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Georgia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Bad business...
July 3, 2019

Anyone thinking of using Groupon for your business "DON'T". Groupon clients for most part are loyal to Groupon. They will take your original price sell it for half that amount then give you 37 percent of that profit. Then Groupon supposed to pay you two concrete days out of the month and will be 2-5 days late paying you every time. If you get on Groupon do it for no more than 2 months then leave!

Date of experience: July 3, 2019
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Some deal is ok, but need to be careful with their note, there has some cheating deal, after you bought then find it's not what is expected, they always refuse to refund. Hard to fight with them since there has small character note with those coupon. Also I could not find where to add comments for the deal I was cheated, but I find many good review comments for that deal few hours ago. I will never use it anymore

Date of experience: May 7, 2018
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I purchased a Juicy Couture handbag before I came across this site and was extremely worried about my purchase due to all the negative feedback. I actually received the bag much sooner than expected, exactly one week after I made the initial purchase. The bag was in perfect condition, although smaller than I anticipated. I was extremely satisfied with how my buying experience went with them and I will definitely be using them again!

Date of experience: March 7, 2011
DeeDee L. Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi Marz,

Thanks for sharing! I'm more than happy that you were extremely satisfied with your first experience with ideeli, and that you'll continue to shop with us. Enjoy your new Juicy Couture handbag, and always feel free to reach out to us at support@ideeli.com with any questions.

Best,

Jason Faria
Customer Service Manager

Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Groupon does not refund back to your original form of payment. I had trouble purchasing the Groupon for my location and kept getting the Groupon at another city instead. When I requested a refund due to this issue I received Groupon "bucks" instead of credit to my bank card. Spent a day trying to get $120 back to my bank account and still dealing with customer service. Don't waste your time…you'll lose a day by trying to save money.

Date of experience: December 8, 2023
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Don't waste ur money! Groupon over sells bc they are greedy and then the business's end up getting all the bad feedback! Groupon should care about the clients and try to accommodate them by being more professional and educated when it comes to numbers! My recommendation is to all businesses do ur marketing another way because in the end groupon will end up hurting ur business more than helping it...

Date of experience: June 27, 2013
California
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I've been a customer for a few years. I make purchases on this site weekly. I'm truly frustrated with the horrible service I have received. I have an issue to be addresses. I've waiting in the chat queues just get to get the #1 spot and then be disconnected. I've been trying to reach ideel via email for over a week. I've sent numerous emails and no response still. Worst service. I will not be using this site any longer.

Date of experience: January 7, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible experience
April 4, 2022

Purchase a 2 day getaway for my gf and her daughter and come to find out Groupon gave our purchase to another customer because they said the card information was incorrect not even allowing us to update the card or anything. I even tried to call my bank and they confirmed the funds were available. It's unfortunate because we were looking forward to that trip. We will not be using Groupon anymore. The civil thing to do here would be to allow the customer to update their card info. It has not even been 24 hours.

Date of experience: April 4, 2022
Tennessee
1 review
16 helpful votes
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I will preface this review that I used to purchase from Ideeli (then Ideel) multiple times a week. Almost my whole work wardrobe was through them and I was always delighted with their customer service.

Imagine my shock when I go to load the page one day and this groupon nonsense comes up. Not only is it now garish and horrible to look at, but customer service is almost nonexistent. Orders get messed up, thank goodness my bank has my back.

Really really disappointed and will NOT be shopping here ANYMORE.

Date of experience: January 26, 2016
Florida
5 reviews
8 helpful votes
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Great experience
February 22, 2016

Groupon gives you great opportunities to try things you may never tried before they also stand behind their products and the companies they represent, they're easy to get a hold of, they return calls there are human beings you can speak with, great company to do business with

Date of experience: February 21, 2016
Michigan
10 reviews
18 helpful votes
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I purchased two deals for facial threading only to find in the small print that the deal was limited to ONE discount per person. Luckily my friend was able to use the discounted threading service-but that has been the only issue with Groupon and was certainly my mistake for not reading thoroughly. Purchased some shoes at a great discount which I love. Overall, very happy with their services and offers.

Date of experience: February 12, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Terrible
April 9, 2016

I had to groupon that i was suppose to get percentage off but when checking out somehow it failed writing to groupon it terrible all u get back is a headache. I just wanted credit in my account but they give u bucks what if u dont always use groupon does that make any sense when its not your fault. Its been a complete mess never use groupon and a code again

Date of experience: April 9, 2016
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Never buying again
March 22, 2021

They charged $155 for a water sport package in Miami, and the fine print apparently said that it was half the cost. Just about all of the customers were in the same boat and everyone was mad. Even the workers said Groupon is shady with things like this.

Date of experience: March 22, 2021
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scam! Scam! Scam!
March 18, 2017

I will never use Groupon again. I've used it three times, and each time there was no savings. The last time was for lash extensions that were labeled by Groupon as individual lashes. The salon called them flare lashes. I asked for a refund after speaking with a partner of the salon, as the owner of the Groupon was not even available. The partner told me the lashes were ones that you could buy at the drugstore and that they were hard in your real lashes and could cause them to fall out. She then offered to do single lashes for more than twice the price. Such a scam. I am now out my money, as Groupon will not refund even though there is a discrepancy in service description. Beware of Groupon!

Date of experience: March 18, 2017
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I placed an order about 2 weeks ago. I received a shipping conformation email the following day with a tracking number. I have been trying to track my order for the past 2 weeks but the UPS website keeps stating that there's no such number. I called UPS and they told me that Groupon is off on a number because the number is incorrect. I emailed Groupon and got no response yet. I tried calling and their wait time is 50-60 minutes. I waited past the 60 minutes and nothing. I honestly don't think they have anybody on the other end and the "50-60 min" recording is just there to discourage you. They also have the same 2 most EXTREMELY loud instrumental (piano? Xylophone?) ever, that's designed to give you a headache. I buried the phone under a pile of laundry I was folding and it was still radiating through. I waited 1 hour and 15 minutes and they never answered.

Date of experience: December 15, 2014
Kentucky
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Purchased Luminess Air Make up system for decent price. Payed for it 2 weeks ago and why is it that it wont be delivered until the day after Christmas? Says it qualifies for free expedited shipping, what a lie! I know it is the holidays, that is exactly why I purchased two weeks ahead of time. Still confused as to why it takes a package 3 weeks and a day to move from Texas to Kentucky. A professional runner can run it here in less time than that! I will never buy from Groupon again, they lie and are unhelpful. It will be just my luck that the damned thing is defective. It is a good thing this is a present for my mom, she understands that one gift will be late. Shame on you Groupon for ruining Christmas with your lies!

Date of experience: December 18, 2015
Tennessee
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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It is not the clientele whom are the issue - it is Groupon that is the issue. If you don't mind someone else taking up to 73% of what a client pays - then by all means do business with them. They claim to only take 50% of your already discounted price, but in reality they've often taken 73%. Knowing how they treat merchants, I also no longer buy through them. If i find a deal there, i just contact the merchant directly and often get a BETTER deal directly.

Date of experience: October 22, 2019
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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What a let down
June 11, 2016

I have used Groupon goods for many years. I attempted to purchase a computer from the site and it told me the the purchase was pending. I emailed customer service 5 days after I placed the order and was told their system was taking longer than expected. 5 days after that still nothing so I emailed again. This time they let me know there was a problem processing the order and they were unable to honor it because the deal ended. No credit to my account no sorry about the troubles or suggestion for another similar product. All that was said was "you should contact support sooner".

Date of experience: June 11, 2016
Missouri
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Groupon is a SCAM
September 2, 2021

I can't even justify giving them a 1 star after the scams they have pulled on me. Of close to 70 purchases i have made on their site, I have only been able to redeem less than 1/2 of them because I can never reach the merchants to schedule the service. Most the merchants don't even have a human answering their phones and leaving messages never returned. So the services are not delivered yet Groupon is paid and won't even refund the money when you complain or cancel the service. Yet to add insult to injury Groupon continues to promote these services, taking peoples money, not delivering the services and won't give refunds. WHAT A SCAM!
Companies like this usually end up in a class action suit. The word is getting out with alot of people very upset with this scam, their rating is dropping like a rock and their time is limited so think twice before you purchase from them.

Date of experience: September 2, 2021
Michigan
5 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Horrible!
December 31, 2013

Horrible! Customer service does not exist! I ordered a set of blue bed sheets from them. They decided to send me white since they didn't have any blue sheets. I emailed them and for over 5 days I got nothing but canned responses. Too busy will get back to you.
Finally someone emailed me back and I did send the sheets back over three weeks ago. I still have not received my refund!

I blocked them and put them on the spam list. I will NEVER order from them again!

Date of experience: December 31, 2013
Oregon
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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We brought the hotel Groupon for a clarion hotel on the coast and after leaving the hotel printed a received showing normal charge of 84.62 but we paid 135.49 and overpayment of 50.87 and no one is willing do anything other than a song a dance to get you off the line.

Date of experience: January 2, 2020

Overview

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.

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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
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