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Isn't this just a case of "we get what we pay for". These delivery services are extremely cheap - the people who are doing the delivery are paid peanuts and wor

by sgt101 6y ago

Isn't this just a case of "we get what we pay for". These delivery services are extremely cheap - the people who are doing the delivery are paid peanuts and worked half to death (actually they are sometimes worked to death!) The business is created and developed with the single intention of creating a monopoly or near monopoly by out capitalizing/advertising/recruiting the opposition and then later raising prices to cash in. This is what we all want - you can tell it is because we are all using it - so we shouldn't complain about it. Rather we should praise our overlords of startup/venturecapital/unicorns-with-no-IP-or-technology.

bawolff 6y ago
Its literally not getting what you paid for. If a company offers you something for cheap, they still have to give it to you. Sure they can compromise on quality, but if they literally don't deliver the product, its fraud regardless of how little they charge.
Nextgrid 6y ago
The thing is that it’s not even cheap. The prices you see as a customer already include a hidden commission that the restaurant pays, but on top of that there’s a delivery fee and even a “service charge”.
- TheCoelacanth 6y ago
  They are extremely cheap for something that is so labor intensive. Even with all of those ways of hiding the cost, the driver is often barely making minimum wage after paying their expenses and the delivery company is often losing money on the hope that they will eventually grow enough to make it back.
  - lotsofpulp 6y ago
    It seems the real story is Americans can’t afford the lifestyle they expected.
knz_ 6y ago
These services are not cheap at all. Many of them are tacking on over 10% in just service fees, and still expect you to pay surcharges and tip the driver on top of that.
cgriswald 6y ago
It's not inexpensive. They mark up individual food items (which has the added bonus of increasing tax and increasing tip if you pay by percentage), charge a percent service fee, a delivery fee, and an assortment of other fees; and encourage you to tip (which for awhile, they were deducting from the amount they promised the driver).
sundaeofshock 6y ago
No, we are not all doing this. Over the last year, we have done pick-up on all our restaurant meals, along with nice tops for the staff. We are cutting out the sleazy middleman, and ensuring the margins on our meals go 100% to the restaurant.

by sgt101 6y ago

bawolff 6y ago

Its literally not getting what you paid for. If a company offers you something for cheap, they still have to give it to you. Sure they can compromise on quality, but if they literally don't deliver the product, its fraud regardless of how little they charge.

Nextgrid 6y ago

The thing is that it’s not even cheap. The prices you see as a customer already include a hidden commission that the restaurant pays, but on top of that there’s a delivery fee and even a “service charge”.

TheCoelacanth 6y ago
They are extremely cheap for something that is so labor intensive. Even with all of those ways of hiding the cost, the driver is often barely making minimum wage after paying their expenses and the delivery company is often losing money on the hope that they will eventually grow enough to make it back.
- lotsofpulp 6y ago
  It seems the real story is Americans can’t afford the lifestyle they expected.

knz_ 6y ago

These services are not cheap at all. Many of them are tacking on over 10% in just service fees, and still expect you to pay surcharges and tip the driver on top of that.

cgriswald 6y ago

It's not inexpensive. They mark up individual food items (which has the added bonus of increasing tax and increasing tip if you pay by percentage), charge a percent service fee, a delivery fee, and an assortment of other fees; and encourage you to tip (which for awhile, they were deducting from the amount they promised the driver).

sundaeofshock 6y ago

No, we are not all doing this. Over the last year, we have done pick-up on all our restaurant meals, along with nice tops for the staff. We are cutting out the sleazy middleman, and ensuring the margins on our meals go 100% to the restaurant.