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Doordash deserves it's fate (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

2 pizzas, a small order of breadsticks, and wanted to splurge and get cinnamon sticks.

Pizzas are a "Buy one get one deal!" at 13 bucks a pizza. Figured what the hell, I'll splurge on desert then with the deal. Get to checkout... hold on a minute.... 50 dollars for pizza?! Wait a minute 80 dollars after fees and taxes?!

Usually I only use Doordash for finding something, then I order direct from the store. I just saw the sweet "buy one get one" deal and thought eh, fine I'm here. Right, that's why I stopped using door dash. I'm not spending 80 dollars on freaking pizza. I'll just go pick it up and spend a quarter of that price.

At least I would have saved the $3 dollar delivery fee. Phew. Thanks DoorDash.

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[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 157 points 5 months ago

Stop using it. It's that simple.

Gig economy work is horrible for the workers, and incredibly exploitative. The workers frequently make less than minimum wage.

I refuse to order from any restaurant that doesn't do their own delivery. If enough other people do the same, these places will curl up and die very quickly.

[-] 0x01@lemmy.ml 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don't disagree, but jobs are already hard to come by, pushing people out of the only jobs they can find is a rough solution

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 60 points 5 months ago

The jobs won't disappear. They'll just change. The need is obviously there.

Here in Colorado a bunch of drivers just formed a employee owned co-op, both to give the middle finger to Uber and Lyft, and so the drivers can actually earn a living. We need more of that.

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 5 months ago

This is the way. This gig worker industry is in need of disruption. It's ultimately a matchmaking service. There is no other broker than can charge 100% markup.

Professional job placement company, realtors, etc do more for a much smaller percentage.

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[-] bamboo 6 points 5 months ago

well that sounds like unemployment insurance with more steps. rather than people buying stuff they don't need so that it can be delivered to keep someone in a job, and paying the apps the fees, remove the middleman.

They said they don’t use it and only use it to browse the menu.

[-] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 78 points 5 months ago

I will always get a good laugh at people who are shocked that private courier services are expensive.

[-] Redex68@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

I mean, it shouldn't be that expensive. Where I live basically every pizza and fast food place used to offer free delivery. Nowadays because of delivery services this has died out a bit, but it still exits, yet ordering through the delivery services is way more expensive.

I honestly don't even get it, because for a long time the delivery services were operating at a loss, not even sure if most of them are in the plus even now, yet they should be more efficient than every fast food place having its own drivers.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 months ago

The pizza place has free delivery because the cost is built into the pizza and people who pick up at the store pay that even though they don't get delivery. Using a private delivery service they charge more because they don't get a piece of the 'pie' so you're basically paying twice for delivery.

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[-] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

2 pizzas from lieferando in my country cost 30€

They too are a private Courier.

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[-] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 47 points 5 months ago

Yeah, every time I think about getting Doordash, they sucker me in with promises of $1 delivery fees, etc. Then I take the time to find out what I want, put it in my cart, get excited, and...then I see the final price.

That's when I close out of my browser and go preheat my oven so that I can put in a frozen pizza.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 26 points 5 months ago

We created a rule, if you want to eat out, you have to be willing to get up and go get it. If you're not willing to do that, you obviously don't want it that badly and you can make something at home or do something else. It's saved me probably thousands of dollars now. However DD is great at showing me what restaurants are around me, I just have to weed out the fake ones. Google has gotten worse and worse about showing me the small places around me.

[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

That’s a great tip for finding new restaurants! I get to waste the middleman’s resources, too! Win win.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 7 points 5 months ago

It's even better when you realize they have a ton of metrics, and they are you clicking around to only end up not buying anything. I like to add stuff to my cart, only to walk away so they see that I saw the price and then left

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[-] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 5 months ago

Am I missing something? If these are the prices for the service, who is using this?

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago

People that just pay and don't pay attention

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 14 points 5 months ago

They really do hide the final price until the last second when you're most committed. They're banking on your hunger, seeing everything in your cart, and either being so excited you'll just click the buttons to make food come, or you'll justify it away.

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[-] uncrme@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

People with more money than sense lol, there's never really a great reason to get Doordash or Uber Eats

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Everybody is drunk, but hungry" is a great reason for food delivery.

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[-] zerosignal@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

Seeing things like this make me happy that I

  • live in a state that banned junk fees.
  • live just far enough outside of a metro area that these services don't deliver to me so I don't have to worry about being tempted to order from them.
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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

You did it! No delivery fee! You're so lucky!

Oh hey... Unrelated, but let me get $20 in "fees" please.

Really though, congrats on that delivery discount though, you're really coming out in top, putting me through the ringer, bud!

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[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 34 points 5 months ago

My sister uses doordash and there's always something wrong. Yet she insists on trying again and again, and I can't understand why.

I have never used them or Uber or others like this, and refuse to do so. They exploit their workers, they charge exorbitant fees, and when something's wrong, it's nobody's fault.

If I want food, I go get it myself. I'm my own delivery boy! And contrary to a lot of people delivering food, I will not park on a sidewalk or in a bike lane.

[-] mwproductions@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

I have a friend who hates grocery shopping, so they get their food delivered, but then constantly complains about nonsensical substitutions. They're not wrong that the substitutions don't make sense, but there's a really easy way to ensure you get exactly what you want...

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[-] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 23 points 5 months ago

Ive deleted all those apps. They really got greedy. And the crazy part is I think I remember the government giving them money for grocery delivery.

I dont get it.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

The greed during covid exploded. especially where companies felt people were stuck/captured, like delivery services.

I wouldnt be surprised if they start dying soon from their short term profits from gouging running out.

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OP. How is it 53?

13 for the two pizzas. How much are the breadsticks and dessert?

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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You know, for 26 bucks a delivery, why the hell isnt there local competition?

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[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Does this pizza place not have their own drivers? If they do you're already paying at least 30% more because of the DoorDash surcharge. Also, judging by the dashers who pick up from where I work, there's a 60% chance they don't have an insulated bag and you're getting cold food.

[-] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago

I'm missing something. If the two pizzas were 13, then the sticks + desert were 40? Then tax and service fee on top (40% lol)

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[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Where is whatever government agency is in charge of truth in labeling, not ripping off the consumer …. At the very least they are deliberately hiding some of their fees under “taxes and fees” in the hope that some pole won’t realize how high it is for a tax. Taxes should be itemized so everything else is fees

Assuming that agency still exists. Why are these “free market” types always seem to not want the transparency and fairness that makes a free market work well?

[-] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 months ago

"Freedom" to "free market" types is the freedom to do whatever you want with no consequences regardless of the impact to others.

"Free market" means if you get duped or swindled then "you deserved it".

"Free market" means if it really causes harm then "people just won't buy it".

"Free market" is way more what most people think anarchy is than what anarchists are advocating for.

Anarchy is "if I want to do cocaine and I die, that's on me, the government shouldn't be allowed to control what I do with my body"

Free market is "we should be allowed to add a little bit of cocaine to this baby formula so our brand beats out the competition and no one should be allowed to tell us we can't"

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[-] Vinstaal0@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

“Estimated taxes” what is that for bullshit? You can just calculate how much the tax should be.

I know it’s not how it works in the US, but if they advertise it for 13$ they should sell it for 13$ including tax.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

"Estimated Taxes" is where they hide all the bullshit made up fees and imaginary taxes that are pure profit and increase profit margin, but if they listed it as "Customer Fuck-over Fee" people would obviously stop using it.

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[-] thezeesystem 17 points 5 months ago

As someone who is disabled and known people who are disabled, we don't have the luxury of going out to eat as it is incredibly hard on us, I don't use them but if I want to get nice food from a restaurant I really don't have a choice besides delivery and there's not a lot of places that do delivery without these apps (and some places hide that it's doordash and say it's there own)

For one of the people I knew in the past who couldn't cook there own food because of there disabilities, they heavily relied on doordash type services and they barley ate because being disabled means your incredibly poor, but this anti human society doesn't care about disabled people.

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[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

Yeah, doordash can gdiaf. Local burger joint only does delivery through doordash, but adds 20% on top of the base price to cover the fees doordash change them (fair enough), then doordash adds the delivery fee they charge me on top of that as well. They double dip on fees by changing both the restaurant and the customer, what should be a fairly affordable lunch when I don't have time to make something or go out and get it myself would end up being stupid expensive

[-] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 15 points 5 months ago

I don't use doordash and I don't like the business models that are in practice with many of these types of companies

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Me seeing the pic: Oh, doordash just dropped the delivery fee.....wait, $50??? What the fuck is he ordering in one meal that I could get a weeks worth of groceries???

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Oh, good. For a second I thought he was an idiot....

I said....2 days before the superbowl....knowing what I'm about to spend......

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[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 10 points 5 months ago

I stop ordering from restaurants that shuffle orders to Door Dash.

I wouldn't mind a local co-op food delivery company.

[-] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Makes me so grateful I have Starship where I live. No price markups, no tips, only a $3 fee.

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