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Amazing concept: where you allow the general public to benefit from investor money. Let's enjoy these dirt cheap services while they burn through investor mone
by mindfulplay 8y ago
Amazing concept: where you allow the general public to benefit from investor money.
Let's enjoy these dirt cheap services while they burn through investor money. It certainly won't last long. But it's great while it lasts. I enjoy my share of door dash delivery that's funded by some nice investors. /s I almost certainly won't use it when they start charging any sort of real money.
Now scale this thinking to millions of people and you have a nice little disaster.
- rkho 8y agoI went to make an order from a restaurant that was about a ten minute drive from my house. On a $45 cart, I was hit with: ~$8 "service fee" $8 "delivery fee" And a variable tip percentage that defaulted to ~$9 Add tax to the matter and this "$45" order quickly ballooned into almost $75. I don't mind tipping -- I've come to accept that American society refuses to let that one go -- but at these rates I decided to just place the order myself on the phone with the place, drive over, pick it up, and tip the restaurant directly.
- timcederman 8y agoAnd there's often also the hidden upcharge on menu prices.
- rkho 8y agoExactly. Some services will add a variable percentage increase to all menu prices. It also turns out the quoted cart that Doordash gave me was $10 below actual cost at the restaurant, and from past experiences on other platforms I'm under the impression that Doordash would not have been willing to eat the miscalculation either.