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Originally Posted by Lakesrider
If you go to the Rest.com site and read the rules next to each place. Some say $50.00 minimum purchase with an 18% or even a 20% gratuity added before the discount. 20% holy cr@p! So I get a discount and then add 20% right back to it? Why bother? What if you get horrible service? And you still have to pay 20%. Just knock me on the head and rob me....   |
So, you go out to a nice dinner and the bill comes to $60.00. The server adds on 20% for gratituity, which isn't uncommon if you've every dined out with a large party or whatever. Ms. Manners says you should tip about 15% anyhow for good service. So...
THE BILL... $60.00 + $12.00 (<--20% of the 60) =
$72.00.
THE COUPON... $72.00 - $25.00 =
$47.00 (with the cost of the coupon you really spent $49.00 on your meal + tip.
TOTAL =
$49.00
So, let's pretend you don't have the coupon...
THE BILL.... $60.00
THE TIP.... $9.00 (<--15% of the bill, per Ms. Manners)
TOTAL:
$69.00
So gee... you can spend $49.00 by using the coupon or you can spend $69.00 without it... - the coupon looks darn good.
By the way...
Argie and I are frequent flyers with restaurant.com. We've never yet had a place add in the tip. They only ask that we based the tip on the cost BEFORE the coupon is subtracted from the bill.
That's only fair to the waitstaff.... no problem.
(The math on that would look like this: $60.00 (bill) - $25.00 (coupon) = $35.00 + $9.00 (tip at 15% of $60) = $44.00 + $2.00 (cost of coupon) =
$46.00 TOTAL
And...
It's generally a $35.00 minimum purchase to use a $25 coupon... pretty good deal, still.