groupon, and other dodgy deals being offered online.

Lordfranto

hi folks wanted to start this thread cos im sick of seeing sub standard products being offered on so called deal sites, that are claiming to be heavily discounted but are in fact highly over priced even at the sopposed discounted price.
there are many i have noticed before but im gonna start with a current one, i hope that i can prevent someone from spending their hard earned on some cheap worthless crap.
ok so if you pop onto yourdeal.ie they are currently offering a 16gb memory micro sd card from a company called premierproducts.ie its discounted to a mere €39 from a full price of €95. its a spurious make rebranded to the website. now in case you dont know there is no way on this gods earth that you will pay €95 for a 16gb micro sd not even a real brand like transcend or sandisk. €39 maybe for a genuine sandisk and even at that i seriously doubt it. so beware tjis product is seriously overpriced even with the discount. i hope this warns or helps some folks and i hope others will post here if they find similar rip offs. thanx

Celeron Media

Examples of Groupon Deals:

- Buyer buys a voucher for driving lessons and then is given after date, which is after the initial voucher expiriory date.

- Buyer buys a holiday deal for a certain date and when they arrive, they are told there is reservations or no accomodation due over booking.

- Buyer buys good on groupon and goods never arrive. Groupon will try not take responsibilty because the only host the site which allows scammers to operate.

Lordfranto

Celeron Media wrote: »

Examples of Groupon Deals:

- Buyer buys a voucher for driving lessons and then is given after date, which is after the initial voucher expiriory date.

- Buyer buys a holiday deal for a certain date and when they arrive, they are told there is reservations or no accomodation due over booking.

- Buyer buys good on groupon and goods never arrive. Groupon will try not take responsibilty because the only host the site which allows scammers to operate.

yeah sounds about right, sad part bout my initial post is that yourdeal.ie is an Irish site which claims to be supporting Irish businesses, stull like that memory card will only turn folks away from Irish businesses tho.

stevek93

Dad buys from city deals all the time and never has a problem with them.

magicmike2212

These cheapo silicon cases for €11.50? What a joke! http://www.groupon.ie/deals/south-east/The-Accessory-Shack/8808476?nlp=&CID=IE_CRM_1_0_0_218&a=1224

They are supposedly €24.50 at full retail price :eek: http://www.theaccessoryshack.com/iphone-covers

jim_bob

magicmike2212 wrote: »

These cheapo silicon cases for €11.50? What a joke! http://www.groupon.ie/deals/south-east/The-Accessory-Shack/8808476?nlp=&CID=IE_CRM_1_0_0_218&a=1224

They are supposedly €24.50 at full retail price :eek: http://www.theaccessoryshack.com/iphone-covers

yeah here they are for €1.59 delivered , that's some markup, some one is making a tidy profit

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/unique-protective-retro-cassette-tape-silicon-case-for-iphone-4-black-57440

stevek93

magicmike2212 wrote: »

These cheapo silicon cases for €11.50? What a joke! http://www.groupon.ie/deals/south-east/The-Accessory-Shack/8808476?nlp=&CID=IE_CRM_1_0_0_218&a=1224

They are supposedly €24.50 at full retail price :eek: http://www.theaccessoryshack.com/iphone-covers

I take my comment back! :eek: