Sivan Segev | 
11 13th, 2008| 
I’m kind of embarrassed to write this, but I did do this. Many restaurant chains out there provide you with excellent birthday coupons if you register for their “club”. For the price of being subjected to promotional spam, once a year you get a cool coupon for a free appetizer or meal or soup or a cup of water. I opt for the better coupons of course.
Now what’s the hustler part here? No one will check your ID for your real birthday. Also, many won’t check for multiple registrations with different emails. So, if you open multiple hotmail accounts, and register with – say – 50 different birthdays, one a week for a whole year, you’d be flooded with birthday coupons.
A coupon is nice, especially if you like the restaurant – but it’s still only a coupon and in this climate, I don’t know who can afford going out to a restaurant once a week.
 My preferred birthday coupon is from my preferred restaurant –“ On The Border”. I get free empanadas, which are just yummy. I’m a bit sorry to report that recently they decreased the portion size of their servings, and increased the price. I hope they won’t run out of business like many other chains. I track their stock ticker for news and hold my fingers they make it through because I really like their food. I don’t care that much for Chilli though (part of the same corporation). Ticker is “EAT” – and they pay 5.4% dividend right now. Sadly though – the price action shows investors are betting Brinker is going under… |
Mmmm… Empanadas and cerveza… grrrr….
Cheers!
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