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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by Kory
(Post 10641058)
Ken, the one you used in store last night wasn't zeroed out by them already, or it was?
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
My multiple Groupon orders were finally officially cancelled by Barnes & Noble in their system this afternoon. All my Groupon codes from these orders were zeroed out except for the one that Groupon left active in my Groupon account. I placed another order right away using that code just in case B&N decides at some point today or tomorrow that it wants to clear it out. Better safe than sorry.
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
My canceled order still shows up in my account online. I had submitted the "I still want this" extension the other day for 3 of the 4 items. Well, apparently bn.com now tried to cancel the 4th item but was UNABLE to. I just got this email:
We have received your request to cancel your order #xxx. Unfortunately, we are unable to complete this request, as your order has entered the shipping process or has already shipped. We apologize for any inconvenience. ARGH! B&N is so screwed up with this whole fiasco... |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Ran across a nice assortment of new store coupons. Hopefully I can find the online codes.
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/pim..._coupon_03.gif http://images.barnesandnoble.com/pim..._20_coupon.gif http://images.barnesandnoble.com/pim..._15_coupon.gif http://images.barnesandnoble.com/pim..._15_coupon.gif http://images.barnesandnoble.com/pim..._10_coupon.gif |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Thanks, as always, LASERMOVIES. Might stop by Barnes & Noble and see if they have anything on sale that I can use the 20% Coupon on.
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
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It's not supposed to be valid until starting tomorrow. |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Yeah, I wasn't planning on going until tomorrow lol. But thanks for clarifying.,
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by kenbenobi
(Post 10641658)
ARGH! B&N is so screwed up with this whole fiasco...
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Well, Groupon refunded more Groupons than they should have. I had 15 on one account, and they refunded all but one even though I'd used more than 1 (can't remember how many - at least 4 or 5). Given all the screwups with this, I'm not calling them to do the "right thing". So far, B&N has not charged my card for those canceled Groupons.
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Is anyone starting to see refunds on their credit cards without having first contacted Groupon?
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
This whole thing is annoying, but at least the latest twist is in my benefit...turns out my Groupons were not voided, but that BN.com sent out the cancellation email before actually canceling my order, so the Groupons were still showing up as being used (not voided as I thought). Now that the orders have actually been canceled in their systems, my Groupons have their original value.
Time to strike while the iron is hot. EDIT: Seems like the credit was put back on the codes used in one order, but not the other...so I need to contact Groupon for 3 refunds. As someone said, clusterfuck indeed. |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Ummmm... I just received a shipping notice for my CANCELED order. My c/c doesn't show a temporary auth yet, so I can't tell if they simply removed the two Groupons and charged me full price, or if the Groupons were still part of the order. I am intrigued by this new turn of events...
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by kenbenobi
(Post 10641658)
ARGH! B&N is so screwed up with this whole fiasco...
I'm surprised B&N was able to cancel so many orders and get those groupons zeroed out so quickly. It must have been joy for some groupon drones to have to spend a few workdays sorting through charges for duplicate orders and then manually canceling each one except the original order. Probably a lot of job carnage going on at the respective marketing departments over this thing. |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by ResIpsa
(Post 10642192)
Well, it's not as though they didn't have some help from the all the people misusing the coupons ;). You mix that with B&N's awful online ordering system and, to borrow from an earlier comment, it's a goat fucking waiting to happen.
I'm surprised B&N was able to cancel so many orders and get those groupons zeroed out so quickly. It must have been joy for some groupon drones to have to spend a few workdays sorting through charges for duplicate orders and then manually canceling each one except the original order. Probably a lot of job carnage going on at the respective marketing departments over this thing. |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by jwstl
(Post 10642215)
"losses from Groupon fraud".
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
BN only has Groupon to blame for having a shoddy purchase system. If they contract for 1 per person then it was up to Groupon to enforce that, and Groupon allowed sales to continue for days without limiting the BN deal to one city/page instead of a hundred cities that allowed you to make multiple purchases.
If they had just taken that simple step, then they would only need to monitor the Groupon purchases for duplicate credit card and/or billing addresses across multiple accounts, which can't be that hard to do. In the end, Groupon dropped the ball for BN. Combine that with their Super Bowl commercial fiasco and things can't be pretty around that office. |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by LASERMOVIES
(Post 10641690)
Ran across a nice assortment of new store coupons. Hopefully I can find the online codes.
Gary "keeping my fingers crossed you can find a 20% (or better) online coupon somewhere soon" O. |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by kodave
(Post 10642302)
Combine that with their Super Bowl commercial fiasco and things can't be pretty around that office.
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
They also had a problem with FTD; apparently FTD raised the prices on the page directed from Groupon, whereas customers to the regular site got lower prices.
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by kenbenobi
(Post 10642465)
Please enlighten me, since I don't recall a Groupon commercial, and am not aware of any fiasco.
http://adage.com/adages/post?article_id=148839 http://gawker.com/#!5757906/groupon-...-will-go-wrong http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/11/pf/g...lash/index.htm |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Wow, I didn't know about any of that! I should get out more often...
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by GaryO
(Post 10642325)
I know you are doing your best to find some online codes, Laser. And for that I thank you. But I'm going crazy seeing all these incredible in store coupons that do me no good at all. Even when I do make the trip to the B&N store about 45 minutes from my house, I often find it to be woefully lacking stock. Yeah, I guess I could go in with several ISBN's or dvd titles I want and order from them that way, but it's just so much better and easier to order online.
Gary "keeping my fingers crossed you can find a 20% (or better) online coupon somewhere soon" O. |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by LASERMOVIES
(Post 10641690)
Ran across a nice assortment of new store coupons. Hopefully I can find the online codes.
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Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by jwstl
(Post 10642861)
I think the online codes are available. I received a 10% code to one email account and a 15% code to another. The codes look unique as they are much longer than the usual codes but when I apply them they switch to the standard length codes. The details don't say anything about working with a specific email account and I applied them to 2 different accounts and they worked with both. I didn't buy anything as I'm holding out for the 20%.
I've seen a few of those longer codes around today, but most of them I've tried come up as already redeemed. A few I tested that did work I have a feeling will work for only a limited number of times. I noticed the codes did seem to change to a shorter code, but when I tried using only the shorter code it comes up as invalid. The working codes were only for 10% and 15% off. The one code I saw for 20% came up as redeemed when tested. |
Re: Barnes And Noble Coupon Thread Part 2
Originally Posted by LASERMOVIES
(Post 10642889)
Looks like I made my post above about the same time. I never received a single email from B&N today on the only account that was still receiving them. I believe I have been blacklisted for email offers by B&N for some reason.
I've seen a few of those longer codes around today, but most of them I've tried come up as already redeemed. A few I tested that did work I have a feeling will work for only a limited number of times. I noticed the codes did seem to change to a shorter code, but when I tried using only the shorter code it comes up as invalid. The working codes were only for 10% and 15% off. The one code I saw for 20% came up as redeemed when tested. 10% off a single item: F7M4W7 |
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