Do you shop in person or online? I just realized this was a thing and it only costs $6-8 bucks for delivery ($0 tip). Had been walking a mile to the locally owned grocer, over paying, and unable to take advantage of bulk purchases cause I have to carry it home. This has been a game changer for me.I can shop so much smarter, carefully comparing prices between products and stores. I never forget an item due to being in a rush. And they always screw up in my favor. I ordered 5x 4kg bags of sugar, but they sent and billed me for 5x 2kg bags, just had to upload a picture and got refunded, $18 of free sugar!
Amazon groceries are trash. I'll never buy food from them again.
>>21691284yeah I made one for tonight between 9 and 11 pm maybe I'll get some freebies along with my ice cream
I'm not letting some faggot pick and touch my food.Besides, I like to go and look, I don't always know what I want.
>>21691284online is vastly overpriced here + no weekly offers
>>21691284>And they always screw up in my favor.This will bite you in the ass.Ask for too many refunds and you'll be banned from asking for refunds. They'll claim you're "abusing" the refund system even though you're just protecting yourself from their retarded workers buying shit you didn't ask for with your money.Then they'll have the nerve to tell you you're still welcome to use their service, even though now you can't ask for a refund if the shopper decides to keep all your shit.
>>21691284my store keeps throwing coupons like $20 off $150+, free milk and ice cream, etc on online orders but im not falling for itlast time i tried it the workers seemingly went out of their way to pick the worst, most beat up items on the shelves that nobody of a sound mind would purchase
>>21691284I have done gig work delivering grocery orders.If you pretip, people pick up your order a lot quicker. If you dont tip, people will ignore it and walmart or instacart or whatever just start slowing adding their own tip to eventually get someone to bite.It tells you if people order anything heavy. If you order a 40 pack of waterbottles, that weighs over 40lbs. People also refuse those orders too.The apps are never super accurate and there is almost always something that is out of stock, so you get weird substitutions. On the whole it seems to be a pretty decent system, if you are willing to pay the premium.The vast majority of people I have delivered to are old folks. Housebound people, disabled people, people in old folks homes. If you are able bodied, just get in your car and go. I like impulse buying food, giving me new ideas for different dishes to make during the week.
>>21691604Maybe if you're constantly claiming missing items, but they can clearly confirm on their end from comparing the online order to the final receipt that they sent the wrong product. >>21691586I get all the weekly flyer deals online here.
>>21691693I'm not into tipping. I don't tip my mail man or Amazon delivery driver. These guys are no different.I don't think this is like door dash (I've never used restaurant delivery services though). You schedule a time and the store sorts it out, so they must have full time delivery guys employed. If their workers are refusing to do their job, they'll probably get fired.Here if it's out of stock, the wagie picking out your groceries will text you a picture of the substituion options and get you to confirm that it's acceptable. Works for me.>If you are able bodied, just get in your car and go.Nah, this is more convenient, saves time and gas and I don't have to be around brown people.>I like impulse buying food, giving me new ideas for different dishes to make during the week.Online shopping is superior for this too. You can leisurely browse their entire inventory from the comfort of home.
>>21691284In person because I'll take any excuse to be out of the house.
>>21691724it's a bit different, mail man goes from house to house anyway, food delivery is sent out just for you
>>21691729Not my problem. These people will never get a tip from me, and I will never feel bad about it. I'm already paying for the delivery service.I get shit delivered from China, which involves infinitely more work, and no one has the gall to ask for a tip and they don't even impose upon their customers by giving you the option to tip.
In person because I get much much much much much better deals in person. The only time I ordered online was for an online only exclusive price on… something– I honestly don't remember what, but I know we got 2lbs of shitty, underripe tomatoes at the peak of tomato season. I went to pick it up in person rather than have it delivered. Free in either case.And nigger, you're celebrating $18? I just got $40 worth of high fat yoghurt (as in it's made with cream rather than milk) and I didn't bat an eye because this is perfectly normal shit for me to do in person. I'm the guy who paid $7 for $153.86 worth of cereal. I got seven Neumann's Own pizzas for $3.50. my most recent "heist" was two days ago: a gallon of full fat milk, the yoghurt I mentioned, 2lbs of pasta, an 8 piece of freshly fried chicken, a 4pk of orange-cranberry muffins and one other item I can't recall and don't feel like looking for the receipt for but it was $14.73 total when that would have been the price of the muffins and chicken alone.>>21691564Yeah, our tomato debacle was pretty much the end for us. We might do it again if the price is amazing but we'll definitely never get produce with it. >>21691586I get weekly circulars/flyers for all the local stores and one has some deals that are online exclusives.>>21691693>pay the premium.Where do you twats live where grocery delivery isn't provided free by the store? Not all of them do but ffs, even the mom-and-pop Asian supermarkets here have free delivery (but only two days a week; you put your order in and they shop it for you on Tuesday or Thursday and deliver it then). Surely, there are options for grocery delivery that aren't Instashart.>>21691724>I don't have to be around brown peopleHave you tried living somewhere white and halfway fucking decent, poverty-kun?
>>21691695>but they can clearly confirm on their end from comparing the online order to the final receipt that they sent the wrong product.They can, but they'll do it anyways. I speak from experience.
>we have removed half of the items you ordered or substituted themExactly the same experience as shopping yourself. No thank you
>>21692712SAAR WE DO NOT HAVE THE COKE ZERO DO YOU WANT REGULAR COKE SAAAAR!?
>>21691799>Where do you twats live where grocery delivery isn't provided free by the store?The whole point of InstaCart is to get delivery from stores that dont offer delivery.Most stores dont offer delivery.
In person. I mostly buy produce and milk so I don't trust others to shop for me.
>>21692750That's it right there. Some doordasher is not going inspect my fruit and such as closely as I will.
>>21692754>doordasherDoordash isn't for groceries though. But I've seen instacart people during my time as a wagie and they're not exactly the brightest of people.
>>21692745>get delivery from stores that dont offer deliveryThe only stores in my area that don't are discounters (Aldi, Lidl, Shit•A•Lot, GrossOut) and Sprouts. Every other chain supermarket here offers free delivery with either a subscription ($50-$100 annually, depending on store) or minimum purchase per order ($35ish or so, iinm). Even several independents have delivery now.So where are these supermarkets in current year that still don't offer delivery?
>>21692762>$50-$100 annuallyat this price how can anyone say no if it's in the areaI almost never have trouble with my deliveries or substitutions
>>21692776Yeah, the price depends on the store. The cheapest I know of is $50 annually but at I've never used it, I don't know if there are caveats or not. Y'know… like blackout times/dates or whatever. I'm >>21691799 so the only online order I got was for pickup. There was a $35 minimum and I could have chosen to have it delivered but since I was going to be out anyway, I just did pickup. Again, only did it because online orders had some deal at the time unavailable on in-store purchases.>substitutionsYeah, when I did the online order, my wife was worried about substitutions but I saw that the page specifically gives the option for no substitutions and even had a few lines guaranteeing at l certain protections.If they have to make a substitution, they will not choose a cheaper product and if you opt for no substitutions, they will not penalise you for missing the $35 minimum order requirement for pickup or delivery if the final tally goes below that due to them being out of stock of something. I got constant fucking emails throughout the process. >Your order was receivedGreat, thanks.>Your in-store shopper is at workOkay.>Your shopper has completed your shopping Good, guess I'll be omw>Your shopper has bagged your orderWait, wut.Was that other message just telling me that they finished grabbing shit but it wasn't ready for pickup yet? >Your order is ready for pickup. Please reply with which pickup spot you are parked in or proceed to the pickup lockers inside the store. Your verification code is 726€:2!29€262'3:€(29€5#:2;#I'm in spot A>Your shopper will load your vehicle momentarily; you do not need to tip your shopperK.>Your order was picked up at 3.42pm. Thank you for shopping with usJesus Christ, did I need this many messages? >Not really… I just… like talking to you : )>So… any plans for the weekend? I'm just an ordering system so I'm going to be taking orders the whole time. Would you… like to… give me orders? <3dafuq?
I've been using Walmart+ for a while now.For $99/year and if your order is at least $35 there's no charge for delivery from store.A good thing: You can specify the exact items (or none) you will accept as substitutions.A less-than-good thing: The $99 is somewhat dubious because Walmart fills in a 10% tip for the delivery driver -- but you can override this.A mixed thing: It's Walmart.
>>21691284I shop in person so I can take pictures of silly prices and post them here.
>>21692849>overpaying for tomato, sugar, and seed oil slopMeanwhile the tomatoes themselves are super cheap at the moment.
I like to stroll through the store, maybe discover something I want to try, get inspirations, become even more racist because I went to Lidl
>>21692867>tomatoes themselves are super cheap at the moment.Can confirm. We bought a couple pounds while out earlier today and got a couple pounds of some nice quality ones for a buck fitty.Also a couple pounds of brussels sprouts.77bf8b10d39766777160443be466
>>21692872My lidl is pretty much nothing but hot Polish bitches and the occasional Franciscan monk from the nearby monastery.
>>21692837>Walmart fills in a 10% tip for the delivery driver -- but you can override this.the first year I paid the full pricethen the next year it was offered half off for EBT I paid the full price again cause I didn't trust they wouldn't fuck with my ordersbecause I didn't tip ? orders got fucked up or didn't come, late last yearso this year I went with the half off discount and just tip $2 every order and I think that has been the ticket. we'll see come the holidays though
>>21691604What specific store or service was this?Asking because I'll be sure not to use them.Getting a refund is enough of a total pain-in-the-ass.Banning you from refunds because they made too many mistakes is beyond ridiculous.Never want to do business with such a company.
>>21692892There are 2 different walmart delivery options.With the standard same day delivery, the shopping is done by the Walmart employees who walk around the store with the huge carts.Then a "gig" driver (working walmart spark) shows up, has his car loaded and then delivers.When you opt for 2 hour or less express delivery, the gig delivery worker actually runs into the store and shops for you, then immediately delivers to your house.The walmart employees dont get tips, so they arent going to mess with your groceries over tips.2 hour express delivery is double the work, so delivery drivers dont take them unless they have a big tip. Walmart adds "extra earnings" aka adds their own tip to get the orders done when enough people decline it.Walmart arbitrarily changes how much money per mile, or incentives, or added earnings to every single order. People look at the total amount not just tips. If you decide to not tip, its got to go round and round and have everyone decline it till walmart bucks up and pays more, and that can take a long time.If you want it timely, tip, if you dont care dont. But its not going to make people seethe and fuck with your groceries like the DoorDash retards do.
>>21692968It's HeMadeItUpMart.No company would pull something like that because it's just inviting lawsuits for fraud and the FTC don't play.
>>21693018makes senseI just hope 2 bucks is enough to not get the pass over
>>21693018It's interesting to get an inside view like this, so thank you.Walmart says I'll get my groceries in a two-hour window. Say I specify no tip. Then Walmart keeps upping its tip until there's a taker. And ups it quickly enough so I get my groceries on time.So, by specifying no tip I actually stick it to Walmart and indirectly force them to pay "enough" of a tip to the driver?Am I understand this correctly?
>>21691284I do shop and deliver, some dude took my tip back after I spent 45 minutes shopping for their groceries, I went back at night and set his car on fire kek.
>>21693063Yeah, that's not kek for you because it's not much of a reach that you'd become a prime suspect.Officer: Anyone new you've recently given your address to?Some dude: Hmm, I did just have some groceries delivered.Officer: Any problems?Some dude: Well, I did have to reverse-charge the tip I gave the driver ... wait, you don't think ...
>>21691284>$0 tipwhat a nice guy
>>21693107>paying extra for no reason when egg prices are what they are
>>21693055>So, by specifying no tip I actually stick it to Walmart and indirectly force them to pay "enough" of a tip to the driver?Yeah, pretty much.Walmart knows how close you are to the store with gps, and how long it takes to pick up, then drive to the destination.As it gets closer and closer to the deadline, they start throwing money at drivers who can pull it off just before the window closes.If you put a big tip, itll get snapped up right away and youll have your groceries in like 20 minutes.
>>21693103>he thinks police solve crimeslmao
>>21693127ok, good point
>>21692968Instacart.
>>21693029Not making it up.Just looked it up in my email. The delivery that broke the camel's back and got me banned for asking for a refund was delivered by "Moniel."
>>21693029>>21693225Also I posted about it previously at https://warosu.org/ck/thread/19033814#p19034014
>>21693233>>21693225Claiming something twice doesn't suddenly make it true. If that were the case, half the "people" on >>>/lgbt would be women. But they're still just dudes in dresses.
>>21693269>>>/lgbt/It needs the second /
>>21693269Not so fast anon. Moniel doesn't sound like an American company, he's probably from some 3rd world shithole that has no consumer rights protections, in which case his story is likely true.
>>21693386Not only is Moniel the name of the delivery guy, the lying liar who lies lyingly lied when he said that Instacart was the company that refuse to give him refunds, you absolute fucking imbecille.Jesus Christ, why can't anybody understand what they read anymore? Which of the guys in >>21693111 is you?I'm going to listen to your theme song now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtK6pdUKmio
>>21693029>and the FTC don't play.If you spent any time in other countries that actually gave a shit about you, you'd realize just how toothless the FTC really is and how much of a joke consumer protections are in america.
>>21693970I'm from another country and live in America lmaoOur protections back home are just that: protections. They're preventative. The US system is punitive. Companies in America will try to get away with as much as they can until the FTC brings down the hammer and makes them pay millions and millions and millions in fines. That's what I meant when I said that the FTC do not fuck around. And that doesn't even touch the extremely litigious nature of American culture. American companies get away with more but have more to lose as a result. Ours don't even try to pull that shit.
>>21694028I'll stop after this so I don't derail the thread too hard, but "millions and millions in fines" is nothing compared to how much money they squeeze into their pockets doing whatever dirty shit that they'll do for 5-10 years. Companies get a slap on the wrist compared to what they make in dishonest practices, and usually people just settle out of court for what is again pennies for them, lest they tee themselves up to lose a case where they get injured after swallowing a bone in boneless wings.So no, the FTC really is fucking toothless because all they do is wag their finger and make a company pay a fine which is a tiny fraction of the profit they gained from the unlawful practice, and most people just settle out of court for even less or face our dogshit legal system.
>>21694038Fair enough.So it's safe to say you prefer our proactive, preventative approach over your more lax, ironically laissez-faire (until a clear violation is made), punitive approach, yeah? I can see your point.
>>21693386>>21693954Instacart is the company that banned me from asking for refunds.Moniel was the name of the worker who fucked my order up. In the United States.
>>21691604Here, I finally found the insulting email they sent me. For some reason it wasn't coming up when I'd search my inbox for Instacart - had to manually go back like three years to find it.>You can still shop with Instacart.Yeah fuck you.
>>21694472>close account>open new one>continue demanding refunds for everything until they restrict your account again>repeatI haven't paid for groceries in years
>>21694506It's an address ban.
>>21691604So, my advice to anyone who is absolutely dependent on grocery delivery is to always specify NO SUBSTITUTIONS.Substitutions were the cause of the whole debacle for me. Shoppers would buy the stupidest fucking shit that I didn't ask for when they didn't have the product I wanted or the exact substitution that I specified.Like, I'd ask for a store brand something and they'd instead buy me a name brand version in a completely different flavor that costs 3x as much or something. Constantly. Obviously, my only defense against this as a consumer was asking for refunds/credits.When this happened, I switched to Walmart delivery and just started specifying zero substitutions and I didn't have a problem after that.So, if you want to avoid what happened to me, specify no substitutions.
>>21694522Have it delivered to your neighbor and just go get it when the driver leaves. Or do what I do and just have security hold the deliver, and you can put whatever fucking address you want on it.
>>21694472Appeal it and/or complain to your state attorney general's office of consumer affairs or whatever it's called where you live.This is a lawsuit waiting to happen.
>>21694534>I switched to Walmart delivery and just started specifying zero substitutionscheck the box that says receive text updates and they will send you a message letting you know the sub made and a link to cancel that substitution if you don't approve.you just gotta know and be ready for it, in case
>>21694578Well yeah, if you want to have to inconvenience yourself by actively babysitting every order, which I do/did not want to. It was common for me during those days to put the order in the night before and wake up to the doorbell telling me the groceries arrived.A customer should not have to inconvenience themselves to accommodate retarded shoppers who can't just buy what they asked for and aren't smart enough to just not buy anything if they don't have what the customer asked for.>>21694566Yeah I think the statute has probably passed for a lawsuit.
>>21694534When I order with Walmart, I've only got substitutions where my cheap store brand item got upgraded to namebrand at no extra charge. I've been satisfied with every substitution so far.
>>21694652>where my cheap store brand item got upgraded to namebrand at no extra charge.there is an extra charge for me, they charge what is sent no matter what is ordered.but with the ability to choose each substitution beforehand, it's usually not a problem
>>21691284it gives me more anxiety to have to wait for an order, than it does to go to the store.plus in the store I usually see tasty snacks and usually buy them
>>21694522I wasn't joking - I actually do this.It's not an address ban, it's just on your account. They will do anti-fraud checks if you make a lot of accounts with the same address or credit card in a similar timeframe (a month), but making minor alterations to your address is enough to bypass that, like a slightly different street abbreviation. You also have to decline the "address correction" popup.
>>21694666>it gives me more anxiety to have to wait for an orderHave you considered getting medicated for your debilitating anxiety disorder? I submit an order and then forget all about it until my doorbell rings an hour or two later.>in the store I usually see tasty snacks and usually buy themThat's a good reason to get groceries delivered. So you don't get manipulated into buying junk you didn't actually want.
>>21694664The other store I order from charges the price of the substituted item, but when I order from walmart they only bill me the price of the item I originally selected online, even if the substitution is considerably more expensive.
>>21694667I remember it being an address ban for me when I tried. This was three years ago.In any case, they're not getting my business again.
>>21694672I'm not sure it's that bad, it's more like I feel I can't do anything else while the order is in transit, since they could call at any point. doing something else really disrupts my focus, as I always have the phone call on the back of my mind, so I end up staying at my phone for 1- 2 hours until they call doing nothing.
>>21691284these services are mainly for old people
>>21691284In person. I can imagine having someone pick out things like steaks, pieces of fish, or any produce. I'm too picky about stuff like that.
>>21691284I tried it a few times during covid and didn't like it.They messed up a lot.I don't like having to be on hand to pick up a delivery.And I like being able to browse while shopping.
