Restaurant.com $100 Gift Certificate for $9.

i bought a few as gifts for people who enjoy buying groupons for restaurants! Great gift idea for those types of people!

Anyone used this site before? when it says minimum purchase of 50$ on a 25$ card. That includes the gift card right? so it would be 25$ out of pocket?

Does this have to be used on a single gift certificate or could I buy 4 $25 gift certificates?

If it is like the others, you need to spend $200 to get the $100 off.

Quote from Sms4001 : Anyone used this site before? when it says minimum purchase of 50$ on a 25$ card. That includes the gift card right? so it would be 25$ out of pocket?

I used to use them a lot a few years back. That's basically how it works. Always read the fine print on their GCs. So in your example, you're right that you'd be paying $25 out of pocket (plus the cost of the $25 GC and usually, almost all of the restaurants automatically add 18% gratuity to the bill too)

the best value are the $10 for $25 coupon, where the bill has to be at least $35. So basically you have to pay $10 + tax and tips after using the coupon ($35 order - $25 coupon = $10). All the other coupons you have to spend at least 2x the coupon.

Quote from rebelslgb : i bought a few as gifts for people who enjoy buying groupons for restaurants! Great gift idea for those types of people!

This really isn't a good gift idea at all, you're not really "giving" something since the certificate requires spending double the amount. They have changed a lot in the past few years, never did they have the $$ rule

I use restaurant.com all the time, I love it

Quote from yuanz90 : the best value are the $10 for $25 coupon, where the bill has to be at least $35. So basically you have to pay $10 + tax and tips after using the coupon ($35 order - $25 coupon = $10). All the other coupons you have to spend at least 2x the coupon.

It really depends on the place. I've seen some that are $25 off $50 and $25 off $37.50 which aren't as good. I've also seen $10 off $15 which is a pretty good and $50 off $75 which is also decent, and $15 off $22.75. Also depending on the place some will only charge tax on the discounted amount which while not correct is ideal.

Quote from NatalyaB : This really isn't a good gift idea at all, you're not really "giving" something since the certificate requires spending double the amount. They have changed a lot in the past few years, never did they have the $$ rule

Uh what? They have ALWAYS had the minimum $$ rule...

Quote from Gabik123 : Uh what? They have ALWAYS had the minimum $$ rule...

Not every restaurant. Back when I first started using them, about 30-40% of the restaurants didn't have a minimum, just the mandatory gratuity.

Quote from Sms4001 : Anyone used this site before? when it says minimum purchase of 50$ on a 25$ card. That includes the gift card right? so it would be 25$ out of pocket?

You apply the gift card as credit to your account. Effectively, what this means is that you get a 91% discount on the gift cards your purchase on the website. In addition, if you have a $25 gift card with a spend a minimum of $50, and the $25 gift card cost you $15, you would be saving $10 outright, plus the $15 you put towards that $25 coupon on the site is discounted 91% already. So, the math:

$50 bill - ($25-$15 paid) = $10 off the first $25 spent (due to the purchased coupon) = $40 (so savings of $10)

However, the $15 paid for the $25 coupon actually cost you ($15 x .09) = $1.35

So, the math is actually $50 bill minimum - ($25-$1.35 ACTUALLY paid for the $25 coupon) = $23.65 savings off a $50 minimum bill. Effectively half off.

And the savings scale as you get larger gift cards, as your out of pocket expense is only 9% of the purchase price of the coupon you use.

Thus, this is a VERY good deal.

Quote from dabuddha : Not every restaurant. Back when I first started using them, about 30-40% of the restaurants didn't have a minimum, just the mandatory gratuity.

In southern california (long beach area) I never saw a restaurant without minimum purchase requirements

Quote from patil1388 : Restaurant.com $100 GC for $9. Big thanks to iwantitall_sd for providing this info. http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-RESTA...27b7225365

Oh the SD effect.....priot to today he was selling a certificate or two every couple days and since this has posted he has sold over 100 in just a few hours. Hello extra $1k in your pocket! I'm jealous!

Quote from RTOBIN : Oh the SD effect.....priot to today he was selling a certificate or two every couple days and since this has posted he has sold over 100 in just a few hours. Hello extra $1k in your pocket! I'm jealous!

He's up to 866 now lol...

I purchased 9, 1 for myself and 8 for office gifts and for friends.

Btw, I emailed him about combined shipping and he said that he sends the cards by email, usually with redemption codes, but can send actual gift certificates (useful if giving them as gifts)