Doordash deserves it's fate

Stop using it. It's that simple.

Gig economy work is horrible for the workers, and incredibly exploitative. The workers frequently make less than minimum wage.

I refuse to order from any restaurant that doesn't do their own delivery. If enough other people do the same, these places will curl up and die very quickly.

I will always get a good laugh at people who are shocked that private courier services are expensive.

Yeah, every time I think about getting Doordash, they sucker me in with promises of $1 delivery fees, etc. Then I take the time to find out what I want, put it in my cart, get excited, and...then I see the final price.

That's when I close out of my browser and go preheat my oven so that I can put in a frozen pizza.

Am I missing something? If these are the prices for the service, who is using this?

Seeing things like this make me happy that I

• live in a state that banned junk fees.
• live just far enough outside of a metro area that these services don't deliver to me so I don't have to worry about being tempted to order from them.

My sister uses doordash and there's always something wrong. Yet she insists on trying again and again, and I can't understand why.

I have never used them or Uber or others like this, and refuse to do so. They exploit their workers, they charge exorbitant fees, and when something's wrong, it's nobody's fault.

If I want food, I go get it myself. I'm my own delivery boy! And contrary to a lot of people delivering food, I will not park on a sidewalk or in a bike lane.

You did it! No delivery fee! You're so lucky!

Oh hey... Unrelated, but let me get $20 in "fees" please.

Really though, congrats on that delivery discount though, you're really coming out in top, putting me through the ringer, bud!

Ive deleted all those apps. They really got greedy. And the crazy part is I think I remember the government giving them money for grocery delivery.

I dont get it.

OP. How is it 53?

13 for the two pizzas. How much are the breadsticks and dessert?

You know, for 26 bucks a delivery, why the hell isnt there local competition?

Where is whatever government agency is in charge of truth in labeling, not ripping off the consumer …. At the very least they are deliberately hiding some of their fees under “taxes and fees” in the hope that some pole won’t realize how high it is for a tax. Taxes should be itemized so everything else is fees

Assuming that agency still exists. Why are these “free market” types always seem to not want the transparency and fairness that makes a free market work well?

Does this pizza place not have their own drivers? If they do you're already paying at least 30% more because of the DoorDash surcharge. Also, judging by the dashers who pick up from where I work, there's a 60% chance they don't have an insulated bag and you're getting cold food.

I'm missing something. If the two pizzas were 13, then the sticks + desert were 40? Then tax and service fee on top (40% lol)

“Estimated taxes” what is that for bullshit? You can just calculate how much the tax should be.

I know it’s not how it works in the US, but if they advertise it for 13$ they should sell it for 13$ including tax.

As someone who is disabled and known people who are disabled, we don't have the luxury of going out to eat as it is incredibly hard on us, I don't use them but if I want to get nice food from a restaurant I really don't have a choice besides delivery and there's not a lot of places that do delivery without these apps (and some places hide that it's doordash and say it's there own)

For one of the people I knew in the past who couldn't cook there own food because of there disabilities, they heavily relied on doordash type services and they barley ate because being disabled means your incredibly poor, but this anti human society doesn't care about disabled people.

Yeah, doordash can gdiaf. Local burger joint only does delivery through doordash, but adds 20% on top of the base price to cover the fees doordash change them (fair enough), then doordash adds the delivery fee they charge me on top of that as well. They double dip on fees by changing both the restaurant and the customer, what should be a fairly affordable lunch when I don't have time to make something or go out and get it myself would end up being stupid expensive

I don't use doordash and I don't like the business models that are in practice with many of these types of companies

Me seeing the pic: Oh, doordash just dropped the delivery fee.....wait, $50??? What the fuck is he ordering in one meal that I could get a weeks worth of groceries???

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Oh, good. For a second I thought he was an idiot....

I said....2 days before the superbowl....knowing what I'm about to spend......

I stop ordering from restaurants that shuffle orders to Door Dash.

I wouldn't mind a local co-op food delivery company.

Makes me so grateful I have Starship where I live. No price markups, no tips, only a $3 fee.

My 1 year dashpass expiring was the best thing to happen to me. Lost 10+ pounds in a month just eating pb&j or pb&banana for lunch. Also saved like $300 a month.

Even taking away all these delivery services I hate having food delivered as you don’t know how long it’s sat in the car whilst they deliver other orders. The fries are soggy and it’s just not good.

I use those sites to browse the menu then i call the restaurant, which is cheaper, then go and collect it myself.

These services have also ruined fast food. McD although shit is convenient on the commute home It’s just filled with Uber eats and Just eat drivers and really makes it slow now to get food. Then they have these screens to order on so you can’t even get hold of a member of staff to ask for salt cause they’re too cheap to leave it out like they used to.

“Buy one get one deal!"

That's not a deal, that's a normal sale. Did they actually phrase it like that? "You pay for 1 item, you get 1 item"? What you mean - and what such a wording might mislead you to believe - is "buy one, get one free" (a.k.a. BOGOF)

Few questions:

How far away is the pizza place? Do you live in a remote area? What time of day is it? What are the driving conditions like (snow/rain/other hazards)?

You say you can just pick it up for a quarter of that price. Then go pick it up? Is there anything preventing you? Not saying this is reasonable on DoorDash’s end, but there’s a ton of information we’re missing here. So I don’t understand how people can jump to certain conclusions this quickly.

What is standing in the way of an open alternative to these services? Both customers and workers getting a terrible deal, you'd think anyone would switch to something else at the first opportunity

I don’t know your personal situation, but people need to learn to cook. Even a meal kit with 3 meals six plates all delivered to your door can cost less than that one order for two pizzas. Your local grocery has pre made pizza dough, sauce, and cheese, and can be cooked in less time than it takes to wait for delivery.

Hahaha. Just to really make my point: Safeway was offering premade medium sized pizzas for $4. You’re getting scammed.

Do pizza places not deliver themselves anymore?

My favorite Pizza place in Germany has their own delivery cars. It might take some time to arrive, but you pay 30€ for 2 large Pizzas + 4€ for the delivery if your are located in the same city... 34€ total... Add a 2€ tip (tips are usually an extra and not their main income in Germany) and enjoy the Pizza... Easy...

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When you do the math it makes sense that is the cost. None of the pizza places dropped their price when they stopped doing delivery, and the price the private delivery services are doing at least double the pizza place's delivery price.

Most places like a pizza shop are going to split 3 ways between food, staff and other overhead. On a $15 pizza we are talking about $5 split between the cook and the delivery person so lets say $3 is adding into every pizza for delivery costs.

On a $50 purchase you're seeing $10 for delivery from the pizza place and then an additional $20 for the private.

How did the sub total become $53.96?

Breadsticks and cinnamon sticks we $27.96??

Otherwise, did they do hidden fees in the subtotal, on top of the already hidden fees?

Y'all need some better laws in the states.

There is (off the top of my head) only three types of extra charges in Australia for consumers:

1. transaction fees (provided the lowest you can possibly pay, even with transaction fees, is advertised. i.e. if you accept card only the minimum fee is included in your advertised price)
2. delivery fees (but strictly speaking you ought to advertise "+delivery fees" in your listed price, and only if it's variable. And finally,
3. surcharges based on time. But again, you need to advertise this prominently ahead of payment.

If I were really splitting hairs some restaurants and cafes that do weekend surcharges reeeeally ought to put it on the front cover of their menus, not just at the till.

Anyway, what you have in comparison is maddening.

Taxes? Yeah, that should be in the prices. "Fees"?? Yeah, that's part of the price, bud.

Absolute yikes.

I still find it crazy thinking that people are rich enough to pay for services like this.