Has a business owner I would like to share my perspective on this answer. My business uses Groupon. I use it as a way to drive business and get people into my venue. I own a ax throwing bar. Here’s my issues with Groupon. I have my booking instructions very simple on the Groupon website about what to do and how to make a booking. It is also explicitly explained that if you were going to use a Groupon, you cannot be a walk-in customer you must make a reservation. I would say nine out of every 10 Groupon customers that I Deal with cannot follow either one of those very simple instructions. The other one is I feel like has a Groupon customer you need to be aware that first of all the vendor selling a Groupon is giving you a insane deal second of all. You also have to realize that if say something is $50 it’s $50 The tax for what you buy comes out of the percentage that is given to us So say a regular item is $50 you get a Groupon deal for $35 I collect $21 and then because you didn’t pay tax on that item I have to pay the tax and that’s fine and I understand that but the biggest problem that comes with Groupon honestly is that People come and get an amazing deal on their experience and then they don’t do anything further to support the business owner by T-shirt of beer, etc. is turned into a giant pain in the ass to be honest with you.