Scoopon - Another oversold promotion - 2000 sold / 3 hour service / 6 months validity

vsia2165 on 15/05/2011 - 19:03

http://www.scoopon.com.au/deals/2787/just-59-for-3-hours-of-…

I was really close to buying this deal until i realised how many people bought it!

I don't see how they can service all 2000 vouchers…

While they are open till 9pm and weekends, you have to do the math and considering the deal is for 3 hours… anyway here is the breakdown.

Amount of hours the shop is open for per week - 85.5
Day the deal is valid for - 6 months - 24 weeks
Vouchers sold x 3 (how long the service goes for) - 6000 hours

So this means they need at least 3 people working consistently to service everyone.

Now keep in mind a lot of people would want a weekend booking or would book towards the end of the 6 months

Also keep in mind they do have other customers right?

Fast forward 4-5 months and can you imagine the 2000 people or so getting a booking?

They should have really capped this to 1000 at most and based on my experience these shops normally have more than 1 promotion with other group buy sites.

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  • neil on 15/05/2011 - 20:59
    +5

    vsia, With all the problems you are having with Scoopon, why do you continue to purchase from them?

    • arcticmonkey on 16/05/2011 - 19:10
      +1

      Never a truer word spoken. I have no sympathy for people who keep buying these vouchers.

  • voteoften on 15/05/2011 - 21:04

    Just one problem with your math……. How often do these 3 hour "pamperings" usually last? In my experience 1.5 - 2 hours.

  • vsia2165 on 15/05/2011 - 22:11

    Scoopon use to be the main place i buy my vouchers from.. so i guess it was a force of habit.

    The reason why i took the time to write this post was because the dispute i had before about my 3 hour pamper voucher in Melbourne sold only 54! and my friends and i tried called so many times but they were booked out even during the week!?

  • Ishadeon on 16/05/2011 - 20:05

    Hey actually here is a good story. I bought one that was for laser hair removal but it sold 1600 and expires in Nov.
    They are supposed to close on weekends and the booking should be made from tomorrow. I called today just to check if I can get in on Wed.
    1) They were already booked till 22nd June cause of all the pre-actual date to make bookings
    2) They don't open on Weekends.

    To compensate for all these extra sales and the November expiry the lady reckons we just need to get in once before November and they won't expire our vouchers. And they may start opening on weekends for Scoopon customers.
    That being said Scoopon needs to be the one setting limits in the first place. And we need to start buying from places like jigocity.

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