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sallyca · Nov 4th, 2009, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by carlottalyn

Hmm. The latest comment left in the discussion: "To date, we have not had a limit on HH Groupons but to try and prevent abuse of Groupons, we are now limiting it to NEW HH clients." Abuse, huh? Whatever.

Ah well I'm over the Groupon thing for now, so it's probably for the best. And like RMC said, I hope this shows them just how valuable we actually are to them.

I guess because they think we are "abusing" the groupons now. I.e. using them to get better deals than they think we should. Ummm sorry but that is how they were sold to us. We were told they were like gift certificates. So - okay, HH didn't anticipate them being used on sales or something (although they indicated that they could be used on sales if I remember that correctly). So - huh - because we used them the way we are allowed to - it's called "abuse". Hmmm - so far today we've gotten messages about being cheaters and now I feel like we're being accused of abuse.

Cheaters and abusers. And EX-HH customers.

Well. I guess that's the way Ben wants it.

kate83675 · Nov 4th, 2009, 07:50 PM

And we thought we were bad just cause we couldn't stay on topic in the Deals and Threads thread. Little did we know how bad we were

sallyca · Nov 4th, 2009, 07:55 PM

Maybe Ben wants to come and spank all of us...

Where's Cho when you need her???

mothbeast · Nov 4th, 2009, 08:01 PM

I think someone somewhere posted that Ben said that "abuse" was Lina/Groupons language not his. Perhaps communication difficulties between Groupon and HH too.

kate83675 · Nov 4th, 2009, 08:17 PM

I was the one who posted it from an e-mail this morning. Here's a copy of his e-mail -

Suzanne,
One more thing I thought you could pass along for me. Apparently Lina
from Groupon made some comments about the current Groupon offer in
Miami to some queries from the Purse Forum. These are not my words.
-Ben

Actually it makes me feel a little better since I went back and looked at it again. Maybe Ben is just a standard issue Butt-head, and not totally in the Twilight Zone - at least some of the time.

siouxie · Nov 4th, 2009, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by kate83675

I was the one who posted it from an e-mail this morning. Here's a copy of his e-mail -

Suzanne,
One more thing I thought you could pass along for me. Apparently Lina
from Groupon made some comments about the current Groupon offer in
Miami to some queries from the Purse Forum. These are not my words.
-Ben

Actually it makes me feel a little better since I went back and looked at it again. Maybe Ben is just a standard issue Butt-head, and not totally in the Twilight Zone - at least some of the time.

He never said that he didn't use the word abuse or consider it abuse - he just said that Lina made some comments....I am being Super Negative Nelly, but, I bet the nice words LIna used weren't his, and the abuse word was. I cannot imagine that Lina would use that word if the spirit of the discussion she had with Ben did not convey he felt that HH was being taken advantage of w/groupons and they hadn'tworked out how he planned, regardless of whether or not he said the word abuse (but vegas has odds that it's 3:1 he said it)

siouxie · Nov 4th, 2009, 08:33 PM

did someone post lina's recent post:
have previously rejoiced over the fact that unlimited Groupons could be purchased. Since then the rule has changed because of my previous comments. HH knew that multiple Groupons could be used by the same person, but we never foresaw this to be something that would happen at the frequency that it did.
I do apologize if it was taken as my coercing purchasers to may more, it was only my intention that the ability to buy with no limit was unique and quite a bonus.
******************

Anywho, it's clear HH doesn't think things through except for their wonderful designs.....

kate83675 · Nov 4th, 2009, 08:38 PM

That was a little confusing but it does sound like she isn't the one who is doing the griping about "too many of those damn people are buying those dratted
Groupons and using them on our stuff!" You'd expect her to be happy for as many of them as possible to sell, wouldn't that be good for Groupon?

I tried to give ya the benefit of the doubt Ben, really I did.

ETA ~ I went over and read Lina's comments, sounds like she's caught in the middle.

fafnir · Nov 4th, 2009, 09:01 PM

Well, there you go. We thought we were doing something good for HH, to partially pay for stuff up front, months before actually making a purchase. Guess not.

siouxie · Nov 4th, 2009, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by kate83675

ETA ~ I went over and read Lina's comments, sounds like she's caught in the middle.

she totally does, that is a much more objective perspective :)

carlottalyn · Nov 4th, 2009, 09:33 PM

That's exactly what I was thinking after her last comment. Better than thinking they're against us as well, I guess.

AmbassadorBri · Nov 4th, 2009, 10:42 PM

poor Lina. I feel sorry that she was even a part of this mess. Oh well.

PS... Um, I never fully appreciated the beauty of baseball until wearing my glasses this evening to watch the game. Geeze, I missed so much detail- that would have made all the difference. LOL!

Yatri · Nov 5th, 2009, 01:21 AM

Ummm...Not to sound paranoid but her comment doesn't sound like she is "caught in the middle" to me. It sound like she was pressured and coerced into taking responsibility for HH's f'up. This whole thing is getting way crazy and way creepy! She just gave more of apology than we are ever going to get from HH and she is taking the blame because "we never foresaw this to be something that would happen at the frequency that it did". So basically HH never thought it would be so successful and Lina is at least partially to blame for how many groupons were sold because she encouraged us to get in on such a great deal with a company that didn't have the foresight to work out all the details before they entered the deal.

Sybaryte · Nov 5th, 2009, 01:41 AM

^^Sounds like Lina has more balls than Ben.

fafnir · Nov 5th, 2009, 01:50 AM

So we're really supposed to believe that "oh noes, HH is losing so much money because customers are partially paying way in advance"? I'm continuing to have trouble seeing what the problem is. They didn't forsee that we'd use them when the bags went on sale? Is this really a losing proposition for them?

Nov 4th, 2009, 07:50 PM	#77
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Nov 4th, 2009, 07:55 PM	#78
sallyca Member Joined: Aug 2008 Location: BC Posts: 1,807	Maybe Ben wants to come and spank all of us... Where's Cho when you need her???
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Nov 4th, 2009, 08:01 PM	#79
mothbeast Member Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 826	I think someone somewhere posted that Ben said that "abuse" was Lina/Groupons language not his. Perhaps communication difficulties between Groupon and HH too.
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Nov 4th, 2009, 08:17 PM	#80
kate83675 Throw It!! Joined: Nov 2008 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,018	I was the one who posted it from an e-mail this morning. Here's a copy of his e-mail - Suzanne, One more thing I thought you could pass along for me. Apparently Lina from Groupon made some comments about the current Groupon offer in Miami to some queries from the Purse Forum. These are not my words. -Ben Actually it makes me feel a little better since I went back and looked at it again. Maybe Ben is just a standard issue Butt-head, and not totally in the Twilight Zone - at least some of the time.
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Nov 4th, 2009, 08:38 PM	#83
kate83675 Throw It!! Joined: Nov 2008 Location: SW Florida Posts: 2,018	That was a little confusing but it does sound like she isn't the one who is doing the griping about "too many of those damn people are buying those dratted Groupons and using them on our stuff!" You'd expect her to be happy for as many of them as possible to sell, wouldn't that be good for Groupon? I tried to give ya the benefit of the doubt Ben, really I did. ETA ~ I went over and read Lina's comments, sounds like she's caught in the middle.
	__________________ Border Collies Never Quit Just one little Ginger HH Celina is all I want. Please let me know if you find one. Last edited by kate83675; Nov 4th, 2009 at 08:41 PM.

Nov 4th, 2009, 08:33 PM	#82
siouxie Member Joined: Jan 2009 Location: probably in the kitchen.... Posts: 442	did someone post lina's recent post: have previously rejoiced over the fact that unlimited Groupons could be purchased. Since then the rule has changed because of my previous comments. HH knew that multiple Groupons could be used by the same person, but we never foresaw this to be something that would happen at the frequency that it did. I do apologize if it was taken as my coercing purchasers to may more, it was only my intention that the ability to buy with no limit was unique and quite a bonus. ****************** Anywho, it's clear HH doesn't think things through except for their wonderful designs.....

Nov 4th, 2009, 09:01 PM	#84
fafnir Member Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Portland Posts: 4,062	Well, there you go. We thought we were doing something good for HH, to partially pay for stuff up front, months before actually making a purchase. Guess not.
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Nov 4th, 2009, 09:33 PM	#86
carlottalyn Member Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,219	That's exactly what I was thinking after her last comment. Better than thinking they're against us as well, I guess.
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Nov 4th, 2009, 10:42 PM	#87
AmbassadorBri broke student :( Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 612	poor Lina. I feel sorry that she was even a part of this mess. Oh well. PS... Um, I never fully appreciated the beauty of baseball until wearing my glasses this evening to watch the game. Geeze, I missed so much detail- that would have made all the difference. LOL!
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Nov 5th, 2009, 01:21 AM	#88
Yatri Member Joined: Dec 2006 Location: the pits Posts: 488	Ummm...Not to sound paranoid but her comment doesn't sound like she is "caught in the middle" to me. It sound like she was pressured and coerced into taking responsibility for HH's f'up. This whole thing is getting way crazy and way creepy! She just gave more of apology than we are ever going to get from HH and she is taking the blame because "we never foresaw this to be something that would happen at the frequency that it did". So basically HH never thought it would be so successful and Lina is at least partially to blame for how many groupons were sold because she encouraged us to get in on such a great deal with a company that didn't have the foresight to work out all the details before they entered the deal.
	Last edited by Yatri; Nov 5th, 2009 at 01:37 AM. Reason: spelling

Nov 5th, 2009, 01:41 AM	#89
Sybaryte Sofa King Banned Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,911	^^Sounds like Lina has more balls than Ben.
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Nov 5th, 2009, 01:50 AM	#90
fafnir Member Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Portland Posts: 4,062	So we're really supposed to believe that "oh noes, HH is losing so much money because customers are partially paying way in advance"? I'm continuing to have trouble seeing what the problem is. They didn't forsee that we'd use them when the bags went on sale? Is this really a losing proposition for them?
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