Originally Posted by
MDtR-Chicago
It's not as good a deal as it seems. You still need to tip on the original price plus many places will redeem these AFTER tax. So you could easily be in a situation where your $50 is worth more like $50-$4.63-$9.83-$4 = $31.54
Now the real TOTAL cost of your meal is more like $83 after tax/tip/cert cost. That's only a deal if you would not have simply gone somewhere else for a $50 meal.
(Also note that many locations add the restriction that the cert is good toward food only... so drinks might end up being additional in a case like that.)
I totally disagree with you.
I pay $2 for a $25 coupon. Very good deal in my book.
Meal cost $35 - $25 coupon = $10 + 3 tax + $7 tip + $2 coupon cost. $22 all in for something that would cost $45 otherwise, roughly 50% off!