I Think I’m Becoming a Cheapskate
June 26th, 2011 | Categories: Life | 3 CommentsI got a Groupon email today for a deal at a spa in Washington, DC:
Like cars, human beings require occasional corrective bodywork, custom finishing, and fresh coats of wax to avoid being towed away and crushed into a cube. Keep your chassis classy with today’s Groupon: for $61, you get a spa and massage package at The Spa Room (a $123 total value). The package includes the following:
A 30-minute massage in the style of your choosing (a $60 value) as well as one of three massage enhancements—the birch back cleanse, garshana silk-glove exfoliation, or the wild-rose facial cleanse (a $15 value).
After a year of living in China, that doesn’t sound like a good deal to me. 60USD (approx 390RMB) for a half-hour massage with one enhancement?! Right around the corner from my apartment in Beijing is a massage parlor that offers amazing one-hour full-body pressure point massages for 88RMB and one-hour full body oil massages for 138RMB!
I’m not going to want to pay for anything when I return to the US. Everything will seem way too expensive!
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Hi, I'm Manda. I'm a college student studying communications and languages. I like to read, shop, bake, and travel. I have a tendency to listen to my favorite songs on repeat for hours on end. Sometimes I catch myself thinking in a language other than English. 
I wouldn’t pay that much either, but I literally have no reason other than I AM cheap. :P
My Chinese friend is always telling me how much cheaper these sort of things are in China.
And that is a rip off deal – a lot of groupon ‘offers’ aren’t any cheaper than normal they just appear to be better value as they come through groupon and you appear to be saving money.
Haha, I was gonna say, that sounds like an amazing deal! But you’re right, everything is China is absurdly cheap compared to the US. I’ve never been, but I’m jealous of people who’ve gone and bought stuff or gotten services for a fraction of the price I pay here :/