As for Groupon, my experiences using it have generally been awful. This is because the businesses seemed to be resentful and not too enthusiastic when presented with a Groupon voucher. You generally got the rolling of the eyes and the "Oh, you are one of those Groupon people" reactions.
I got the impression that businesses lost money on every Groupon transaction and thus treated people using it like second class citizens.
“I got the impression that businesses lost money on every Groupon transaction and thus treated people using it like second class citizens.”
which always makes you wonder why they signed up to do it in first place ...
our little local burg has a “taste of the town” deal once a year, where multiple restaurants offer significant discounts for a week on certain specials to get people to come and try out their restaurant ...
we went to one, and the meal specials were inedible, the service was awful, and the management were dicks ... needless to say, we would NEVER go back there again ... and we truly wondered why a restaurant trying to attract new customers would essentially deliberately try to drive them away ...