Groupon?
 

I saw a heading " GROUPON" for savings up to 80% in San Francisco.
I did a search on here and found no results.
Anyone have any experience?
I am in San Fran and in the industry but dont want to sign up an get a bunch of junk mail.
Thanks
Fly

Groupon
 

I think this may be what you're looking for...I hope!!!

http://www.smartdestinations.com/san...O-CARDS-gbc-sf

Enjoy, and save!
Terry Van Der Tuuk

groupon
 

Unless I am not understanding correctly, this is what you are looking for:
http://groupon.thepoint.com/

The chicago version does not require an email signup. A (sometimes) interesting deal or coupon per day on the site. Looks like SF has not started up yet.

Haven't bought anything yet but I think the idea is interesting

Groupon
 

Thanks for you help.
The Sf group isint going quite yet but I took a chance.
Hopefullly I dont drwon in Spam.

Groupon in Chicago is GREAT!
 

Hey All,

The kinds of deals they do in Chicago are AWESOME!

--2 for 1 massages
--60% off spa services
--50% off dog walking services
--50% off meals at a hot restaurant nearby

My friends and I are hooked, checking the groupon site everyday to see what's come up.

OK. let me stop sounding too excited before you start calling me a lurking employee. If the SFO deals are similar, then you might wanna check it out.

The Boston version is pretty good. I haven't had the chance to sign up for any of them yet but the deals they offer are pretty reasonable.

Looks a lot like www.halfoffdeals.com but with less selection.

The chicago version does not require an email signup

$40 for $80 Toward Any Tattoo or Piercing
-guess I won't be using that one!

Groupon is the REAL DEAL
 

It is totally the real deal. I love it. it was highlighted in today's Sunday Newspaper

http://www.groupon.com/

We have it here in Austin and I've used it a couple of times. Good deals. One email/day, just during weekdays. I think you can probably just bookmark the site if you don't want to get the emails, but I would totally forget. And then I would miss out on 60% off a massage or 50% off some restaurant.

The way it works is there is a special - let's say an hour massage for x% off - at a massage place. You "buy" the groupon through groupon that day for the sales price. Then you get a voucher thing in email to use at the massage place.

Sometimes the deals sell out before I can get one.

There is also something as an app for phones called Yowza that was featured on CNN last week by one of the actors from Heroes that started it. Enter the store you are in and there are coupon codes that come up on the phone.

JudyJFLA

I tried signing up twice with New York and my e mail and it just keeps taking me back to Kansas City. What's the story with that.?

It just started here in San Antonio. The first two weeks I received emails for deals at places no one has ever hear of - nothing that would interest me at least. I cancelled but Mrs bj2757 signed up. She told me the other day that there was an offer for Spurs lower level tickets at 52% off - unfortunately she told me two days after the fact and the offer was no longer valid. :-)

did you read what groupon does?

they send a daily offer to you, can be a restaurant, hotel, dance class, yoga, tour, museum memberships, etc etc.

take a look at the offer & the T&C's for the offer, if you like buy it, if not delete.

That's it.

Bought a bunch if items through the Chicago groupon.:-:^:-: Well worth the few seconds it takes to look at each offer everyday.

Thanks Sweet Willy-your vote of confidence got me to open that link

The deals in NYC were pretty good. I bought some 50% off mani/pedi and facial. Some deals are much better than the others. When you buy, beware of the expiration date. I like to get ones that are at least 6 months out. The places may get overwhelmed with the influx of customers, and it'll be hard to get appointment.

My wife checks out the offer virtually every day. I have used several of the restaurant coupons she has purchased: unlike restaurant.com, they have no minimums and are good for carryout also. Very happy with Groupon.

Looks like we can start a Conga for this site. I'll start:

Groupon Signon link

Miami's are similar to this.

Good idea.

Signup link

Groupon is awesome.. and you can sign up for multiple cities, which is great for restaurants or places you might travel to often. I'm signed up for BOS, PHL and SFO and occasionally check out other areas, I might like to explore.

Their products and services are all local, but all over the place as to what. I think good, recognizeable, restaurants market through them, so they're genuinely good deals. The spa treatments or mineral makeups aren't my thing, though. They're almost all 50% off, or two-fers. Not as good as restaurant.com, but neither is it the calculation shell-game of automatically adding an 18% gratuity and charging tax on all of it, then taking the discount, or whatever. (And standing over you while you make out the check that still has the blank tip line on it.)

If it was another restaurant or mani/pedi coupon I wouldn't post, but I think this is a good groupon, much like the discounted membership Groupon offerred to the Chicago Art Institute:

Chicago FT'ers, Today's (Fri Feb 5) Groupon is a discount on an Adler Planetarium membership: http://www.groupon.com/deals/the-adl...er-planetarium


Details on the Adler Planetarium: http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/

Scooore! (individually and collectively)
 

At last! A food one again for Boston! But that's not why I'm posting.

I learned something. Enough people, or a specified total of Groupon orders have to occur for the deal to go "live" and what you bought gets fulfilled. Today, it's in the hundreds. So it's a sort of a bid. I have always focused on how many of the deal are left -- e.g., when they will run out of the total number of deals offered. I didn't know that they, well we, have to reach a minimum threshold of Groupon orders of that deal. If the threshold is not met, then our credit cards are not charged. They claim to be very safe, and friends who have "belonged" - signed up to get the daily offers before me - say that they are.

OK, just looked. Minimum number of orders required was 300. (Looked daunting at 6:00am, when the offer opened.) They say the deal "tipped" at 8:15am -- e.g., hit 300. Now, the count is up to 1514. Sheez, everyone going to that restaurant will be using one. Wonder what the upper limit of orders is.

Oh - what is it? $30 of food at a (particular) Japanese restaurant for $15. Looks like I bought three "Groupons". :)

They're at 2,766 purchased as of right now, with 24 hours left to purchase more. [Insert expletive here.] Or wow. Just wow...

:eek::eek::eek:


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3,028 as of now. The running timer says there are "18 hr., 2 min. 33 sec. Time left to buy." Not sure how they figure the time remaining, because this doesn't jibe with the above. I don't have a piece of Groupon, but in case anyone is interested in how it actually works...

http://www.groupon.com/boston/deals/ma-soba-1

Similar Sites
 

Here are some similar sites to check out-not sure of all citiies that are available but Boston is one of them.

http://www.buywithme.com/getdeals
http://www.coupme.com/Default.asp
http://deals.livingsocial.com/deals/...eferred_city=2
http://www.wowwhatsavings.com/

Thank you, GOOFYam.

Curious that some of these have the very same deals to Groupon -- Tasca restaurant and the sushi-making class were deals in both Groupon and livingsocial, as examples. And they seem to operate on the same m.o., showing a counter of the number of deals purchased. Hmmm.

Puts me in mind of the catalog company guy I sat next to on one plane ride. His business was to take his stable of products and vendors, and re-mix them and re-mix them, putting different catalog covers on the result to appeal to different consumer profiles|"lifestyles". He was involved with the "Sky Mall" etc. airline catalogs that are in the seatback pockets. I'm suggesting an analogy, not the same thing. In particular, is this the same company with different websites, different faces?

I'm not going to take the time to go back and see if the number of deals purchased is the same, but what would your guess be? Just sayin'. But as long as the deals are fulfilled, it works for me.

I agree that groupon is great! Todays deal in Boston is for a round of paintball. You really never know what may come tomorrow. If you are signing up please use the referral link below and check out the site! Thanks.

http://www.groupon.com/r/uu748873

Found another website-

http://www.eversave.com/boston

Other cities available

GREAT one today for Chicago foodies: http://www.groupon.com/chicago/

After the deal is over (usually the next day) you'll get an email that your voucher is ready to print. It has a unique number on it and the establishment has a list of valid vouchers.

The best ones are when you trade it in and get a gift card, because the gift card will cover taxes, and you can use only part of it and return. Be aware of what the actually voucher is for, many times you'll see a pay $20 for a $45 voucher, only to find typical dinner would cost $30-$35 per person. So unless you go alone, you'll have to spend more.

Both sites, (livingsocial and groupon) appear to have a good return policy, I ordered a meal delivery service once and it was so popular I would have to wait about three months to get the food. I called Groupon and they offered to refund my order.

If you are new to either of them, I would appreciate you using my referral link, for livingsocial using my link will get you a $5 credit after your first purchase.

http://www.groupon.com/r/uu1051168

https://livingsocial.com/redeem_invi...ian-ia?ref=lnk

It looks like the nearest metro area is just starting up but I travel quite a bit so I also added Atlanta and their offer looks fab for today ($30 in food for $15 at Kozmo Gastro Pub in Alpharetta) ...now I just have to learn my way around Atlanta a little better.
I signed up ( Groupon only) using Climbguy's referral link so I believe that makes me next in line for anyone new to use my link

http://www.groupon.com/r/uu1894204

This is my first time to post a referral link so if I am not following the correct procedure someone please feel free to let me know. Thanks!

thanks for using my link! Please keep in mind you need to buy a groupon before it 'counts.'

Groupon recently opened for Orlando area. I signed up via this conga using thenelsons referral link.

For the next person signing up for Groupon, kindly use my referral link: http://www.groupon.com/r/uu2001690

Thanks for using the link!
 

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Did you jump into the conga line without singing up via a previous referral link? This would go against the nature of a conga, wouldn't it?

Climbguy, I am watching ATL, L.A., and NOLA in addition to waiting on the BHM site to become live....so I should be buying a groupon in the near future.
Also, DrG- seems like the jump in might have just been an innocent mistake....or maybe he signed up under you..might want to ask to clarify. I can't see where you've signed up under my referral yet and I guess it's due to the fact you have to buy a Groupon to count.

I did not intend to sound accusatory or hostile. His post was worded as if a referral link previously.

In any case, thenelsons - I did make a groupon purchase late yesterday after signing up using your referral link. Hopefully you see your bonus soon. :)