Superb Business Move, Groupon

My wife bought two concealed carry classes over a year ago through Groupon. When we tried to schedule the class, the business never answered the phone and never returned our calls and we never got our money back.

I know this has nothing to do with Groupon's decision but it is a related rant.

Either way, by your logic, you shouldn't give them any business. Say they put back the gun-related stuff, based on pressure from the pro-gun people. Then, by your logic, they'd be running their business based on said pressure and they wouldn't deserve your business.

And besides, how do you know what was in the CEO's head when he made this decision? Perhaps he's been anti-gun all along and now he just feels enough is enough. You're free to give business to whomever you like, but your logic here is suspect, at best.

Again, how do you know what was in the CEO's head when he made this decision?

The more responses I hear from the anti gun side the more they reminds me other another group that is fighting to keep basic rights away from a segment of the population.

Pretty sure the slave owners in 1865 said much the same thing. Times change, world moves on. 

As for Groupon - when cigarettes and booze are cheap, more people buy em - when they are more expensive, less do. So making C&C permits/courses more expensive is a good strategy. Although if it's a safety/usage class for people that already own a gun, I'd agree with powerman and want them as cheap as possible. 

bradleyd3 - 2013-01-21 3:12 PM

JoshR - 2013-01-21 8:57 AM Aren't they running it how they want to? They don't want the negative connotation that has recently been associated so they made a business move to stop them. I never use Groupon so I don't have any feelings towards them anyway.

No....up until last week, they had at least one to two gun deals a week.....now they're reversing it becuase of what's going on. Either stick with what you're doing or never run them at all. Did Chick-Fil-A back down? Is Hobby Lobby? No. They have their belief system (right, wrong, indifferent) but they are saying "This is our business, this is what we believe in, if you don't like it you can shop elsewhere.". Groupon is saying "we've gotten complaints so we're pulling the deals". Yet, up until a few days ago you were fine with it. Stick to your guns.

So aren't groupon just saying that they're indifferent?  Seems like they dont care about gun culture but figure they'll make more money in the long run by appealling to the non-gun crowd.  Capitalism FTW!

You mean you can't screw over small business' by making them sell their items/services for more than half off? Who knew!

How about a company having the balls to change their stance on a product they used to sell but have decided to no longer sell?

So if they started producing gun related coupons again based on customer and merchant feedback, would you then drop your boycott?