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Voucher company GrabOne is going out of business

The firm says all unredeemed vouchers that are in date “will be honoured by the relevant merchant”.

VOUCHER FIRM GRABONE, which is owned by Independent News & Media Plc., is to wind down its business and close by the end of the year.

“GrabOne will be closing in the coming weeks,” a statement on the company’s website said.

“As a result of the decision to close the business, we will not be launching any new voucher offers or deals from this point.”

24 jobs are expected to be lost as a result of the closure.

In operation since 2011, GrabOne has worked with 4,769 merchants and launched 47,562 deals, its statement said.

The firm says that all unredeemed vouchers that are in date “will be honoured by the relevant merchant, in line with the normal terms and conditions of the voucher”.

“All merchants owed money for current deals will continue to be paid as per our contracts with them.”

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    Mute niall mullins
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    Nov 9th 2015, 6:41 PM

    Is there anything that our friendly tax exile doesn’t own?

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    Mute OneTrueVoice
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    Nov 9th 2015, 7:12 PM

    Phenomenal how much he invests in Ireland.

    He must be a true believer, funding our recovery like a patriotic warrior.

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    Mute Dot Com
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    Nov 9th 2015, 7:14 PM

    This is why we’re screwed, No competition

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    Mute OneTrueVoice
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    Nov 9th 2015, 7:16 PM

    SiteServ would have been bankrupt, with a huge loss in employment, had it not been for a white knight investor.

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    Mute Dot Com
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    Nov 9th 2015, 7:18 PM

    NoTrueVoice, Do you do stand up as well.

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    Mute Mikeconnor
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    Nov 9th 2015, 8:09 PM

    Our souls, at least not yet anyway!

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    Mute OneTrueVoice
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    Nov 9th 2015, 8:12 PM

    Good Samaratins can often be attacked by the poor souls they are trying to rescue.

    If it DOB was some Russian Oligarch, Asian or American Billionaire, we’d be fawning at his feet and inviting him to extravagant dinners in New York.

    Because he is Irish, we don’t like him. Begrudgery is such a large chip on the Irish shoulder.

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    Mute niall mullins
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    Nov 9th 2015, 8:21 PM

    What’s this “we” business paleface? The only one fawning at the feet of an American (on paper) billionaire was the same blood sucker that sold us out to Merkel, et al. This being the same “billionaire” that has bankrupted 10s of companies, lives off his father’s (another corrupt hoor) legacy and has people working for min. wage on zero hour contracts at his big investment hotel in Ireland. Yeah, I’m fawning at his feet alright.

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    Mute OneTrueVoice
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    Nov 9th 2015, 8:26 PM

    At least half the money you spend ultimately fattens the wallet of several global billionaires.

    Yet you single out the Irish one.

    Pure begrudgery.

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    Mute Al Ca
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    Nov 9th 2015, 8:52 PM

    OneTrueVoice….personally I don’t like him because he bribed a politician.

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    Nov 9th 2015, 9:03 PM

    Some politicians accept bribes, some offer to stop bombing shopping centres to get what they want.

    I’m not sure which is worse.

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    Mute IrishGravyTrain
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    Nov 9th 2015, 6:40 PM

    Was owned by Independent News and Media. Feel all dirty now.

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    Mute EDDIE BARRETT
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    Nov 9th 2015, 6:44 PM

    I wonder will DOB buy up the unused vouchers, at a further huge discount ?

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    Mute Joe Harbison
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    Nov 9th 2015, 6:50 PM

    Eddie, you’re not the guy who works with North’s real estate that boasts of it’s insolvency business? Apparently they ‘manage let and sell all kinds of property for insolvency practitioners’. Sounds like you’d be an expert at that sort of thing!

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    Nov 9th 2015, 6:54 PM

    DOB probably used the vouchers to buy Siteserv from IBRC. No longer needs them so winding them down.

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    Mute OneTrueVoice
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    Nov 9th 2015, 7:13 PM

    Eddie is a very heavy investor in Sinn Fein. Emotionally and Financially.

    I hope he gets his dividend someday, whatever he might imagine that to be.

    They are even more convincing than Eddie Hobbs property fund.

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    Mute niall mullins
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    Nov 9th 2015, 8:23 PM

    Yet another account you hide behind. Starting to become a challenge to see how many times I can tell you to, piss off troll, in a day at this stage.

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    Mute mcgoo
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    Nov 9th 2015, 6:45 PM

    Have all of these kind of deals type companies died a death, they were very in your face a few years ago

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    Nov 9th 2015, 8:08 PM

    The ones that are run like a proper business are still here. Pigsback, irish owned and 15 years in the market. (Could not help the plug, sorry)

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    Nov 9th 2015, 8:14 PM

    Topaz are selling similar vouchers now believe it or not.

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    Nov 9th 2015, 8:32 PM

    Boycott topaz, newstalk, the independent and all the rest of fine gaels DOBs company’s! And remember what himself and fine Gael ate doing at the next election!

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    Nov 9th 2015, 6:42 PM

    Sorry to hear about the job losses, but not sorry to hear another INM subsidiary is on the way out.

    Of course, what they should do is go up against the Journal.ie, so the Journal is not the only one left standing in a few years from now.

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    Mute Mikeconnor
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    Nov 9th 2015, 8:12 PM

    F^ck you and your company’s redacted!

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    Mute Tweeter
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    Nov 9th 2015, 9:19 PM

    Turning down my job interview, obviously had’nt a clue ;)

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    Mute Al
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    Nov 9th 2015, 11:16 PM

    What they sell along with Groupon etc can be found online cheaper.

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    Mute Eme
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    Nov 10th 2015, 6:33 AM

    Received a voucher for a hotel Break from them last year, hotel would not honour it. Absolutely shocking customer service from Grabone so am delighted with this. Oh and f u DOB!

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