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Why Groupon Not As Rosy As It Appears

Posted by Soulskill on from the double-edged-sword dept.

Rambo Tribble writes "CNN is running an article detailing the dubious history of Eric Lefkofsky, Groupon's chairman and largest shareholder. It would seem Mr. Lefkofsky has an extensive history of taking investors' money for himself, then bankrupting the businesses invested in." Another article posted today at TechCrunch explores one businesswoman's story of how working with Groupon was the single worst business decision she ever made.

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  1. Re:Groupon Is Inconvenient For Real Customers by geminidomino · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now, if you're one of those insane deal hunting individuals that will eat a box of chocolate covered cockroaches just because you got a 70% discount on them online along with free-shipping

    That seems like an awful lot of words to use when you could have just said "woman," and we all know there aren't any of those on slashdot!

  2. Re:Funny... by joaommp · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's possible, I'll take your word for it, but with so much new, interesting, relevant and non-duplicate stuff on slashdot everyday, I never get the chance to visit other websites...

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  3. Re:Funny... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    'I didn't used to need any type of ad blocker...' ...nor spellchecker....