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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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California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I bought a digital scanning groupon to a place called scan digital. Months went by after sending them my negatives to be put on dvd. After many runaround phone call, i came to the conclusion they lost my negatives. I emailed groupon customer service ( since there is no way to talk with a live person). They quickly returned my money and erased all evidence of the groupons from my account. I will not stop untill someone goes down for loosing my pictures, but i see a long painful process coming my way. Save yourself from the nightmares, go to your local establishment and pay a little more. IT IS NOT WORTH THE SAVINGS>

Date of experience: May 3, 2015
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The email I sent to their "support":
For a company based completely online this has to be the WORST experience I have ever had with shipping and returns. I placed an order on April 7, a month ago, and I only just received the last item that I purchased TODAY. When I made the purchase there was no idication that this was a back ordered item, I'm glad it wasn't supposed to be a birthday gift for a friend or another time sensitive occasion.

Since you're return policy penalizes the customer for your latent shipping, I would be spending over $40 in returns if I needed to send back items from each order. Items bought online do not always fit right or look like the picture online, and a well run company would make returns and shipping a place to stand out and shine, instead of being a sleazy way to charge extra money. I did use the Live Chat to speak with a very curt and unfriendly rep who gave me a free return because my single order came in three parts with deliveries full weeks from each other. But that is not an experience I would ever want to repeat just so that I can get decent service.

On top of all of that, both of the necklaces that I purchased were broken right out of the box! Unacceptable. Everything on the site is cute, and the prices are great but it's just a trap for bad policies and hidden extra charges. I wish I could just send everything back and let it be a lesson that things are too good to be true. I will not be recommending your site to anyone in the future unless, by some miracle, you could make any of this right. In the meantime you should research online stores such as Twice, who do it right and with style.

Date of experience: May 3, 2015
DeeDee L. — Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi, S,

Thank you for reaching out to us via Site Jabber. I am so sorry for any confusion regarding our shipping time frames as well as our return policies.

As we are a flash sale site, many of our items are not available for shipping for 2-3 weeks after checkout. This is not a "back order" issue, so much as the nature of a flash sale site. It has everything to do with why our prices are so reasonable: we don’t keep any inventory. Instead, we work directly with the manufacturers, who ship to us, and then we ship to you. This can result in a longer wait time than you may be accustomed to, but it also ensures a high degree of quality control, guaranteed authenticity, and those great prices. Please note, the expected ship date is listed on the item sale page, the check out page, the email confirmation sent after checkout, as well as available in your order history. If your items shipped after this date, I would be happy to look in to the delay and let you know why this occurred and you weren't notified sooner.

We are always happy to add to a return. If you have an order coming in multiple shipments (as we like to get each item to you as quickly as possible) you can always set up the return and hold on to it until the other times arrive. Then, just contact us and let us know what items you would like to return with it and we will make you an updated return label.

If you would like, send me a private message with your order number or registered email address and I can look in to all your concerns and review the chat for coaching opportunities.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best,
Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Terrible, terrible experience! There is no contact number on there site so when you have questions you have to chat online and they cancel the chats! Bad service, buyer be ware! They don't do what they say they do!

Date of experience: May 1, 2015
DeeDee L. — Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi, Dee!

Thanks for reaching out to us via SiteJabber. I'm so sorry you had a frustrating experience.

The reason you couldn't locate a phone number is because we don't have a traditional call center. As an online retailer our agents are all on Live Chat throughout the day and are able to assist multiple customers at a time, which cannot be done over the phone. This also allows us to give immediate help to our members while a flash sale is going on, so that they don't lose out on an item.

I would love to help you resolve your concerns. Please send me a private message with the details pertaining to your situation and your order number and I will ensure your questions are answered.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best,
Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

Minnesota
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Is groupon related to nomore rack? They have the same customer service as nomore rack. They do not will not resolve issues! Go to restaurant.com for dining deals. They have better deals and honor what they advertise... unlike groupon who pulled a classic bait and switch. They advertised a certain price and then doubled it leaving me holding the bag. They also messed with the deal on their website changing verbiage and the deal. Luckily I snapped a picture of my screens prove my point still no resolution. Very polite responses and absolutely NO answers or resolution. They are a fraudulent company and should be shut down. Look for a name change soon just like nomore rack did. I am gathering info to pass on to Commissionerof Commerce and the Attorney General. I would advise everyone to do the same as a class action we may get some resolution. DO NOT BUY FROM THESE PEOPLE. Even the restaurants they "sell for" have nothing good to say about them. They are ripping people off on both ends!

Date of experience: May 1, 2015
Connecticut
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Poor quality
April 30, 2015

In my experience, it offers poor quality in many of the deals.

Date of experience: April 30, 2015
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Terrible customer service. Will never use groupon again for large items. Ordered a bed, wrong one delivered, plus it was damaged. Have received one email from them asking for photos, sent photos. 2 days later still waiting for a reply. I have sent about 4 more emails, all ignored!
Never again!

Date of experience: April 30, 2015
Thailand
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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OK!
April 30, 2015

Everyone thought they are going to revolutionize the web shopping, but they just killed it, not enough deals. GroupOn Now suffers by having same deals over and over, get more customers in order to attract people to your website

Date of experience: April 29, 2015
Connecticut
12 reviews
42 helpful votes
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Good
April 30, 2015

Not as good as living social customer service wise but they have great deals. Refund policy sucks though. Really should make it like living social - return before it expires whatever the reason for a credit! 3 days to get it back cash. Now that's fair.

Date of experience: April 29, 2015
Illinois
6 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Great deals
April 29, 2015

I find some wonderful deals for some of my favorite places here... the only thing is that lately, LivingSocial seems to have more things I'm interested in.

Date of experience: April 29, 2015
KR
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Nice!
April 29, 2015

I have purchased 3 groupons that were mostly food related, because I love to eat out! The groupon changes daily and it's typically around 40-50% off. The reason that I only rated it 3 stars is because LivingSocial its main competitor has also launched in the area.

Date of experience: April 28, 2015
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I bought a Ypad from groupon, but 5 minutes after i placed the order i went back and tried to cancelled, i had the option to cancel but it appeared that it was not going through... so i went back and cancelled twice... to my surprise i didn't get a confirmation of any cancellation so i emailed "customer support" for groupon and tried "the live chat" the live chat didn't work and when i got a reply back the customer service rep. Said it was over two hours and it could not do anything. How convenient is that for them to answer after hours and saying that it was too late to cancel, when i did cancel right after i place the order.

Date of experience: April 28, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
5 helpful votes
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BIGGEST SCAM!
April 24, 2015

I ordered a watch on April 10 2015 and i never received, This horrible company stole my money and never give me back. Be aware of this company don't waste your time and money.

Date of experience: April 24, 2015
DeeDee L. — Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi, Eros!

Thank you so much for reaching out to me on Site Jabber. I am very sorry to hear about your missing item.

I will be happy to have our customer service team investigate this and attempt to locate your order for you. Please send me a private message with your order number or registered email and we will get back to you with an update immediately.

I look forward to hearing from you and resolving your concerns.

Best,

Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

Singapore
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I thought i did purchased something worth my penny. I purchased 3.5hrs spa that includes back massage and facial. When i came to my appointment they introduced me to some of their facial things and made me paid something which I thought was just a top-up to what I originally purchased. I was surprised when the facial was done after 1Hr Im told that that was all... They told me that I had converted my GROUPON VOUCHER to that facial thing and that was it. But they never ever used the word "CONVERT nor CHANGE" while they introduced the facial stuff. Left confused and still with aching back that really needs back massage.

Date of experience: April 24, 2015
Pennsylvania
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Warning! Do not purchase any brand name item through Groupon. I just purchased a $2000 Prada purse from them and took to let Prada check it out and is totally Fake. I can get the same fake one for less than $200 else where. I trusted Groupon and confirmed with them before I purchased and still got trapped into it. The worst part is I didn't receive the item pictured they shipped me a different color and didn't provide me with any explanation. They are using Groupon name to do this type of illegal thing. Please don't be a victim like me if you want to see my receipt I will be happy to show it.

Date of experience: April 23, 2015
India
11 reviews
30 helpful votes
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Groupon deals are honoured by various business partners with appreciation and give a proper reception to the customer like the direct customer. Good deals.

Date of experience: April 23, 2015
GB
4 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Fantastic
April 23, 2015

Never once had a problem al; ways wonderful dealing with them.

Date of experience: April 22, 2015
KR
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Poor!
April 23, 2015

Every time I called to make an appointment, they would ask "is this the groupon?" I would say yes. All 4 times I called I got the same answer "We no longer have any appointments available for our groupon winners" - waste of money. The business has no obligation to fulfull their end of the "bargain" YUCK

Date of experience: April 22, 2015
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible workers
April 22, 2015

Ive always had a problem with groupon when it comes to buying products on their website. They almost always send me the wrong size or is missing something important.
Their returns policy is absolutely bull too
They said that postage is paid for but that's also a lie because the parcel points and Auspost forced me to buy a box (which I barely have money for wasting on a box)
Scammed me!

Date of experience: April 21, 2015
Idaho
19 reviews
25 helpful votes
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No more busines with them and their prices all that great either, even high at times.

Date of experience: April 21, 2015
GB
8 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Just alright
April 21, 2015

Its just a little embarrassing when you produce that slip of paper at dinner. However, some deals are good, if you are lucky

Date of experience: April 20, 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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