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California
1 review
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I purchased a three night stay at Royal Decameron In San Juan, solely because it said adults only! That was a lie! Groupon needs to do a better job at confirming what they are advertising. I advise to you all before purchasing a reservation at any hotel, go to the Hotel website and call them. Also read the reviews. Not making this mistake again! My husband and I wanted to relax and we couldnt because of all the crying from kids:

Date of experience: July 11, 2018
Hawaii
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I Purchased a haircut and highlight on Groupon. Next day contacted the company and they do not have any availability until 11/13/18 because they are at their satellite location. Try to contact customer support, there is no number, no email address and website is not working for me to contact via chat. It keeps telling me My coupon does not work. I find this unacceptable. Don't know what to do now and I spent $220 on something that I can't use until a month later. Which I don't need then.

Date of experience: October 24, 2018
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Before purchasing check them out. Groupon doesn't have a phone contact. Probable due to fact when you have a problem they don't want to fix it. Business shut their doors and Groupon said they would investigate and get back with 72 hrs. Never happens. Then you CHAT again and again. They promise G bucks (credit) but that took 3 times of chatting and about 3 plus hours before 1 person finally helped. DONT DO IT. They completely ignore their own guarantee!

Date of experience: June 12, 2017
GB
1 review
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Bought two of these to take on holiday but with the great weather we are having thought we would give them a try
Good job we did sun loungers out not a bit like the picture and to top it all they don't even fit
What a load of rubbish score 0000

Date of experience: June 19, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Item promised to be delivered in a week. Its now almost a month later and item has still not turned up. Have spoken to customer services each time but they don't actually provide a service. Just keep saying that they have escalated it and I will get an email. It is late already - way too late (intended as a birthday present) so why do I have to wait another 10 working days (yes - two weeks) just to escalate my complaint? I know what's coming - will have to wait another stupidly long time to get a refund. Just don't bother buying from them.

Date of experience: May 20, 2016
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered 3 clothing items at once from Ideeli, and they all arrived in one bulk shipment in perfect condition. Tracking of the package was from the exact date projected on the site. It took under a week to arrive, so I was quite impressed.

I just booked a 2-night stay at a London hotel (complete with daily breakfast and tickets to a nearby attraction) through Ideeli travel. I'm a little nervous about how the whole package will pan out, but I figured with such a seamless first experience, it was worth a shot.

Date of experience: January 25, 2012
DeeDee L. Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi Lauren,

Thanks for sharing! I hope you have a wonderful time on your trip to London. Should you have any questions at all, please reach out to us at support@ideeli.com. Thanks again.

Best,

Jason Faria
Sr. Manager Customer Service

North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Couldn't Redeem!
February 23, 2018

A few months after my son died, I purchased a photo blanket groupon so I could make a remembrance blanket for my eight year old grandson, using pictures of him and his father. My daughter and I spent in excess of 20 hours attempting to load the pictures, using two different computers. It would never save and allow us to complete the process. The Customer Service at the company was never available and we were unable to resolve the issue. So, I requested my $16 back from Groupon. They refused. Never use them. If there is an issue, you lose.

Date of experience: February 23, 2018
California
4 reviews
29 helpful votes
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Be Way of discounted oil change offers. They're not cheap! I and my daughter have used it(my daughter didn't know about my experience). They offer the very basic oil change-read the fine print very well- if you get anything that is any different from what the coupon said you will get charged enormously higher prices than if you went to a regular oil change store(i. E. synthetic oil because car manufacturer says it has to be synthetic oil even after I told them I've used regular oil all the time prior and no problem)

Date of experience: August 5, 2017
Virginia
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Atlanta Photographer got $70,000 over nite. GREAT?

Is this a problem?

According to her deal:

Assume she has hour setup/travel per.
Add one hour for shooting.
Add hour to get to next session.
Add half hour to make dvd.
1+1+0.5=2.5 hours for $49 or $19.60/hr not too bad

But if you are the last one to be shot (1,800 sold) your kids may have graduated.

She has sold 4,500 hours of work time.

Who thinks there will not be a lot of pissed off customers?

Date of experience: July 21, 2010
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Never buy Groupon Gateway deal. I learned Groupon was not the place to save money, instead they rip you off. The online processed confirmation showed $187. XX without indicating it was US dollars. They billed me $209. XX CAD, but I received Hotel receipt $153. XX CAD in May 2014. The customer service basically just told me they were sorry to hear that. Everything is customer's own responsibility, you take your own risk.

Date of experience: June 12, 2014
Pennsylvania
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I agree with the other reviews. Ideeli was a great site. Had designer plus size clothes. Everyday something new. I checked it everyday. Just went to the groupon site. Ugh, very bad selection. Everything looks like you could buy it at Walmart. To look for plus size, you have to scroll through everything else. It seems like all of the clothes are just different colored knits. If Groupon could see how much they probably lost $ wise. They should consider getting the old Ideeli crew together and do what they did before. Won't return to groupon. It is like a Bad flea market.

Date of experience: July 21, 2017
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have bought several items from ideeli.com, and I've come to notice that the prices for these things are nothing special. That is to say, a matching or lower price can be easily found through simple google search. What prompted me to write this review was my latest purchase of sunglasses, supposedly made in Italy but they looked more like they were made in China - the overall quality was severely lacking. And for this I paid double the price I could have paid had I searched google for the same "Italian" glasses. What makes me furious is that they decided to make this purchase non-returnable.

Date of experience: March 21, 2013
DeeDee L. Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi Mercedes,

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback on SiteJabber. We're so sorry you had this particular experience with your order. We would be more than happy to process a one time return for a non-returnable item; if you can provide information that the item was indeed at a lower price elsewhere, we'd also be happy to look into price matching it. I would be happy to personally assist you, can you please private message me your user id (email) & order number so I can help you out immediately? Thank you again for reaching out and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best,

Jason Faria
Sr. Manager Customer Service

Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I never had a problem with Ideeli until I mistakenly mailed them an item that I mean to return to another site. Getting anyone to tell me where this item might be in the warehouse would probably take an act of God. Countless emails and requests for assistance have gone ignored. Their "customer service" telephone number is an answering machine that is ignored. I can only imagine where my $400+ item is, but I would not be surprised if someone took it home with them.

Date of experience: March 26, 2012
DeeDee L. Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi Jessica,

Thank you for sharing your feedback on SiteJabber. We're trying our best to locate your item, but please know this is outside the realm of our normal business structure. As you returned an item that is not from our site, it is difficult to track down and we have to stop our regular operations in order to do so.

Also, please rest assured that if you leave a voicemail with us, your call will be returned before the end of the business day. If you would prefer more immediate assistance, please send me a message with your email address and member ID, and I'd be happy to address any additional concerns you may have as we work to resolve your issue.

Best,

Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

Canada
1 review
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Groupon doesn't have customer service. In the past they were great now they might as well be non-existent. I have to ask for someone higher up to even be heard they will tell you a refund can't occur after 3 days which is a lie it can be done. My husband just had an extremely awful experience with redeeming a Groupon at a nail salon which was gross and didn't even do the job which was paid for.

Date of experience: August 22, 2017
District of Columbia
1 review
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Inconsiderate
June 1, 2020

I love seeing the amazing deals that I can score. But when there is an uncontrollable emergency, this company ranks # 1 in being inconsiderate. While our world experience a pandemic, the citizens like myself have been restricted from non-essential travels. Due to the timeframe, Groupon refused to refund me. I requested a manager, two different customer service representatives informed me that there was no such. Eventually I reached out to the CEO, I then received a response from " a manager"! Wow, I was instructed by two reps via text chat that this was impossible. Eventually, the manager was able to give me credit which I accepted. There should have been consideration regarding this worldwide pandemic.

Date of experience: June 1, 2020
Ireland
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Have ordered two separate products over 2 months ago, have not received them, got in contact with groupon and company that were ment to send the items and they have no clue. I will never order from groupon again

Date of experience: September 18, 2014
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Groupon Select
November 19, 2019

Don't sign up for any trials or whatever-they'll make it super hard to cancel and won't refund a dime. The whole thing is a scam and has ruined groupon for me period. Won't spend money with them ever again.

Date of experience: November 19, 2019
North Carolina
1 review
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Some good deals available; grant you that. Most deals for businesses you might not do business with otherwise; not so good. Discounts change frequently through sales and coupons but they manage to end up at about the same end cost (the deal is a marketing gimmick).
Customer service is a nightmare. Phone support is message saying go to our web site and help yourself. Link after link are dead ends, landing you at their first support page. Every phone number you find says they don't support phone support and go to their web page.
I have been charged twice for the same product on the same day on 2 different credit cards. You would think billing support would be readily available... NOT! Spend your time circling through their useless web pages. Even PayPal doesn't know how a customer can contact Groupon for a billing question or dispute. My time is much more valuable than what Groupon is saving in customer support costs. Done with them!

Date of experience: December 12, 2017
New Jersey
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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If you enjoy paying $18.00 for the privilege of trying on ill-fitting merchandise, then returning it at your own expense, this may be the place for you. But I'd have to be a masochist to continue shopping here, when I can go to a great discount retailer near where I live and try on as many items as I want for FREE. Just received two uncomfortable not well tailored items; paid $10 for shipping and was forced to pay $8.00 to return, since you cannot return the way you choose, and you only receive a free return if you agree to park your money at Ideeli (how convenient for them!) in the hope of repeating the process some time in the future. Never again!

Date of experience: April 3, 2012
DeeDee L. Groupon Rep
over a year old

Hi Dee,

Thank you for your comments here on SiteJabber. I am sorry to hear you are disappointed with our shipping policy, and I understand your frustration.

Please know that the $7.95 return fee is to cover the cost of return shipping. Our prices would have to be significantly higher if we paid the cost of return shipping. Instead, we’d rather pass those savings on to you as part of the ideeli shopping experience.

We also offer store credit for the full cost of the returned item instead of a credit card refund for members who wish to avoid the return shipping fee. I believe that our shipping policy strikes a good balance that considers all the needs of our members.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to send me a message. I would be happy to address any other concerns you may have.

Best,

Jason Faria
Director, Customer Service

Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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This guys are getting absolute $#*!ty... the deals they bring on are good to look at but the dealers are almost going out of business, or moving or some excuse... Groupon's customer service sucks too! Have lost almost $100 in deals that I did not get any service off or could recoup. Basically, a write-off

Date of experience: July 19, 2013

Overview

Groupon has a rating of 1.8 stars from 5,287 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 257th among Daily Deals sites.

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