Groupon Mystery Gift

rumcake · 16 July 2015 at 4:07PM

Excuse me if i've put this on the wrong board, I was unsure. I've also search the entire forum but didn't find anything about this.

I came across a mystery gift purchase on Groupon today. It's seems a bit a like paid competition. You can choose either a Mystery gift for £7.98 or a deluxe gift for £16.98. You can choose which mystery gift you'd like to 'win' and Groupon will send you an item at random with guaranteed minimum value.

I'm tempting to go for the regular mystery as today there's also 15% off so would be approx. £6.79. Minimum gift value is £26.97

Wanted to check if anyone has experience with this. It seems they run these mystery things often.

Here's the link - https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/gg-groupon-goods-global-gmb-h-5-1872-36479283

mjm3346 · 16 July 2015 at 8:00PM

If it's anything like some of their "deals" you could be paying more than the gift is really worth.

I've had a quick look at the deluxe one you pay £16.98 for and they claim is worth at least £47.96 - with very little effort I found the items elsewhere for £18.99 (They probably use rrps so in the package the selfie stick is "worth" £29.99 instead of the £7.99 you can buy it for on Amazon)

One of the £27.97 gifts is the same as the above deluxe one just without the selfie stick so can be had for £11.00

moonlitsparkle · 17 July 2015 at 9:37AM

I went for one of these 'mystery gift with a chance to win' deals a couple of months ago. It was fragrance/toiletries rather than tech but what I received was very poor, barely even the value of what I paid let alone the suggested minimum value. I complained and immediately got a full refund, no quibbles, got the feeling I wasn't the only one.

So be wary would be my advice!

anneka_12 · 14 December 2015 at 9:54PM

I have purchased one of these as I felt ready for a little gamble and was interested in seeing what I would actually get! I ordered this item 10 days ago and am still waiting for delivery? hmm. I online chatted to an advisor who told me to check back again tomorrow and see what's happening with it. It has a tracking number and I know my order is in London so fingers crossed it arrives soon. When it arrives I will pop back on here and let you know what I received.

I have also order mystery boxes fro firebox.com and am super impressed with them so if you are looking for a mystery gift I would recommend those ones but they are a little more pricey at £35 each plus delivery unless you order over £50.00

Hope this helps and I look forward to reporting back!!

mjm3346 · 14 December 2015 at 10:06PM

anneka_12 wrote: »

I have purchased one of these as I felt ready for a little gamble and was interested in seeing what I would actually get! I ordered this item 10 days ago and am still waiting for delivery? hmm. I online chatted to an advisor who told me to check back again tomorrow and see what's happening with it. It has a tracking number and I know my order is in London so fingers crossed it arrives soon. When it arrives I will pop back on here and let you know what I received.

I have also order mystery boxes fro firebox.com and am super impressed with them so if you are looking for a mystery gift I would recommend those ones but they are a little more pricey at £35 each plus delivery unless you order over £50.00

Hope this helps and I look forward to reporting back!!

You might just as well place a bet, buy scratchcards, lotto tickets etc.
Whatever you get the vast majority of people will get something worth less than what they have paid for it - the company not only has to make a profit it also needs to make enough on most of the ones sold to cover the extra on the very few that are worth more than the price paid.

wingobins · 14 December 2015 at 11:18PM

I also got the mystery tech gift a while back and it was disappointing! I got an iPad cover which I could have got from £1 shop and a pair of in ear cheap headphones which the kids claimed! I suppose it was a gamble!

John4nikki · 29 October 2016 at 1:59PM

Received mine today.. i ordered mystery gift for him and I received cheap pair of blue head phones a pink usb cable and kodak 5 pack the shirt transfers.. I could have got all these cheaper so very disappointed.. I tried to leave a review on the Groupon site but looks like u can't.. not a happy bunny

lolamia · 29 October 2016 at 7:30PM

i did it with the watches hoping i would get a good one i paid a tenner and ended up getting a watch worth £25 so not too bad but not the one i was gambling for. I feel these are for people who have money to waste as its highly unlucky you will recieve the good item. totally a gamble

clairecfc1888 · 19 September 2017 at 6:40PM

I just recieved my groupon delux mystery gift and i am unhappy to say the least there was 15% off so it was only £9.78. The gift was supposed amount to the worth of £48.00 all i recieved was 10 poxy make up brushes and a tiny amount of foundation Total con.

glentoran99 · 19 September 2017 at 6:44PM

send it back, have did this before and they told me to keep it and refunded

mjm3346 · 20 September 2017 at 11:44AM

What is the point in paying for random items you may not want and in the overwhelming majority of cases paying more than the items are worth?

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