Mar 12

Hey, Living Social!

Hey, is there any chance that you might write your blurbs with the idea that some actual information would be a good thing?

Take the current one for Melbourne East – Gibe African Restaurant. “enjoy an all-you-can-eat African feast for two people on Friday or Saturday nights including a glass of soft drink or wine (usually $50) or for the same price, nab a two-course dinner for two, including a kitfo sandwich for two to start, any two mains from the menu and two African beers (usually $56)” So the “feast” (whatever that is, you don’t explain) is Fri/Sat, but when is the other available? They don’t have a website that works, so why don’t you tell us? What about the menu? It’s on Urbanspoon, but people have to go looking, and know that US sometimes has a menu, although there no way of telling if it’s current or not.

Look at some of the other voucher sellers and see that they use dot-points (yes, revolutionary) to give actual useful information, rather than a heap of words that rarely make sense and are invariably useless.

Dec 26

So how much are you supposedly saving, Living Social?

Both Living Social “deals”, both the same day, both identical as far as I can tell, yet one is “saving” 88 per cent, the other “only” 72 per cent.

Doesn’t give you much faith in the veracity of the supposed actual prices, does it?

Also, there is no breakdown of the supposed retail value (looking at this “deal”, is anyone surprised?), which is a major warning sign when it comes to the reality of these “deals”. Continue reading