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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
459
returns
532
quality
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Oregon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I love the deal But man they are so slow to ship out the Item. I can't count on them for the holidays.

Date of experience: December 12, 2013
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I placed an order for three of one item. Two shipped right away and I received them. The other shipped, but the company sent them to someone in another state instead of me! It took three weeks for them to tell me I'm not getting the third one, and this was after many emails and phone calls.

Placed another order for an item and it's been two weeks and the item still hasn't shipped.

I'm done with Groupon!

Date of experience: December 11, 2013
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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If asked to review a few weeks ago, I would have given them a five star rating.
However, after being ripped off this week for Tennessee Titans tickets through them via charmcitytickets.com I am appalled at the lack of a deal I got. Wow, sure, I will pay 43 bucks for a 61 value ticket. Just bring the turnip truck on around bc I think that is where I fell from. Who wouldn't want to pay that for the LAST ROW on the visitor side? Their supplier is selling that row for five bucks right now. I know prices fluctuate but this is really bad business Groupon. Yes, the seats were within the stated sections, so you listed quite a few sections. However, lets give out the worst possible seats we can find to keep a good customer, right? Heck no. I plan to see if my bank will recall payment when they open tomorrow. Customer service was of no help.

Date of experience: December 11, 2013
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered a 3 tablets on the 28th of Nov. It clearly states DELIVERED within 12 biz days. My order has not even shipped yet. They are xmas gifts so i got worried and called because everything takes forever to make it here because they use the slowest and cheapest shipping available. I spent 22 min just to get to the 1st person. I asked to just cancel the order since it hasnt shipped yet and ill just buy them somewhere local. Most companies do not charge you until item ships. They said no way. I have to wait until i finally receive item then return it then WAIT 30 DAYS for a refund. That is if THEY receive it in time. One rep told me i had 4 days to return, the website says 14 but jan 15th for xmas seaso. N I got bounced around to about 5 other super rude customer service rep. Another said they did ship. I said well give me a trk #. He answered "well they all got scrambled so i cant"! Lol. Never ordering again and ive been a customer since they started.

Date of experience: December 11, 2013
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have used Groupon on several occasions for low value items and everything has arrived on time and in perfect condition. I then ordered a very expensive watch which was to be shipped from Germany but only read the reviews on this site once the order was confirmed. I must admit I was very concerned. The tracking no they gave me was invalid so I contacted customer services via email expecting a long delay before they replied if at all, however I was wrong and they got back to me within a view hours. They provided me with a new tracking no and then I confirmed that the watch would be with me the following day. It arrived from Germany very well packaged and the product itself is quite outstanding. It is obviously the genuine article, the manufacturer's box is stunning on its own and the watch is way beyond my expectations. I cannot wait for my husband to open it on Christmas Day. There are so many negative views on this company I felt it only fair to write about my very good experiences with Groupon.

Date of experience: December 11, 2013
California
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
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I check in on them every now and then for deals, but had to unsubscribe from their email list because I couldn't deal with the barrage of emails I was receiving. I found, for me personally, that the length of time for deals was too short - I felt like I was always being rushed to make a purchasing decision, so I'll come here in the future for when I'm window shopping.

Date of experience: December 11, 2013
DeeDee L. — Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi Laura,

I appreciate that you took the time to provide us with your feedback on SiteJabber. Thanks for letting us know your feelings about the amount of our emails. You are able to customize the amount you receive emails through your ideeli account. If you would prefer to still receive emails from us on a non-daily basis, you can go to your account and click on the tab all the way to the right called "Email & Password", and choose from receiving emails once a day or once a week. You can personalize your emails so you only receive information on the categories you want (Women's Clothing, Shoes, or Home).

All of our sales run different lengths and we've increased our cart timer from 15 minutes to 20 minutes. Due to the nature of our site being flash sales, we aren't able to allow a member to leave an item in the cart for longer than 20 minutes since that item will need to be made available to another member so that it can be purchased before a sale ends since all sales are timed.

Thank you again for your feedback and please feel free to private message me with any questions or further feedback. Thanks for being an ideeli member.

Best,
Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

Texas
4 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Shipping is extremely long. I was charged and the funds removed from my account, then 3 weeks later, its still in processing. I contact support and they said there is no error and please allow another 12 business days for shipping then contact them. I contact them again and they said shipping and processing both take 12 business days. So that means 24 business days, or 5 weeks to receive 1 game that I even had to pay for shipping.

Date of experience: December 11, 2013
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered a Nintendo 3DS for a really great deal: included a game and everything. After about 2 weeks of hearing nothing, I sent an email to them. They said the person they are getting them from ran out and they have no clue when they will be sending out more. Thankfully I was offered a full refund which will be credited back to my credit card. Still, that is taking a few days, and you would think Groupon could keep up with their own inventory.

ADVICE: MONITOR YOUR OWN INVENTORY AND DON'T SELL THINGS YOU DON'T HAVE

Date of experience: December 11, 2013
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered an item on 11/23 for my daughters birthday on 12/16. Was told it would ship 12/5. On 12/10 I went online to find out. They claimed they shipped and it was delivered on 12/5 which it was not. They never sent a shipping notice so I had no idea!. Cant get through on the phone and "live chat" tells me we will get back to you. They did not. Live chat again tells me they are 'investigating" and I have to wait 8 days for an answer! What bull$#*!! Never order from there again!

Date of experience: December 11, 2013
DeeDee L. — Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi Brenae,

Thank you for your feedback through SiteJabber. I'm sorry to hear that your package was marked as delivered by the shipping company but was not actually delivered to you.

Your package may have shipped early due to to the fact that the items were available in stock earlier than the manufacturer had given so the package shipped before the expected shipping window. When a package is ready to leave our fulfillment center, you should receive an email to the address listed in your account that provides the tracking information and I apologize if you didn't receive it. When a package is marked by the shipping company as "delivered," we have to contact them to start an investigation to try and locate the package since we don't have any further information regarding shipments from USP and USPS until an investigation is completed. If the package is not located in the investigation that typically takes between 5 and 8 business days, we issue you a full refund back to form of payment. Please know that this type of thing doesn't happen often and we understand that it's very inconvenient when it does.

You should have received your refund after the investigation was completed. If this is not the case and your refund has not been issued, please send me your order information in a private message and I'll look into it and make sure your refund has been put through. Thank you for being a part of ideeli.

Best,
Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ordered a product on Black Friday that I assumed was coming. When going through the purchase process I received an edit stating to update my credit card information to place the order as my expiration date had passed on the current card listed. Beware due to the wording I expected my order to be placed once the credit card information was updated. I did not want to end up with a duplicate so I attempted a call to the Company and was told the wait to speak with an operator was 1 1/4 hours. I should have known. The order was not placed and I got the "We are sorry lingo from the company." when I emailed them. They will not make it right. I will never order from them again and plan to follow up with the BBB and whomever I need to as it is apparent to me they need some customer service work.

Date of experience: December 10, 2013
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I purchased Little People Disney Klip Klop Royal Stable Playset it was listed to come with 5 princesses and horses. The total was 3 dollars more than on amazon, but that one only came with 2 so I bought it on groupon. Big mistake! 11 days later I received an email stating that they made a mistake (falsely advertised) it, it only came with 2. I tried to cancel it and was unable to, I was told I'd have to wait and return it once it arrives, though there is no tracking info currently. So I get to pay to print the label, drive somewhere and return it, then wait for a refund. I have used groupon more than once, but after this issue and their horrible customer service NEVER AGAIN

Date of experience: December 10, 2013
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a coupon for a Christmas tree which was to be delivered to my house. I confirmed the delivery time, gave them 2 contact numbers to reach me regarding the delivery and waited more than 6 hours. They did not deliver as promised and did not call. When I tried to reach the vendor (Five Star Christmas Trees) I received a message saying they had completed deliveries and were no longer answering the phone. I have received no reply to my complaints to Five Star or Groupon

Date of experience: December 9, 2013
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bought 2 a spa massages as a gift everytime they tried to redeem it they would get told no appointments for groupons at the moment from the salon. The groupon eventually expired I called to get my money back and was told no from groupon, because it's expired. How do you partner and support companies that do not allow consumers to use their groupons. Terrible business.

Date of experience: December 9, 2013
Illinois
9 reviews
36 helpful votes
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I was really surprised to find so many negative reviews. I've been using groupon pretty much since it was established, and had only great experiences so far. I use it for my favorite restaurants, a few shops, and mostly for discount goods. The last thing I got was a down comforter for my husband, that was only for a fraction of price and was delivered super fast. I also ordered Argan Oil, that came in a really LARGE bottle, and was very good, and many other little things. I cannot complain so far and will be using this site again.

Date of experience: December 8, 2013
Pennsylvania
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bought Michael Todd Face-Lift Cream through a site. Got serious skin irritation but Groupon rejected to refund as it was finial sale. Do not buy any goods here since there is no guarantee product quality at all.

Date of experience: December 6, 2013
Minnesota
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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We are a large family and saving money is very important. We have been getting the best deals here in AZ by using Groupon. We have saved on golf, family recreation, and resturants. I highly recomment this site. So far we have never had any problems and are very happy with using them.

Date of experience: December 5, 2013
Oregon
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Bought a groupon good as a gift for my grandchild's birthday present who lives in another state. Groupon forwarded my billing address to the shipper instead of the the shipping address I provided. The service rep told me it happens do to their system but it's my fault because I didn't catch the error sooner and now they can't fix it, even though it hasn't shipped. All they are willing to do is refund my money after they receive the item back.

Date of experience: December 4, 2013
Texas
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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For the 2nd time in several months, I've gotten this email from them well over a month from when I had ordered the products:

I can't apologize enough for the delay. At this point, I can no longer guarantee the shipment of your item, so I've issued you a full refund and removed this Groupon from your account. Please allow up to 10 business days for this to be reflected on your statement.

I'll never order from them again.

Date of experience: December 3, 2013
Ohio
33 reviews
48 helpful votes
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I used it once for a coupon for parking and it came in handy. I would say most of the deals are good, but probably wouldn't go to the places if they didn't have the discounts. I think it's okay, but it's missing a lot of things you know and love to go to. It's not always easy to find something you want here. It's just ok.

Date of experience: November 30, 2013
Nevada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bought groupon coupon for oil change-supposedly unlimited for a year. I was so stupid-should have figured this is too good to be true- additional fee for synthetic oil, additional fee for labor, additional other fees-waste disposal & another dubious fee so total is $87 and have to pay additional $52 for EACH oil change- Toyotal Dealership charges$49.99(tax included) in Ca. Groupon could be a rip off-particularly for services and I read other bad reviews for products too.

Date of experience: November 27, 2013

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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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