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I think I remember reading that they often set all of this up prior to speaking with the owner / without getting their approval and then basically go to them af
by mandelbrotwurst 6y ago
I think I remember reading that they often set all of this up prior to speaking with the owner / without getting their approval and then basically go to them after the fact and say "look how much traffic we've been bringing in for you"
Edit: Ah, yup - see link to eater.com post elsewhere in the thread
- MattGaiser 6y agoIn that case the owner is then getting the full price for the food though.
- Retric 6y agoIt’s still destroying their reputation by charging more than the food is ‘worth’. Aka the expectation is higher for an 8$ burger than a 5$ one.
- throwaway2048 6y agoExcept now grubhub et all basically controls their web presence through vastly superior SEO, and if they don't agree to grubhub's terms, they basically disappear off the internet.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoSure. Is it not wrong to fraudulently impersonate someone else's brand / company?
- YokoZar 6y agoReselling is generally legal. There are no particular trademark concerns when it's ultimately the genuine goods getting to the consumer at a different price. It's very easy to understand why consumers and businesses would be annoyed by this behavior, though, and it may be deceptive or immoral in other ways.