to new businesses
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I have used groupon and my info has never been used in any way other than my purchase. I have totally benefited from using it. Nothing but good things about them.
 
Modern Warefare 3
Ninja Gaiden 3
Battlefield 3
FIFA 12
Madden 12
Fable: The Journey

WHAT?:shock:


That's it, I'm buying the Newer 360 & Kinect
 
lush

Brittney said:
I LOVE WATERMELON JOLLY RANCHERS!
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AND I LOVE BLUE RASPBERRY JOLLY RANCHERS!​
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wow they look lush wish we had them in the uk x
 
I'm too weary on the idea of Fable being more of an on-rails First Person RPG. Dragon Quest Swords did this and it wasn't all that appealing. I could be wrong though.

And Madden 2012? What's new about that?

BlackBelt79 said:
Modern Warefare 3
Ninja Gaiden 3
Battlefield 3
FIFA 12
Madden 12
Fable: The Journey

WHAT?:shock:


That's it, I'm buying the Newer 360 & Kinect
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Going to let my friend's pitbulls out for their morning run while she's out of town. Haven't had a dog since I was in high school. This ought to be fun.
 
orejon4 said:
Going to let my friend's pitbulls out for their morning run while she's out of town. Haven't had a dog since I was in high school. This ought to be fun.
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bring them some treats...pitbulls get a bad name but for the most part it is a reflection of having a poor owner...dogs if treated right never have any reason to harm anyone...hopefully you went over to her house previously and were introduced by her to the dogs...this can be very protective if they think you are there to harm her...they will love you forever if you put ice cubes or blocks in their water...it's hot outside now and my dog love to lick the ice:cool:
 
Is it wrong for me to find Casey Anthony attractive? She's a very beautiful woman, but did something incredibly fucked up. She's more likely to get the death penalty if convicted, so perhaps it's the soft heart in me that thinks that she just needs life in prison? Wouldn't that be a better solution?
 
11eleven11 said:
We used to! They were square shaped and wrapped in a tubey thing, like chewits, etc. Dunno if they still sell them anywhere though.

The watermelon ones are evil D:
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I think the green apple ones are evil. I used to really like them, but now they're pretty overpowering and make me cough and gag. :smt095
 
BlackBelt79 said:
I haven't played much Madden since 09 since I was hooked on other games. And with the NFL Camera Crew helping it should be interesting. Since Madden 12 will probably be the only NFL we'll be having this season.
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key words

Madden is JUST getting shit NFL2k5 had SIX years ago, like the dynamic player performance feature. Those guys are losers and they knew they didn't have the awesome sight of 2K sports, so now they're the only jackasses in town. There should be some Game Fairness Act signed into law or something, to keep shit competitive. (hopefully ur not referring to the NFL lockout :p)

I'll probably be a first-day buyer for NCAA football 12 tho....take off sick a whole week of work for that.:)

then i'll call out sick when battlefield/MW 3 comes out in november

wonder if they're smart enough to see the pattern

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