Honey

Hi all
I have just been informed that honey has been doing the fishy stuff and has been ripping in affiliate codes from creators and stopping them make money. Also companies have been paying honey to to give us coupon codes to the end user so the company makes more money and therefore honey will make more money as well because they they are getting paid by the companies to do that just letting you know I am uninstalling honey I've been lied to thank you very much.

The Honey browser extension, owned by PayPal, engages in several deceptive practices:

## Misleading Discount Practices
Honey deliberately shows smaller discounts (like 5%) while hiding better available deals (like 30%), prioritizing codes that benefit its business partners rather than providing users with the best savings[1][2].

## Commission Theft
The extension manipulates affiliate links by replacing existing cookies with its own, effectively stealing commissions from content creators and influencers who originally referred the sales[4][7]. This practice particularly affects small creators who rely on affiliate income for their revenue.

## Selective Code Display
Rather than showing all available discount codes, Honey selectively displays codes based on business partnerships, contradicting its promise to automatically find the best deals[9]. The extension's pop-ups at checkout often serve no purpose other than to claim affiliate credit[4].

This behavior has sparked significant backlash from both consumers and influencers, many of whom previously promoted the extension without knowing its true practices[2][9].

Look up on youtube honey scam. They have been stealing everyones money and users data! They are really sly about it so nobody would notice, disgusting.

Honey is a scam, just Google it and you'll find out. The extension scams users, content creators and stores online. Stay away.

Worthless
They removed all of the redeem options in the UK, without so much as a message.

The many points I earned (and which earned them money) are now worthless.

This is worse than bad, its fraudulent.

It is supposed to reward purchases with honey gold, where applicable, that you can then redeem for gift vouchers. I have made 12 purchases that have not been rewarded any honeygold and customer services are useless. Nearly 20 emails and I am getting nowhere. Worst service I've ever had.

The store policy of issuing a credit instead of refund should be communicated at all times even if it says on the receipt. I returned an item an was told it's a credit only. It's $160 sitting in a Honey bank account. This is highway robbery. I could have used that money to feed my family. Terrible

I have nearly £100 in Honey Gold and I cannot redeem it.
Emails are ignored and chat is not responded to.
Although the discounts are nice to have.
Extremely disappointed about their customer service especially when its meant to be a Paypal company!

Worked great for about a year. I saved up a substantial amount of Honey and now it does not work when I attempt to redeem it. Honey chat wont talk to me and Honey email no response. Seems like paypal just wants to keep the money for them selves.

The website is scan after collecting many gold they will not answer you by chat & even, they will ignore you even block you.

I requested more than 5 redemption e-gift once they know you are right they will block, don't believe such website.

I purchased a major appliance with joinhoney.com with Home Depot. I never received credit for it. I contacted Joinhoney and they never got me the points. My transaction on Joinhoney said "Ineligible." I had the same thing with Apple purchased with honey. On the contrary, when I do the exact same purchases on American Airlines Shopping, I get points from both Apple and Home Depot for the exact same types of purchases. Honey is either incompetent or a total scam and they are keeping the money.
Avoid them like the plague. FYI, it looks like they were purchased by Paypal. I hope you like offshore customer service. ;)

Transaction after transaction do not qualify. Macy's, Walmart, Lowes. It works in the beginning and then you have to fight for every nickel. Really bogus

While Honey did save me some money, it could often lead to price increases during checkout and then you had to redo the cart to get back to the original prices. This is most pronounced with Swanson Health online store. I also had problems with the extension spuriously triggering at non-retail survey sites. It leads to extra attention to dismiss those unwanted pop ups. When I contacted Honey support, they were quick in response and worked diligently to absolve themselves of responsibility. These guys are parsimonious and not your advocate and seeing how they've been in business for over 5 years, not very capable.

I have saved so much in coupons alone. It is worth downloading this button. When I have problems not getting app to activate then I am alerted to checkout issues. A nice little feature.(I had Shop Pay automatically activating and asking for a code which was more than annoying.) Customer Service has been kind and helpful. I have been using for five or six months. I have a $10 reward that I can use for a gift card now. I really have been using to find coupons. There is a pop-up where additional cashback happens if you purchase something in 2 hours or so. I have used that once or twice. Overall, a good money saving app.

I absolutely love having Honey installed on my Chrome browser. I am huge on finding the best deals possible so oftentimes I already have a coupon for something before looking at honey. On more than one occasion Honey has gotten me an even bigger discount then what I had originally. I love it when it pops up at the time of checkout and I get to watch all the coupons be applied and see the different prices. I would recommend this to anyone.

Honey is supposed to find coupons and discounts for products online, mainly Amazon. On Amazon.com, it suggests different sellers with lower prices for the same item sold by Amazon. It also tracks price history and graphs the price changes. None of this works on Amazon.co.uk. Simply put, if you live in the UK, don't waste your time. They offer Honey "gold" on eBay purchases. Collect 1400 honey gold and get a £10 gift card. Only it takes up to 90 days to get the gold credited to your account... if at all. Again, if you live in the UK, don't waste your time. It's basically useless.

I hate Honey. Money isn't worth the hassle to use it. They stopped phone support. They have been told that their site is too difficult multiple times. Don't get a gift card! BIG HASSLE TO USE!

I have over $100 in vested "Honey Gold" in my account but their website won't allow me to complete the redemption process - it just freezes after I hit the submit button. Multiple inquiries to their customer service email with no responses. No other way to reach them. They blocked me on Twitter when I DM'd them for help! Never experienced anything like this with any other cashback site. Scammers.

I ordered Shari's Berries using a "Honey" deal with their gift card. Shari's missed the delivery date and refunded the money to Honey. My Honey account does not show the refund. I have emailed multiple times with no response. They do not list a phone number on their website so you have to Google it. I finally found it, and I have left messages with no response. I guess I am out $130. Thanks Honey for being a scam artist.