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4 Reasons that LivingSocial's Amazon Gift Card Group Deal was so Successful (zuupy.com)
4 points by fezzl on Jan 22, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


0) It's bloody free money.


uh... these are not giftcards they can't be used as gifts, they're non-transferable so point 2 is wrong too. As the person above (or maybe below) said, it's free money, it doesn't need any analysis. You give away $20 for $10 on a site people want to use, they will buy it.


I wonder how many people bought more than one. LivingSocial's validation was easily thwarted, making it possible to refer yourself and get close to a 3-to-1 discount. Slickdeals.net was all over it




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