groupon also gave her a $100 credit. in a statement groupon said we want our customers to have an amazing experience every time they use a groupon or we'll work with them to make it right. these pre-paid deals via third party can save you money but adding that middle man can also create problems. just ask cynthia. so before you buy in, make one call to the actual provider, just to be sure everything is in order. if you have a consumer complaint, call us 888-996-tips or visit nbcbayarea.com/responds. >>> thanks, chris. >> 4:55 right now. cesar chavez died 25 years ago today but the legacy of the central valley union leader lives on. >> today county supervisor is leading a pilgrimage to the town south of bakersfield where chavez is buried. spent much of his life fighting for the rights for farm workers. he was 66 years old. >>> 4:56 this morning, a berkeley election is driving the internet nuts. i want you to meet right here, look at that, that squirrel is the new senator, senator furry boy, now a member of the student sen

groupon deals gone wrong! a san jose woman says she had issues with not one - but >>> nbc bay area responds to a groupon deal gone wrong. a woman had issues with not one, but two of the groupon deals. >> our response team got right on it. here is consumer investigator chris chmura. >> good morning. cynthia pilgrim bought two show tickets on groupon. it advertising a 7:00 p.m. start time and even printed on the receipt. but when she arrived, before 7:00, the event was over. it actually had started at 3:00 in the afternoon. unfortunately her luck did not improve. she had also bought a restaurant deal on groupon, when she arrived she found that the restaurant was closed -- for good. she said she asked groupon to refund both items. but didn't get anywhere. so she turned to us for help. we contacted groupon and it refunded her $116. exactly what she paid for the two deals. groupon also gave her a $100 credit. in a statement groupon said we want our customers to have an amazing experience every time they use a group

groupon also gave her a 100-dollar credit. (in a statement, groupon said, "we want our customers to have an amazing experience every time they use a groupon or we )ll work with them to make it right." these pre-paid deals via a third party can save you money. but, adding that middleman can also create problems. just ask cynthia. so... before you buy in, make one call -- to the service provider... ask if they )re they )re still on board with the deal. and, heck, while they )re on the phone-- maybe try to negotiate your own deal. ...no middleman! if you have a consumer complaint, call 1 888 996 tips or log onto nbc bay area dot com slash responds. thanks chris. president trump )s trade war with china is causing a ripple effect on bay area wineries. >> that person deserves something too. >> president trump's trade war with china is causing a ripple effect on bay area wineries. >> all of the exports to china. that's about 5,000 cases of wine. trying to slap a 15% tariff on the wine. the chinese importers don't want to pay the tari

to groupon deals gone wrong! a san jose woman says s >>> 6:24, quts nbc bay area area responds to groupon deals gone wrong. >> our response team got right on it. >> here's chris chmura. >> good morning. cynthia pilgrim bought two show tickets on groupon, advertised a 7:00 p.m. start time, even printed on cynthia's receipt. but when she arrived before 7:00, the event was over. it actually had started at 3:00 in the afternoon. unfortunately cynthia's luck did not approve. she bought a restaurant deal and found the restaurant closed for good. cynthia says looking to refund both items but didn't get anywhere. >> we contacted groupon and it refunded cynthia $116 exactly what she paid for the two deals and groupon also gave her a $100 credit. in a statement, groupon said we want our customers to have an amazing experience every time they use a groupon or work with them to make it right. the pre-paid deals can save you money but adding that middleman can also create problems. just ask cynthia. so before you buy in, make

gone on some like groupon trips.was a blast. >> seth: first time you had obviously gone whale watching? >> first time ever going whale watching. i really wanted to makes sure that i saw whales. i wanted to get my -- all of the money's worth. you know? >> seth: sure. >> yeah, yeah, it was only like $60 for two tickets. so i wanted the whole -- >> seth: so, what's the right amount of whales for $60? >> i feel like at least three to four whales. >> seth: okay, got you. [ laughter ] >> 'cause here's the thing, you would think like, in the pictures the whales they jump out like -- in the advertisements, you see all the whale body. but this was -- whales don't give you that whole body. [ laughter ] they, you know -- they're kind of meek. you know? they're meek creatures. they let you see the blowhole, or just a little bit of the tail, or just show you the hump. that's it. they just turn you on like -- ooh! and then they leave. like -- they're like real women. >> seth: i -- [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> yeah, they make you c

google once offered my friend andrew mason $6 billion for groupon and andrew said no. he should not have turned the money down. sisco offered jay for the company and he apparently said no and instead he took -- >> it was the fist big tech ipo of 2018 in the public markets rewarded the decision. and they held more or less steady since. and putting the value of the company at $3.12 billion. he talks about the ipo and the way forward. joined by martin of m.i.t. technology review. pretty good reporting. you got offered $2 billion at the last minute. >> i'm going to need to write the story. >> okay. let's offer you money for your the company. were you offered money for the company? >> many companies that come and talk to us over the past several years. >> okay. >> this company was built to be a lasting public company. >> you were right to take it public. is there a moment? i'm so conservative. i think the minute somebody gave me a reasonable number. you had it and must have known this company was worth far more on the public market. >> yes. we think it will be worth a lot m

>> is there a groupon for it. >> he's here for the perfect time. really nice today. tomorrow, things start to change. we do get rainfall moving back in. let's get a look at the microclimate forecast. i push it into the new changes we'll see on wednesday from the morning commute through 10:30 in the morning. you can see all the cloud cover that will start to move right here into the bay area. that means through tomorrow afternoon, instead of mostly sunny skies, we're going with mostly cloudy to overcast. that's the first change. the second change will, of course, be the wet weather. you can see by thursday at 11:30, we'll begin to see rainfall moving into the north bay. it's going to be a little bit slow to start for parts of the bay. you will see by 7:00 a.m. on friday, we'll have the best chance in the north bay and the east bay. a lot of the south bay may not have much by 7:00 a.m. on friday. but then things get going. by friday night into saturday morning for some of the heaviest rainfall. then eventually by saturday night we see this push on out of here. we are w

i mean groupon, you can name a whole bunch of them.y will continue to sell your names and sell your information and pinpoint the advertising because that is -- what they're looking for in my opinion is to see some regulation so they can stop their competition from trying to crawl alongside of them. trish: you remember, myspace? that was popular originally, so why isn't there some other platform comes along, okay we'll find a way to make this work and we'll not compromise your data in the meantime? is that the potentially the facebook 2.0 that emerges somewhere, deirdre, with free-market capitalism principles behind it that consumers will be driven to or is that ship sailed because facebook has everyone tied in. >> i don't think that ship has sailed. keep in mind facebook has 2 billion worldwide users. they have a up aring head start. they are on the ropes. they have a lot to fix. mark zuckerberg taking these questions as he should to lay out in detail everything they're fixing. for example, he is going to make a statement saying a futu

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. >> groupon >> workday i like the momentum. still intact >> made it easy guys thank you. thank you. "power lunch" begins right now. >> i'm michele caruso cabrera. banking on earnings. jp morgan, citi, and wells fargo all beat big wall street is not impressed all those stocks are down big. what are those earnings signal being the future if you are hunting for a home this spring season listen up, there is a crucial part of the housing market facing its biggest crisis in a quarterce y century. we will explain. highway bitcoin current sees are fuelling america's opioid epidemic you will only see it here on cnbc pluchlk starts right now "power lunch" starts right now. >> here comes chris with a camera that is service, chris welcome to "power lunch," tyler mathisen the dow was up more than 160 at its high before dipping into negative territory still the s&p 500 and nasdaq on track for their next biggest gain in five weeks oil highest since december of '14. price up 8% this week. and bonds on the move, yields on the two year hitting their highest levels since the beginning of th