Copperhead
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I am all about small business! I by local and direct all my customers to local restaurants and shops when I can.
This past summer and fall I had a special promotion with a local restaurant. This restaurant has been in business for over 20 years and has an excellent reputation. I would purchase $100 worth of $25 GC's at a time and they gave me a 5th one for free. As we it wound down around Thanksgiving, we had 3 GC's left and decided to stop promoting the special and save them to give as Christmas gifts to some friends.
Then yesterday morning while out shopping, we ran into a friend who happens to be a friend of the restaurant owner who told us the restaurant was closing as of Dec. 23rd. I know my eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. Well we got a hold of our friends, some we occasionally have dinner with, and asked if they would like to meet for dinner... Thank goodness they all agreed.
So on arrival we provided each with their Christmas gift; we all had a great time as well. This was NOT what we had planned but it ended well. As the night went on & the wine flowed we talked about how this could have ended differently had we not heard the news. Can you imagine us providing a gift of a GC and come to find out they were out of business!!!
This past summer and fall I had a special promotion with a local restaurant. This restaurant has been in business for over 20 years and has an excellent reputation. I would purchase $100 worth of $25 GC's at a time and they gave me a 5th one for free. As we it wound down around Thanksgiving, we had 3 GC's left and decided to stop promoting the special and save them to give as Christmas gifts to some friends.
Then yesterday morning while out shopping, we ran into a friend who happens to be a friend of the restaurant owner who told us the restaurant was closing as of Dec. 23rd. I know my eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. Well we got a hold of our friends, some we occasionally have dinner with, and asked if they would like to meet for dinner... Thank goodness they all agreed.
So on arrival we provided each with their Christmas gift; we all had a great time as well. This was NOT what we had planned but it ended well. As the night went on & the wine flowed we talked about how this could have ended differently had we not heard the news. Can you imagine us providing a gift of a GC and come to find out they were out of business!!!