General Consultant Discussion

This reminds me of the Hightower firesale. Wonder if restaurant.com is on the verge of belly up.

I believe Restaurant is largely a sham. You are buying a gift certificate with somewhat complicated rules around WHEN you can redeem. At least that's my memory the one time that we purchased. I think many people buy, get screwed, never go back. Then you have this business model that has a much smaller pool of people willing to take the chance (maybe because one of their favorite restaurants accepts the coupon during the time they like to eat).

Wayne - got to disagree - I've used Restaurant.com a lot and have never had any issues and have had some GREAT deals.

It's all about the restaurants you want that are near you being participants

I've used Restaurant.com many times and got to try out places I wouldn't ordinarily have tried at a discounted price. Some I wound up really liking, and a couple I wouldn't go back to. But at least I didn't pay full price to find that out.