Yes, good point. Thank you for pointing that out. Please read the requirements to use the certificate, they should be on the page before you select them (example: dine in only, adding gratuity, etc)

Also it needs to be mentioned BECAUSE they do NOT tell you that you are entered into a third party quarterly billing program, that bills you 40.00 each quarter. It took me a year to notice when I got some 80% off Diner Certificates. So 50$ in Gift Certificates ended up costing my 20% of face value + 120.00 (I was able to get the last charge refunded through the bank)

@sinean: It's pretty obvious that they offer to sign you up for that service. As long as you don't blindly click, you won't be signed up.

Here's another confirmation that sinean is wrong. The enrollment in the voluntary recurring program is anything but automatic.

That said, I love me my restaurant.com. Even when I got a $50 certificate for just a few bucks and used it at an expensive steak house in Vegas, it's much better to pay $161 plus a few bucks for the certificate than $211...

I'm new to the woot deals site and I didn't know that restaurants.com existed. I can't wait to start using this for places near me. Can anyone tell me how long the shipping takes, or do they also do online vouchers? Thanks.

@renstoy88: Also, be sure to tell the wait staff when you get to the restaurant that you have the certificate. They need to call it in a verify it, I do know of a few places that didn't want to honor it if you presented it at the end of the meal (if things are hectic and they can't verify, some certificates state that right on it).

Horay for $65 in GC for less than 10 bucks.

@meh3884: Not a 50% off coupon, a Gift Certificate.

Hell, even restaurant.com (you know, the place giving these thing out) calls them Gift Certificates.

@meh3884: Learn math? I'm willing to stake an entire year's salary that my math comprehension is worlds above yours. That's because I have a degree in Mathematics. But the fact is, this has nothing to do with math, and more with your misunderstanding of what a "50% off coupon" must be.

Your last post actually sides with my defense, not your own. How's that for moronic logic?! You are calling it a "50% off coupon", but yet your example proves that this is NOT in fact a 50% off coupon. In fact, this will never be a "50% off coupon", because you'll always pay more than 50%. This, sir, is indeed a gift certificate.

So,by your (moronic) logic, you're saying that if I buy a gift certificate to a restaurant for $25, and then go that restaurant and my bill comes to $50, that means I've just purchased a 50% off coupon? Yeah, ok. Sure, it may knock off 50% of my bill, but in no way does that make it a coupon; it is still a gift certificate.