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Groupon Reviews Summary

Groupon has a rating of 1.8 stars from 5,284 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.

service
681
value
624
shipping
459
returns
532
quality
536
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North Carolina
1 review
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Gone Bad
April 5, 2016

I have used groupon many times and have never been disappointed. However I recently been checking and the prices they are listing are completely wrong... listed@$45/night and starts@$116, etc. I do not know why they have gone bad but I will not waste my time anymore.

Date of experience: April 5, 2016
Texas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I went to Fun Station for $15 it was supposed to be 40 go to this website

Date of experience: April 5, 2016
Virginia
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Many interesting offers for different services. Before buying anything I usually search for groupon deals :)

Date of experience: April 5, 2016
Malaysia
5 reviews
17 helpful votes
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Great gateway deal!
April 5, 2016

I get the Cruise holiday deal in here! Best and awesome deal! Best holiday I ever had! Terima kasih Groupon!

Date of experience: April 4, 2016
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Had a problem placing an order on Groupon yesterday (4/3) and got an automated message to contact customer service. I found the live chat feature and later got transferred to "Getaway Specialist" and was in queue position 3. After getting to queue position 1 and waiting for close to 2 hours, there was still no one to answer my call. Since it was getting late, I decided I would try again today. Maybe they had a really troublesome case.
Today, I tried live chat again. I was transferred to "Getaway Specialist," waited half hour and was immediately hung up on before the customer service rep even said hello (see pic). Needless to say I was infuriated.

Date of experience: April 4, 2016
California
5 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Good deals
April 5, 2016

Got the starbucks deal for $10 for $5. Great value

Date of experience: April 4, 2016
Virginia
6 reviews
11 helpful votes
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Pizza Coupons
April 5, 2016

I come onto Groupon all of the time to find papajohns pizza coupons. Well worth it.

Date of experience: April 4, 2016
Canada
4 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Best of the best
April 2, 2016

The best site i've ever seen. A large number of coupons. I use them very often.

Date of experience: April 1, 2016
California
4 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I like it
April 2, 2016

I'm using groupon for years and never had a single problem

Date of experience: April 1, 2016
Massachusetts
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Horrible
April 1, 2016

Went on to groupon looking for accommodations for my son and I for his school vacation this April, so in February I was looking for deals and found one, I opened the page entered the days I would be traveling and hit the next button and was automatically sent a confirmation for the hotel however I did not intend to purchase the deal I was just attempting to get a cost, I explained this logically to several associates at groupon both by phone and email, the end result was an email from groupon acknowledging I inadvertently purchased the deal but because I didn't read the fine print for a hotel stay I did not want I was still on the hook for the cost, $#*! GROUPON!

Date of experience: April 1, 2016
Pennsylvania
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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This started in January when Ideeli was acquired by Groupon. I called and they promised my a check for my $75 credit. 3 months and many promises later, no check. Has anyone filed a claim with the better Business Bureau?

Date of experience: April 1, 2016
Texas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Great
April 1, 2016

Great source for coupons to my favorite local places.

Date of experience: March 31, 2016
Argentina
19 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Groupon is not my favorite place to shop. Their prices are not the best and their customer service at least their Chat online is alwful. Their shipping is a joke. I even bought groupon.com.ar and they scamed me really bad! And the worst part is you have no way of leaving reviews. Well, I would rather recommend other places to shop.

Date of experience: March 30, 2016
Croatia
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Pretty Good
March 31, 2016

Pretty good place to find several deals for you and your friends.

Date of experience: March 30, 2016
North Carolina
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Why won't you honor a coupon for a faithful customer? I've asked this question to your 'customer service' three times, but have only gotten stock responses, none of which applies to my problem. Shame on Groupon!

Date of experience: March 30, 2016
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bought a &26 in value Groupon for Fanfango, but only got $23 and change toward purchase. What followed:

In the last 10 days of communicating back and forth, with no less than SIX different customer service agents, I am no closer to an answer. Each of those six communications was ineffective and essentially empty, with agents asking for information that was irrelevant to the issue (my telephone number, my shipping address). In fact, the agents merely repeated the language listed in the groupon offer! And after all this time, no information whatsoever regarding Fandango's rip off of a small but still meaningful amount of money from me.

Date of experience: March 30, 2016
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I wont waste my breath anymore than I had to today, on facebook and twitter. Groupon have officially gone down in my books. I waited two weeks and had not received as much as a dispatch email for a wine order from The Vineyard Club. I emailed the merchant and Groupon, no response for a few days until being told that my query was going to be passed to management and to wait another two weeks to get a reply, not event to receive confirmation that its on its way. I asked for a refund, and low and behold. No reply. They have robbed me of £33. Even after all of this, no reply. Avoid.

Date of experience: March 30, 2016
California
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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OCCASIONAL USE
March 30, 2016

I have used Groupon occasionally, this is the reason for 4 stars. Everything I purchased was as advertised. Some reviews said to research before buying from Groupon; this is a no brainer. You should research before you buy anything from any store, website, newspaper ad etc. I will continue to review Groupon offers and purchase after I have done my due diligence.

Date of experience: March 30, 2016
GB
4 reviews
9 helpful votes
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Great
March 30, 2016

Great source of coupons for friends and family. Always plenty to choose from!

Date of experience: March 30, 2016
GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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First lets start with Groupon delivery service...#1, The delivery was booked and cancelled 5 times due to the fact that they wanted to leave the boxes 5 minutes away from my house at the concierge office and not bring to my property. I had to call and speak to higher management in order for them to bring the boxes to my building. Ridiculous! #2, All items had faulty defects and was really bad quality. #3, When i spoke to customer service they were not helpful at all wanted me to do a million things before they would even consider helping me to the point i just told the lady to cancel my subscription and delete me from all database because i want nothing more to do with Groupon. This whole process was so ridiculous im left out of pocket and now have fault furniture. I dont advice anyone to use Groupon.

Date of experience: March 29, 2016

From the business

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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