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j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business" where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. there is no question that the various online daily deal sites like groupon and living social have received a lot of media attention. most of it has focused on the millions of consumers who've signed up to get sizable discounts from their local merchants. much less attention has been paid to the small businesses who are using groupon, and giving those discounts. as we discovered, what's a boone to some has been disaster for others. open your e-mail on almost any given day, and, if you're a 95% groupon discount on expensive laser genie beauty treatment. she jumped on it. so did this groupon customer, also of beverly hills. >> i was thrilled. and i was very excited and gung ho. i wanted to get going right away. >> these two customers who purchased the laser genie offer were not the only ones initially excited by this discount. >> definitely had high expectations. >> that's rose, co-owner of laser genie. she made the offer for her services on groupon. at first, she was overjoyed when more

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