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Restaurant.com
www.Restaurant.com
Good website. Me and my GF use it all the time. There are some stipulations to it like...
$25.00 Gift Certificate for $10.00
*must spend at least $35.00, 18% gratuity added in.
We never pay the full $10.00 for the certificates since they are always on sale for %50-%90 percent off.
Right now they are 90% off and the promo code is "NINETY"
Do it up!
-Monty
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XHonusWagnerX
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so you can get a $25 gift certificate for $1??
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Yeah, but there are the stipulations. There not bad though, just make sure to read the stipulations for em.
This is the first time I have seen them at 90% off... They replenish them at the begining of the month then the 1st week they usually drop em to 50%
off. then 70-80% off (which is the ONLY time I buy them) then for some reason they go back to 40-50% off and then back to 70-80% off towards the end
of the month right before they get re-stocked.
It is good if you wanna check out new places in the area. We have our favorites that we usually buy certificates for each month or so.
ALOT of them stipulate if it is lunch only / dinner only, 2 or more people, no aclshohol (sorry Josh  ) and other stiupulations.
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so if you get a $25 one that requires you spend $35 and has 18% tip added on, how much would it usually cost you for dinner?
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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We startigize and come as close to $35.00 as possible. We usually spend about $20-$25 but we have been under $20.00 at times.
$35.00
$6.30 (18% tip) *some are only 18%
$3.15 (tax)
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$44.45
$25.00 (gift cert)
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$19.45
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41.30 is what you have to spend but you would get 66.30 worth of food...
is that correct?
or do they take the 25.00 off the 41.30?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lifeisabitch
41.30 is what you have to spend but you would get 66.30 worth of food...
is that correct?
or do they take the 25.00 off the 41.30? |
See breakdown above...
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He means that the "total" of your bill - before tax and tip - comes to $35. Add in tax and (required by certificate) tip, and you're up to $44.45.
Take off the $25, and you're down to $19.45 that you actually pay at the end of the meal (after using the certificate... and don't forget to add in
what you paid for the certificate to get the real cost of the meal).
This is a standard thing with certificates... you owe tax and tip on the menu price, but the gift certificate reduces that total. To make it
easier... let's say you have a $5 certificate on a $10 item. You might think, "Shit, this is only five bucks then." But the tax (and, if relevant,
the tip) are based on the $10 "menu" price. So, let's say 8% tax (I'm from expensive states) and 20% tip, and the $10 item is now
$5 ($10 menu price with 50% off) + (8% of $10) (tax on menu price) + (20% of $10) (tip on menu price) = $5 + $0.80 + $2.00 = $7.80
So your bill is now $12.80 (when you pay the menu price of $10), and you get $5 off and pay only $7.80.
The other way of doing things (which you might be thinking - AND IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS) is to take the discount first... so your $10 meal is now $5, but
you still owe tax and tip, which would be...
$5 + (8% of $5) + (20% of $5) = $5 + $0.40 + $1.00 = $6.40
The restaurant gets the same $5 from you, but the state (taxes) and server (tip) get paid out at the original price and not the discount. You end up
paying more than you probably thought, but it's still a good deal.
And clevo, I'm back in Zurich, so this isn't the world's highest algebra solution! 
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we dont usually spend that much money when we go out. Like if were at $35 with tax & tip that would be an 'expensive' meal for 2 people, but I guess
with these gift certificates its a way to get a more expensive meal cheaper.
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
we dont usually spend that much money when we go out. Like if were at $35 with tax & tip that would be an 'expensive' meal for 2 people, but I guess
with these gift certificates its a way to get a more expensive meal cheaper. |
We use it to get leftovers
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