Social/Collective Buying Websites

I'm sure you have all come across some form of social/collective buying website in the last year or two. I am addicted to getting these daily emails in my inbox and scavenging for cash saving deals on eating out, gifts, weekends away, beauty treatments, books etc...

Some things I have bought

Plenty of meals out - all delicious

Wall climbing experience - still to be used

Salsa lessons - in the process of completing 5 lessons and having a ball

Hair cut - very happy

Christmas Lights - still being delivered

All the wine for our wedding - delivered, delicious and saved a ton of money!

This weekend away to Bushman's Hide  where we got engaged :)

So here you go, I have trawled the net, and have compiled this list of all the social buying sites that I can find (in SA) at the moment. I've sifted through them and chucked those that are no longer trading or look a tad shady. I'm sure there are some I have missed but have a look and see what gems you'll find!

The ones I mostly use and have purchased from

Wicount

Groupon

City Slicker

Collective Cow

Others that I have discovered and will be checking out

Ubuntudeal
Daddy's Deals

24 Hours Only

Onedayonly

VuvuPlaza

SA Coupons

CityMob

YouDeal

Whatadeal

Savemedeals

dealclick

citymob

wekidunot

VoucherTrader

Aggregators 

(Collects all deals in one place, meaning you only get one email)

Alldeals

Deal Africa

DealZone

DealScout

So far I haven't met anyone who has had a bad experience with the websites that I use, or has been dissatisfied with their purchase; however there is always a risk and I have found it helpful to check the seller out first to ensure they are legit and to see whether their deal is in fact a good deal, and not their regular prices. 

Advantages of these sites are: they save you time and money by sending emails straight to your inbox and you can shop from your PC. 

Disadvantages are: they can tempt you to buy things that you wouldn't usually buy and forget to use the vouchers before they expire. 

ALWAYS read the fine print on every deal before you buy and put a reminder somewhere so that you will remember to use your voucher before it expires.

Let me know if you have had any bad experiences and also if you know of any other great websites like these.

Happy shopping!