$50 restaurant certificates for $25
This deal for discounted restaurant gift certificates may top even the steeply reduced rates at Restaurant.com. At Half Off Deals you can buy gift certificates at 50% off. The site also sell certificates for a few spas and golf courses.
This is how it works. Local radio stations partner with restaurants, spas and golf courses to sell half-off certificates in exchange for advertising. It is popular because restaurants know they will get new customers in the door (to use their certificates) and stations collect sales from the certificate. Half Off Deals earns a fee to process the certificates (more about that below).
To find a 50% off certificate near you, go to Half Off Deals and enter your zip code in the box where it says "Search deals in your area." There are about a half dozen in the Valley and many more in the greater Los Angeles region. I also found offers in San Francisco, New York, Phoenix, Portland, and Austin.
The number of certificates for each restaurant is limited and the site tells you how many are left. Each restaurant sets its own terms for usage, which you can read before you purchase a certificate. Generally the certificates have fewer restrictions than those sold on...
...Restaurant.com. I have not seen one yet that has a minimum purchase requirement.
Here are some common restrictions. The certificates cannot be used for alcohol, you cannot use more than one certificate per visit, tax and gratuity are not included, and you don't get cash back for the unused portion.
You receive your certificate within 7 days of purchasing it online. Shipping and handling is $3.75 for the first $25 certificate. If you buy more than that you also pay a fee of 5% of the purchase price over $25. So if you purchased two $25 certificates you would pay $50 for the certificates, $3.75 in shipping and handling plus 5% of $25.
The site currently has a deal through KABC at the Smokehouse Restaurant in Burbank, which is celebrating it's 62nd anniversary by offering a nightly 3-course menu for $19.46 in October. Its garlic cheese bread is just $.62 a person.
Caveats: If a restaurant closes you are out of luck so don't hold onto them for too long. No refunds will be provided. Thanks, Rgds2!
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