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DoorDash charges a $1 to $2.50 “Regulatory Response Fee”, explained as follows: > A local regulation has temporarily capped the fees that we may charge local r
by SheinhardtWigCo 5y ago
DoorDash charges a $1 to $2.50 “Regulatory Response Fee”, explained as follows:
> A local regulation has temporarily capped the fees that we may charge local restaurants. To continue to offer you convenient delivery while ensuring that Dashers are active and earning, you will now see an additional fee that we are charging for local orders in this area.
Mission accomplished, everyone!
- gnicholas 5y agoIf DoorDash did something similar to this in response to this proposed rule, it would actually be useful because it would make the system more transparent. As it is now, customers have no idea how much restaurants are being charged by DoorDash. If they kept 15% and then created a new explicit customer-facing fee (as allowed by the proposed rule), then at least customers would know how much of their money is going where. The only downside is they might be misled into thinking that the new rule caused the fee, when in reality it only caused DoorDash to divide it up and make part of it explicit.
- Me1000 5y agoThe snark seems misplaced. This regulation is not about making food delivery cheaper for customers, it's about making sure the restaurants are able to maintain enough margin to stay in business, a notoriously difficult business at that. Let's assume DoorDash was charging 30% (as was mentioned in the article), on a $30 food order DoorDash would take $9 of that from the restaurant. I'm happy to pay an extra $2.50 if my local restaurant gets to keep that extra $4.50.