Groupon should take responsibility for their lack of cybersecurity before this gets worse."Ĭloser to home, Emma Fagan from Motherwell, Scotland has been left £79 out of pocket by the ordeal. I'm not looking forward to disputing the charges and having to call Groupon just two days after Christmas. After opening the emails, she discovered the charges were real and the money had indeed left her bank account.Īpril told Mirror Money: "I immediately changed my account password. received a number of email notifications claiming she'd purchased four Groupon deals from the Atlanta area last week. Groupon subscriber April Stratemeyer, from Seattle, in the U.S. The popular shopping website, which has been at the centre of a fake goods scandal for flogging dodgy designer jewellery, has warned a number of customers' accounts may have been breached over the last few weeks - and has advised those affected to get in touch with the firm's fraud team immediately. In the end, if you find that your daily deals keep slipping through the cracks, it’s probably a sign that you don’t really need them in the first place.Groupon customers are being urged to check their bank accounts following a 'third party' fraud attack that's left dozens of shoppers hundreds of pounds out of pocket in the run up to Christmas.
There are a number of ways to ensure you never have to deal with the hassle of redeeming an expired Groupon, like setting e-mail reminders or using a daily deal tracker to monitor due dates. That’s fine, but are you really okay with the fact that you’re losing money out of simple laziness? You may be tempted to write off an expired Groupon as a few bucks lost rather than go through the trouble of getting your money back. Groupon states in their terms of service that they’ll honor any expired coupon that a merchant refuses to take. If the front desk refuses to do so, ask for a manager and hold your ground while the two of you work it out. Merchants who participate in Groupon offers are obligated to honor the amount paid. Hey, you’re the one who forgot to use your Groupon on time. Here’s what you can do to convince a merchant to accept an expired voucher toward the full price of an item: You may be met with some resistance when attempting to cash in a coupon that’s past its expiration date - but don’t cave if that’s the case. Just because Groupon allows you to redeem expired coupons for the full value doesn’t mean individual establishments are on the same page.
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