Wow! today's Groupon

for Ramsi's for out. 2,000 Groupons sold!

for Ramsi's for out. 2,000 Groupons sold!

It's scary the numbers they rack up for some of these offers. How will Ramsi's handle?

I heard that the business owners are encouraged to be careful about how many they allow to be sold. Some don't pay attention.

If Groupon wouldn't let you set a limit, why would you do it? Thats just dumb on the business owners part if that was the case.

They must set a limit because I have a couple of friends who complained that Groupon had reached its limit before they were able to buy them.

They count on people buying them and not using it in the long run. However a smaller popular business selling so many Groupons will get slammed hard; plus most everyone will follow up on their initial purchase.

There was a limit the other week when I went to buy a night at a B&B in Milltown. It said "sold out" around 8 pm.

No one forces any business to market with Groupon. They do allow them to set a limit -- I have seen limits set as low as 200. So I would imagine they'd let you set it as low as you want.

I'm not sure why the businesses are claiming to be the victims when Groupon doesn't work for them. If you don't want to offer the promotion, don't. And don't offer something you can't meet...don't sell a $30 gift certificate for $10 for example, unless your profit margin was just that huge to start with.

But any businesses that are crying foul have to stop blaming Groupon for their own poor marketing decision.

Myself and one of my friends have both had the experience of a restaurant acting as if you've handed them a snake when you give them a Restaurant.com certificate -- like you're stealing from them. They choose to participate in Restaurant.com -- if they don't want to take them, they should stop participating.

Moral of the story, don't offer a deal you can't clear at least some sort of profit on, even if EVERYONE redeems the coupon.

ETA: Adrienne and Co in Jeff just offered its second Groupon. The first one was back when Groupon first started in Louisville. So obviously it worked for them. It was a $10 cert for $5.