Through December 12th, Restaurant.com is offering 80% off their certificates with coupon code JOY [Exp 12/12]. This reduces the price of their $25 Dining Certificates to $2 for most restaurants and areas. $25 Gift Cards are $3 with the code. Fine print applies, such as $35 minimum, dinner only, etc.
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What are listed are not the real deals here...
Instead of a $25 gift certificate for $2, pick a place with a $50 gift certificate for $4, if not even larger. That way you're already over the typical $35 minimum, merely have to pay the 18% gratuity on the ~$50+ = $9 plus $4 coupon cost, $50 of food for $13... or am I missing something about the way this works?
When you select the $50 gift certificate, the minimum you have to spend for the restaurant to accept the offer increases. Most $50 gift certificates increase to $100 minimum and so forth. Read the restrictions when selecting each gift certificate
Where do you see these elevated restrictions? Below the blue box on the right of the restaurant listings I saw no restrictions at all for most of them except the $35 minimum and 18% gratuity.
If I check the $50 box and "add to cart", again I see no mention of further restrictions, nor links to any. In their FAQ they only mention there may be special instructions per restaurant but none were mentioned besides the text under the blue box where you select the coupon amount, then they link their generic terms and conditions here:
http://www.restaurant.com/terms.asp
Nowhere in this document or elsewhere do I see any graduated table requiring a higher minimum order, nor a maximum % of total order price that a coupon can be applied against. Nothing mentioned anywhere except the $35 minimum, 18% gratuity... while some places specify a higher $40 minimum even for the $25 coupons, while some even specify days or hours it is valid, no holidays/special events/alcohol/etc, none specified higher minimum purchase for a higher value gift certificate.
Can you elaborate with some examples #2?