[somedudethere]

My experience with groupon involves two different times. Both times involved me calling the business and being immediately asked if I had a Groupon. I don't think this was a groupon only number, but the business pretty much runs entirely off Groupon. One was to have my carpets cleaned when they arrived they said the Groupon was for using water only (it wasn't steam cleaning just regular) and I had to pay extra to actually get the carpets clean. All said and done it was the same price as going with someone else from the beginning.

[VLM]

I've seen the same deal locally with car detailing. You can walk in off the street and pay $100 or get 50% off regular $200 on Groupon. Or groupon car detailing doesn't include (long list here) so basically you just overpaid for a car wash.