Groupon/Wowcher etc.. Random things you buy

My H keeps buying all the golfing ones and then moans he has no chance to use them,drives me insane!
we often buy the meal ones but only get round to using them in the last week before they expire

Bought some sofas on Groupon. For £250 they were a bargain, though nowhere near the quality of the £1500 they were apparently worth!

I got two sewing courses on Living Social at the start of the year. They were brilliant! Completely re-ignited my love of craft. I've since replaced my sewing machine and see all the time

I don't think I've bought anything particularly odd or useless. The biggest waste of money was 6 sessions of microdermabrasion which just made my skin break out horribly. I had been wanting to try it for a while though.

H bought a voucher to write a will ?

I bought my Dad some gold plated playing cards.

I bought some kind of gastric band hypnotherapy thing. I've never even attempted to try it.....

I went Zorbing with my OH through a deal on groupon. It was fantastic, I would definitely go again. My mum quite often buys stuff and feels it wasn't worth the 'before price' they say it is worth. She got an engraved bracelet apparently worth £59 for £10 and its basically a pink piece of string with what looks like an animals identity tag on it! It looks rubbish.

Just bought one for two beauty treatments for £19. Hoping its worth the money!!

I bought a software disk to write novels and ended up giving it to my mum - neither of us have even taken it out of the packet! Dunno what possessed me! I did buy lots of other stuff that I used - boudoir shoot (loved it!), gym passes, archery lessons, beauty treatments... I was getting so addicted, I had to 'give it up' before the wedding cos I was literally running out of money!

We bought a meal out which was actually really lovey- we found a new faviourite restaurant.

Have also bought photobooks, toothbrush heads, days out and some slimming tablet type things. They diddnt work.

I bought a fish eat your feet one that I never used as someone told me it was very un hygienic.

But I have bought and used successfully a couple of spa days and an order for make up brushes.

Ooh I do love groupon. Baby photo shoots and canvas offers... House is now full of them and now need updating.

Also always get some great deals on hotels/holidays: £125 for a week in Tenerife, bargain!

Oh mistakenly bought a photography course that he's never used... Using groupon while drunk is never good

Bought a sofa bed that never arrived and that was a nightmare.

You mean you never snapped up the £100 ham joint Panj? ?

We often use Travelzoo or Secret Escapes for meals and nights away etc.

Ive used Groupon for eyelash extensions (going in on 26th Sept) and a shoe making workshop, making baby's shoes as a baby shower present for my friend. we're doing that next week.

I've found you never get what the product/service is claimed to be worth!

I bought a haircut and manicure. In effect I got my hair cut while some salon junior painted my nails at the same time. They were horrific. I was expecting to have hair cut, go to nail bar and have a proper manicure, as advertised. I then bought an afternoon tea once, ours came and was fine, but we had a couple of sandwitches each, and some cakes. I saw the people at the next table obviously paying full price and got triple the amount of stuff!

I know what you mean. We had a meal off Travelzoo and it was supposed to come with Prosecco. it didn't. It came with Lanmbrini ?

I told the restaurant manager that it said Prosecco on the voucher (pikey!!) and said that what he had poured us was not Prosecco. He insisted it was. I then said "well it's not and I know that to give us two glasses of Prosecco you will have to open a bottle so i would be prepared to purchase the remainder of the bottle for £10" (full bottle was £25). He agreed. The proper stuff was lush.

I think if you have a little whinge sometimes it pays off. (I love complaining)

We had a great experience with Travelzoo - we went to Maze, by Gordon Ramsey and it was gorgeous. I guess it depends on the place?

Ooooh where was this? I'm booking! ?

Ive only ever got a spa day on groupon1

Ive heard some bad stories of people who have got beauty treatments or haircuts that have been a disater!

If it was something that really couldn't be altered to suit those paying full price and those paying offer, then I'd do it again. A night in a hotel is a night in a hotel after all. Suppose if it was a posh place for a meal they wouldn't really be able to under deliver.

Oh yes, I also bought HD brows for £12 instead of £30 odd - what I got was an eyebrow wax (I'd wanted them threaded) and tint - which costs about a £10 normally, nothing like what HD brows are supposed to be - rip. off.

Himself brought me a massage from groupon ages ago, unfortunately it was in the next city over to us which we never go to, so I never used it. We've also had a falconery (sp?) experience which was brill, I also got a urban decay makeup box thingy which was a great price even though I really wear makeup.

? It was 'orrible.

You are one classy bird Hatters.

Last week we bought a trip to Cyprus - Kyrenia on Travelzoo, 5* half board, flights and transfers included..only £299 pp for 7 nights, should have bee over £700. We go on the 28th September ?

Very excited! hehe x

ETA: Also got a large custom photo canvas for £10 should have been £80, solar fair lights for £5 from groupon.

Also have a 2 starters/meals and 2 glasses of wine fir the 2 of us for £15.00 at our local Thai restaurant to use.

Cinema tickets, a weekend away, afternoon tea, photo shoot, London bus tour, floatation tank session, motor museum tickets (for the OH), a bag, a spa day, a meal at a Hilton, two photobooks and a giant jenga. I also bought some dance classes but I chickened out and ended up not using it.

I do like Groupon, wowcher and livingsocial, we have been able to do some nice things for a fraction of the price.