MPS Contest/Giveaway: WIN Dinner on us! Well kinda...details within

[Melissa]

Another MyPriceSavings.com Contest Giveaway

Contest runs from September 9th starting at 5:00pm thru 5:00pm Tuesday September 14, 2010

Up For Grabs: $25 Restaurant.com Gift Certificate!!!
There will be THREE Winners

3 Winners will be chosen by a random drawing of all eligible participants.
$25 Gift Certificate that you can use to purchase $25 worth of Restaurant Gift Certificates!!
And it does not have to be used at once if you prefer, you may use it how you like!

How to Enter
Simply post in THIS THREAD a comment regarding the question below:

**Ways you have saved money on eating out and/or entertainment. We want to hear about all your frugal extracurricular adventures!

**You must also agree to share your restaurant.com dining experience whether it be good or bad! (in this thread)


That's it!!! SO easy right!! One Bonus entry for "Liking" MPS on Facebook!
*If you add us on Facebook mention that in your post with the MPS comment to get bonus entry.
Plus get another bonus entry
*If you tell us a feature you would like to see added to MPS. How can we help you save more.


Fine Print:
Fine Print:
~Posts must be genuine content contributing.
~NO Spam, NO one or two word posts.
~All posts must be site relevant information. You may ask site related questions but only up to two questions will count toward your contest posts but know that we welcome any questions that should ever come up.
~Post internet coupons you find, freebies, Price Savings Success stories, how MPS has helped your family save.
~Blog posts count also. You may also share MPS on your facebook, twitter or and other friend connect website by linking (posting a link) to the MPS home page or ANY MPS Page. This will count toward a contest post and you MUST send me a private message with the link to the page showing you posted a link to MPS.
~Posts must be of value so we can all help each other save even more!
~Must be a MPS registered site Member.

Do not start a new thread to leave your user name reply here when you have met criteria and do not ask questions related to contest in this thread. Be specific if you qualify for bonus entries.
If you have questions please ask them in thread click here

WINNERs WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON September 14 and you will receive a PM from me with Directions.

YOU CAN READ ABOUT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH RESTAURANT.COM
It cost us $9.76 FOR A FULL DINNER FOR 3 ($15 including the $6 tip) CLICK HERE to read my review
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I know many of you have been wanting to try these and how they work...Here is YOUR CHANCE thanks to Restaurant.com and MyPriceSavings.com!!

Thank you for taking part in this MyPriceSavings.com contest giveaway.
Have FUN, SAVE and SHARE the Savings with others and be a part of our growing savings community where we can all share our savings knowledge.

If you are not interested participating in this contest/ giveaway for a FREE One, you can still purchase them CHEAP by CLICKING HERE! and be sure to use code TOUCHDOWN for the best price savings!

**Restaurant.com gift certificates require a Minimum purchase required prior to discount and gratuity may be included automatically. But its worth the savings!

[bethaliz6894]

When my family goes out to eat, i usually get a large diner salad and share with my daughter, she's 9. my husnband gets an appetizer and a regular meal. the appetizer is split with the 4 year old and the regular meal is split with the 7 year old. everyone orders tea or water. the way we pick the resteraunt is usually around lunch, maybe on a saturday when it is horribly busy. i have to have a coupon, of course. or a gift certificate which my husband usually gets at work for side jobs. (he is a computer geek).

i like/love mps on facebook

i promise to come back and tell my story about restaurant.com and i am getting ready to post the deal on my wall.

one idea i have about MPS when the email updates are sent for the replies to a topic, when i click on it i get taken to the first post. could it be possible for the link to take you to that post so you can start reading from there? sometimes if the post get really long it is hard to follow.

[Melissa]

Thanks!

I always get water, and most times I make the boys get water when the drinks are extra...that alone does really save..
Some places ..its $8 just for drinks for 4!! Thats like dinner for 2-3 days right there

[K - Ohio]

I try very had to not pay full retail at a restaurant_

1) 50% off certificates - I buy certificates at "Groupon" and "Groupon-like" sites. There are many different sites for my area. The discounts can be significant! Tomorrow night we will be using a certificate for a new Asian restaurant in our area.

2) Combine deals-Another idea is to combine a deal at the restaurant with a coupon...O'Charley's had a situation like this recently.

3) Online discounts-Last week we got $10 off $30 purchase for using Bravo's online ordering and curbside pick up service (It was SUPER easy to use and we will preferentially use online ordering as opposed to phone in from now on!).

4) Frequent Flier cards - Bravos for example has a card that after so many curbside pickup orders you get one FREE

5) Gift card bonus buys - Starting later in the fall many chain restaurants will offer a bonus gift card with gift card purchase (e.g. TGI Fridays)

I promise to share my opinion if I win

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Bonus Entry:

What happened to being able to filter match ups by the amount of discount? You had mentioned it would happen...I hope it still does.....Is it still in the works?

Is there a way to not get every new post in a particular thread fed through the RSS feed? For example if there is a hot topic in an area I have subscribed to then there is a deluge of posts that come in via RSS feed. Could that be limited such that there is a notice of the new weekly Meijer thread and then you can go to the thread and choose to get email notification of new posts? As opposed to receiving EVERY new post to the thread? I have stopped following some things in the RSS feed due to this

[Melissa]

Filters are being added to the new matchups system...when that is fully launched in a few months we hope all those features will be in good working order we are still in the process of testing and working out a few bugs that have occurred...

I am pretty sure you can just subscribe to thread...or post

Lets say you are in meijer and you want to subscribe to a thread or post. Click the one you are interested in and at the top of the screen on the right side there is thread options. you can then subscribe just to a specific thread.

I hope that helps...let me know if you find it ok..

[randamom08]

I'm not sure this ranks up there with all your savy Coupon Queens, however, restaurant dining a luxury in our home. When we do, I try to garner as much benefit for our family as possible. Our Elementary School sells Scrip cards (basically gift cards) for major restaurants, clothing stores, services etc. The participating business agrees to give a % of the amount of the gift card back. 1/2 of that percent goes back to the Parent Organization and the other half goes towards my child's 6th Grade Camping trip. My daughter is in 2nd Grade, so hopefully, by the time she is in 6th grade that trip is paid in full. I only purchase scrips from restaurants who give out coupons, so when we go, we are benefitting our school, our daughter and I get to use the scrips more than once. It's great for those days when your crazy busy, low on cash, low on time to cook.

LIke I said not as savy as you more seasoned vets but it does help us tremendously. Melissa, can't wait to see what the updates are to the new system, I'm sure I'll have comments when we get to play!

Thanks for the contest!

[bethaliz6894]

(09-10-2010 09:05 AM)randamom08 Wrote:  I'm not sure this ranks up there with all your savy Coupon Queens, however, restaurant dining a luxury in our home.

i totally understand what you are saying. i think god my kids are tiny and dont eat much, when i look at the menu and a salad cost 14.00 i think to myself how many meals can i eat for 14.00. makes me want to cry.

[Melissa]

Bumping this up! Remember there are 3 winners, 2 days left and plenty of time to get your entry in!

[Jay]

We go to an Indian restaurant (yum!) that doesn't serve alcohol, but local laws allow us to bring our own bottle of wine to drink with dinner.

I'm not sure if all restaurants let you do that even if they have a liquor license - and I wouldn't personally do it at a place that serves their own anyway because it seems rude. But I know you can call ahead and check even if they serve.

Anyway, by picking a place that isn't serving their own, we can enjoy a "fancy" dinner out guilt-free with drinks without having to pay for a huge markup on the wine. Perfect for birthdays or anniversaries.

[Melissa]

So far I got:

Jay x 1
randamom08 x 1
K - Ohio x 2
bethaliz6894 x 3

DId I miss anyone? Just a hour and half left! DId you enter? If not is really easy!

Winner will be announced at 10pm tonight. I will be away from computer till then...GOOD LUCK ALL!