Groupon removed all firearms related deals

[silentshooter]

I've used them for some pretty good deals, but after reading this thread, I just "unsubscribed" from their emails. Then I sent them an email (through the "contact us" link on their page), and told them that they had lost my business due to their anti-gun stance. I recommend everyone do the same, so they get the message.

Also feel free to post the same on the Groupon Facebook page

[Jefe's AR]

Groupon sucks for retailers and such. It's a total win for Groupon who really assumes no risk while the retailer is required to basically take a loss unless their mark up is huge. And then it's likely a break even at best. People who use Groupon are generally NOT repeat customers and more likely to follow the next deal. Which are generally customers you don't want to begin with. They want something for nothing and then complain about it.

[hatidua]

Fuck em. I'll add them to the list of places that don't get my business.

That.

[ChadAmberg]

Contact Us -
"Please cancel my account immediately. I do not do business with companies that actively work against our civil rights, such as working against the right protected by the second amendment."

[bigshane]

Groupon Deals unsubscribed, Customer Service contacted to cancel account, and adding them to the list of businesses I don't recommend. Thanks for the heads-up.

My wife is a massage therapist/esthetician and has done several Groupon deals in the past (with so-so results). She will be canceling as well.

Power to the people!

[enthusiast]

I did the same thing and sent a email to support to cancel my account.

[sniper7]

fudge em. My wife bought a few things from them, decent enough deals, but half the time the companies didn't seem to pleased with it. One of the restaurants tried everything they could not to honor it.

[Ghosty]

I've used them before for restaurants, but I'll be nixing them too now. Was hoping to catch one of the CCW deals, so I'm kinda pissed! Missed my chance I guess. I've heard they've been running in the red for awhile, so the stock thing is no surprise. Especially when they have to compete with LivingSocial, DailyDeals, WestwordVoice, etc.

[Teufelhund]

My wife uses them very often; she checks groupon more often than her email. She will not be giving them any more business. I posted some scathing remarks on their FB page and it was removed within seconds (they're a long-time partner of FB). I sent a not-very-nice email and demanded they cancel my account.

I hope these businesses which have decided to take an Anti-American political stance in their polices are beginning to suffer repercussions. I'm running out of places to shop.

[BigDee]

Every vendor I've ever talked to after using Groupon has had nothing pleasant to say about the experience. For something like a CCW class where you're not actually giving away product, just your time I could see it not having as much of an impact.

My local butcher ran one and I bought it and after talking to him about the nightmare it was I tossed it and paid him full price for the stuff.

Groupon needs to be used correctly. The problem a lot of businesses have with Groupon is that they expect the groupon to generate profit immediately and that is simply not the case. If used correctly Groupon can be used as a highly effective marketing tool.

Firearms company X does a CCW class for $59. 30 people attend the class, the owner of company X is the instructor and receives 50% of the $1800 his groupon generated for the class. After paying $200 for the venue where he holds the class he still makes $700 for 4 hours work which is a decent take. But that is not where he makes the bulk of the money.

At the end of the CCW class the firearms instructor tells people about the advanced firearms training classes his company offers. He offers a special price for anyone leaves a deposit on a future advanced class. The advanced classes are 100-150 a pop and 15 of the 30 people who attend the class sign up for advanced classes, the owner/instructor gets to retain 100% of the money for the advanced classes.

This same type of model can be applied to many companies. I recently attended a Barbecue instruction class that was structured similarly, they also used the class as a commercial to sell you barbecue supplies and it worked out pretty well. Just about every person who attended the class purchased a few items.