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Palladium posted:our very defensible business moat of reselling stuff from china
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Does Groupon resell stuff from China now? I thought their business model was strong arming events, restaurants, service providers etc into offering steep discounts in something at a financial loss for them while Groupon takes a cut.
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May 18, 2022 04:01
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Palladium posted:our very defensible business moat of reselling stuff from china Groupon's business model is tricking people into buying garbage package deals to get them in the door at businesses that will treat them like poo poo because they aren't paying full freight
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May 18, 2022 04:02
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Xaris posted:tbf that's Drop.com. i don't think groupon ever sold "stuff" directly. more like "bulk" selling of local/national services like buy 5-days of hotel marriot for $50 or 4 plates for $20 from a local carribean place kinda thing yeah, in the early 2010s I used it for some hotel and cruise deals in Turkey and it was pretty good for that. then the deals started sucking and you got a hundred competitors with similar names, like grupanya.
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May 18, 2022 04:02
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i bought a groupon deal once. it was a $100 coupon for nordstrom rack that cost $50 and i bought it for my sister as a birthday present
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May 18, 2022 04:04
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Vox Nihili posted:Groupon's business model is tricking people into buying garbage package deals to get them in the door at businesses that will treat them like poo poo because they aren't paying full freight
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May 18, 2022 04:04
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I bought a groupon for Quiznos and thats how I found out every Quiznos within 50 miles had closed a week earlier
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May 18, 2022 04:08
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Flavahbeast posted:I bought a groupon for Quiznos and thats how I found out every Quiznos within 50 miles had closed a week earlier quiznowned
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May 18, 2022 04:10
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Flavahbeast posted:I bought a groupon for Quiznos and thats how I found out every Quiznos within 50 miles had closed a week earlier bring back da 90s
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May 18, 2022 04:10
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U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve drops to lowest level since 1987quote:HOUSTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The amount of crude oil in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) dropped by 5 million barrels in the week to May 13, data from the U.S. Department of Energy showed. I suppose it's not news to the thread, but the US SPR is now at a 35 year low.
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May 18, 2022 04:12
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Xaris posted:man the late 90s/early 00s are such a dream-like haze when about a zillion quiznos sprouted up like daisies after the rain and then every single one vaporized a few years later hosed up bc quiznos had the best chain sandwiches for the price the baja chicken has a small place in my heart. used to order one of those when i was an idiot teen who went to the lan center like 4 times a week
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May 18, 2022 04:13
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Xaris posted:man the late 90s/early 00s are such a dream-like haze when about a zillion quiznos sprouted up like daisies after the rain and then every single one vaporized a few years later what was Quizno, was it like a toasted subway ?
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May 18, 2022 04:13
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mawarannahr posted:what was Quizno, was it like a toasted subway ? they had a weird fancy toaster they used to toast their stuff, but their sandwiches were a lot more subsstantial. https://www.quiznos.com/ if youve ever had potbelly, not too different, except all the subs were toasted by default in a neat conveyor belt thing. also free various pickles.
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May 18, 2022 04:14
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shrike82 posted:just enjoy the make-believe work - it's been a great time to slack off work and earn money despite a huge segment of these forums being extremely overpaid computer janitors that don't actually provide much actual labor and just contribute to the exploitation of it there are still plenty of unfortunate people that exist to be exploited by their companies and useless coworkers.
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May 18, 2022 04:14
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OhFunny posted:U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve drops to lowest level since 1987 i thought the whole point of america post-WW2 imperialism is about NOT using their own oil production as much as possible
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May 18, 2022 04:15
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Flavahbeast posted:I bought a groupon for Quiznos and thats how I found out every Quiznos within 50 miles had closed a week earlier lol Xaris posted:man the late 90s/early 00s are such a dream-like haze when about a zillion quiznos sprouted up like daisies after the rain and then every single one vaporized a few years later They were basically a scam operation where the company made money by tricking people into franchising a quiznos then ripping off the franchisees
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May 18, 2022 04:15
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mawarannahr posted:what was Quizno, was it like a toasted subway ? also it's funny to me how much subway is eating poo poo these days.
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OhFunny posted:U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve drops to lowest level since 1987 They're going to empty that fucker out before gas hits 10 bucks
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Shear Modulus posted:lol sounds like the franchisees just didn't hustle hard enough and the poor franchisor is being blamed for these people who just don't want to work
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May 18, 2022 04:16
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Shear Modulus posted:They're going to empty that fucker out before gas hits 10 bucks
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Palladium posted:i thought the whole point of america post-WW2 imperialism is about NOT using their own oil production as much as possible the dementia brained mummies in charge would rather empty the coffers to stick it to the big bad russians before they die
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May 18, 2022 04:17
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Xaris posted:you ever had Togos? more like toasted togos, like actual substance to the sandwich that isnt 99% air. but yes ran through a convection toaster-oven so it got nice and crispy. nope, only chain I’ve had are subway and Jimmy johns so I’ll have to imagine, but thanks. now I want a toasted sandwich.
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May 18, 2022 04:18
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quiznos existing is also responsible for one of my favorite clickhole articles https://twitter.com/ClickHole/status/933007688702754818
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May 18, 2022 04:18
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gettin 'znos memories.
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May 18, 2022 04:20
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Vox Nihili posted:Lol Groupon is down roughly 97% from its peak, how's that for blood You see this was just Groupon's way of giving everyone a 97% off discount deal of buying their stock.
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May 18, 2022 04:24
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Shear Modulus posted:They're going to empty that fucker out before gas hits 10 bucks Current release is a third of the reserve, so bottom should be ~370m. It is going to be very expensive to refill if prices don't come down.
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May 18, 2022 04:25
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They are still technically around, 176 left in the US. They were toasted subs (the reason all of them have a toaster now) but I always thought they were really heavy on the Cheese and sodium. They felt worse for you then a 90s/2000s era subway sandwich, which in turn back then tasted almost like real food. I thought Jimmy Jon’s always tasted weird.
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May 18, 2022 04:29
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I worked in a quiznoes, and promise that one post in the the zybourne clock forum was made from a quiznoes computer.
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May 18, 2022 04:31
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OhFunny posted:U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve drops to lowest level since 1987 I suppose looking to prevent CoolZone:2022 is a valid strategic use
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May 18, 2022 04:31
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mazzi Chart Czar posted:I worked in a quiznoes, and promise that one post in the the zybourne clock forum was made from a quiznoes computer. the gently caress is that? Quiznoes OS 3.11 ?
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May 18, 2022 04:34
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OhFunny posted:It is going to be very expensive to refill if prices don't come down. $10/gal by end of the year is going to be amazing.
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May 18, 2022 04:35
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OhFunny posted:Current release is a third of the reserve, so bottom should be ~370m. They aren't expected to and the plan is to start filling up after the mid terms. That should put price pressure on the markets too lol
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Ardennes posted:They are still technically around, 176 left in the US. There are still Blimpie's out there. Sub shops never die, they just dwindle into obscurity.
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StrugglingHoneybun posted:the gently caress is that? Quiznoes OS 3.11 ? It's something that doesn't exist any more because of balls.
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Ardennes posted:They are still technically around, 176 left in the US. Makes sense that they did well for awhile, everyone loved cheese and sodium.
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If we hit $10 that will happen sometime during the summer and only if the crack spreads on diesel and jet fuel stay insane.
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May 18, 2022 04:38
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Xaris posted:lol yeah it owns. it's also amazing what people will do to save $2. I went to Costco at like 1pm on a Monday to grab some things and was going to fill up but it was a madmax thunderdome hellscape at the pumps, easily a 45 minute wait -- so I just lolled, grabbed some things, and stopped by Arco with no wait and paid maybe $2 more. $2 for 45 minutes of one's time baking inside their car with the AC on full-blast seems like more than a fair trade but carbrains gunna carbrain. Costco gas is so popular at our local Costco now that the lines fill up adjacent streets and parking lots and create a gigantic gridlocked exclusion zone for blocks around People will wait for an hour to save $5, it's completely deranged
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Mr Hootington posted:If we hit $10 that will happen sometime during the summer and only if the crack spreads on diesel and jet fuel stay insane. luckily, biden knows someone who's an expert on spreading crack
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May 18, 2022 04:41
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Vox Nihili posted:Costco gas is so popular at our local Costco now that the lines fill up adjacent streets and parking lots and create a gigantic gridlocked exclusion zone for blocks around
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Vox Nihili posted:Makes sense that they did well for awhile, everyone loved cheese and sodium. There was probably a knock off effect from super-size me. Yeah, I don’t know if it was the worst thing. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 04:55 on May 18, 2022 |
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