Archive for August, 2008

This week’s Top 8 + 8-cent Froyo & Falafels!

August 28th, 2008, Posted in New York City Deals
  1. OCHO LOCO deal alert!  8¢ falafel sandwiches! 5-9PM this Sunday (8/31) + falafel eating contest at 6PM - Snacklicious (East Village)
  2. OCHO LOCO deal alert!  Regular size cup of frozen yogurt (w/unlimited toppings) for 8 cents! - 16 Handles (East Village)
  3. OCHO LOCO sweepstakes!  2-hr. cleaning for 8-cents ($100 value) - Maid For You New York (NYC)
  4. 4 free dumplings with the purchase of 6 - Dumpling Man (East Village)
  5. $1 off Love It Signature Creation - Cold Stone Creamery (Astor Place)
  6. 8¢ American Apparel T-Shirts for every 8th texted coupon - 8coupons.com
  7. Buy 1 get 1 free margarita - Senor Swanky’s (Upper West Side)

The 8th deal of the week:

Free love & fame from your beloved, 8coupons

pop burger midtown

Love 8coupons? Why not show it on TV! Channel 7 News will be doing a story on 8coupons and need a few of our fans to talk about why they love 8coupons. The interview will take place at 12:00 noon this coming Monday, September 1st (Labor Day) at 16 Handles in the East Village.

If you’d like to participate, e-mail us at give_us_feedback@8coupons.com. As always, thanks for your support in 8coupons!

- The 8coupons team

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This week’s Top 8 Deals + FREE ORDER OF BURGERS ($15 Value) w/Specialty Drink Purchase in Lounge from pop burger

August 20th, 2008, Posted in New York City Deals
  1. $50 off any service with purchase of $100 - Spa Chinois by Yan (Midtown)
  2. $2 off foot long combo - Subway (Midtown) (Soho) (Murray Hill)
  3. $3.5 bacon, egg,& cheese English muffin + free coffee - Friedman’s Delicatessen (Chelsea)

  4. OCHO LOCO deal alert! Cup of frozen yogurt (w/unlimited toppings) for 8 cents! - 16 Handles (East Village)
  5. Buy 1 get 1 free margarita - SENOR SWANKY’S (Upper West Side)

  6. 50% off any facial with hair styling or color - Confidence Beauty Salon & SPA (Gramercy)
  7. Free 1.5 litter soda with purchase of a pie - Daniellos Pizzeria (Upper West Side)


The 8th deal of the week:

FREE ORDER OF BURGERS ($15 Value) w/Specialty Drink Purchase in Lounge


Folks, that’s 3 delicious small burgers + a martini or any other cocktail for $15 bucks!………Text yourself this deal, now!
(Midtown) (Meat Packing District) pop burger midtown

Pop Burger is an Andy Warhol-inspired fast-food joint meets a trendy lounge/bar/restaurant. Streetside, you can order fantastic little "pop" burgers, hot dogs, fries and other fast-food specialties cooked to order and served in fancy packaging.

At night, the upstairs lounge turns into an after work (or after clubbing) stylized spot to sip on some decked out martinis with adulterous names like pear-miscuous.

The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) August 8th - 24th, 2008

August 20th, 2008, Posted in New York City Deals

One weekend left! Don’t miss out on FringeNYC 2008!

8-cent Hot Dogs, & Pancakes TODAY, at Friedman’s Deli + free Fuerzabruta tickets!

August 19th, 2008, Posted in New York City Deals

Don’t forget…8-cent Hot Dogs, Potato Pancakes, and Matzoh Ball Soup - TODAY, at Friedman’s Delicatessen from 11am - 9pm

Plus, be the 8th person to show your text coupon and win free off-broadway tickets:

Congratulations to Nicole Sutton from the LES - winner of the 8-cent maid service! Click here for your chance to win.

This week’s Top 8 deals + Win a Fully Stocked Bar from Thrillist

August 13th, 2008, Posted in New York City Deals
  1. 8-cent hot dog, soup, or latke OCHO LOCO! - Friedman’s Delicatessen (Chelsea)
  2. $2 off foot long combo - Subway (Midtown) (Soho) (Murray Hill)
  3. Buy one, get one free Simpleton Slice - Slice, the perfect food (Upper East Side)
  4. 30% off any service + get a free manicure - Le Salon Chinois by Yan (Midtown)
  5. $50 off any service with purchase of $100 - Spa Chinois by Yan (Midtown)
  6. $25 tix to this fab hit musical thru Aug. - BASH’d - A Gay Rap Musical (Midtown West)
  7. $3 off a large pizza - The Pizzeria (Greenwich Village)

The 8th deal of the week:

Win a Fully Stocked Bar from Thrillist

Get on the list for free here.

Thrillist is a free daily email that brings you the best of what New York’s hiding.

Covering all that’s new, unknown, or inexcusably under-appreciated, Thrillist sifts through the crap to find the best food, drinks, events, gadgets, gear and services in New York and Nationwide.

Recent discoveries include a restaurant rocking cheeseburger springrolls, a clinically backed Safe Sex Licensing website, and an almost illegal, roving cabaret show in hidden Brooklyn locations.

Sign up for Thrillist today and you’re entered to win a fully stocked bar of boutique booze. Set includes the first ever Gin made from a rare green grape flower, Tangerine-flavored vodka, and 100% Pure Agave Mezcal with a scorpion in the bottle.

8coupons.com to celebrate first birthday by offering 8-cent OCHO LOCO deals throughout August

August 7th, 2008, Posted in New York City Deals

8coupons.com celebrates its 1st birthday on 8.8.08 and will present 8-cent OCHO LOCO deals throughout the month of August. The first will take place on Tuesday, July 29th at the famous Supermac in NYC (348 Seventh Avenue - between 29th and 30th). Simply visit 8coupons.com, send yourself a text message coupon and redeem it with the cashier. It’s an easy way to enjoy Supermac’s delicious mac and cheese for only 8 cents!In addition, we’ll celebrate on 8. 8.08 with 8-cent Miller beers at Wicked Willy’s (149 Bleecker at Laguardia Street) and will feature other OCHO LOCO deals such as $8 haircuts ($55 value) and 8-cent American Apparel T-shirts. Savvy New Yorkers can sign up for more of these yet-to-be announced deal alerts on 8coupons.com.

“We are extremely excited to celebrate our first birthday with some great new OCHO LOCO promotions.” says Landy Ung, Co-founder and CEO of 8coupons. “Our easy-to-use text messaging based coupons help New Yorkers save time, and money on great products by using a medium they are very familiar with.”

These “Crazy 8″ promotions are just one aspect of 8coupons’ viral marketing campaign. To help spread the word, 8coupons is also leveraging social networking site Facebook, through their “me coupons” Facebook application.

About 8coupons:

8coupons is the latest way New Yorkers are saving time, money, and trees by getting up-to-the-minute deals in their neighborhoods for restaurants, bars, beauty & spas, entertainment, shopping, and services delivered straight to their cell phones. Coupons can be sent to your cell phone from 8coupons.com or you can sign up for exclusive merchant deal alerts and receive them real-time. You simply show the cashier your phone to redeem the coupon. 8coupons offers can also be accessed via RSS, the 8coupons widget, and on Facebook.

8-cent beer tomorrow, 8.8.08! (plus, 8-cent maid service, hot dogs, and more OCHO LOCO deals)

August 7th, 2008, Posted in New York City Deals

This week’s Top 8 deals, special OCHO LOCO birthday edition (normally just 8 of the best deals of the week):

  1. 8-cent beer: Come celebrate with us tomorrow at Wicked Willy’s from 3-8pm
  2. 8-cent American Apparel T-shirts: Be one of the first 88 people at Wicked Willy’s tomorrow with the text coupon and we’ll give you one of 8coupons’ exclusive American Apparel “Hug Me” t-shirts (click to view picture).
  3. 8-cent professional maid service! Enter to win an 8-cent, 2-hour professional apartment cleaning ($100 value). Sign up for Maid for You New York’s exclusive e-mail deal alerts and every 88th person to sign up gets maid service for 8 cents!
  4. 8-cent Hot Dogs, Soups, and Latkes: Try the famous Friedman’s Delicatessen on Tuesday, 8/19 for some delicious gourmet grub!
  5. $8 haircuts & styles! Tropical Salon in the LES is donating $8 for every haircut in August to Locks of Love. Don’t have 10 inches of hair to donate? Come in anyways and get a shampoo & style for 8 bucks!
  6. 8-cent falafel sandwiches & free falafel eating contest! Yes we’re serious about the falafel eating contest. Come witness 8 people chow down on 8 falafel balls (on a plate of hummus). The winner gets 8-cent falafels for a year from Snacklicious & everyone else will get a falafel sandwich for 8 cents!
  7. We’re dying to, but can’t tell you just yet. It’s under wraps for now….but stay tuned. Hint…..it’s the best frozen yogurt shop yet in NYC. Stay tuned….


The 8th deal of the week:

8coupons’ OCHO LOCO Deals – what are these Crazy 8 deals all about?

Give me OCHO LOCO

Just in case you haven’t noticed, here at 8coupons, we’re a bit crazy about the number 8 (click here for the explanation).

OCHO LOCOs (Crazy 8’s) are 8coupons’ exclusive - almost free - giveaways we wrangle from different local places around the city. It’s usually a deal with an "8" in it – 8 cents, 88 cents, $8, etc.

It’s our way of allowing you to experience cool local places around NYC, 8 cents at a time. Tomorrow, 8.8.08, 8coupons is celebrating our 1st birthday, and we’d like to thank you for your support with a big OCHO LOCO blowout throughout the entire month of August. So come help us kick it off tomorrow and join us for 8-cent beers at Wicked Willy’s!

See you on there!

- The 8coupons team




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