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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
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returns
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quality
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Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Where to start...
June 30, 2015

I have ordered dog beds from Groupon and the dogs LOVE THEM! The quality is so-so but for the price I can live with it.
I then ordered a canvas print using a Groupon voucher and tried to follow the instructions on the voucher but they did not jive with the website. Finally got the order placed when the website offered me a deal so I placed another order for a DIFFERENT canvas print. Received 2 emails confirming my orders-two different confirmation numbers and only description of order was size of canvases so unable to know if orders were actually correct or not!
Website was for CanvasonDemand (I think). Order received was from BestCanvas. Was charged an "international transaction fee" for each canvas as the actual company is overseas! No mention of this in fine print. The order was incorrect. I received 2 prints of the same picture, was charged 2 shipping fees but only charged for one canvas( but shipping fee was more than canvas price!) Not happy.
PS quality so-so on these also

Date of experience: June 29, 2015
Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Before buying anything on Groupon check other local stores! They want to persuade you with what the item was valued 12 months ago versus the price you're going to actually pay. Local stores may have same or better deal with no extra charge for shipping

Date of experience: June 29, 2015
Florida
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I've picked up some really good deals from Groupon but I've also found some of the local deals had comparable *FREE* coupons if you searched for them. I've also purchased retail items from the Groupon site, and again, some were really good and others I was able to find on EBay, Amazon, etc for the same price or less. Take the time to google and check reviews. I've noticed a lot of them have really BAD reviews so they are using Groupon, and similar services, to get new business in.

Date of experience: June 29, 2015
California
6 reviews
23 helpful votes
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Love This Site
June 30, 2015

Groupon boasts providing a host of bargains ranging from: spa treatments, food, medical procedures, clothes, vehicle services and the list goes on and on.

Date of experience: June 29, 2015
Australia
3 reviews
13 helpful votes
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Better deals around
June 29, 2015

Its a mediocre site offering some good deals to restaurants ect but we found that most of the restaurants you would not go back to. We tried to lodge a complaint about one restaurant which groupon failed to deal with, as such we are very hesitant to deal with them. There are better companies offering better deals.

Date of experience: June 28, 2015
Florida
5 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I love Groupon. Their prices can't be beat, and when I had a problem getting an appointment for a service I ordered, they refunded my money within hours after my customer service request. I have ordered electronics for half price with great quality results.

Date of experience: June 28, 2015
Italy
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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I went to the dentist and he made me only partial cleaning because said that with the coupon I bought is only for first visit, but in the description was wrote comple cleaning of mouth!
This is funny but also a partial scam in my opinio

Date of experience: June 28, 2015
California
7 reviews
17 helpful votes
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Are not being offered " at this time " even when I click on the dam ad. Not worth the trouble

Date of experience: June 26, 2015
Illinois
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Hope all your voucher redemptions go well. If not, don't expect any customer service from Groupon's customer support. The vendor would only accept Groupon redemption via their website, but the instructions on the website did not work. After multiple attempts over several weeks - to schedule my event, I contacted Groupon's customer support. I included my phone number after my name at the end of the each email. After several emails from Groupon - with no resolution or refund - Groupon's third email asked me to send my phone number. Disregarding my previous emails - what a waste of time and $47! I will only deal with Living Social and TravelZoo in the future! My friends say these are better sites.

Date of experience: June 24, 2015
North Carolina
16 reviews
16 helpful votes
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Groupon.com
June 23, 2015

Was introduced to this site by my oldest son, was a little skeptical... two years later I am a believer and I definitely take advantage of this site and the deals!

Date of experience: June 23, 2015
Missouri
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Great Site
June 22, 2015

I've used many Groupons. Saved a lot of money! I especially like the ones where you buy the voucher and the product is auto shipped. That is very time saving as well!

Date of experience: June 22, 2015
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Getting a refund
June 22, 2015

The patio set was not the one ordered and was incomplete, Groupon were unable to rectify this. Eventually I found a way to contact them ( not easy) and Shabana arranged free collection of the merchandise and refunded the money within a few days, thanks Shabana. The answer to a problem is to persevere and publicise it on social media like sitejabber, companies obviously do not like poor publicity. Will use Groupon again now that I know how to get things put right if they go wrong, Thank you sitejabber.

Date of experience: June 22, 2015
Singapore
1 review
1 helpful vote
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House of Seafood
June 22, 2015

Just had Father's day celebration at House of Seafood. The food is not bad. BUT, they charge $60 per kg for their crab when the market price is only $30-$40 per kg for popular restaurants. The service personnel when took order says crab is 1.2 kg to 1.4kg.

OK $60 per kg, let see! When the crab came to the table it looks less then 1kg. We took 2 crabs in two flavours and the bill for Crab came up to $170 just for under weight crab. Please don't also fall for their Groupon tricks, at $60 per kg after Groupon discount is $30 per kg, then they don't weigh the crab and over charge you. Come to SQUARE ONE OR WORST! DON't FALL FOR THEIR CHEAP TRICKS!

Date of experience: June 21, 2015
Wisconsin
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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It's a good thing that Groupon's mobile site had a technical problem on Father's Day or I would have paid $10 more for couple hours on a SUP. Thankfully, Living Socials site was up to the task and I booked it immediately and enjoying the day in the sun. When I return, I will be removing Groupon from my Favorites.

Date of experience: June 21, 2015
North Carolina
11 reviews
6 helpful votes
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There is so many good deals, you can easily just waste an afternoon. But like I said - good deals.

Date of experience: June 21, 2015
NL
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I have order a product from Groupon more than 5 weeks before and the product came after 4 weeks without any notifications, emails, status from groupon. When I open packet, the story became more worst, the product was one cheap quality, which I will not even buy from street.

NEVER EVER BUY SOMETHING FROM GROUPON

Date of experience: June 19, 2015
New Jersey
10 reviews
50 helpful votes
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I've bought a lot of goods on Groupon. And several spa type deals. If you do a quick Google search for a particular item you'll usually find just as good if not a better deal elsewhere, at least for the goods. I've never had any issues with their other deals, and those are pretty good.

I bought a Samsung tv on Groupon that I waited 3 weeks to get. Qhwn it finally arrived, the screen was shattered. And the deal was gone. Though it said free returns when i tried to print the return label it wouldn't let me. Contacted customer service and they sent me a return label. Returned and refunded with no issue.

Ordered a refurbished backwards compatible ps3, stopped working on day 2. Returned and refunded with no issue.

Ordered a refurbished router, but the power cord with it didn't work. Ended up using my own cord from something else and it works fine.

In March I ordered a juice cleanse on Groupon from Vertex BSI. It still has not arrived and the company is not responding to me or the Groupon customer service. Groupon seems to be making an effort to reach out to the business, but nothing has happened yet. Hoping to get a refund and they need to cancel that promotion.

Date of experience: June 18, 2015
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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It's a decent place to find some good deals. It just seems like every time I look on Groupon, there are more and more sex toys, restraints, etc. Couldn't they at least have a separate section for those items so I'm not scrolling through vibrators and nipple suctions just to see a cute blouse on sale.

Date of experience: June 17, 2015
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I purchased a bed in a bag and had the comforter in my bed for less then 2 months and it ripped. The fabric is so thin and flimsie it can not be sewn. Groupon states the have a 14 day return policy, but this type of product should last and hold up to everyday use. My last comforter was over 5 years old, and not one tear. Anyone else have a problem with inferior products that don't last?

Date of experience: June 16, 2015
Delaware
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Great deals!
June 17, 2015

I buy and resell, and sometimes I find amazing deals on groupon... also got alot of my household items here, def a groupon addict.

Date of experience: June 16, 2015

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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