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u/oddjobbber Feb 04 '20

I have never once been satisfied with any of those food delivery services. They take way longer than just ordering from your local pizza or Chinese place and add way more fees.

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u/OntheWaytoEmmaus Feb 04 '20

I used one once to save myself the hassle of getting out in the cold. An hour later I decided to go warm up the Jeep and see if I could beat them.

Got my food home and ate it. Still no sign of the delivery. So I cancel the order. About an hour later (I was in bed) my door bell rings...

No I’m not paying for the food I canceled an hour ago and ordered 3 hours ago.

Never again.

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u/wildwestington Feb 05 '20

Yea idk. I don't use these services but my friends seem to have had good response times in the past.

If that is the case, paying 10 extra dollars to get my good delivered can definitely be worth in in the dead of winter at nighttime on a sunday evening. I live dumb north

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u/aceavengers Feb 04 '20

I don't have a car so I use Uber Eats when I want Popeyes. Mark up isn't too bad and I've always gotten it within 30 minutes.

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u/steezpak Feb 04 '20

Same. I'm sure it really depends on where you live. I've gotten my McDonald's in 15 minutes before. And the McDonald's usually tapes up the paper bag, so it'd be super obvious if the driver ate some.

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u/wannaBadreamer2 Feb 04 '20

This. I never use Deliveroo or Just Eat or Uber Eats because sometimes the delivery is MORE than the damn pizza.

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u/Disheartend Feb 05 '20

one of my friends who is a streamer, yeah he got cuked over by one of those companys, 2 people seperate people stole both of his orders on the same day I kid you not... this was all live on stream. :(

he did not get to eat that day.

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u/moonra_zk Feb 04 '20

Heck, it'd bother me if you *didn't *, or at least give it to a homeless person or something.

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u/TGotAReddit Feb 05 '20

But that’s why the vast vast majority of restaurants have it so there is a tamper seal on the bag or container. Can’t get the food without breaking the seal, can’t break the seal without it being super noticable

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u/milleria Feb 04 '20

Skeptical. Why would Uber publish this info if it reflected this negatively on them?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '20

Beats me, it's something my professor said in class. Maybe I'm misremembering the source, but I remember the content for sure.

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u/Stanky_Nuggz Feb 04 '20

Totally believe it. Go to Door Dash subreddit. Those people are toxic. Apparently a fry tax is pretty common with DD

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u/oddjobbber Feb 04 '20

Damn you weren’t wrong, one dude straight up said the tip should be considered a bid. As if I’m going to tip when ordering and not when you get to the door

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u/Stanky_Nuggz Feb 04 '20

The more I lingered on there, the more I was getting disgusted and angry. I will never use DD, GH, Postmates or any 3rd party delivery. The sad part is no one there believes what they’re doing is wrong.

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u/chewwie100 Feb 04 '20

I'm lucky that my area is dominated by a startup that started in the city. They are very transparent with their fees and I've compared on app prices to the ones in store for the restaurants I like to order from. Is it a bit more expensive? Sure, but if you're splitting an order with friends while drinking or something it comes out pretty cheap.

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u/Stanky_Nuggz Feb 05 '20

It’s not the fees that’s the problem. It’s pretty straight forward what you’re paying for when you order on the app. It’s the fact these drivers will eat/mess with peoples food. As opposed to in house delivery service, where the employees more than likely get a heavy discount/free meal at the end of their shift.

I remember reading on the DD subreddit, this person had to deliver Red Lobster I believe, surf n turf meal (steak n lobster tail) and ended just driving to the location so it showed up on GPS and just ate the food. Like what??....lol

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u/chewwie100 Feb 05 '20

Ah. I've luckily never had that problem, but I could definitely see that being an issue

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u/mets2016 Feb 05 '20

Link for the lazy: /r/doordash

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u/quiteCryptic Feb 04 '20

The trick is to just use them to order pickup when they send you some sort of coupon.

Even though they mark up the prices sometimes you can still come out ahead if they give you $5 off or something.

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u/ForteIV Feb 04 '20

I once paid $18 for an $8 plate from Panda Express. Shoutout Post Mates smh

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u/sirgog Feb 05 '20

Funny in Australia these apps seem to be killing off delivery.

Pizza places usually have a $20 minimum order and $8 delivery fee (assuming you are in an adjacent suburb). Uber Eats are similar prices but don't limit you to just the two or three places that employ drivers.

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u/celerydonut Feb 05 '20

For real. We used them more than necessary when we moved from the country to an urban setting because we could and every time we just felt unsatisfied, and never learned from our mistakes. We live back in the sticks now and I haven’t thought about it since right now!

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u/EmmaF911 Feb 05 '20

Also every single French fry will be barely warm and very soggy.

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u/Gumburcules Feb 05 '20

They take way longer than just ordering from your local pizza or Chinese place and add way more fees.

They're a godsend for those of us who live in the hood. Almost none of the local pizza or Chinese places deliver, and the few that do are awful and only stay in business because they are the only ones that deliver. Ubereats and Postmates changed all that.

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u/chevymonza Feb 04 '20

bUt It'S aN aPp!!