L4sBotAug 16, 2023

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt

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An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt - Lemmy.world

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app’s higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store’s paper receipt::undefined

Show threadBombOmOm
To be honest, paying a contractor $100 to drive to a grocery store, pickup $435 worth of groceries, drive them to you, unload them, then drive home is pretty reasonable. Many professional companies will charge that or more for an hour of employee time.
Aug 16, 2023 at 8:18pmWeb
Show threadbuckykatAug 16, 2023
But it’s not an employee, and they’re not getting the $100. It’s an independent contractor gig worker getting a fraction of that and the rest is going to a vampire.
Show threadBombOmOmAug 16, 2023
When you hire a general contractor and they send someone out, that individual at your house doesn’t get the $100 either.
Show threadgivesomefucksAug 16, 2023

“General Contractor” doesn’t mean someone that does random tasks on their own, that’s a “handyman”.

General contractors usually just hire people to do the work and then pocket most of the money…

Show threadbuckykatAug 16, 2023
I think you may have replied to the wrong comment
Show threadDocandersonnAug 16, 2023
Just a heads up, General Contractor is a term for someone who oversees contract construction projects, e.g., remodeling your kitchen. They’re licensed and insured (usually) professionals.
Show threadcecirdrAug 16, 2023
I think her issue isn’t that she’s paying more via fees and tips. It’s that the store is charging her more for every individual item. One would expect to pay the shopper and delivery person for their effort. But realizing that the store is capturing most of that AND charging you more for every item on top of it seems to be the problem. The shopper, delivery person and the buyer are all getting shafted.
Show threadFunderpants Aug 16, 2023
We’ve got a grocery store here in Canada launching a ‘groceries Prime’ subscription of $100 a year. As part of the marketing push they say you’ll “pay in store prices, no hidden fees” . The implication being when I use their online grocery order app they are already charging me different prices, and hidden fees.
Show threadwolfpack86Aug 16, 2023
I mean it implies that you pay a premium for them to send someone around if you do it on a per case basis… or you can pay a flat fee. Theyre betting most people that subscribe at the flat fee will not have run up more than $100 in extra margin.
Show threadFunderpants Aug 17, 2023
This is a Canadian grocery chain called Loblaws, yes the very same Loblaws who had to pay out for price fixing. The same who increased their profits to record levels this year and the same who replaced most of their checkouts with self checkout machines. You’ll excuse me for not worrying about their margins while they hide fees on pick up shoppers and try to market price transparency as a perk of membership.
Show threadPheonixdownAug 16, 2023
In the US, lots of stores are doing free curbside pickup on your orders, their employees pick it and bring it out to your car, in-store prices, no additional fees.
Show threadVeedemAug 16, 2023
I do pickup at my local ShopRite. Costs $4.99 unless you spend over $100 in which case it’s free. Saves me a ton of time and shopping via their app helps me find deals I might not find otherwise in a packed store.
Show threadClevermistakesAug 17, 2023
Help your fellow canucks out and tell us who’s doing this! I’m happy to save myself some sanity and not attend the weekly superstore circus.