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A big thank you to Stanley
We booked a Hotel in Santorini and was helped though the process by a very helpful and patient person.
He explained everything.
And put us at ease.
I am really impressed.
Mrs Valerie Dawson

Date of experience: February 4, 2022
GB
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Poor customer service
February 8, 2024

I bought a deal but it said purchase failed. Not wanting to have one person miss out on a family event I purchased again. 24 hours later the funds were taken from my account and it no longer said purchase failed. Despite me sending them proof of this and them admitting a website glitch in their response they refused a refund and suggested I give the ticket to a friend. Useless.

Date of experience: February 8, 2024
GB
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Terrible experience
December 5, 2022

I have been chasing my toilet roll order for more than three weeks now. I have been communicating with Groupon via Twitter messaging and with the merchant via email. They have been absolutely useless. I explained to them explicitly that they need to either provide a date when I can expect the order to arrive or a refund. Neither has been provided.
The merchant name is Rex Brown LTD. I am more surprised with groupon which has been absolutely useless in helping out

Date of experience: December 5, 2022
New York
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Horrible
October 19, 2023

Buyer beware. Groupon UK are con artists. They owed me credit and after I provided them the proof they requested they acted like they never received it. Then they'd introduce another customer service who'd request the same information which I'd email to them. Afterwards, they'd introduce a new customer service who'd ask for it again. This continued about 5 times. The merchant involved even mailed Groupon UK to tell them I was owed the credit but again they acted like they never received the email. Whoever runs this company is cruel and unmoral.

Date of experience: October 19, 2023
Florida
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Fraudulent Business
September 4, 2023

I make the mistake of purchasing $400 worth of Groupons for an upcoming vacation to London. There were problems with scheduling reservations. It turns out their "customer service" is bots that just send you one worthless email after another! I am contacting an attorney to get my money back!

Date of experience: September 4, 2023
GB
2 reviews
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Shocking
March 15, 2021

If I could put a - I would. Over two weeks ago I received a radiator cover that looked as though it had been dragged all the way here. I contacted them to inform then that there were no parts to assemble it and the outside of the box was battered. They were completely useless. Every time I was put through the the management team who were equally, if not worse than the first person I was on chat with. I asked them to call me and this service was not available? They asked me to send a copy of the manual, I did. 8 days later still no parts and they then ask me to send the parts I required! I explain this was started on the manual, so all of them! There were No parts but trying explain this was like pulling teeth! Talking to Groupon is like listening to my 6 year old daughter arguing with Siri on my iPhone. And why do they not have review page? Funny that. I'll be deleting my account and will never use them again. Im £40.00 down and they boil my... trying to speak with them.

Date of experience: March 15, 2021
Netherlands
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*** not recommended***
February 9, 2022

Buyed product from groupon two month no answer no update reported!
Yesterday received a latter from post if you need your order send it to your address first pay 4 euro while during order saw: "free shipping"
Not about 4 euro no the way which groupon communicate with the customers.

Never back to groupon again just headache fu... off.

Date of experience: February 9, 2022
GB
1 review
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Don't bother
December 21, 2020

Ordered a coat after nearly 4 weeks no show 5 days before Christmas Groupon tell me after I messaged them that the coats not coming now 3 days left for me to get a replacement present thanks waste of time

Date of experience: December 21, 2020
GB
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Don't bother with only customer service chat. If they can't answer your question they will simply end the chat. I tried 3 times to contact about a gift. They were unable to give any useful advice and ended, when i spoke about the chat being ended they would do it again. I highly recommend you do not but your purchase as a gift, the recipient will have only a few days to book and use the voucher and will be unable to speak to Groupon about the purchase

Date of experience: September 18, 2021
GB
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False advertising
November 13, 2023

Bought a 2 night stay at Windermere hotel with 3 course meal and breakfast. When I arrived at the hotel I was informed it was only breakfast. I showed the receptionist my order and was told to take it up with groupon.He said this was the 2nd person that day with same problem. Customer service an absolute joke clearly not interested and said because I had booked into hotel I couldn't get refund even though I was told this after checking in. Will never use groupon again. Bunch of crooks. They then changed my order although I already screen shorted this as I thought this is what they would do. Avoid at all costs.

Date of experience: November 13, 2023
GB
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I have tried to contact Groupon but it is impossible their web page just takes you round and round in circles. So I have wasted my money on this item.

Date of experience: July 19, 2024
GB
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Hotel quality pillows
December 22, 2016

Advertised as £40 value for £10. Pictured grey striped branded pillows.
Received 4 plain white unbranded cheap quality pillows.
Rubbish! Cannot be bothered with hassle of returns.
Straight to the charity shop.

Date of experience: December 22, 2016
GB
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The zoo staff, though most helpful, made it perfectly clear that there is no discount whatsoever for anything to do with Groupon.

Just a pack of lies to get an email address - pathetic and underhanded!

Date of experience: August 22, 2015
GB
1 review
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Had 4 orders with GroupOn - 2 totally messed up. Latest was a mis-delivery by Gardening Express (who don't seem to be able to tell the difference between a palm tree and a wisteria climber). Useless, rubbish site full of error messages. Useless idiots who tell you one thing - then do something completely different.
Well - they are cheap - you know what they say. Pay peanuts - get monkeys. Certainly true of Groupon UK. AVOID!

Date of experience: May 24, 2016
GB
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Used groupon for first time bought a bed frame. It doesn't sit flat is all twisted, moved around and literally lasted a couple of nights before breaking. Tried emailing customer support and live chat neither working. Will be reporting to trading standards as dangerous goods and not fit for purpose. Wish I had read groupon reviews before as it seems ripping people off is their business.

Date of experience: June 26, 2019
GB
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False promises of Gift Cards
January 20, 2022

I bought 2 items on 26 December using links on Groupon with the promise to receive gift cards for spending certain amounts with Argos and Robert Dyas. I have received the goods from the sellers but heard nothing from Groupon regarding the gift cards. I contacted them and have been asked to provide proof of purchase, bank statements order numbers, dates of purchase, dates of transactions with my bank, card details I used to purchase these items etc, etc. This has rumbled on for over 3 weeks and I have had no joy. They keep telling me to contact my bank and the retailers but do not explain why I need to contact them. They now tell me there is no proof I made these purchases through Groupon so will not honour the offer of the giftcards.

I have come to the conclusion that these are fake offers. I have therefore closed my Groupon account and advise others to steer clear of this company as they clearly have scams set up with retailers to get you to buy with the false promises of gift cards that they have no intention of fulfilling.

Date of experience: January 20, 2022
GB
1 review
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I purchased an item from groupon at the start of august which i never received. I contacted them in relation to this around mid august. Since then all they have done is reply to my emails with we are looking into the matter. I have sent numerous emails and asked for their complaints procedure but i only ever get a robotic response from an agent who clearly has not even bothered to read my message. Well over 1 month and i am still without my item and no one has addressed the fact i am complaining or asking for a refund.

Date of experience: September 29, 2014
GB
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Delivery takes up to a month now.
Don't listen to their lies saying 2 weeks or less. Items don't always arrive.
My advice don't order at this time. The masks they sell are made in China.
I didn't wanna touch it. Not sure if it's clean from the virus or not if made there... customer service is poor.

Date of experience: April 29, 2020
GB
1 review
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Poorly made daybed
December 4, 2017

I ordered a daybed for £260, waited ages for it to come. Opening it I was shocked as the welding was so bad, inferior quality, not stuck together properly and brown rust stains all over one side. Phoned up to get it collected, have to wait another week with it stuck here.
Then told my refund can take several weeks after it has gone back!

Date of experience: December 4, 2017
GB
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Disappointing
February 18, 2016

Ordered a double towel bale from Groupon. The image on the site showed big fluffy towels which looked really good and luxurious. Towels arrived yesterday looking flat and cheap! Washed and tumbled dried the towels thinking this would make a difference but sadly not! Compared my towels with the image on the site and they are nothing like what they claim to be selling! Have purchased via Groupon before and been happy enough but on this occasion I've been totally ripped off. If a deal looks too good to be true then it probably is. Wish I'd bought quality towels from any High St dependable store! Not happy

Date of experience: February 18, 2016

Overview

Groupon UK has a rating of 1.1 stars from 172 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Groupon UK most frequently mention customer service, full refund and bank account. Groupon UK ranks 253rd among Daily Deals sites.

service
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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
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