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> It's also unacceptable to wait 2 days to get what I order. Holy crap you need a reality check.

WalterBright 13y ago
I remember when mail-order took a month, if you were lucky. [sigh wistfully for the good ole' days] And there was this round thingy on the phone that hurt my finger if I had to do a lot of dialing.
bullsbarry 13y ago
You're missing the context of this being grocery items. For most people a multiple day wait for their groceries would be unacceptable.
- leviathant 13y ago
  I've been getting groceries delivered for years now from Peapod (and a brief trial with Freshdirect). We get our groceries delivered two or three days after we place our order - you might be able to get them sooner, but I think it costs more for that option. You know what we never have to do? Spend more than 5-10 minutes shopping for two weeks' worth of groceries. I don't even leave the couch, and when the delivery person shows up, they take the bags right into the kitchen. Totally acceptable.
  - sneak 13y ago
    This is not most peoples' grocery shopping experience or expectation.
  - Theodores 13y ago
    I spend 5-10 minutes deciding which potatoes to buy in a big supermarket. My choice of potatoes will probably be good for 3 meals and I like to get the right ones. I will carry them home, up a big hill with plenty of other food items, by bicycle. I will peel, prepare and cook them with a great deal of care. The idea of them being bought from some standing order setup on some ipad screen for them to just arrive and be placed into the kitchen is just mind-blowing. I don't know if I could live like that. In the future houses will have kitchen cupboards that can be opened from outside, probably with some steel shutter/garage door type of arrangement. You probably won't even have to have Mr delivery man step in the house, he will back fill the cupboards and even take away any out of date items for you.
  - whoismua 13y ago
    You know what we never have to do? Spend more than 5-10 minutes shopping for two weeks' worth of groceries. I don't even leave the couch, and when the delivery person shows up, they take the bags right into the kitchen. Now all you need to do is buy a robot that feeds you and open a hole in your couch to put a toilet in. But seriously, people need to get out, see the 4-5 types of tomatoes and buy the right ones. Your version works for a subsection of people, most will plan grocery shopping on their way back from work or as family time. you can buy the shampoo and Gillete razors once every few months, but for many things can't beat the 'see, touch and buy. '
r00fus 13y ago
As someone who gets Safeway delivery, Google Shopping Express and Amazon Prime, I see Prime as the slower of the options, and recently it's not even been price competitive on many things (example: Cereal). While I know GSX is still "beta", I'm sure those who have Instacart would agree - same day is awesome, and it's available now in many places (and i don't have to pay $300 per year to participate).
thevardanian 13y ago
I think the times are changing. Perhaps it's you who needs a reality check, but as the world goes along I think it'll become "unacceptable" for a package to take more than a day or two to arrive. At least that's where I see things going.
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thoughtpalette 13y ago
Instacart (chicago) just did an order for me in 3 hours. Ordered around 1pm, driver delivered around 4. Pretty amazing turn-around time.
sukuriant 13y ago
"I really need those cough meds right now." "Mooooom, we're out of milk, and I want CEREAL!!!" "Alright, so I have everything for dinner, but it looks like we're a little low on butter, so I can't make the cake like I wanted to :/" Now add that you have kids to the scenario, and you've got to drag them along to what should be a 3 minute shopping trip. There are a lot of situations where taking that long for something is pretty unacceptable.
- phreanix 13y ago
  I can see how 2 days can be unacceptable, but those reasons are just plain bad planning.
  - aneisf 13y ago
    People plan poorly. There's a lot of money to be made helping people through that. And when these services are widespread, people will be free of the necessity to expend energy "planning" their access to the essentials of life. Then we can focus on bigger and better things.
    - lttlrck 13y ago
      How would this service solve running out of milk at breakfast? How is this a problem that must be solved before we focus on bigger and better things?
      - jdminhbg 13y ago
        This is bigger and better things. Every cancer research scientist with kids probably loses hours of potential work time a month dealing with dumb shit like "we're out of milk" that this would solve. I don't think being super-narrow-minded about "big ideas" contributes a whole lot to the progress of society; if it's something lots of people are willing to pay for, you have to accept the possibility that it's useful and contributes to society in a way that you couldn't think of immediately.
  - justinreeves 13y ago
icebraining 13y ago
Why? My grandmother didn't have electricity in her home, but she could buy groceries in 15 minutes. It's not exactly a great luxury.
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I remember when mail-order took a month, if you were lucky. [sigh wistfully for the good ole' days] And there was this round thingy on the phone that hurt my finger if I had to do a lot of dialing.

bullsbarry 13y ago

You're missing the context of this being grocery items. For most people a multiple day wait for their groceries would be unacceptable.

leviathant 13y ago
I've been getting groceries delivered for years now from Peapod (and a brief trial with Freshdirect). We get our groceries delivered two or three days after we place our order - you might be able to get them sooner, but I think it costs more for that option. You know what we never have to do? Spend more than 5-10 minutes shopping for two weeks' worth of groceries. I don't even leave the couch, and when the delivery person shows up, they take the bags right into the kitchen. Totally acceptable.
- sneak 13y ago
  This is not most peoples' grocery shopping experience or expectation.
- Theodores 13y ago
  I spend 5-10 minutes deciding which potatoes to buy in a big supermarket. My choice of potatoes will probably be good for 3 meals and I like to get the right ones. I will carry them home, up a big hill with plenty of other food items, by bicycle. I will peel, prepare and cook them with a great deal of care. The idea of them being bought from some standing order setup on some ipad screen for them to just arrive and be placed into the kitchen is just mind-blowing. I don't know if I could live like that. In the future houses will have kitchen cupboards that can be opened from outside, probably with some steel shutter/garage door type of arrangement. You probably won't even have to have Mr delivery man step in the house, he will back fill the cupboards and even take away any out of date items for you.
- whoismua 13y ago
  You know what we never have to do? Spend more than 5-10 minutes shopping for two weeks' worth of groceries. I don't even leave the couch, and when the delivery person shows up, they take the bags right into the kitchen. Now all you need to do is buy a robot that feeds you and open a hole in your couch to put a toilet in. But seriously, people need to get out, see the 4-5 types of tomatoes and buy the right ones. Your version works for a subsection of people, most will plan grocery shopping on their way back from work or as family time. you can buy the shampoo and Gillete razors once every few months, but for many things can't beat the 'see, touch and buy. '

r00fus 13y ago

As someone who gets Safeway delivery, Google Shopping Express and Amazon Prime, I see Prime as the slower of the options, and recently it's not even been price competitive on many things (example: Cereal). While I know GSX is still "beta", I'm sure those who have Instacart would agree - same day is awesome, and it's available now in many places (and i don't have to pay $300 per year to participate).

thevardanian 13y ago

I think the times are changing. Perhaps it's you who needs a reality check, but as the world goes along I think it'll become "unacceptable" for a package to take more than a day or two to arrive. At least that's where I see things going.

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thoughtpalette 13y ago

Instacart (chicago) just did an order for me in 3 hours. Ordered around 1pm, driver delivered around 4. Pretty amazing turn-around time.

sukuriant 13y ago

"I really need those cough meds right now." "Mooooom, we're out of milk, and I want CEREAL!!!" "Alright, so I have everything for dinner, but it looks like we're a little low on butter, so I can't make the cake like I wanted to :/" Now add that you have kids to the scenario, and you've got to drag them along to what should be a 3 minute shopping trip. There are a lot of situations where taking that long for something is pretty unacceptable.

phreanix 13y ago
I can see how 2 days can be unacceptable, but those reasons are just plain bad planning.
- aneisf 13y ago
  People plan poorly. There's a lot of money to be made helping people through that. And when these services are widespread, people will be free of the necessity to expend energy "planning" their access to the essentials of life. Then we can focus on bigger and better things.
  - lttlrck 13y ago
    How would this service solve running out of milk at breakfast? How is this a problem that must be solved before we focus on bigger and better things?
    - jdminhbg 13y ago
      This is bigger and better things. Every cancer research scientist with kids probably loses hours of potential work time a month dealing with dumb shit like "we're out of milk" that this would solve. I don't think being super-narrow-minded about "big ideas" contributes a whole lot to the progress of society; if it's something lots of people are willing to pay for, you have to accept the possibility that it's useful and contributes to society in a way that you couldn't think of immediately.
- justinreeves 13y ago

icebraining 13y ago

Why? My grandmother didn't have electricity in her home, but she could buy groceries in 15 minutes. It's not exactly a great luxury.

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