Daily Deal ?
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At the page where you fill in your details, choose \"Smoov Online Payment Gateway\" instead of Paypal.
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You will get to a page to enter your credit card details after you click on Confirm Order. -
That so? Don’t seem to have happened to me so far…
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BigDevil:
There's always 1 for 1 deals available year round with credit card. Or 1 dine free with 2 or 3 paying guests. The discount works out to between 25 to 50%. Not as good as what you got at the Chinatown restaurant, but I think deals like this are rare. Most of the time, the discount is no more than 50% and I've seen such offers from those restaurants with credit cards before. I guess it's no harm paying a couple of dollars for such coupons if the eating place is near places you go to, and it's small money that you don't mind losing if things go wrong. There was this company that sell dining cheques at discounts of 40 or 50% some years ago. They went bust and the customers can't redeem what they bought. But you managed to get some good deals.
I will beg to differ. You can get much better makan deal with these coupons than what credit card can offer (10%? 15%?).rosemummy:
Most of the time, I think it's not difficult to get a more or less equivalent deal using credit card promotions, without the risk. That's definitely the case with dining, except for fast food like Subway. For spa, facial etc, you can almost always get those deals direct.
These are actually a mean of marketing. Instead of advertising in newspaper/TV/radio without guaranteed returns, you get guaranteed, paid customers by offering discount coupons.
A one-month old restaurant in Chinatown area offered a hard-to-beat deal on Groupon. You pay $8 to get $30 worth of food, with no limit to the number of coupons you can use per visit.
Between my sister and I, we bought 15 coupons. On one visit, we ate $90 worth of food and paid with...3 coupons, ultimately costing us only $24. I kaypoh a bit, and the boss told me Groupon sold over 3000 of their coupons!!
Another small ramen eatery in Novena sold their $15 coupons at $7.50. I bought 2 coupons and used them on a weekend visit. We loved it so much that we had since returned there 3 others times...paying full price since we don't have any more coupons. So it's a successful marketing campaign since they have managed to make us return as paying customers.
By the way, how does the coupon works? They email you a coupon and you print it out yourself to redeem at the merchant. What control is there if you buy 1 coupon but print a few to redeem? How does the merchant verify? -
rosemummy:
By the way, how does the coupon works? They email you a coupon and you print it out yourself to redeem at the merchant. What control is there if you buy 1 coupon but print a few to redeem? How does the merchant verify?
Each coupon will have a unique identification number. When presented to the merchant, they will go through their list to make sure it is a valid coupon. Once found in their list, the will check it off so that you cannot print a second piece and use it again.
This is easy control when there is only one outlet. Not sure how they control for places like Subway where you can use your coupon at several outlets. -
Callie Tan:
Spa deals are almost always at 70 to 90% off for 1st timer. No need credit card. They always have such promotions. I just saw a facial being sold at $68 today. The original price is supposed to be $350. But the special price is also available if you go to the salon. The \"normal price\" is just there to make people feel they're getting a good deal and to incentivise customers to sign a package, where for each session, you pay between 10 to 50% of the ala carte price.Yes the deals are real!! I agree you have to be careful but most deals are too good to resist and relatively eay to redeem. I don't remember credit cards have 90% off spas.... the deals are super attractive!!
Currently my company is working with one of the online deals company to promote some goods and products of my company... I must say the people ask many questions to ensure that the end customers really get the deal they bid for. We also have to place some deposit with them so that in rare cases where full refund to customers are demanded, they can oblige. These are some safety measures to protect the interests of customers....
And I always have calls offering free trial facial. -
BigDevil:
I see. Is it possible to change the identification number since it's just a printed copy? Is it possible for someone to change the duplicate to your number and redeem it before you?rosemummy:
By the way, how does the coupon works? They email you a coupon and you print it out yourself to redeem at the merchant. What control is there if you buy 1 coupon but print a few to redeem? How does the merchant verify?
Each coupon will have a unique identification number. When presented to the merchant, they will go through their list to make sure it is a valid coupon. Once found in their list, the will check it off so that you cannot print a second piece and use it again.
This is easy control when there is only one outlet. Not sure how they control for places like Subway where you can use your coupon at several outlets. -
rosemummy:
I see. Is it possible to change the identification number since it's just a printed copy? Is it possible for someone to change the duplicate to your number and redeem it before you?
The numbers are non-sequential, non-running numbers. It was randomly generated. So despite buying 2 coupons at the same time, the numbers are so different that you can't deduce what the next one will be.
The ramen place I mentioned checked against the number as well as your name, which wasn't printed on the coupon. -
BigDevil:
I see. Thanks for info.rosemummy:
I see. Is it possible to change the identification number since it's just a printed copy? Is it possible for someone to change the duplicate to your number and redeem it before you?
The numbers are non-sequential, non-running numbers. It was randomly generated. So despite buying 2 coupons at the same time, the numbers are so different that you can't deduce what the next one will be.
The ramen place I mentioned checked against the number as well as your name, which wasn't printed on the coupon. -
yes i agree the deals for food sometimes can be a steal! Like that time have the BK burger damn cheap…
but do read the fine prints yes cos i was quite excited to see the subway sandwiches on sale but realised the joints are so far away from my office. also the expiry dates may be very near like 1 month from purchase. -
sp tempting la this: http://deal.com.sg/deals/singapore/S428-for-2-Nights-to-Kuala-Lumpur-Or%20Redang-on-SuperStarVirgo-in-BALCONY-CABIN
but half price .. dunno should i get it ornot.. i very kiasi one.. later buy liao din get to go or kena cheated then :stupid:
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