My email is swamped with Groupons, Living Social, Dealery, Double-Take deals, Daily Deals, etc etc.
I am ranting about the amount of emails, the duplication of offers in multiple emails, the worthlessness of many offers, and the lack of proximity of offers that are "close by!"
I thought the original idea was one big deal a day...but I guess this has gotten too popular. Besides the amount of mail, there is so much duplication. It seems that some of the local sites "help" by listing all the other deal sites' deals in additional emails, so I read about the same photo albums, headphones, and online deals that really aren't deals multiple times a day, and then they're repeated again, day after day after day.
And honestly, is it worth the trouble to click, read, click again, enter credit card number, download, and print to save $2 (as on some recent movies) or $5 as with some gift certificates offered for restaurants - Wow! Get a $10 Gift Card for $5! (The following restrictions apply: not to be used Sunday through Saturday, valid only between the hours of blah blah blah,order total before taxes and tips and after any other discounts must be at least $50, etc etc etc)
Some that SEEM worth it - e.g. Pajamagram - definitely aren't. The PJs are nice but WAY overpriced, shipping is outrageous, and the coupon couldn't be used along with an of their frequent sales or free shipping offers. I still spent more than double what similarly cute PJs would have cost at Kohl's or TJ Maxx. If you buy a coupon for $xxx off something that isn't a fixed price - e.g. auto repairs, or painting, or framing - how on earth do you know you aren't being given an inflated price before they take off the coupon?
The quality of the offers has gone way down; lots of online junk, and if you click on the link to learn more, you can choose from another few hundred junky options.
I live in the middle of PA, sort of near Harrisburg, 2+ hours from Philadelphia. So why are most of my "Harrisburg" deals in Philadelphia? Some are in Delaware and New Jersey. And what's with the deals "near you" that are online?
Yeah, I know I could just un-sign up, however I've gotten some very nice Groupons / Living Socials for cooking classes, make-now-freeze-for-later meal making, and a few good local stores. That's the only reason I keep wading through the rest of it, and frequently hitting <delete>.
ok, rant over. Maybe.
I am ranting about the amount of emails, the duplication of offers in multiple emails, the worthlessness of many offers, and the lack of proximity of offers that are "close by!"
I thought the original idea was one big deal a day...but I guess this has gotten too popular. Besides the amount of mail, there is so much duplication. It seems that some of the local sites "help" by listing all the other deal sites' deals in additional emails, so I read about the same photo albums, headphones, and online deals that really aren't deals multiple times a day, and then they're repeated again, day after day after day.
And honestly, is it worth the trouble to click, read, click again, enter credit card number, download, and print to save $2 (as on some recent movies) or $5 as with some gift certificates offered for restaurants - Wow! Get a $10 Gift Card for $5! (The following restrictions apply: not to be used Sunday through Saturday, valid only between the hours of blah blah blah,order total before taxes and tips and after any other discounts must be at least $50, etc etc etc)
Some that SEEM worth it - e.g. Pajamagram - definitely aren't. The PJs are nice but WAY overpriced, shipping is outrageous, and the coupon couldn't be used along with an of their frequent sales or free shipping offers. I still spent more than double what similarly cute PJs would have cost at Kohl's or TJ Maxx. If you buy a coupon for $xxx off something that isn't a fixed price - e.g. auto repairs, or painting, or framing - how on earth do you know you aren't being given an inflated price before they take off the coupon?
The quality of the offers has gone way down; lots of online junk, and if you click on the link to learn more, you can choose from another few hundred junky options.
I live in the middle of PA, sort of near Harrisburg, 2+ hours from Philadelphia. So why are most of my "Harrisburg" deals in Philadelphia? Some are in Delaware and New Jersey. And what's with the deals "near you" that are online?
Yeah, I know I could just un-sign up, however I've gotten some very nice Groupons / Living Socials for cooking classes, make-now-freeze-for-later meal making, and a few good local stores. That's the only reason I keep wading through the rest of it, and frequently hitting <delete>.
ok, rant over. Maybe.
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