Coupon sites: do we trust or check?

Coupons. Now they are widely distributed in Internet sales, many companies due to them can attract a large audience of buyers of their services or goods. The benefit for the company in this case lies precisely in the volume - so to speak, "wholesale cheaper." But who invented this?

There are two versions:

• The first one tells that it all began with Microsoft. One of the founders of the company was launched an online service for the sale of electronic equipment, the cost of which decreased, depending on how many people wanted to buy it.
• The second version tells us about enterprising Chinese, who grouped and walked to the seller at a discount. By the way, the model of "group" purchases in China is very popular and still.

Whoever was the founder of this coupon turmoil, but coupon sites and discounts densely entered our life. For the first time the coupon site has earned in 2008 in Chicago, and in Russia this trend came after three years - in 2011.

What are the coupons?

The coupon discount is now available for absolutely any kind of service. Beauty, food, clothing, health - approximately such filters are applied on all coupon sites. Any of them is full of lots of offers, and, of course, everything is done for the convenience of customers. Choose a city, type of service and - voila!

Simply put, coupons themselves are "paid" and "free". Paid, in turn, are divided into coupons that fully cover the costs of obtaining a particular service / product, and coupons for which part of the amount will have to be paid on the spot, after the purchase. A free coupon is a certificate, upon presentation of which when you buy, you will receive a discount.

Benefit or harm?

Yes, coupons, no doubt, it is sometimes very profitable. But do not forget that no company will not work at a loss. Let us consider the entire system in more detail.

The scheme is simple: the buyer - the coupon site - the seller. The consumer buys a discount, coupon sites make a profit from the purchase of the coupon, sellers receive the client. Everyone is happy.

However, do not blindly believe all the sellers. Our life is full of deceptions. Often on coupon sites there are not the most popular companies and sellers. Therefore, the goods or services they provide often leave much to be desired. But they should not be treated with any skepticism either: they are often willing to enter the market with respectable and worthy representatives of business.

To protect yourself, it's better not to be lazy and read reviews about the company and the product you want to purchase. Go to the supplier's official website. It is possible that a manicure with a discount of 95%, which is mentioned in the coupon, costs the same in this salon and without a discount. Or this salon is located in some remote place. You just lose time and money, which are never superfluous.

Also it is worthwhile to understand that the coupon site does not bear any responsibility for the quality of the offered service / product. All questions about this, you will then ask only the seller. Therefore, we will repeat again - carefully choose the seller, and not the site of coupons. After all, when buying in real life, you do not run into the first shop or salon that you first find, first you look and choose. Also you need to approach and buy coupons. Do not let yourself be deceived - and will not be deceived.

And if you still cheating?

But, unfortunately, the human nature is such that at a discount of 99%, the head turns off, and the hand itself reaches out to the "pay" button. The result of this action is a large number of negative reviews about coupons in general, which gives the formation of a wrong opinion among consumers. Deceive you are not sites that provide coupons, but directly sellers themselves.

But who is to send a claim? Frankly, nobody wants to be responsible for mistakes - neither to the supplier, nor to the coupon service. Therefore, unscrupulous sellers often send the consumer to the "coupons", and they, in turn, - back to the seller. The problem is also that the "buyer-coupon site-seller" relationship scheme has a lot of legal gaps, so it is not always easy for a consumer to protect himself even in court.

Perhaps, in part due to such imperfections and problems, many people associate coupon services with negative aspects. However, coupon sites can be found and very worthy and truly beneficial offers. But is it worth it to buy a coupon - it's still everyone's business.