Just curious, what is the guarantee that all these sites are actually sending notifications for real openings? I mean they are just sending a notification that there is an opening, but when you get there it isn't available, so you think someone else booked it. What if it was not there to begin with? What if the notifications are somewhat random to increase their membership, some are real and people can take advantage, some are not real at all?
How many people have signed up for these services and paid their money, feel satisfied with notifications, but never actually secured a reservation?
I've gotten several as well. Also, I set up a notification for a BOG breakfast after it was showing that it would be extended on the site but before you could actually book it. I'm not going until November but I thought maybe they would add more dinner tables for the fall at the same time. The notification came at 3:15 CST and I checked and there were tables available for booking. If I had been going at that time I would have had my pick of date and time, had Scout not notified me who knows when I would have looked. If you don't trust the site don't use it, simple as that.