I agree. I'm a bit ashamed to say that, in addition to what you mentioned, I've noticed that companies and stores that I did frequent fairly often that did end up doing a Groupon or similar daily deal, lost more of my business after the fact because I experience the same service for less. Somehow, after getting close to 50% off something I enjoyed, the full price didn't seem as enticing to me.
I do like to support companies and stores that do a good job, but there's the simple fact that in my head I think that the intrinsic value of this service is somehow less after the Groupon style deal.
I do like to support companies and stores that do a good job, but there's the simple fact that in my head I think that the intrinsic value of this service is somehow less after the Groupon style deal.