Re:Welcome Kevin, Michael, Steve, Dalton, and Andrew
by reaclmbs on Thursday May 16, 2013 @10:14PM
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You really should not speak of things of which you do not know.
Re:Welcome Kevin, Michael, Steve, Dalton, and Andrew
by danilocampos on Friday May 17, 2013 @01:36PM
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Most all of life is acting in the presence of imperfect or incomplete data. I welcome any contributions to my imperfect knowledge you may offer, however.
Re:Welcome Kevin, Michael, Steve, Dalton, and Andrew
by reaclmbs on Saturday May 18, 2013 @02:33AM
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Groupon is no longer the same company it was 4 years ago; you might be biased by being anchored to a $20 IPO price, which you should actually blame on the investment "banksters"; thousands of merchants are grateful for the relationships they have with the company and continue to maintain those relationships; at least one YCombinator company has been purchased by Groupon. Calling it a "scummy greater fool play" is not appropriate in light of these facts.
Re:Welcome Kevin, Michael, Steve, Dalton, and Andrew
by danilocampos on Saturday May 18, 2013 @04:15PM
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> thousands of merchants are grateful for the relationships they have with the company
Are the thousands of merchants happy with Groupon outnumbered by the thousands of merchants not happy with Groupon?
> Calling it a "scummy greater fool play" is not appropriate in light of these facts.
Your "facts" more resemble opinions phrased as assertions. Which is your right, but if persuasion was your aim, the feedback might be useful.
Mason may know a whole lot – but he commands none of the respect I feel for the other names associated with YC. He's an antibrand. Maybe someone can someday make a compelling case for why Groupon isn't a completely scummy greater fool play. But all the sane, non-frothy things I've read about it make that a tough mountain to scale.