No! I did not buy anything from groupon again! Well like how people used to say "Once bitten, twice shy, twice bitten never TRY" I guess I am shy (seldom am like that) when it comes to Groupon! More to never try again (ever)! Groupon really fuck up (Sorry! I tried not to swear that often anymore) all the deals and proper business doing.
I am looking for a hotel to actually celebrate my FIL's (Father in Law) birthday. When I Google the hotels and famous restaurants info, I only come to realize that these outlets is or had advertised in Groupon and they are slashing price up to 50%! (Damn!)
Oh Yeah! I am pissy like the other Marshy boys & girls! But still try to be cool like the one on top coz its cute to be "cool headed"
From my past experiences of Groupon
- Tried buying an electronic gadget (check the hassle I been through in my old post)
- As a customer in one of my "normal hangout & meetup" place with my besties that was corrupted by them
- Just happen to (bad luck) walk into a restaurant running a deal with them on weekend
Through these experiences I will never book an outlet which is running a deal with Groupon! Reasons are those of below
- Bad service
- Been told "please wait for seating" because a lot of Groupon deals customers just showed up without booking! (Excuse me! We paid normal price still need to wait for our place along with the half price paying customers!!??!)
- Also most of the time I do not understand why! People from Groupon do not understand T&C like "call 3 days in advance to make reservation?!? Many a times we were told that people just show up creating a congestion in the makan place!
- Been asked to wait for half an hour because too many people from Groupon (although they eat the SET meals) and the chefs are unable to cater to so many people especially those who showed up without booking (My answer: Kick them back tell them to make booking lor! These deal hungry people will sure be back again one! After all you should give them "the service" not us NORMAL PAYING CUSTOMER)
- Usually the waiter/waitress are agitated due to the influx and also "not their father's business" why bother?! (Check out KFC fist-fighting "so good" due to Groupon deal .. you will know) So when you request for something (sitting together with the half paying Groupon buying people) they will snapped at you! (Well you can't blame them too! Blame their boss for throwing this extra load on them!)
- Terrible Food Quality
- Well being Malaysian or maybe Asian! We always talk about COST! Everything is COST! When you can slashed your price up to 50%, and all of a sudden 300 customers appear at your doorstep, do you think you can still afford to give us "the usual"? Certainly not! Therefore you resort to cheaper alternative and the difference is so obvious! It is really unfair actually to be treated like dirt in this case!
- Cold food! Very cold food! In order to serve up faster, they turn to pre-prepare their meals, therefore some dishes that coincide with the normal set they are offering are already cold (Bad Luck) if you happened to order it! Yucks! (Too bad!!!)
- From past experience my favorite steamboat place used to offer crab, huge fresh Shitake mushroom, High grade prawn and fresh vegetable. After they run a crazy deal in Groupon (never gone back again after that) they scrapped out crab, packet Shitake, low quality prawn and limited choices of seafood and vegetable, to make it ridicules they charged for ice refill! Reason: Groupon people bring own chill water and ask for ice only! (Do you have to be cheap like that!)
- Congestion, Overcrowded and Parking issue
- I dunno but then this is a crazy issue in Malaysia itself, with everybody reaching 17 and have license and could afford a car. On top of that, cars as old as my grandpa time (RIP grandpa - I still miss you!) are still on the road! Geez! So when there is a Groupon thing going on things are bound to go wrong!
- Plus "what the hell" do I need to Q together with the Groupon people?!? Long Q by the way! So I decided not to! I am not one to Q for my food!
- Noise & environment deterioration
- Yeap I said that! Not a environmentalist but I prefer cleanliness above everything else! When there is a Groupon deal, people will multiple by 5 times and then imagine instead of 50 people it will be more like 250 people in the shop (especially weekend) and noise will be a problem and then garbage and stuff will be strewn or "accidentally" drop on the floor!
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