GrouponReviews 5,284

Well for this christmas I wanted to buy a keychain that says a name on it. And groupon said it was $5 so I bought it and guess what? It was a code! $5 dollars for a code? HELL NO! So I had to go to another online store to buy the keychain and input the promotional code. The keychain was $20 and the code took off the price but not the tax and shipping, in the end it was $7.65 when I went to checkout. But want to know how much I spent? Like 12 damn dollars! That's the last time I buy from groupon. To purchase a stupid code... A CODE!? Get out of here. "Save 90% off" What lies... I saved like 50% off! I WANT 90% NOT 50% YOU STUPID GROUPON WEBSITE! I do not recommend groupon at all!

I purchased a Groupon for a service, and when I called the business they told me they were not offering that service anymore. I asked Groupon for a refund because their policy clearly states that if the business cannot provide the service you purchased you can get a refund, and they never returned my money. They made me wait weeks because they were "verifying" or "contacting the business" they made up all kinds of excuses not to give me money back. WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER

STAY AWAY FROM GROUPON - SCAMMERS ARE THERE
I bought a £25 voucher for a full valet from a sham company called SnR detailing off Groupon. Redeemed the Voucher. The day I booked to take the car in for a wash, the company messaged me from mobile *******4341 saying that their equipment had a major failure as a result they won't be able to carry out the service. There was no mentioning of repaying me my money. I called the number several times and the company would not answer nor respond to my messages. I went to Groupon and to my surprise groupon also refused to refund me my money, insisting that I should be dealing directly with the merchandise. Guys never use Groupon, if you need a service they provide please use wowcher instead.

I tried to purchase a groupon for massage as a gift. The first time, the processing screen stayed on my computer for TWO HOURS. After 2 hours, I tried to refresh, still processing. Never received a confirmation email so I later retried the purchase, got the confirmation email right away. Of course, a few days later I notice 2 charges on my account. I emailed explaining their website FROZE and I never got an email for the first one, so I went ahead to purchase again, and that I only ordered ONE. Their email: "We are sorry you regret your purchase, but we cannot refund your purchase". I even called to explain and they pretty much said "yea sorry you ordered it".
If this happens to you, call your credit card company to refund it.
Horrible company!
Also, the small businesses that use Groupon to promote their business? You know they profit absolutely nothing!? Groupon takes the majority.

Well what can I say about Groupon, I am speechless... this rarely happens but I actually am struggling to find the right words about this company, how it continues to exist I will never know. I never thought it was possible for a company to stoop so low, they really couldn't care less. Please, for what it's worth, if you are reading this, avoid Groupon at all costs if you want to avoid pulling your hair out! I had the 2 worst hotel experiences of my life through Groupon before I found out about the scam that they are carrying out. Groupon doesn't actually offer good deals in reality, they hike prices up and discount them, making you pay full price. And if you do get anything a small amount below what you get anywhere else, it's because the product or experience is rubbish, not working anywhere else and wanted by no one else so they reduce it a little for you. Why pay for 150 pounds for stress and rubbish when you could pay an extra 30 and have an experience 100 times better! Groupon ruined 2 of my short breaks away before I knew about them so I vowed to never use them again. My partner bought a couple of products which were rubbish and ended up going in the bin after a few days when she didn't listen to me and if you look for any heavily discounted Groupon product anywhere else online, it's the same price or cheaper elsewhere! So, why am I writing this review if I vowed to never use them? Unfortunately a family friend bought me an experience as a birthday present. It was too late to refund by the time it got to me and I should have just binned it right then. Better to throw away the money spent on the voucher than go through the hassle of using it and cause even more of a headache. But I tried it (for the last time) and the voucher that I printed had the wrong address on it. I called Groupon beforehand to check if I have to book and they said "do what it says on the voucher" which literally says "Read through terms (which has useless information that does not help me) and show up and enjoy". No detailed address, no contact number, nothing else. I called and they repeated several times that everything I need to know is on the voucher. So I drive for an hour to the address they provided which is the incorrect one, couldn't find it and by the time I spent half an hour looking around, the place was likely to be closed. Now I had a look online and there are several different addresses for the place and different opening and closing times. Looks like Groupon are a bunch of cowboys who have clowns as partner to provide their useless products and services. Groupon is a disgrace and the sooner people stop using it to make it go out of business, the better!

I've purchased electric toothbrush heads, 600 count sheets. I was about to purchase "DuPont alergen heater filters" until I read a review of the product. In my experience the items are not as advertised. Electric toothbrush heads were not "sensitive" although they looked the same as my Oral B sensitive heads. The sheets were nice and seemed ok until the 3rd washing, when the seam split. I have never had sheets that had a seam split. The heater filters' review said there was no marking on the product denoting "DuPont" and the size was "off". I will no longer look at or purchase anything on Groupon. The prices seem good but the product is inferior in my experience.

If you buy a groupon - you better pray that you don't have a problem or need assistance of any kind. Groupon customer service is located in the Philippines and staffed by employees who are not empowered and not trained in any way to assist you. After 7 calls and over 3 hours of waiting on hold - my problem is still not resolved. They are either incapable or unwilling to assist in any way.
Their terms and conditions are also vague and not spelled out at all. If you buys tickets to a show - you will not be able to select your seats directly from the venue. You will be basically on standby and will receive tickets available 2 days before the show. It does not indicate this information on your groupon purchase. Groupon has changed. They are no longer a good company to work with.