The fact that Groupon has to engage in such tactictss goes to show that they are hitting the limits.

IMO they were idiots not to take the GOOG offer. It was a huge one and I doubt they will ever reach that valuation again. Discounts like gropon never work I don't know many people who have give n the business a consistenty repeat busiinessafter going there first using a groupon.

The growth is staggering but not sustainable.

> IMO they were idiots not to take the GOOG offer. It was a huge one and I doubt they will ever reach that valuation again.

You're assuming that money is the only thing that counts for them.

They're just in it for the social benefit of revolutionizing the day spa customer acquisition game?

Or, they'd rather be in charge at a small company than a property manager at Google.

It's not hard to build another small company when you're incredibly rich.

it's harder to build a profitable company when you're rich. instead of solving problems you'll be tempted to throw money at them.