This morning, I curated all my deal buying in the last year-in-a-half. I did this because many of the deals I bought have expiration dates and if you don't use you loose. I printed about 20 pages of hard copies of these certificates (HP you are making an indirect killing from my ink usage). From Deal-On, Sign-on Deals, Groupon, Buywithme, Restaurant.com. There seems to be an endless supply of deals going on. As a customer, this is wonderful but can get expensive. Everyday there is a new deal, today I am intrigued by the Gondola Ride Groupon offered (but I am resisting temptation). As a business, they have yet to see if this makes sense, on top of the discount, the Deal site gets half of the coupon cost. I am curious to see, if these deals actually convert to a loyal customer. I am thinking, in some instances it has, or why would businesses keep on doing this? As a consumer, I have had great experiences with these deal sites so far. I have a lot of good eats, exercise and activities ahead. I best get crackin' since 2011 is almost here (majority of my purchased deals expired then). Key to avoid over-buying ("raises hand")- Buy something use it immediately, that way you don't forget you have it. So who wants to eat out?Image credit Tomuse.com
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