Anyone on the Groupon-watch the past two months knows that the enormously successful daily deals pioneer has received some recent criticism from merchant partners. Mostly because their small businesses are often overrun by stampeding, coupon-carrying customers, but some issues have surfaced about how certain deals have been managed.
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We are a collective buying website that offers one deal a day in a selected city. Everyday ONE service based industry business
Total Prize: $400
Client: ”The site looks terrible. The columns don’t line up, and the text is all over the place. I’m seriously concerned. We had an agreement and I will not pay your invoice until you resolve these issues. “
Me: ”The site looks fine to me in Chrome, IE, Firefox and Safari. Which browser are you using?”
Client: ”I use Internet Explorer on a Mac.”
Me: ”That’s a dead browser which can’t support contemporary websites. You should really use Firefox, Safari or Chrome.”
Client: “Look, it doesn’t work and you need to fix it. Are you going to tell that to everyone else in the world using IE on a Mac?”
Me: ”I honestly believe that you may be the last one.”
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