What good bookseller wouldn't want to save 50% on lunch at their favorite local cafe? Or get $56 worth of movie tickets for $20, only to take their family to see "The Lovely Bones" get butchered in its adaptation to the big screen?
Check out Groupon: http://www.groupon.com/r/uu2546129
For anyone who doesn't know or has not heard of Groupon yet, let me be the first to tell you. Also, let it be known that I am a sucker for coupons, and am the only male I know of who cuts coupons out of the Sunday paper and organizes them into a snazzy filer that I can clip onto my grocery cart.
It is a super awesome website that features local merchants who offer significant discounts for a limited time. For example, our local bookstore offered a "Groupon" (referring to the community/Group aspect of buying Coupons) for $10, which would get you $20 worth of merchandise. Needless to say, I snatched up 5 of them and gave 5 away as gifts, and have been eating like a king at lunchtime ever since.
Today's deal was for Doc Green's, one of my favorite Salad/Wrap places in Wichita. I was sad to hear that I missed the Groupon for my local movie theatre, as the emails were being redirected to my Spam Folder for several weeks. Make sure you check yours if you are already using Groupon. I hope to get my business/website featured on the site in the near future. In the meantime, I will just keep stocking up on the good deals.
The website has different offers available for different geographical areas, so make sure to check out the deals in your Metropolitan area: http://www.groupon.com/r/uu2546129
What is the best deal you have found on Groupon so far (assuming you are already using the site)?
5 comments:
Kristian- great tip! We also have a site called Social Living that provides discounts of 50% or greater on restaurants, salons, golf, tours, you name it. I'm not sure if it is in every city yet.
Sorry- I meant to say "living Social" Here is their website with list of cities :
http://livingsocial.com/cities
Haha, thanks for the clarification Sis. I looked up SocialLiving.com and thought, huh? I will now check out Living Social instead...Have you tried Groupon in Northern Virginia or DC yet?
I wanted to come by & say thank you. With all the abuse you have been collecting on Amazon recently, I hope you do not stop posting on the Amazon boards. (Though I have bookmarked and been following you for a while anyway.) I really enjoy your posts, hornets nest and all. I thought the Preppy Handbook was a penny book. I think I even donated the one that was floating around my personal shelves. I feel clever now! :) It's pros like you that give me clues and ideas to keep on learning independently. Although, I have to wonder if you've been following behind me in the stores, laughing. You keep pointing out books I pick up and then put back down. So, thanks. And personally, I think you and Craig Book-think-editor rock. MJ
Thank you for the words of encouragement MJ:) Don't worry about the cheapshots I've been taking on Amazon either, I'm certainly not. It seems to come from one or two individuals with a lot of free time on their hands. It will certainly not deter my posting here, there or anywhere.
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