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Groupon Reviews Summary

Groupon has a rating of 1.8 stars from 5,287 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Groupon most frequently mention customer service, credit card and fine print. Groupon ranks 242nd among Daily Deals sites.

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New York
8 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Had a terrible experience at a restaurant and Groupon refunded my money! Good customer service.

Date of experience: July 9, 2012
Oklahoma
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Ok don't get fool just cause lot of people buying the same deal! Watch out the deal before u buying it. U can find exactly same thing same quality on eBay with 5 times cheaper price. I am not a ebay seller by the way. Well they do have some good stuff with great discount but wait they add sale tax and shipping fee for every decent well know brand product. So i do compare all the Internet and saved 10 dollars! But please be aware for iphone4 armband and 1 carat earring stud listed price for 100+? Earring is only a piece stone how could be $150? They sell it like $19 on groupon and $9 for the retailer and $9 for the groupn. Now we figure out something

Date of experience: July 8, 2012
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ideeli what a scam... they charge you $9.95 to ship and then if you want to return to your card they charge you a return service fee of $7.95. I bought 2 pairs of shoes and returned them (shoes were below par of what they were described as), but was out $17.80 for nothing. Live Chat was like texting to an automated system. After cancelling my membership (exclusive ha ha) they did refund the $7.95. Received a call from Customer Service on my voice mail, as the caller said "we are reaching out to you to see why you cancelled your membership (caller referred to me with another customer name) WOW do they have customer service issues. I agree with another review Ross has better deals... plus you can return no problem and no charge.

Date of experience: July 7, 2012
DeeDee L. — Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi LibbyMarie,

I appreciate you taking the time to share your experience here on SiteJabber. I'm so sorry that our Customer Support Representative referred to you by another member's name. That is unacceptable, and I sincerely apologize for this.

Additionally, I'm sorry for the confusion regarding our Return Policy. We offer 2 return options: You may choose to receive either a store credit for the purchase price of the item and free return shipping, or a refund in your original form of payment minus a $7.95 return shipping charge.

Also, please rest assured that our Live Chat is operated by our Customer Support team. Members can speak with one of our Member Specialists 7 days a week for immediate assistance.

If you have any additional concerns, please don't hesitate to let me know. Quality control and member experience are very important to us at ideeli, and I take this matter to heart.

Best,

Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Ideeli is unreliable and extremely shady. You never know if you will actually get what you pay for. A month ago I ordered several things that arrived at my doorstep 3 weeks later. When I finally got the package, I discovered that they sent me the wrong item and yet it was labeled correctly with the correct description. While I know mistakes happen, this really bothered me because it seemed extremely shady. First of all, why did I receive a random item that I didn't order instead of the dress that I paid for? And why was the LABEL correct? It's like someone intentionally did that hoping maybe I'd forget about it or something.

Afterwards I contacted customer service expressing my frustration, and she said that the item was out of stock. Hold on - they had THREE WEEKS to let me know this. Instead, they send me a DIFFERENT item with the correct LABEL, so maybe someone should have known that maybe these two thing don't match? I could think of so many other business practices that would have been better than what ideeli did.

I had $39.99 in store credit from a previous purchase which I returned, opting for the store credit instead because I planned to use it in the future. However, after this incidence, I asked customer service to fully refund that credit now that I am never buying anything from this site again. However, they instead decided to give me the refund with return shipping deducted, essentially stealing more of my money.

I've purchased with no issues in the past but I have literally stopped going on the site completely ever since this problem. I am not going to let ideeli steal my money again.

Date of experience: July 6, 2012
DeeDee L. — Groupon Rep
over a year old

Dear Gloria,

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience here on SiteJabber. I'm so sorry for the inconvenience you have experienced.

Please rest assured that it is not our practice to intentionally send members the incorrect item, especially with the correct label, and I sincerely apologize that you did not receive the item you ordered.

One of the reasons we can offer such low prices is because we keep very little inventory. This means we receive products directly from the vendor and why we may be unable to let you know right away if an item is out of stock. Additionally, if the product was available for sale on the site again within that time, it is possible it sold out then.

I'm sorry for the confusion around our Return Policy. We offer 2 return options: You may choose to receive either a store credit for the purchase price of the item and free return shipping, or a refund in your original form of payment minus a $7.95 return shipping charge. However, please know that you will not be charged the $7.95 return shipping fee when sending back the wrong item you received.

If you have any additional concerns, I would be happy to address them. I am very sorry, again, for the trouble you have experienced. Member experience is very important to us, and I take this matter to heart.

Best,

Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

Florida
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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I had great experiences with Groupon so far. The vendors were flexible, they honored their commitments and customer service was on the ball with any requests.

Date of experience: July 4, 2012
Indiana
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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While they may have tempting deals, it is definitively not worth the hassle! I ordered a product on June 1st. My debit card was charged at the time of service, and it said it would be delivered in 7-10 days. After about 15 days, I emailed the customer support. They fed me a line about the tracking information not being available and that my product should arrive soon. They also issued me a $5 credit and said that if I didn't receive my product within five business days to contact them again. Five business days later, I contacted them again. They responded: "I'm sorry for any inconvenience and we appreciate your patience. Because this product is distributed by a third party company, it can take a few days for all of the orders to be placed and fulfilled in their system. Also, due to the large number of customers that these offers attract, it can often take the business a bit longer to ship due to physical processing limitations." They were still unable to provide me with a tracking number for my product. By this time, it had been nearly a month ago that my card was charged, and my product was still not here. I emailed back and told them to cancel my order because their service was ridiculous. I immediately received an email with the tracking number and was told my product would arrive within a couple days, but no reply to the email I had sent. This company is extremely unorganized and worthless. Don't waste your time.

Date of experience: July 3, 2012
Illinois
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Smart people learn from other people mistakes. So I did make a mistake here, atleast couple of them. Both are goods - what they call deal-a-day! First was belkin router- I snagged it at 34$ (supposedly 60 % off) - it arrived 15 days late that too after 3 calls of 15 minute each. It is second hand, chipped, returned - most likely "failed QC/QA" type of stuff. Beware groupon charges for all returns including 5 $ for inward shipping and 8 $ for return. Customer service was rude and unhelpful. Anyway-while the router was on its way (?) I snagged (?) another deal - wikireader (supposedly 90%) off - it has been 18 days so far and counting - not yet delivered. I tried to maintain my calm while seeking assistance from customer service - but they make their rules as they go along.
My take - go with amazon, ebay, etc- cheaper, faster and better? Or else as they say - some people do want to experience their own mistakes. This is accurate and truthful.

Date of experience: July 3, 2012
Rhode Island
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Waited a long time to get merchandise. Tracking info unavailable once it shipped. Customer service was great, though, they issued a refund right away and gave me $5.00 for the trouble. Not sure I'll buy another Groupon again.

Date of experience: June 30, 2012
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Purchased A Getaway Deal, Day 1. Received Groupon almost immediately. Contacted the Deal Maker, and they asked for my number so they could return my call. All futher attempts to contact Deal Maker went straight to Voicemail. Day two same no return call. Day three contacted Groupon was informed this is normal since so many people buy the Deals and the Deal Maker becomes overwhelmed.

Was told they would contact Deal Maker and I would be contacted. Day four noyhing. Day five nothing, contacted Groupon again was told to give it another 48 hours. Day six Deal Maker called. Could not get dates I originally requested had to compromise and book a month later and only did so to not lose my original purchase since Groupon seemed reluctant to extend any refund.

WILL NEVER buy a getaway from again. BAD DEAL!

Date of experience: June 30, 2012
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I went to Wales with a Groupon voucher last December for two nights with my partner. It was fantastic! We had a great time. I bought 3 manicure Groupon vouchers as Christmas presents last year and one friend enjoyed hers so much she has been going back and paying the full price. <3 Groupon! If I had a business then I would look at Groupon as a way of advertising. Get the punters in once without making a profit. If you are good enough people will come back and pay the full price!

Date of experience: June 28, 2012
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I own a business have contacted groupon numerous times as my cheque from them have not cleared! I stopped honoring the voucher while we are moving locations but they closed my merchant center down How many times do I have to contact you groupon to be paid I did a lot of services for free if you did not pay me you have now been contacted 5 times buy me maybe posting on facebook will get me a new cheque that does not bounce.

Date of experience: June 26, 2012
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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AWFUL!
June 25, 2012

AWFUL! Out of 5 things I have ordered off the groupon goods site I only received 1! That took over 2 months to receive. I still haven't received full refunds for products I have purchased over 3 months ago. It is ridiculous. I do not recommend this to anyone who plans on receiving anything in a timely matter or at all! I will never have anything to do with this $#*! site again.

Date of experience: June 25, 2012
Minnesota
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Purchased two deals this year for services in the Madison WI area. The businesses are clearly too small to handle the number of customers generated by Groupon. In both cases, it was virtually impossible to get through to the businesses 'due to the large number of calls we are currently receiving'. I never did get through to one business, the second business has repeatedly failed to put my appointment in the computer. I've shown up twice only to find there is no appointment. Today I called to confirm my appointment and same problem, no record of my appointment. Groupon will refund me, but I think they need to do a better job making sure the participating merchants have the ability to meet demand.

Date of experience: June 23, 2012
Iowa
5 reviews
17 helpful votes
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I have used groupon 3 times. Only one of the three purchases went through with no hitch. It seems that the vendors don't realize what they are getting into and do not want to provide the services.

Date of experience: June 23, 2012
Virginia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I've ordered 4 groupons and so far it's junk. Not groupon itself, the products they offer at discount are not worth what they originally cost, that's why they're discounted, so it's not a "deal"

The first were fandango tickets which were fine.

The second were 2 coupons for discounts at FTD.com, I ordered mothers day flowers and lucky they were delivered on time but the flowers were such a ripoff they weren't even worth what I paid for the coupon. I sent pictures to both groupon and FTD and they refunded my money.

With the refunded groupon credits I purchase some groupon goods, a sheet set and eye cream. The sheet set felt like nice material but looked horrible. There were strings hanging out everywhere and both pillowcases were deformed, not useable. I emailed groupon about it and they basically said too bad but since you opened them we won't refund your money, feel free to donate them to charity.

The eye cream said will ship within 7-10 business days, took over a month to arrive. I've just now recieved it so we'll see if it was also a waste of money. Not buying anything else from groupon unless it's something I've bought before and know it's good.

Date of experience: June 22, 2012
District of Columbia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Returned an intem three weeks ago and still have not receive the credit to my Visa. My ideeli account shows it was returned, plus I paid for the air shipping back and provided them with tracking showing it was received, Each day for over a week they send me the same email reply that it will be one more day unitl they can resolve it. Absolutely ridiculous. I"D NEVER BUY FROM THEM AGAIN!

Date of experience: June 21, 2012
DeeDee L. — Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi Wendy,

I'm very sorry to hear that you have not yet been credited for your return. Returns usually take up to 5 days to process once the item has been received, and I'm not sure why you are experiencing such a long delay. I'd be happy to look into this personally for you. So that I may better assist you, can you please send me a message with your order number? I will look into it right away.

Best,

Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

New York
3 reviews
25 helpful votes
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Not bad, compare to livingsocial before making a purchase

Date of experience: June 20, 2012
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Bought a First Aid course through Groupon supplied by Vetcorp. The night before the course Vetcorp emailed me saying that I should have read the 8 hours worth of literature attached by now to enable me to pass the course. Suffuce to say it was the first email I'd recieved and I needed those 8 hours to sleep before the course so I phoned Vetcorp that evening. After 3 calls to Vetcorp they called mid morning the next day saying she did not get my 2 previous calls. Hmmn... Vetcorp declared their innocence and said they would call me back after investigating. -No reply after 16 days. I also emailed Groupon 16 days ago asking for a refund also - no reply! Funny thing was Groupon sent me a survey a week ago asking what I though of their service, I replied that it would be nice if they replied to customers emails sent to their "support" department. Still waiting, I've just sent another email today, 3rd time lucky methinks.

Date of experience: June 20, 2012
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Groupon does offer cheap deals -- definitely get your money's worth. Just be careful from falling into the impulsive buying mode when you see how much is being discounted by the merchant. However, be forewarned that if you have a problem with the merchant, Groupon will not give you a refund. They will give you credit at most, but only after giving you a difficult time over it and trying to force you to come to an agreement with the merchant.

Date of experience: June 20, 2012
Singapore
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I feel cheated!
June 21, 2012

I feel cheated! Just left the salon after forking out more $ on top of the groupon I bought. The deal says intensive hair treatment + hair cut worth over $250, I paid $35. Good deal? I waited a month for the appt n was grossly disappointed at the venue. The salon ( white house at orchard central) was one messy one w towels piling at one corner. The hair dresser assessed my hair n recommended I top up another $50 for dandruff treatment. " You have serious dandruff problem." said the hair stylist. Where?! I dun even see a speck of it. She claimed it was at the back of my head where I can't see it. I declined her politely. She then said in order for the treatment which I paid for to work, I hv to top up a $20 for the use of the steaming machine. I know for a fact that intensive treatment need heat to penetrate into the hair follicles, but how could the salon sell the treatment without the machine? It's like buying a car n paying extra for wheels!
I am having post partum hair loss, as the stylist was washing my hair, she commented on it. She hit my soft spot. Now she claimed the earlier dandruff treatment can also help my scalp. I bargained down to $40 from the initial $50.
I was appalled when she showed me the mirror after my hair cut. It had a lot of raw edges! I have a simple bob straight hair, nothing fanciful. It took her 3 tries to improve on it, but still I can't live with this. I m gg to my usual hair stylist Tmr.
After $75 poorer, I feel depressed and cheated. If its too good to be true, it's def so!
For those who have yet to redeem ur voucher, u may want to ask for a refund fr groupon.

Date of experience: June 20, 2012

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Groupon is the largest "daily deal" site, selling vouchers for discounted local experiences and services such as restaurants and spas, as well as travel packages, shopping, and a number of other items. Vouchers are purchased upfront and typically must be redeemed by a certain date, after which time Groupons expire. To businesses Groupon markets itself as a way to drive new customers. Groupon is a public company (NASDAQ: GRPN) and is based in Chicago, IL.


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