Have you ever used restaurant.com? This deal I just got sounds too good to be true. Please tell me its legit!?

I know, I know... wrong category! But I usually hang out in this section and I thought maybe one of you thrifty moms out there may have heard of this or used it (fingers crossed). Also, if it turns out to be legit you may be interested in using it for a discounted night out with (or without) the kiddos. Thanks!



Have you ever used restaurant.com? This deal I just got sounds too good to be true. Please tell me its legit!?

I just ordered my first discounted gift certificates for local restaurants from there. ( http://cobrand.restaurant.com/index.asp?… ) I have heard of the site before. They advertise on local radio (CT) and there was a link to it in my weekly email from "Borders Reward Perks." When I checked it out it showed what I expected... the certificates had restrictions and your bill had to come to a certain amount before you could put the certificate towards it and it sometims couldn't be weekend nights... that sort of thing. But when I clicked on a restaurant to see what it was going to charge me it calculated it at 80% off! I am a strong believer in the "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" theory, however, I ended up purchasing about 8 gift certificates for values from $10 - $25 dollars each and my total came to $7.60! Like I said, they have restrictions on them; for example I got 4 $10 gift certificates to one of my local pizza/grinder/Italian shops. They have to be used one at a time, only Sunday through Thursday and the bill has to be at least $20.00. That's completely do-able for a restaurant that I go to all the time. I ordered the certificates and was able to print them immediately and each has its own restrictions and its own Certificate/ID/Confirmation number (Whatever you want to call it). I am guessing this extreme discount was because it is the last day of the month but I'm not sure.



Has anyone used this site before? Did I just get scammed? (I'm assuming Borders Books Store would not promote a scam... right? Also it was a secure site and I confirmed it through the BBB. What do you think?Have you ever used restaurant.com? This deal I just got sounds too good to be true. Please tell me its legit!?
Totally legit!! I have the same thing through Border's rewards. Last time they had the promotion, I did the same thing! I have redeemed a few of them, and had no problems!!



ETA: Kind of off subject but...I just got an email from Border's saying that I had gotten my $5.00 border bucks. In the corner of the email was a special offer code for 150 FREE prints from shutterfly...you just have to pay shipping!! Check your email!Have you ever used restaurant.com? This deal I just got sounds too good to be true. Please tell me its legit!?
I use restaurant.com all the time and you can get a good deal when they have the 80% off promotion. Don't worry, the restrictions are what helps the restaurant guarantee a profit when you use the coupon. So the deal is not really "too good, to be true." Nonetheless, we as the consumer, still get a good deals and you will still end up spending more than you think after tips and tax are calculated.