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Not investing although it is saving money. I've never been a big coupon person and now that I'm married my wife handles all of that stuff. I guess most things are now electronic via their apps.
While I have an iPhone and a bunch of apps I had been avoiding getting too many restaurant apps just because I didn't want to deal with them but now being retired and with prices pretty high I thought I would try a few. I signed for accounts/email lists using a secondary email account. More than a few places gave pretty good discounts when you signed up. Anything from a free breakfast meal at a local diner we frequent to 20% off, etc. Also since my birthday was in December, a number of places gave discounts for that including $25 from Morton's (we like their happy hour bar bites). With all of the discounts/freebies, December wasn't a good month for watching calories.
I know many don't want to deal with accounts, etc. but for those who do, it is a good way to save money. We tend to eat out quite often. Usually not fast food although today we did and the app gave me 25% off.
I told my wife to hold off for a month or two so we can recover from this round of food. Fortunately her birthday isn't for a while :)
Rich
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We sign up for the b-day gifts. Cafe Rio gives a free burrito, as I recall. It just appears in your app. Firehouse Subs also does something like that.
If you've moved back to the Phoenix area, I can tell you of some specials that don't require an app. Joe's BBQ, Caldwell County, etc. Just show your ID that it's your b-day.
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You know that you can give any date for your birthday when you signup for the apps, right?
Spread it out.
I get a lot of "free for your birthday" coupons on every January 1.
They are probably astonished at how many people were born on Jan 1. Especially 1/1/1950 and 1/1/2000.
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You know that you can give any date for your birthday when you signup for the apps, right?
Spread it out.
1poorlady and I coordinate. Our b-days about 4 months apart. For the places that require you show your ID, you're stuck with your actual b-day. But email clubs and apps, you can put anything. Just show the email you receive (or the app coupon), and you get your freebie. And that is very useful if you have several memberships, because the coupons are usually only good for 7 days, and that can be a lot of eating out if you don't fudge the dates on some of them.
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If you've moved back to the Phoenix area, I can tell you of some specials that don't require an app. Joe's BBQ, Caldwell County, etc. Just show your ID that it's your b-day.
Yup, back to AZ. Unfortunately sold my Scottsdale home but now living near Arrowhead (NW of Phoenix).
I just got a buy one, get one free meal at Culver's just for signing up. I always use a secondary email in case I get bombarded by emails.
My wife's bd is 6 months before mine so we can spread things out.
As to giving out inaccurate info, depending on what it is, I don't mind. I've done that with some other dining places since I didn't want to give out my real phone number.
(Just got back from a trip to New Mexico. Skied there in the 90s. Great scenery. Went to Santa Fe, Los Alamos and a tiny town called Abiquiu made famous by the artist Georgia O'Keefee. A bit too small/rustic for me but my wife's cousins have a place up there and their father did some favors for O'keeffe and inherited some land from her estate. Wouldn't mind exploring more since I love the mountains.)
Thanks
Rich
