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North Carolina
1 review
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I ordered a Groupon for a massage that the provider made impossible to redeem. After speaking with Groupon, they agreed to give me an exchange credit. Unfortunately, I had to use it within 24 hours and there was NOTHING I could find that was a decent deal for the same price. So now I'm just out the money.

Just don't waste your time or money with these people.

Date of experience: June 30, 2017
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
California
4 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Groupon is getting a lot of negative press lately but anytime I've had an issue with a voucher they have always gone above and beyond to remedy it. The only issue I have with Groupon is that they are sending too many emails on a daily basis and some of their deals are simply put, a joke. Overall tho, they are fine save the mass emailing and funky stipulations on some of their deals.

Date of experience: September 28, 2011
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I bought a $24 Groupon this morning, supposedly good on Saturdays (today is Sat), for Benichopsticks restaurant in McMurray. Restaurant refused to honor it. I got home and got on Groupon's website, but there is no customer service on weekends apparently. After reading many other reviews of Groupon on other websites, I'm pretty sure they will never refund my money. If you give your money to Groupon, it is gone- you might as well answer one of those emails from "Nigerian government officials" who are offering to split $50 million with you if you only give them access to your savings account.

Date of experience: April 1, 2017
California
7 reviews
17 helpful votes
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Some BAD and some good
December 28, 2015

I have found a FEW room rates that saved us some dollars. This past year there were a couple that we found and liked very much. I had to do some work to find the deals and then purchase them so it would have been much easier to just book them straight with the business. On the NEGATIVE side I purchased a couple of services that just did NOT work out. One business wanted to charge me a lot more so I did not use the coupon and it seems that Groupon is keeping my money. This is not the way to keep your customers happy and is far from my expectations. Be very careful when dealing with Groupon and be sure to read all of the disclaimers and links, then keep copies of these documents. If it does not work out expect that you will not have a recourse and they will make the decision not to refund your money. Making a purchase for a room within a few days may work in your benefit and I may try it again.

Date of experience: December 28, 2015
North Dakota
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bliizzard - State of emergency closed down NYC. I could not get into the city because mayor closed all streets to traffic and Broadway cancelled all shows. Broadway said pick another date. Groupon and the Jewel Facing Rockefeller Center said to bad sucker we don't care and we are not going to help you at all. $166.00 down the drain. I never asked for money back just a different date to go into the city and hotel. I should have looked at Groupon overall rating before doing business with them. No wonder their financials are so bad.

Date of experience: January 28, 2016
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Absolutely ridiculous!
February 3, 2016

The only way i feel i can rate groupon would be minus 100! They are a shocking company and i simply cannot understand how they are still trading. I ordered a bed on the 14th of January, groupon advised 5-7 days delivery, after the 7 days i contacted groupon and have been doing so every day since ( receiving the same answer everytime, there must be a problem as in the item was damaged in transit), i received an email today stating the courier tried to deliver and no one was home so please wait another 5-7 days. I decided to contact the courier who told me they dont even have the item in the first place!
What an absolute joke this company is, i have now passed the situation over to my bank who are refunding my money back to me, i would never deal with groupon again and would advise other potential customers to do the same however good the offer may seem!

Date of experience: February 3, 2016
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Do not trust. Dont believe the reviews they clearly pay spam farms to leave. Fraudulent cowboys.

They take your money. Never deliver item and wait weeks to provide any sort of dismissive and irrelevant response to correspondenc

Date of experience: November 3, 2018
California
1 review
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Don't Use!
June 9, 2016

I signed up for a yoga groupon and could not get ahold of the yoga studio to go. I called, emailed and even went to the address on their website but it turned out the address was a frame store! I emailed Groupon customer service who said they would "reach out" but we never got a reply from the studio. I asked for a refund but it only came in "groupon bucks" which are useless to me now since I already signed up for another yoga studio. Groupon doesn't appear to validate the legitimacy of their locations so be careful cause you won't be able to get a refund.

Date of experience: June 9, 2016
Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I had ordered light up flowers for my mom for mother's day. She thought they were beautiful. They worked for about a week.
Because of covid, I was unable to go there before yesterday to see the product. The battery pack leaked and corroded the battery. They lost me as a customer and everyone I know will not purchase any crap from Groupon anymore.

Date of experience: July 29, 2020
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Everything I have ordered came to me exactly when they said it would. I have ordered at least 20 times with them. All the dates have been spot-on. People, you don't get your stuff right away. Period. But you should already know that when you buy from them. But when you get soemthing that is 70%, it's worth the wait. As for their customer service, it is existing. No phone numbers, but every email I have written to them, they have responded immediately with an automatic-response email that says we will contact you in 24-48 hours and you guessed it, they did. They're a great website people, come on. Work with them a little. You're getting the best stuff at almost 70% off! And yes, everything I ordered was perfect. I loved it all. Thank you Ideeli. You are 4 stars with me!

Date of experience: September 1, 2010
DeeDee L. Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi Nancy: It's great to hear from you, we are so pleased you've had such wonderful shopping experiences with us. Feel free to reach out and let us know if there's anything we can do to make shopping even better for you. Thanks so much for the kind words, and being an ideeli member!

Jason Faria
Customer Service Manager

Ideeli, Inc.

Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Surface 2 purchase
November 5, 2015

Purchased a refurbished surface 2 which has a 90 day warranty. Pulled it out of the box and plugged it in and it does not stay charged. Emailed the warranty department two times in two days, and still have not received a response. I will never purchase anything from Groupon again. This was a 216.00 mistake.

Date of experience: November 5, 2015
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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The team that handles the the sales for Groupon Works and the team that handles issues related to it, are the most arrogant, unwilling to help people I have encountered in advertising companies. This people will try to justify each others mistakes at all cost. Is there any justification for putting an add out with your cell phone number on it and your business address in another state? Also the editing person needs to go on Adderal. She writes adds that don't speak about the business at all, she puts main focus on the owners personal Bio ( who left the business). When I asked her to please make a correction, she re-writes the same exact thing all over again. In another freaking State! Unbelievable!

Date of experience: February 27, 2013
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I finally stopped shopping from them. Initially, they weren't so bad but over the past year, every item I have bought from them has been defective. I bought a watch in Dec 2012 that stopped working by March. I recently had the time to take it in, thinking it was the battery to find out it is completely broken and it would cost me more than the price of the watch to get it fixed. Every single item I've bought from them has ended up falling apart in no time -- a complete waste of money.

Date of experience: September 27, 2013
DeeDee L. Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi Ziba,

Thanks for taking the time to give us your feedback on SiteJabber. I'm really sorry to hear that your watch stopped working and that you've had problems with past orders as well. Many of the watches we sell are covered under a warranty so I'm happy to find out if yours is covered. If it is covered by a warranty we can get that information to you once you give me the order information. If any items you order from us arrive damaged please let our customer service team know right away but using Live Chat (https://support.ideeli.com/app/chat/chat_launch) or emailing them about the issue at support@ideeli.com. In regards to this watch please send me a private message with your order information and I'll be happy to look into what can be done at this point in time and if there is a warranty on this item. I look forward to hearing back from you about the watch you ordered.

Best,
Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a coupon for a Christmas tree which was to be delivered to my house. I confirmed the delivery time, gave them 2 contact numbers to reach me regarding the delivery and waited more than 6 hours. They did not deliver as promised and did not call. When I tried to reach the vendor (Five Star Christmas Trees) I received a message saying they had completed deliveries and were no longer answering the phone. I have received no reply to my complaints to Five Star or Groupon

Date of experience: December 9, 2013
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Groupon advertised beautiful 10 CTTW amethyst earrings and I was excited to receive them. When I got them I could barely see them. Groupon mailed me a 1 CTTW combined pair of earrings. Time lapsed because of my schedule. Spoke to manager and he did nothing to help. Still disgusted over false advertisement to lure you into buying their items. Was a faithful customer... Not anymore. Will not buy Anything from Groupon. Very dissatisfied and disappointed.

Date of experience: April 20, 2016
Virginia
1 review
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Carpet Cleaning
June 22, 2016

I purchased a carpet cleaning deal from Atlantic Oceans Carpet Cleaning on Groupon. They did a terrible job! Carpet looked like it had hardly been cleaned. Called Atlantic Carpet and was spoken to very rudely by the owner. He cut me off and informed me he was with his son at a doctors appointment. What? Am I not calling you on your business phone? I told him his tech was in and out in less than 30 minutes and the carpet cleaning looked it! I used a wet washcloth on some of the stains he missed and easily got them out. This owner, however, was not interested in what I had to say. He told me to call him back the next morning. I don't think so... if you speak that rudely to all of your customers I don't think you will get ANY repeat business. Going to a reputable carpet cleaning service that knows how to clean carpet and offer good customer service. I intend to share with all of my friends my experience with this crummy company!

Date of experience: June 22, 2016
Georgia
1 review
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This is the second time I have purchased items, then a few days later I get an email that they have run out. This is inexcusable, how hard is it to have a quantity at the beginning of a sale and then stop when they are all sold! I will be shopping elsewhere from now on.

Date of experience: October 6, 2016
Arizona
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Groupon is very reputable, especially in comparison to the many copycats on the market. There reputation enables them to offer deals with better vendors. I especially like their customer service. They responded quickly and, when I explained that I let some certificates expire without being used, they quickly refunded the money. Thanks.

Date of experience: November 11, 2011
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Well I have tried to purchase items from Groupon, order services and online items. Other than one online item the rest have been either of such poor quality, or the site doesn't work or something... 40 min on hold to have someone say well we can give you Groupon credit... I am sorry that doesn't cut it. Once, even twice is okay but it is the norm to have below average and below quality, then it is about a company that doesn't care about the item, just the money it gets from it! I will never order from them again. I guess the old adage is true "you get what you pay for". Shop around locally you can get the same thing...

Date of experience: November 17, 2014

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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