The "Groupon" Project

One of the biggest, messiest, most difficult tasks in the 101 Tasks in 1001 Days project is #43, "Use or refund all expired 'Groupons'". It wasn't until I dug into this that I realized just how big, messy, difficult, and downright embarrassing this task is.

On the positive side, I've been a lot more choosy with my Groupon (and other deal) purchases… only making a total of 5 purchases so far in 2014.

But on the negative side, boy, have I bought a lot of deals. And boy have I let a bunch expire.

But admitting that I have a problem (ha ha) is clearly the first step… As such I am coming clean with this massive list of all the unused deal offers I had as of October 15. Why October 15 rather than November 4? Because I have been working on clearing some out, and want credit for it! Ha ha ha.

**updated 11/11/14**

Living Social (all expired)

#	Where	What	Notes
1.	High Dive	$12 voucher	?? can apply to shows? punch cards? Sent note 11/11
2.	Fremont Abbey Arts	$28 voucher	?? can apply to samba classes?
3.	Fern Life Center	$62 voucher	**in Issaquah - maybe on NYE?**
4.	Dakota Art	$15 in art supplies	**Had a look on 11/7, lots of great choices, but I need to clean out craft supplies first!**

Amazon Local (all expired)

#	Where	What	Notes
5. 6.	Precor	$24 x 2 towards TWO 4-hour elliptigo rentals for 2	wait till summer
7.	Paint Nite	$25 for a class	contacted Paint Nite on 11/11 to see how to redeem it

Gilt City (redeemed!)

#	Where	What	Notes
8.	Levitas	5 classes	redeemed! 3/5 classes taken

River Valley Cheese (pre-paid classes)

#	Where	What	Notes
9.	R.V.C.	4 classes	booked 2 classes for 11/22; will wait till new year for other 2!

Groupon (available!)

#	Where	What	Notes
10.	Mind Unwind	painting class for 2	expires 1/16/15; choose photos, book class
11.	Bikram Yoga Seattle	10 classes	expires 1/13/15; start after Levitas finishes
12. 13. 14.	Photobarn	Wood photo ornament x3	redeemed! received super-cute ornaments 11/10
15.	Mixturas	$30 in food	choose a date night!

Groupon (expired)

#	Where	What	Notes
16.	Precor	$25 toward 4-hour rental
17.	Curves	$39 toward 20 drop-in sessions	**now by the QFC**
18.	Downtown Banya	$30 toward 3 1-day passes	**in EVERETT**
19.	Elevated Sports	$10 toward AIRobics for 2	who will go with me?
20.	WASUP Yoga	$35 toward 3 SUP yoga classes	wait till summer
21.	Surf Ballard	$39 toward 2 2-hour rentals	wait till summer
22. 23.	Kids Can Design	$24.99 x2 to custom charms	look into how to redeem these
24.	Sweatbox Yoga	$29 toward 10-class pass	"redeemed" -- gifted to Carrie, who lives in Edmonds and might use it
25.	Community Fitness	$39 toward 10-class pass	Spring?
26.	European Rejuvenation	$49 in services	**in FACTORIA**
27.	Queen Sheba	$20 toward app, 2 combos, 2 desserts	on Broadway
28.	Fern Life Center	$63 in services	**in ISSAQUAH**
29. 30. 31. 32.	Queen of Seattle Paddleboat	$19 x 4 towards boat ride	wait till summer
33.	Pan Africa	$25 toward 3-course meal	downtown Seattle
34. 35.	Fusion Beads	$20 x 2 in beads	complete some stuff first
36.	Desert Sun	$99 in services	go into 45th and Stone location to see about redeeming
37.	Bedrock	$30 to Mosaic Group Class	wait till after they move in December 14
38.	Fremont Abbey	$25 voucher	see if can be applied to samba classes
39. 40.	Seattle Architecture Society	$7 x 2 towards tours	wait for Spring?
41. 42.	Uptown Glassworks, Renton	$20 x 2 towards glassblowing	Groupon credited my account on 11/7
43. 44.	Cellar Homebrew	$25 x 2 towards cheese class	check their schedule - still offer cheese classes?
45. 46.	Paint the Town	$10 x 2 for painting pottery	U-Village
47.48.	Body Shop	$20 x 2 vouchers	clear out toiletries, first
49.	Emerald City Trapeze	$30 toward 2-hour lesson	Springtime
50	Smith Tower	$7 towards observation deck visit	Springtime
51.	Bikram Yoga Seattle	$30 voucher	must wait at least 6 months after last class
52. 53.	Herban Wellness	$10 x 2 toward classes	keep an eye on their class schedule; nothing looks great through 2014
54.	Classy Chassis	$6 towards car wash	in Tacoma -- get one next time I'm in town?
55.	Emerald City Trapeze	$30 toward 2-hour lesson	Springtime
56. 57.	Sea Kayak Shop	$25 x 2 toward kayak trip	wait till summer

Yep. That's a LOT of money tied up. Sure, it's over several years, but still. So you can see why I need to go through this list. I am going to keep updating this post with my running total of used, refunded, or otherwise resolved.

As of today, 11/7/14, I'm at 7.5/57. A long way to go, but farther along than I was two weeks ago!

Resolved Groupons

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0 deals

57 deals