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> Can an uber (eats) delivery really be an order of magnitude more expensive and still be viable? It's a 30 minute round trip from my home to the Chinese takea
by michaelt 2y ago
> Can an uber (eats) delivery really be an order of magnitude more expensive and still be viable?
It's a 30 minute round trip from my home to the Chinese takeaway and back.
If I go myself, it costs fuel and 30 minutes of a person's time.
If I have Uber Eats bring it to me, it still takes fuel and 30 minutes of a person's time. Plus any time idle between orders. And on top of that, Uber's cut. And on top of that, the taxman's cut.
The economics make a lot more sense as the gap between rich and poor widens. Or if the drivers stack orders, and let the food get cold. Or in cities where most people don't have cars.
- ghaff 2y ago>gap between rich and poor You see this in many places in SE Asia a lot where people who are not really rich have drivers, live-in housekeepers/cooks, etc. Hard to make that work in the US even if you are pretty well-off but not genuinely very rich.