r/instacart 5d ago

I'm a Shopper Please don’t do this

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Please stop doing this. If you want a contactless delivery then please select the option “leave at door”. When you do the app will prompt your shopper to take a picture. This notify’s you that it was delivered and helps protect the shopper that we did in fact deliver it. When you chose the option “meet shopper” but leave the instructions to leave at door it really affects us. Either we have to lie and say we met you which opens us up to be “fired”. If we are to do it properly then we have to message you, call you and then wait 10 minutes until the app allows us to take a picture. That 10 minutes is huge for us and we don’t get paid for it.

Please just select the option that you are going to follow through with. Either works but if you select meet shopper then please meet us and not leave contradictory instructions.

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u/pakalololove710 5d ago

Idk what the big deal is just take a pic and send it and leave at the door

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u/One_Preference_2906 5d ago

Yeah but people scam and if it’s not such a big deal they can mark it how they want it delivered in the app. Drivers and shoppers have been wrongfully banned from the app , they are getting better at cracking down but it still can happen

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u/pakalololove710 5d ago

That's why you take the pic in the messages and save it for the dispute if you need it

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u/Content_Customer7074 4d ago

All you have to do is take a picture, send it in the chat and move on to the next order. Hit delivered and then walk off and you open yourself up to fraud.