I KNOW BUT I WAS SO CLOSE
Yesterday I purchased a voucher for a great trip on Groupon that turned out to be lousy. It’s the old bait and switch routine that you might expect when you get those telemarketing calls that say you’ve “won a wonderful trip” but…. Here is how it went down (below). HAVE YOU HAD A SIMILAR STORY HAPPEN TO YOU?
(1) There was an advertised price on the Groupon page that was extremely low.
(2) When you went to click to purchase the trip that price was only based on a certain date. The other prices were only a few dollars more.
(3) After purchasing the voucher you had to call another number to redeem this coupon, which I did a few hours later.
(4) Not only did it take forever to speak to a representative but now the price I paid was no good and if I wanted the trip I’d have to pay a considerable amount more per ticket. To make matters worse I had to call a different number just to get my money back.
(5) Of course when I called “Groupon” to get a refund the office was closed.
(6) Trust me not only won’t I rest but Groupon won’t rest until I get a refund from this bogus trip.
(7) The moral of this story is if it seems to be good to be true it probably is even from a “respected company”