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By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsGroupon users are seeing red, and we're not talking about paper hearts. For Valentine's Day the online social saving site partnered with florist FTD to offer a deal that sounded great: get $40 worth of flowers for just $20, prepaid. The only problem was, when shoppers clicked through to the deal, they discovered that their Groupon prices were higher than the prices listed on FTD's regular site. Clearly, that's not how coupons (or Groupons) are supposed to work. FTD officials say the problem was caused by existing discounts on FTD.com and the fact that their site didn't allow offers to be ...
Amazon Patents Bad-Gift Exchange System
By not in system - AOL NewsWondering what to do with all those unwanted gifts? If only there was a way to head off those unwearable, unsuitable items. freepatentsonline.com Amazon.com has patented a way to exchange bad Christmas gifts before you even open them. Amazon.com to the rescue. The online retailer has patented a system to swap all those awful gifts before they even get to your door. Alas, this ingenious gift conversion system was not in place this holiday season, but Amazon shared with CNN Money how it will work. Within their profiles, Amazon users would click a box that says "convert all gifts ...
Cyber Monday Blowout: $1 Billion in Sales for First Time
By J. Richard - AOL News(Dec. 1) -- If the office seemed a little slow on Monday, now you know why. Online shoppers spent $1.028 billion on Cyber Monday with half of all orders flowing in from work computers, according to the digital marketplace analysts comScore. That's the first time Cyber Monday sales have reached the billion-dollar threshold, according to CNN. The figure represents a 16 percent increase from last year's Cyber Monday and significantly outshines the $648 million consumers spent on Black Friday this year, according to comScore's numbers. What's more, according to comScore, the Monday after ...
Amazon Battles Back on Sales Tax
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyIt's Amazon vs. Colorado, bloggers vs. lawmakers, local retailers vs. behemoths and, of course, Democrats vs. Republicans. A week after Colorado enacted sales taxes for retailers with affiliates in the state, Amazon fired back Monday, eliminating thousands of "associates." Those associates are typically retailers or bloggers who include Amazon advertising on their pages in exchange for a cut of the revenue when a Web surfer clicks and buys. The 2.9 percent online sales tax is one of nine tax measures signed by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter to help close the state's huge budget shortfall but it's ...
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