Do you Groupon?

The numbers show that Groupon has been a success for many local area businesses.

On Thursday morning a deal posted for a $19 Toyota Prius rental, for one day rental, or $49 for three days at Rick Hendrick Toyota. The rental department reported getting 20 calls in 15 minutes about the Groupon coupon. Eight were sold in 90 minutes. Over 130 were also purchased for discount oil change services!

Another local business reaping the benefits of Groupon is Italian restaurant on Raeford Road. For purchasing the $12 Groupon, you get $24 worth of food or for $24, receive $48 worth of food for a group of four. Over 220 of these Groupons were purchased.

With the click of a button, your savings begin to accrue. The downside? If you don't print them out to use, one could forget how many they have and there are expiration dates. The dates are far enough out that is makes it easy to procrastinate using them.

This happened to me last year. I purchased three Groupon's to downtown. While I used one, I ended up forgetting them on consecutive lunch trips. The day before they expired I gifted them to co-workers upon printing them out.

Other businesses who've had success with Groupon have been , B&B Bowling, Pet Starz, and Steve's Sweet Treats Bakery.