Exceeding my threshold for small print at Groupon

Dear salesperson, 

There is a limit to how many caveats you may add to a deal. The example below pretty much went over my threshold. Let's know if you noticed and resolvedthis and I may resume reading your daily mails.

Three Night Stay For Four With One Day at Disneyland® Paris and Return Ferry from £139 Per Person with the Kyriad Hotel (Up to 61% Off)

Fine print

• Expires 29 February 2012.
• Must purchase 2, 3 or 4 Groupons to complete booking, depending on option chosen. 
• Valid for double, triple or quadruple occupancy only. 
• Booking required by phone; 0844 493 4655 or the e-mail address provided on your voucher. No cancellations or date amendments. 
• Check-in from 2pm, check-out at 11am. €1.10 per day resort tax and any additional costs will be charged at the hotel. 
• £20 pp surcharge for Jan and Feb 2012 stays. 
• £40 pp surcharge for stays between 20 to 28 December 2011. 
• Not valid 29 - 31 December 2011. 
• Transfers between ferry and hotel not included. 
• Eurostar, flight and river cruise upgrades must be confirmed at time of booking, enquire for details. 
• 4* B&B upgrade from £30pp. 
• River cruise available for £15pp surcharge. 
• Original value based on hotel rack rates. Valid for option purchased only.

Groupon & Printerpix photobook deal

With a holiday coming up in the next few weeks I bought a voucher from .com offering a leather (value £34.99) for under £10. Postage would be £4.50 extra but the idea of such a book at £15 is surely a great deal. 

I laid out the book opting for a bigger book for a bit more.  Ultimately I paid £25 which is fair enough and the fee shown in the invoice here is correct.

Printerpix however do their VAT calculation oddly though. VAT should never be calculated before the discount so it seems to me that P'pix are paying HM Gov too much VAT. 

That point aside, the final product was good. I felt a lack of control laying out the book so it wasn't as I'd wanted. While Printerpix offer lots of page layouts there just weren't enough landscape layouts. It seemed that if you needed more than one landscape picture on the page you feel you're losing photo space and gaining blank margins. I've done a dozen of these books with great results but the Printerpix interface could be better. As could the maths.

Comparing the two services: 

Printerpix 26 pages; thicker paper; black leather cover total cost £25 with Groupon voucher
Snapfish 34 pages; regular paper; black linen cover total cost £23 with 50% offer