Thumbtack says it called 10 merchants and that of that handful, eight advertised lower prices than Groupon or Living Social suggested. But, there are some giant grains of salt that should be taken with this data. It's alarming and a pretty steep accusation. Thumbtack has two scary bar graphs, showing price inflation for each of the merchants. "In 8 of the 10 deals we reviewed, the 'regular' prices quoted by Groupon and Livingsocial were higher than the prices quoted by the same merchants when we called them," the study finds. In a survey conducted by, Groupon and Living Social flat out lied about the original prices of products, inflating deals savins. But it looks like the 60 percent off madness might have been too good to be true. ĭaily deals sites are already tarnished in the eyes of many, but Groupon and Living Social have at least one remaining shiny quality: Huge savings. This article is from the archive of our partner.
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