Complaint Review: Wine Insiders

    I purchased a Groupon for Wine Insiders for $25 to get $75 in credit.  I went to wineinsiders.com and picked out wine.  I went to check out and before I could enter the Groupon in the gift certificate section it forced me to enter my personal information including my debit card.  I did so and hit enter.  A message came up on the screen that said the coupon was invalid.  I tried again.  The same thing happened.  I contacted Groupon and they refunded my $25.  This was 8 days ago.  I never heard anything from Wine Insiders though they had my phone number, address and email address.  This morning my card was charged over $100 by Wine Insiders. 

   I called them to have the charge reversed and was informed that there was wine coming to my house today -- I have to miss work, sit here and wait so that I can refuse the delivery and only then will they return the money to my account.  I have incurred bank fees, missed pay and am still waiting for this delivery.  I never ordered anything.  I backed out of the screen.  I never received any confirmation of an order and although the website says an order takes 4 weeks or more, this has all taken place in 1 week. 

    I stated to Groupon the day this happened that I felt like Wine Insiders was running some kind of scam by gathering my information in this manner and was afraid that this might happen.  Nonetheless, I am aghast that it has.