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Groupon quietly closed my extra accounts, took away my groupon bucks and unused groupons

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Guys, please feel free to move this to the appropriate forums. It is just an announcement and I only post when I have serious complaints that I would like to share/warn you. I don't care about thumb up/down or left/right Smilie

I just found out that Groupon quietly closed several of my extra groupon accounts. They did not contact me in advance to arrange a proper closure or transfer/refund of my remaining groupon bucks or unused groupon vouchers. Luckily I have a full records of these and I contacted them and got a surprised response from their manager. Apparently, they thought that I did not have a records of my used vouchers or my buck balance and they did not mention these if the vouchers have not been printed/viewed/downloaded. Maybe they hoped I forgot them all.

This is problem is ongoing, but I think it is a business fraud that they did not inform their customers and simply stole their customer's money (by not mentioning remaining bucks and unused unprinted/unviewed groupon vouchers). I wonder if someone can start a law suit regarding this. I will be all in and I believe most of us have multiple accounts and are victims. Please share your ideas.
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10-28-2016 at 02:39 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:39 PM.
Wrong forum unfortunately. Get ready for the shitstorm laugh out loud
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10-28-2016 at 02:40 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:40 PM.
In for 1, thanks
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10-28-2016 at 02:43 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:43 PM.
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please feel free to move this to the appropriate forums
Or you could just post in the correct forum in the first place?
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10-28-2016 at 02:43 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:43 PM.
Thank you for sharing. Creating multiple Groupon accounts is clearly against Groupon's terms of use.

The following is an excerpt from Groupon's terms of use, located here [groupon.com]:
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All interactions on the Site must comply with these Terms of Use. To the extent your conduct, in our sole discretion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying any part of the Site, we may limit or terminate your privileges on the Site and seek other remedies, including, without limitation, cancellation of your account or forfeiture of any forms of unredeemed value in your account.

The following activities are prohibited on the Site and constitute violations of these Terms of Use:
Submitting any content to the Site that:
  • Is purposely inaccurate, commits fraud or falsifies information in connection with your Groupon account or to create multiple Groupon accounts
I highlighted relevant text in red.

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10-28-2016 at 02:44 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:44 PM.
People still use Groupon?
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10-28-2016 at 02:45 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:45 PM.
Maybe you will learn a lesson now.
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10-28-2016 at 02:47 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:47 PM.
Quote from SaltyOne :
Or you could just post in the correct forum in the first place?
Lol... because I only know this place/forum as I come here just to get deals, not to share. I know... my bad... to complicated or too busy share deals and receive criticisms... = another bad.
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10-28-2016 at 02:47 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:47 PM.
Oh man... No HDMI kills the deal for me.
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10-28-2016 at 02:48 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:48 PM.
Battle of the fraud laugh out loud

Quote from crtdwow :
Guys, please feel free to move this to the appropriate forums. It is just an announcement and I only post when I have serious complaints that I would like to share/warn you. I don't care about thumb up/down or left/right Smilie

I just found out that Groupon quietly closed several of my extra groupon accounts. They did not contact me in advance to arrange a proper closure or transfer/refund of my remaining groupon bucks or unused groupon vouchers. Luckily I have a full records of these and I contacted them and got a surprised response from their manager. Apparently, they thought that I did not have a records of my used vouchers or my buck balance and they did not mention these if the vouchers have not been printed/viewed/downloaded. Maybe they hoped I forgot them all.

This is problem is ongoing, but I think it is a business fraud that they did not inform their customers and simply stole their customer's money (by not mentioning remaining bucks and unused unprinted/unviewed groupon vouchers). I wonder if someone can start a law suit regarding this. I will be all in and I believe most of us have multiple accounts and are victims. Please share your ideas.
Quote from TofuVic :
The following is an excerpt from Groupon's terms of use, located here [groupon.com]:

Quote :
All interactions on the Site must comply with these Terms of Use. To the extent your conduct, in our sole discretion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying any part of the Site, we may limit or terminate your privileges on the Site and seek other remedies, including, without limitation, cancellation of your account or forfeiture of any forms of unredeemed value in your account.

The following activities are prohibited on the Site and constitute violations of these Terms of Use:
Submitting any content to the Site that:
  • Is purposely inaccurate, commits fraud or falsifies information in connection with your Groupon account or to create multiple Groupon accounts
I highlighted relevant text in red.

Tofu Vic
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10-28-2016 at 02:51 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:51 PM.
Quote from TofuVic :
The following is an excerpt from Groupon's terms of use, located here [groupon.com]:

I highlighted relevant text in red.

Tofu Vic
What if I lost access to my oldest email account and contacting groupon customer service to reset password would require 2-3 hour on hold or weeks of email reply? Can I create a new account with the same names quickly to buy sth? Was their system built to trap people and then stole away those bucks and unused groupon vouchers? They should deny creating another account at the first place, don't they?
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10-28-2016 at 02:56 PM.
10-28-2016 at 02:56 PM.
Quote from crtdwow :
What if I lost access to my oldest email account and contacting groupon customer service to reset password would require 2-3 hour on hold or weeks of email reply? Can I create a new account with the same names quickly to buy sth? Was their system built to trap people and then stole away those bucks and unused groupon vouchers? They should deny creating another account at the first place, don't they?
Your example may make sense, but I'm not associated with Groupon and am not a legal expert. Groupon may not close an account if it's something along the lines of this example, whereas they may have closed "several of [your] extra groupon accounts" for other reasons.

I am sorry to hear that you may have lost some money and/or vouchers. Although I lack legal expertise, I do not think taking legal actions in this situation would prove fruitful.

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10-28-2016 at 03:06 PM.
10-28-2016 at 03:06 PM.
Quote from crtdwow :
What if I lost access to my oldest email account and contacting groupon customer service to reset password would require 2-3 hour on hold or weeks of email reply? Can I create a new account with the same names quickly to buy sth? Was their system built to trap people and then stole away those bucks and unused groupon vouchers? They should deny creating another account at the first place, don't they?
Lol, but that's not what happened here, is it?
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DmitriyZh
10-28-2016 at 03:33 PM.
10-28-2016 at 03:33 PM.
how do they know which account is ordinary one and which is extra? what if they close wrong account? as it was provided above - I might forget password and just created an account using my alternative e-mail.
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10-28-2016 at 03:33 PM.
10-28-2016 at 03:33 PM.
Quote from crtdwow :
What if I lost access to my oldest email account and contacting groupon customer service to reset password would require 2-3 hour on hold or weeks of email reply? Can I create a new account with the same names quickly to buy sth? Was their system built to trap people and then stole away those bucks and unused groupon vouchers? They should deny creating another account at the first place, don't they?
Just ran into this. Old account used to purchase *one* deal years ago. Created a new account to buy *one* deal with new email. Groupon blocked my IP address for 4-5 days after a cryptic message about payment failing i.e. implying my card was denied not because I already had an account.
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