Dan Miller, founder of Opus Research, was in France after a conference and took this picture. This was a hair salon in Lyon.
My crude translation is: “This shop/store is in a dispute (maybe litigation) with Groupon, we no longer are accepting their coupons. Thanks for your understanding.”
April 5th, 2011 at 2:36 am
Hey Greg, here’s the exact translation from your favourite french-Canadian reader
“After a dispute with Groupon, we are no longer accepting their coupons. Thank you for your understanding.”
You were very close
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April 5th, 2011 at 3:18 am
Thanks for the correction. My french is more than 20 years old and started out imperfect.
April 5th, 2011 at 9:21 am
Hello Greg
This Story interested me… if you have the name (or adress) of hair salon, please send me by mail
April 5th, 2011 at 12:39 pm
I do not have the address. Sorry
May 5th, 2011 at 7:22 pm
[...] through the streets of Lyon after attending a conference. The magazine no doubt picked it up on this site, which is obviously run by an acquaintance of Mr. Miller. This photo contradicts the tone of the [...]
May 6th, 2011 at 12:11 am
[...] rues de Lyon après avoir assisté à une conférence. Le magazine l’a sûrement repérée sur ce blogue, opéré manifestement par une relation étroite de M. Miller. Cette photo contredit le ton de [...]
September 13th, 2011 at 7:20 am
Actually it’s written that they do not accept Coupons. Any coupons not just Groupon ones.
I’m guessing there are a lot of similar signs in other shops.