Seize the Deal

I'm reading A LOT of comments (literally all of the comments) about how they purchased a deal from this website and for some reason or another (ex: the business closed permanently) and a refund was unable to be obtained from the owner of the business (which they are not legally required to provide a refund, since the deal was purchased through a 3rd party site) and seizethedeal.com denied refund requests for whatever reason they provided.

You can still get your money back. CONTACT YOUR BANK AND DISPUTE THE CHARGE.

You can call your bank or (if your bank has the option) you can file the dispute online or through their app. Explain the situation and ask what proof is needed. (Some banks may not require proof as they will investigate it anyway, while others will be satisfied with screen shots. (For example, if the location of the business was closed permanently, do a google search of the business. Google will show the local location with address and will say "PERMANENTLY CLOSED" on the top. Screen shot where is says "No expiration date" on the deal. Etc.) If you aren't exactly sure How to obtain proof that the bank is asking for simply ask them they will tell you.

The timeline of the bank's investigation may vary, however, they are legally required to provide a you with a provisional credit equal to the amount of the dispute 10 business days from the date the dispute was filed. Some banks, such as Wells Fargo, will provide you with an instant provisional credit while they do the investigation- depending on how long you have been with them and your account status. They do not have to provide you with an instant credit however they must provide you provisional
Credit at the 10th business day mark.

Boom. There you go. Now go get your money back!

Next time, before you purchase ANYTHING from an unknown website, do these things:

1. A simple search on the BBB or trust pilot's website will have great information regarding the Integrity of the company, with disputes visible and how/if they were resolved. If you are able to find the company on these two websites, You can do a Google search by typing in the web pages address and add "scam" after it. (For example: "seizethedeal.com scam" - this is how I found this website and all of these reviews.)

2. Always, and I mean ALWAYS read the Refund policy and terms and conditions. Nine times out of 10 you'll see a red flag.

3. NEVER GIVE YOUR CARD/BANKING INFORMATION OUT OVER THE PHONE- Not even Amazon will take over the phone payments! Websites that have payment methods such as Zelle or CashApp are a SCAM.

And most importantly,

4. If it seems too good to be true - it probably is.
Websites that offer expensive items at insane discounts are too good to be true. BE SMART! When in doubt, don't give your information out!
By following these steps, being smart, and using good judgement and basic common sense you will save yourself so much time, hassle, and unnecessary stress in having to dispute charges.

***If you have a pre-paid debit card/bank you can still dispute the charge and get your money back! Don't think because it's prepaid, you can't. Prepaid debit cards/banks are owned by actual banks! (MetaBank and The Bankcorp bank are popular ones)

Though it is only offered in a few towns, this site is great!

Assuming more than 20 people buy the deal, it becomes valid! Some deals are great while others are so-so. They usually have a different one each day so check back often!

Beware of what you buy and make sure you read the refund policy. We purchase a deal in July. We went to use the deal (Feb) and the business was closed. When I contacted Seize the deal I was told it was past the refund time limit. No you tell me who got the money? I am glad I only lost 7.50. I see a "deal" on their page today for 800. WOW that would have been BAD!. Beware Beware Beware

Same thing happened to me today... I bought a pre-paid certificate for Eternal Salon in Billings Montana & it went out of business & the business owner Ashlie Benson Winter (she is on FB) will not respond to me & now I cannot get a refund from her or from Seize the Deal! SO ETHICALLY WRONG! This is considered stealing in most people's eyes! And the certificate says "No Expiration Date"... this is SOOOO misleading! I just want to warn other hard working customers about my frustrating situation with Seize the Deal / Seize the Deal Billings! Again, buyers beware... what poor customer service by Seize the Deal! My last Seize the Deal has been bought for sure!

Long story short! I bought a deal good 'til 2014. Restaurant went out of business. I wanted a refund... STD will not refund purchase price. Andrew Hamilton, customer service manager made it very clear that he had no desire to help resolve the problem. Andrew Hamilton chose to be disrespectful and disinterested... I will not forget his arrogance.
There are competitors of Seize the Deal that treat their customers with respect and refund money when the consumer is not at fault. You have a choice in choosing which companies to spend your money with. You should also know STD has several complaints at the BBB in Texas where they are located.

Their refund policy is unfair and archaic. BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE before submitting the purchase button. If the vendor goes out of business, you will end up with an expensive, albeit unexpired, and completely worthless voucher! ONLY PURCHASE if you are a certified mind reader.

Scam. They took my money, didn't provide a service, and won't give my money back.

Purchased certificate and participating company went out of business. Seize the deal won't refund my money! SCAM!

This site is the worst run away as fast as you can! I purchased one of their so called deals for a measely $5.00 and was supposed to receive a foldable waterbottle. I never received the water bottle after using the voucher on the vendors website. I then sent them an email asking when I could expect to receive it to which I never received any response. I then sent a second email and was met with the same response NONE! I then sent an email to seize the deal and received no response from them either. I finally did a dispute through paypal and you know what they wouldn't respond to them either. I attempted a final email to both the vendor east 2 west as well as seize the deal. Neither have ever responded to me. Paypal stated they couldn't get a response so I escalatd to a full complaint and they told Paypal all I paid for was shipping but no item. Then what the heck were they shipping... duh. I attempted a call to this scam site seize the dael and all they could say was leave a message. They are the worst along with their vendors. So I say to all stay away run as fast as you can.

Site draws you in with superb fake deal of the day in your city so you can sign up but does not have any ligit deals on site. Deal will come by way of email along with the rest of the spam. You will also have to leave your CCard info with them to snap up the deals. The site is very user unfriendly (you have to use the signup button to get to a signin link to get to your account.). No info on unsubscribing, you have to email support. Finally, When i called number on contact page to find out about unsubscribing i was told that seize-the-deal wasn't in St. Louis yet even though site implied otherwise. On top of everything else i found out the superb fake deal of the day wasn't even around St. Louis, it was from a fake busines in a Elizabethtown, KY. 300 hundred miles from St. Louis where it was promoted.