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Groupon was offering a deal through which one could purchase 1000 yen worth of taiyaki for 500 yen. The taiyaki store set a limit at 1,700 coupons, but concerns about losing money made it cancel the deal and only accept 400 of the coupons. The remaining 1,300 coupons, which were supposed to be valid until June, are now worthless.
The store claims that Groupon was very aggressive in making them agree to a very high number of coupons, arguing that it would really help their business. Apparently the deal was set up so Groupon would take 250 yen "handling charge" out of every 500 yen sale, meaning that the store only received 250 yen for what would normally be sold for 1,000 yen. The store agreed, believing that new customers who used the Groupon deal would buy extra stuff. Instead, the Groupon customers were supposedly quite stingy and most limited their shopping to the coupon deal. The store says it had to cancel the deal because the survival of the business was more important than honoring the coupon.
Customers who were unable to use the coupons will receive refunds from Groupon.
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Yokohammer wrote:Oh, I just got it: "Coupon" -> "Groupon"
FG Lurker wrote:Actually Group + Coupon = Groupon...
Bucky wrote:... a piece about Groupon on peHUB...
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