tipping new appliance delivery crew?

[Anonymous]

I am getting a new fridge delivered from Costco (basic setup, right near entry, no stairs). Is a tip expected? If so, how much?

[Anonymous]

I always tip $10 or 20 pp, depending on difficulty and # of workers. But I don't think it's necessarily expected.

[Anonymous]

If they're particularly nice and careful certainly.

[Anonymous]

I give anyone who comes in the door $20 unless it’s a licensed plumber or electrician.

[Anonymous]

no tip expected.

[Anonymous]

We just did this! It was really easy so we tipped $10 each. I would tip more if you have narrow door frames, they have to remove refrigerator doors, etc.

[Anonymous]

We got a new refrigerator last month. They hauled out the old one. No stairs except for the front stoop. I thought we gave each guy $12, but my DW thinks it was $20 each.

[Anonymous]

We tipped $20 each fo the fridge delivery last month. We are in townhouse and the kitchen is on the 2nd floor with narrow staircases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got a new refrigerator last month. They hauled out the old one. No stairs except for the front stoop. I thought we gave each guy $12, but my DW thinks it was $20 each.

Who the hell gives a $12 cash tip?

[Anonymous]

We did 20 ea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We got a new refrigerator last month. They hauled out the old one. No stairs except for the front stoop. I thought we gave each guy $12, but my DW thinks it was $20 each.

Who the hell gives a $12 cash tip?

We have a jar in which we throw extra cash. Between that and whatever was in my wallet that’s what I scrounged up. $10, $12, $20…it’s a number.

I’d take $12 over $10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always tip $10 or 20 pp, depending on difficulty and # of workers. But I don't think it's necessarily expected.

+1. Usually, I tip $20 pp if a more difficult lift/install, $10 otherwise. I do not think it is expected or mandatory.

[Anonymous]

In our old house, the delivery people had to take the doors off and squeeze it through a really narrow doorframe. They also moved our old refrigerator down to the basement. We gave them $30 each because they spent a lot of time and worked really hard.

In our new house, all they had to was take the old refrigerator out and bring the new one in. They were in and out in 15 minutes. We gave them $10 each.

[Anonymous]

I normally take 10% of the cost of the appliance and divide among the number of workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no tip expected.

I guarantee you the workers expect a tip. Is $40 going to break you after you just dropped thousands on a new fridge? Making someone’s day is cheap. Why wouldn’t you??

Baseline tip is $20 pp for this kind of thing. As others have said, more there are complications.