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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.

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value
624
shipping
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returns
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quality
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Canada
1 review
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Scam
June 12, 2023

They charge your credit card twice, they do not issue refunds. They ask for your banking information which was sketchy, I did not give them. Now they will not refund me my money.

Date of experience: June 12, 2023
India
1 review
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Frod
June 11, 2023

This app is frod I lost the my 8000 rupees of amount and they are asgin asking for the 9000 rupees they are saying if I will not pay the 9000 rupees so they will not give my paid amount and they are asking for made the payment again and again the are saying they provide the part time job but they are looting the poor people

Date of experience: June 11, 2023
District of Columbia
1 review
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REFUND
June 6, 2023

I booked a hotel on 04/30/2023 for $265.95, I call the hotel in north carolina on 05/22/23 they never gotten my reservation because groupon! Never sent my information. $265.95 gone! And they telling me I can't get a refund. I'll never use them again and recommend nobody uses them.

Date of experience: June 6, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Fraud un professional sold me an expired tickets for royal candian circus they promised to refund me I lost $78 for nothing

Date of experience: May 28, 2023
Illinois
1 review
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Bad business
May 26, 2023

I bought a Groupon for a manatee tour. The merchant redeemed the Groupon before we arrive. We canceled the tour. And they will not give our money back. Terrible customer service. They offered me a $10 credit for the inconvenience. I spent $189
Terrible service!

Date of experience: May 26, 2023
Canada
1 review
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DO NOT a purchase anything from here. They take ur money then tell you it didn't go thru, they did it to me twice! And keep telling me they never took my money! I have not received a penny back yet!

Date of experience: May 26, 2023
Minnesota
1 review
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Besides restaurants being bad, discounts being mediocre, horrible communication to customers. They took my Groupon bucks before they expired. Oh I'm officially over Groupon!

Date of experience: May 20, 2023
North Carolina
1 review
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Waste of Money
May 20, 2023

Groupon use to be good years ago, Now it is worthless and I would not recommend them. Customer service is garbage.

Date of experience: May 19, 2023
Connecticut
1 review
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Ridiculous
May 19, 2023

Whoever came up with 8% cash back should be shot. I can see $15 for $30 worth of food is great. But 8% cash back is not worth the trip to the restaurant. Give me a break!

Date of experience: May 19, 2023
Utah
1 review
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At check in they said I had no reservation when I showed them my Groupon they acted as if they had never seen it before and went as far as to act as if they didn't understand English. Taylor Swift happened to be in town so room's everywhere were sky high and I guarantee that us why they did not honor it and acted stupid. Let's just say my entire trip was ruined. I pre-paid and preplanned months in advance so that my vacation would run smooth and be taken care of. It led me to trying to find a place to stay all night, but t gets worse, it ended up costing me all the money I had brought to spend on food,, drinks, activities ect. $600 for two nights! Ruined my whole vacation, got in debt having people venmo so I could eat and get my luggage back on the plane. I would not recommend EVER BUYING a hotel stay on Groupon, there is no one to talk to, no one to help and your out your money you spent on it.

Date of experience: May 15, 2023
New York
1 review
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Horrible Company
May 15, 2023

I responded to an email for Counting Crows tickets through Groupon thinking it was the show that was near me. Well it was not. It was the one 400 miles away. Instead of sending me the Jones Beach one they sent me Woodstock! They won't exchange tickets or do a refund. Disputed the charge with Visa and they denied it over the phone. Never using Groupon again and cancelling my Visa cards. The best is when my concert got cancelled and they wouldn't return my money. They gave me Groupon Bucks!

Date of experience: May 15, 2023
California
1 review
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Order has been pending for 5 days, Chatted with a groupon employee they said a manager would call me back. No one called me back, so then I sent email and they keep telling me to cancel it myself. BUT I can't as it's in PENDING Status. Also for tan your hide, when I went to tan your hide to use the pending purchase they made me buy new googles I could not use the ones I have. They made me buy new ones and when the order was pending they refused to give me a refund. There is nothing in the groupon that says you have to purchase new googles to use this discount.

Date of experience: May 15, 2023
Arizona
1 review
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On or around April 28th 2023, we purchased 3 groupons. Our credit card was charged on May 1st. We did not receive the groupons. We tried to contact Groupon on May 6th as we were planning on using the product the next day. We tried to contact the company via email on the website and also tried calling them on 3 different phone numbers. The phone numbers were useless and they have not responded to the email. Anyone have an idea how we can get a refund, as we never received an order number.

Date of experience: May 13, 2023
Utah
4 reviews
12 helpful votes
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My wife accidentally pressed the "buy" button on her phone. That's it. The sale was final. She contacted them literally 30 seconds later to undo the purchase. That case has been lingering for 3 weeks now. Paypal wouldn't help us, Groupon wouldn't help us. An accidental click of the button turned into a 100+ dollar loss because those scammers had a "no refund" policy. It was as if you're in the store and you put back something expensive you just took of the shelf because you changed your mind and the person running the store telling you. "Nope. We've got your money now. No refunds." We didn't even intentionally buy it. 30 day money back is okay. 30 seconds no money back is ridiculous. What a piece of trash company. Come on, man. Attached the images from the rude conversation she experienced while she was trying to undo an accidental tap on her phone.

Date of experience: May 11, 2023
Illinois
1 review
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Reflections Massage. SHE IS A THIEF. I purchased a Groupon and set appointment for May 5,11:30am. I arrived knocked on door and no answer. I contacted Groupon for refund. They denied me because merchant said I was a no show. I provided proof that she lied I was there and took a picture. They refunded me. Shame on her is she that desperate for money or just lazy. DO NOT LET HER STEAL YOUR MONEY. Shame on Groupon for not believing their customer.

Date of experience: May 11, 2023
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Old city shuttle
May 7, 2023

I purchased 2 groupons totaling 160.00! Had a reservation for nights of lights and last minute they cancelled. They're saying Groupon never paid them because the trip was cancelled! Groupon is saying totally different thing! Someone has my money and nobody wants to take responsibility! I've been round and round with Groupon and old city shuttle! Don't buy Groupon or buy OLD CITY SHUTTLE you will regret it! Don't think either know the word CUSTOMER SERVICE! Very unprofessional on both sides!

Date of experience: May 6, 2023
Texas
1 review
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I purchased a groupon for Ultherapy from a local Med Spa. I have had ultherapy before. When I went to the Med Spa, the provider redeemed by groupon, but did not provide me with Ultherapy. Instead he offered another treatment. I paid $1069 for the groupon. Groupon refused to do anything about it, even though when I contacted the provider, the provider agreed to refund the charge. The charge was never refunded.

Date of experience: May 4, 2023
California
1 review
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I was a Groupon merchant years ago and everything was great. I just went back to a salon after the pandemic wanting to rebuild my clientele and Groupon has been stealing from me! They've been collecting money from my sales, taking their 50% and then helping themselves to more! 1 2 week pay period they took their 50 plus an extra $115.00. I'm a very small business and they are getting away with ripping people off! I call and email but the out of country customer support just ignores, deletes and shoes you away.
There needs to be a stop to this!

Date of experience: May 2, 2023
Ohio
1 review
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I purchased a SAMS CLUB MEMBERSHIP FROM GROUPON BUT THEY HAD YOU DO SLL THESE STUPID STEPS SO I CANCELED THEMBERSHIP AN HOUR LATER! I was told my refund would be refunded back to my Bank Debit Card in7-10 Days.that was March 3 2023 today is April 27,2023 and GROUPON HASNT refunded my Money! BEWARE DO NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING FROM GROUPON ALMOST 2 months LATER STILL DONT HAVE MY FUNDS REFUNDED AND IM PISSED! Not so much the Money is because I've DM OVER 30 times NO RETURN CALL AND NOBREFUND! TheyRE SO CHEAP TGEY DONT EVEN HAVE A 800customee Service line! GROUPON IS A STRAIGHT SCAM!

Date of experience: April 27, 2023
New York
1 review
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I provided proof of payment and they still won't give me my money back. They keep saying not received

Date of experience: April 26, 2023

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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