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July 24, 2011 05:51PM
Restaurant.com has a 70% discount today. I just picked up $25.00 gift certificates that would normally be $10.00 for $3.00 each for a Japanese steakhouse near us. It is not a perfect world. We will need to spend at least $35.00 and an 18% gratuity will be added before the coupon is applied. When we have been there in the past, we have spent about $35.00 plus tip. When you figure the $3.00 for the gift certificate, the $10.00 beyond the gift certificate we must spend and the mandatory tip, we will be paying about $20.00 total. Still not a bad deal. If you want to check yours the promotional code for 70% off is SWEET. An e-mail is then sent to you with your certificates to print for yourself.

It is this kind of deal which is why I have no respect for companies paying shoppers with gift certificates!
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July 24, 2011 05:57PM
watch out... i have heard of some companies refusing them...

shopping north west PA and south west ny
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July 24, 2011 06:04PM
I certainly don't have a lot invested in them, and should they not be honored I would be dealing with my credit card company to have the charges backed out. It is a place we go to anyway, so if my $3.00 investment does not work out they might just lose a customer.
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July 24, 2011 06:16PM
As someone who has earned a living as a server, I am glad they tack on a pre-coupon tip. many people tip on the amount after coupons/ gift certificates. What they fail to realize is that servers have to pay income tax based on the full bill. When someone tips $2 on a $50 tab, the server ends up losing money!
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July 24, 2011 06:45PM
If the restaurant will not take the coupon according to the stated terms, restaurant.com will allow you to apply it toward another certificate. I've done this on two occasions, once because they changed the terms after I purchased the certificate, and another time because the restaurant went out of business. Actually, because of restaurant that went out of business, I no longer buy restaurant specific certificates during restaurant.com sales, I buy gift certificates, which I can later apply toward the restaurant of my choice.
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July 24, 2011 06:58PM
I belong to Restaurants.com and my experience is they are good for certain restaurants, not all....so, check it out before going. Thanks for the heads up Flash, going to check into it now, 70% off is awesome.

Live consciously....
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July 24, 2011 07:02PM
Irene_L.A. Wrote:
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> I belong to Restaurants.com and my experience is
> they are good for certain restaurants, not
> all....so, check it out before going. Thanks for
> the heads up Flash, going to check into it now,
> 70% off is awesome.


Not sure what you mean, Irene. The restaurants on whose behalf they offer certificates are all cited by name. The deals do differ, but the details are in the fine print.
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July 24, 2011 07:18PM
When I joined years ago they only had a few prime places that honored them. I just went online and see they have many more, however, none I want to go to even for 70% off...many Indian and pizza places here, although yes a good buy, I don't see the ones I like. These places are having a hard time and the steak house they used to have is no longer on their program. They have come down a few notches prior to the old days.

Live consciously....
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July 24, 2011 07:18PM
Yes, there were 20-30 restaurants listed in my area, some of which are OK, some we have tried and will never go back, some have poorer reviews online. It is a mixed bag and certainly not every restaurant in the area participates.
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July 27, 2011 05:29AM
When I bought mine a couple of years ago, there were ample restaurants to choose from. Not fully understanding how it worked, I bought a $50 certificate, not realizing it would require us to spend a lot to be able to use it. So I haven't used it, and now there are hardly any restaurants at all. Only one anywhere near me and only a couple within a larger area up to an hour away. I wish I had figured out how to use them promptly.
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