How to Get and Use Cheap Restaurant Gift Cards

Want to enjoy your favorite restaurants at a fraction of the cost? Deals that offer cheap restaurant gift cards will give you deep discounts on the food you love to eat. By picking up a few at the optimum time, you may find that cheap restaurant gift cards allow you to dine out more often while sticking to your dine in budget.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Check websites like www.restaurant.com. The site offers steals like $25 gift cards for $10. Special promotions and discount codes certain times of the year will even give you a percentage off the $10, making the cheap restaurant gift cards even more of a bargain.

2. Put your eBay bidding skills to good use by looking for cheap restaurant gift cards at auction. Set a bid limit, however, to ensure you don’t get caught up in the heat of the moment and get too close to the actual amount of the card. With the cost of shipping and handling, you could find yourself spending more than face value for the “cheap” restaurant gift cards.

3. Read the restrictions carefully before redeeming the cards that you’ve purchased at a discount. The price of buying cheap restaurant gift cards often means that you’ll be unable to use them during prime hours like weekend evenings. Some also restrict you to dinner hours or are redeemable for food only.

4. Consider signing up for a website like www.mypoints.com that lets you get points for shopping online, reading email or taking surveys. Save up and redeem the points to get restaurant gift cards free. Unlike cheap restaurant gift cards that you’ve bought through other sites, however, these typically have no use restrictions.

[ACORN12]

on 1/31/2009 These look like great resources.

[kagee]

on 1/26/2009 Great info. I am also a member of MyPoints and enjoy them.

[kaseysviewblog]

on 1/18/2009 Excellent tips, I've been a member of MyPoints for several years now and love them.