Don't buy from here unless you don't mind being charged for something only to never receive it. I love the $10 shipping charge - what exactly does that pay for if they never ship it?
I ordered something from ideeli, then three weeks later ordered a few things from Gilt.com. Both the Gilt.com things are here and wonderful. The ideeli stuff is nowhere to be found.
Also, I almost bought a pair of jeans off ideeli yesterday then found the exact same thing on overstock.com only CHEAPER and $1 shipping. LAME.
I tried to cancel my reservations through groupon before they made the actual reservations but to my surprise there is no human help for frustrated customers! I finally spoke to a lady on the live chat and she reassured me I would get my refund instantaneously after cancelling and I still haven't received my money or the email confirming my cancellation. I will say that this was my first time using groupon and it will also be my last! They don't make it very easy to get the money back!
Never use them! Take your money for a hotel that's fully booked and now I've got nothing too show for 315 pound refusing to give a refund or even help us even after the hotel has emailed them saying they cannot book us in
If you are thinking about buying a so called Groupon deal don't! Instead contact the business directly and they will more than likely sell you the deal directly. You will also get better service this way... no lame middle man. Just some free advice...
I purchase a pair of boots from Groupon, great deal, Groupon said over 700 pairs available. About a week after the purchase Groupon says oops sorry, we overestimated available inventory and no boots for you, ma'am. Took 10 days to process my refund but you'd better believe they had my money the day I placed the order. They had my money for three weeks knowing the order could not be filled. SHADY. Never again.
Purchased a massage deal for my mom as nice Mothers Day gift. The deal was with Massage Advantage, but every time she called they said they were fully booked. The Fine Print said "by appointment only". Groupon refused to refund me for that reason.
I purchased an offer through Groupon for 1-800 Basket. The offer was $20 for $40 in goods. In trying to use the offer, Both items I selected had no delivery charge. However when I went to the payment page, one of the items suddenly had $14.99 in delivery/shipping charges. This is an unfair business practice. Any benefit they might have received from my purchase is gone because I won't use them or you again.
Purchased some tickets to take my family to a jumping house. I read all the fine print in groupon and the vendors website as well as calling the vendor to make sure both my daughters could jump since they are young. Because is groupon I only have so many days to use my offer. The day I decide to take my girls, the place charged me $80 because the groupon ticket did not included jumping for toddlers. Nowhere in neither website this is mentioned nor when I called them and told them my daughters ages. I tried to get a refund from groupon since in the end I ended up paying almost $200 when without groupon it would had been $50. Groupon was no help at all and refused to give me a refund. They suck!
Horrific customer service, no empathy, total scam and will never purchase anything from them again.
There 14 day refund policy is a complete scam because if you were to even call in 1 day after purchasing they purposely book you in after the 14 days to not give you a refund.
Its website says: 'If your experience using your Groupon ever lets you down, well return the purchase price of your Groupon, either as cash or as a Groupon UK credit. Simple as that.'... Complete LIE!
Groupon pretty much sucks. Their deals are not great and often have large strings attached, example, one deal was for a restaurant and only lasts 3 months, pretty restrictive if you only visit the town occasionally, and another required you do dine-in instead of take-out, yet another did not have nearly enough supply of the dufflebags being sold to meet the demand - is this overstock.com crap? My largest gripe is that when I wanted a refund after finding that the restaurant coupon was dine-in only, I only had 7 days to ask for refund, and after searching the site I found no way to do it automatically (apparently there is a way to do it yourself but the site is so confusing) I eventually emailed Groupon and did not hear back for about 7 days. They gave me a groupon credit instead of a credit card refund which is BS. So now I am stuck trying to find a decent groupon to spend the money, after I find it I am never coming back to this awful site. Stockholders sell.
I have found some really great deals on Groupon. My favorite ones have been those to try new restaurants in the area that offer a 2 for 1 deal. My problem is that I will by the deal and then for some reason not be able to use it right away. The old adage "out of sight, out of mind" definitely applies to me. The good thing about Groupon is that even if I miss the expiration date of the deal, the money I spent buying the deal is still usable at that restaurant. If anything, I wish Groupon would send more reminders of when you are getting close to expiration dates.
I ordered 2 separate times from Ideel and received my first item without problems. My second item was a Sue Wong dress on 7/3/15 that was to be delivered at last date on 7/15 at which time it is still pending shipment. I emailed and got excuse that it was not their fault but I give them credit that they did respond quickly in customer service. Later on 7/14 I check my on line banking and find that on 7/12 and 7/14 they charged me double for this item. I emailed them again and received email that they had received my complaint. The 24 hr response is almost over and they have not responded or taken one of the charges off. Is this some type of scam and how can I get this taken off if they refuse? Has anyone else been double charged for items? Be careful when you order items from this company!
I purchased tickets to a local event, but I had a family emergency and could no longer attend. I tried gifting the passes to several people who were not interested. I finally wrote in asking for a credit. First they flat out denied me, but I asked them to reconsider given the circumstance I'm facing and they politely obliged to return my monies in the form of a groupon credit which is what I wanted anyway.
They have great deals... It has all the information you may need before you decide to make a purchase. Even when I love its food deals now I am trying Restaurant.com too. I would recommend Groupon as a secure site.
This company is awful. They sent me the wrong products. Customer service was rude when I informed them of the mistake. I returned the products, I waited a week after it arrived at warehouse to contact them regarding my credit. They told me to wait longer- then they only credited me one product. I had to contact again. Did not get full refund until a month later. They're customer service correspondence is via email which I didn't like.
Hi Christine,
Thanks for giving us your feedback here on SiteJabber. I do apologize that you were sent the wrong products by our fulfillment center and I'm terribly sorry for the inconvenience this error has caused. I am glad to hear you did, after some time, receive your full refund back to form of payment. I'd like to check into this issue, find out who the agent was that you worked with, and go over what happened and use this a retraining opportunity.
Our normal processing time for returns is between 3 and 5 business days from the date the package arrived back to our fulfillment center. I'm terribly sorry that it seems to have taken longer than that and I'd like to report that to our returns team. I'd like to let you know that we do offer Live Chat as a option for taking care of your issues in a more timely fashion if email doesn't work for you. You can access our Live Chat here: https://support.ideel.com/app/chat/chat_launch and our team is available 7 days a week, with a few holiday dates that are exceptions. Since we aren't a traditional call center our agents can handle multiple chats and emails at a time, which leads to faster service that wouldn't happen via the phone.
I'd like to look into these instances you referred to in your post and to help resolve any issues that are still pending. Please send me a message with this information so I can look into this. Thanks again for giving us your feedback here!
Best,
Jason Faria
Director, Ideel Customer Service
Use at your own risk. Pros: they do offer some great deals from companies you probably use daily but their are issues with this. Cons: In my opinion you loose relationships with the business by using a Groupon in their store. These business owners usually always loose money on these deals which groupon markets as getting them new customers. I think the owners turn on you for using groupon discount in their store. It is a good and bad site at the same time.
HORRIBLE company... stay away. My product never arrived and no one would give me a straight answer as to when I would receive my product. I had to email and call multiple times with no luck getting a response. The worse part of it all was they were so rude to me on the phone. I will NEVER shop there again... living social is ten times better
I have ordered many groupon goods and have generally been very happy. Even my mystery purchase was nice. I got a great headphone set. Once I received only one of a set of bamboo cutting boards and they simply gave me a total refund and let me keep the one they had sent. The only bad experience was with an inferior quality sheet set. They actually tore apart after just a month or so. Otherwise, I really have enjoyed my products and groupon's service.
I ordered sheets from groupon back in November. I still have not received them and they will refuse to contact me back. I have sent countless emails and called several times. The most annoying part is the tracking says it has been delivered. I just want my money back and a response from customer service letting me know something. I feel robbed and I don't appreciate that.
There is no customer service like literally it does not exist. I got the wrong size of product and tried to send them back. No response from groupon or the merchant. They no longer care about the customer. Very disappointed.
Answer: Yes, Groupon is legit. You need to read the fine print before ordering live event tickets- -they will not refund your money even if it's there fault. I only buy tickets for activities that don't expire or you can use the purchase price towards a non-Groupon service the vendor offers. Hope this helps.
Answer: Yes, report it but using social media is a very effective way to get a companies attention. Spread the word, Groupon does not honor returns!
Answer: I usually call the merchants I am interested in before buying the coupons, and ask them if the groupon coupons work, and how much more I have to pay. You could do the same, contact the merchants you are interested in and ask them how groupon works for them?
Answer: Groupon usually sends a tracking # via email If not do as the other people suggested, check My Groupons
Answer: I wish I could say why, but a solution might be to contact Call Curtis, or your local News station that helps with consumer issues. They always seem to get fast resolutions, because companies hate BAD TV PUBLICITY.
Answer: I personally do not trust groupon. The question previous to yours printed on this site should answer your question as to its reliaiblity
Answer: The one I took by Holly and Hugo at least were I would research the company before buying. Also about twice a year they put all their courses for $5! I got mine completed it and it helped boost my resume and I was able to get a vet assistant job pretty quickly compared to before where I only got a call back from about one place which didn't lead anywhere. :) hope I could help!
Answer: Well, it's not Ideeli anymore... it's been Ideel for about a year now I think. Yes, there is a customer support phone number. I've had nothing but good experiences from Ideel in all regards - product satisfaction, price, shipping, etc. - but I've never had to contact customer service so I don't know what you'll get, but they're phone number is (888) 835-1719.
Answer: They are the absolute worst about answering customer service complaints. They will lie, they literally told me customer service reps were out sick, thus no answer to my emails for about 2 weeks. But, don't loose hope, the DAY I posted a review on this site, they answered AND gave me a 25.00 credit for my trouble. So write a review on Site Jabber with all the details and a bet a manager will answer promptly. As this is their way, I NEVER ordered from the site again after at least 3 years of orders. Good Luck and don't leave a sordid detail out of your complaint.
Groupon has a rating of 1.6 stars from 5,286 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 250th among Daily Deals sites.
Hi Alli: I apologize for any confusion. Please let us know the order number so we can look into this immediately. You can reach us at support@ideeli.com, or orders@ideeli.com right away. Thank you so much for getting in touch with us, and being an ideeli member.
Jason Faria
Customer Service Manager
Ideeli, Inc.