2009 Advisor
AngiBowman
Olathe, KS

Save Money By NOT Buying This Book

2 star rating

Desperate for a date night, Mom of 2, Practical, a busy person
Pros

    great for dining out on a budget, Love trying new places, good savings for couples, Buy through MyPoints for additional perk

Cons
    some merchants don't honor coupon, Places are not in business

OCT
30
2009

On the surface, this little book looks like something you could actually use, especially if you like going out on the town or out to eat. However, the Entertainment Book proves to be fairly worthless to the average diner.

What Is It?

In short, this is a book full of deals and coupons for a myriad of services, including

* Dining
* Shopping
* Movie Tickets
* Groceries
* Services
* Travel
* Attractions
* Car Care
* Home Furnishings

It covers major cities in nearly all states and Canadian provinces. To use the savings, you either use the handy dandy savings card or simply cut out the coupon.

What do I think?

I live in Kansas City, so I can only really mention how it applies to Kansas City. Maybe other cities are different. I'm not sure. However, my experience was very sub-par. In the book, let's pretend it says something like "15 percent off at the Melting Pot." We make reservations, have fun and BOOM! no one knows how to use the darn thing so it can't be used.

This sort of situation happened to use multiple times. Basically, we paid $15 for this book (on sale - get it close to Christmas for a real bargain) and never even got to use it because no one knew what it was. I swear that half the time they think we were trying to commit some sort of fraud.This isn't something that has happened one or two times. It's more like 7-8 times before we just gaveu p.

Overall

If this works in your city, great! I'm sure it actually saves you some money. For us, however, it turned out to be wasted and never used. What was the point? No one knew what it was!

 



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JovialCougar wrote on Oct 31, 2009 at 5:39PM

I had a similar problem with this kind of coupon book. One restaurant said they had changed ownership so would no longer honor the discounts. Others went out of business or restricted the coupon to the 4th Tuesday during a full moon, etc...

AnnaBanana wrote on Oct 30, 2009 at 4:18PM

WOW! I've had some problems using it here but at least I was able to get my money's worth out of it. I have to wonder if this is new in your area that so many people don't know about it. Great review!