fuck the assholes who write copy for Groupon

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facebook, zynga, (is fender a $1bn company?), sony lately.

Philip Nunez, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

has there ever been another billion dollar business that was 100% dependent on millions of people setting themselves up to be mad or disappointed?

― iatee, Saturday, March 10, 2012 3:13 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how do you mean? i've used them before & been happy w/ it ...

D-40, Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

or do you mean the restaurants?

D-40, Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

both sides seem to get burned pretty regularly

iatee, Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

most of the examples in that article are idiots buying shit they didn't actually want. like buying ... anything, its buyer beware.

D-40, Sunday, 11 March 2012 00:22 (1 year ago) Permalink

I had an interview with groupon last week to write this sort of stuff. I would hate them too but need the work, which it looks like I haven't got. So, yeah, fuck them.

Proger, Sunday, 11 March 2012 15:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

the companies often get fucked w/ Groupon.

Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 11 March 2012 15:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

Groupon usually tries to keep 100% of the revenues from the groupon, but will occasionally be so kind as to split it 50/50. Their logic is "the customer almost always spends a larger amount than the value of the Groupon". which isn't always true.

Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 11 March 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

Groupon copywriter loathes his job:

"Features
7"x11" softcover photobook
20 pages hold up to 150 failed self-taken profile pictures
Photos uploaded directly from Facebook albums
Arranged in a theme of your choosing
Crop and move photos within online photobook template"

http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-ca-rexall-custom-photobook

Also contains sentence "photos you upload directly from Facebook albums or surveillance drones."

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

hah, once you notice that stuff like "Each album boasts a customer-chosen theme and holds photos that can be cropped and moved around in the most eye-pleasing arrangement" really starts to sound just as harsh

bosomy English rose (thomp), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

Celebrate the Man Who Gave Birth to You

He felt you grow and kick inside of him for nine months—
thank him with deals on Father's Day gifts.

does Groupon know something about my father that I don't

that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 17:29 (11 months ago) Permalink

Yes.

carl agatha, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 17:33 (11 months ago) Permalink

h8 when Groupon writers try to be "funny"

heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 17:38 (11 months ago) Permalink

I always think of this guy when I read the "funny" groupon copy:

Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:26 (11 months ago) Permalink

hahahaha

that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:27 (11 months ago) Permalink

11 months pass...

I was waiting for it, and it delivered in the last sentence

tweeship journey to 77 (mh), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:25 (1 week ago) Permalink

u_u

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 15:26 (1 week ago) Permalink


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