Instacart shoppers are SO BAD

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

It’s clearly not cheapo.

It actually is, grandpa.

Posting from a retirement community and you think we’re old. Guarantee we’re 20+ years younger grandma.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why you would use them if you aren’t disabled or immune compromised. I go on Sunday 15 min there, 20 min in store, 15 min home all less than an hour. Why is this so hard for people?

Because I want to and am a busy person with a busy schedule. Why is that so hard for you to understand?

Then accept the substandard service as agency cost and quit your complaining. And I guarantee you are NOT that busy. Just lazy.

No, i will not. I file a complaint and reduce the tip each time it happens and I will continue getting groceries delivered and you have zero say over it. I make lots more money than you and am way busier. Get over it.

LOL says the woman who lives in an apartment and can’t afford a proper tip!

Not everyone is middle aged with their best years behind them!

Yes, you’ve passed your middle aged and never made it out of an apartment even with your extreme wealth. Sad.

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

It’s clearly not cheapo.

It actually is, grandpa.

Posting from a retirement community and you think we’re old. Guarantee we’re 20+ years younger grandma.

Keep dreaming, Bob. Everyone knows the average age of the posters on this parenting forum. Shouldnt you be shouting at the kids on your lawn or something??

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why you would use them if you aren’t disabled or immune compromised. I go on Sunday 15 min there, 20 min in store, 15 min home all less than an hour. Why is this so hard for people?

Because I want to and am a busy person with a busy schedule. Why is that so hard for you to understand?

Then accept the substandard service as agency cost and quit your complaining. And I guarantee you are NOT that busy. Just lazy.

No, i will not. I file a complaint and reduce the tip each time it happens and I will continue getting groceries delivered and you have zero say over it. I make lots more money than you and am way busier. Get over it.

LOL says the woman who lives in an apartment and can’t afford a proper tip!

Not everyone is middle aged with their best years behind them!

Yes, you’ve passed your middle aged and never made it out of an apartment even with your extreme wealth. Sad.

Actually no- not everyone is old like you. Enjoy your 4pm dinner.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

So not even 10% of the order. No wonder you’re getting such crap service. Set the tip properly from the start of the order so that the person is motivated. You’re scraping the bottom of the barrel because of your own cheapness.

Well it's actually above the minimum request, and this is not exactly going out to Per Se for a night on the town. Instacart shoppers are paid hourly in addition to tips, and like I said, mine is on the more generous side. Have you ever used this service before?

I use it all the time and you are a cheap miser and getting the service you deserve. In no instance is a 6% tip generous.

A $10 tip is perfectly generous on these kinds of orders and lots of people even tell me that. You sound like a clueless projector and malcontent

Of course the cheapos in your retirement community think you’re generous! They are just like you! Love that the Instacarters have you figured out and keep messing with you.

[Anonymous]

OP - I am an educated woman who owns my own company. I decided to try shopping for Instacart to see what it was like and had this idea that I was going to help old people during the pandemic. I.e. I was thinking of it more like charity work I would get paid a little for to cover the cost of gas, etc. Long story short, shoppers make 99% of their money from tips. The fees you pay instacart go to the company not the driver. I did it one time on the weekend and decided it was in no way worth it and never did it again. You aren't tipping enough and your expectations of what is reasonable from people who are getting paid less than minimum wage per hour if they don't get generous tips are way too high.

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

So not even 10% of the order. No wonder you’re getting such crap service. Set the tip properly from the start of the order so that the person is motivated. You’re scraping the bottom of the barrel because of your own cheapness.

Well it's actually above the minimum request, and this is not exactly going out to Per Se for a night on the town. Instacart shoppers are paid hourly in addition to tips, and like I said, mine is on the more generous side. Have you ever used this service before?

I use it all the time and you are a cheap miser and getting the service you deserve. In no instance is a 6% tip generous.

A $10 tip is perfectly generous on these kinds of orders and lots of people even tell me that. You sound like a clueless projector and malcontent

Of course the cheapos in your retirement community think you’re generous! They are just like you! Love that the Instacarters have you figured out and keep messing with you.

I think your dementia is setting in and your projecting. Enjoy your mashed apples, gramps.

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

It’s clearly not cheapo.

It actually is, grandpa.

Posting from a retirement community and you think we’re old. Guarantee we’re 20+ years younger grandma.

Keep dreaming, Bob. Everyone knows the average age of the posters on this parenting forum. Shouldnt you be shouting at the kids on your lawn or something??

Yes, which is why it’s so strange an old person from a retirement community in FL keeps posting about this new fangled technology and doesn’t know who Instacart works. Your grandkids can explain it like we are since we’re peers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

So not even 10% of the order. No wonder you’re getting such crap service. Set the tip properly from the start of the order so that the person is motivated. You’re scraping the bottom of the barrel because of your own cheapness.

Well it's actually above the minimum request, and this is not exactly going out to Per Se for a night on the town. Instacart shoppers are paid hourly in addition to tips, and like I said, mine is on the more generous side. Have you ever used this service before?

I use it all the time and you are a cheap miser and getting the service you deserve. In no instance is a 6% tip generous.

A $10 tip is perfectly generous on these kinds of orders and lots of people even tell me that. You sound like a clueless projector and malcontent

The market is telling you otherwise. Tip better if you want better service, it isn't complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - I am an educated woman who owns my own company. I decided to try shopping for Instacart to see what it was like and had this idea that I was going to help old people during the pandemic. I.e. I was thinking of it more like charity work I would get paid a little for to cover the cost of gas, etc. Long story short, shoppers make 99% of their money from tips. The fees you pay instacart go to the company not the driver. I did it one time on the weekend and decided it was in no way worth it and never did it again. You aren't tipping enough and your expectations of what is reasonable from people who are getting paid less than minimum wage per hour if they don't get generous tips are way too high.

I understand that and that's why I'm happy to tip. But the level of service is horrifically bad. If you forgot 30% of the items and refused to bring it to people's doors, then of course youre not going to be tipped well. If someone cant do their job, then they dont deserve a huge tip. DUH!

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Anonymous wrote:OP - I am an educated woman who owns my own company. I decided to try shopping for Instacart to see what it was like and had this idea that I was going to help old people during the pandemic. I.e. I was thinking of it more like charity work I would get paid a little for to cover the cost of gas, etc. Long story short, shoppers make 99% of their money from tips. The fees you pay instacart go to the company not the driver. I did it one time on the weekend and decided it was in no way worth it and never did it again. You aren't tipping enough and your expectations of what is reasonable from people who are getting paid less than minimum wage per hour if they don't get generous tips are way too high.

This troll isn’t going to get it…

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

So not even 10% of the order. No wonder you’re getting such crap service. Set the tip properly from the start of the order so that the person is motivated. You’re scraping the bottom of the barrel because of your own cheapness.

Well it's actually above the minimum request, and this is not exactly going out to Per Se for a night on the town. Instacart shoppers are paid hourly in addition to tips, and like I said, mine is on the more generous side. Have you ever used this service before?

I use it all the time and you are a cheap miser and getting the service you deserve. In no instance is a 6% tip generous.

A $10 tip is perfectly generous on these kinds of orders and lots of people even tell me that. You sound like a clueless projector and malcontent

The market is telling you otherwise. Tip better if you want better service, it isn't complicated.

Actually, all my orders get picked up almost instantly. Shoppers get to choose what trips to take, so obviously mine look pretty dang good 😊

[Anonymous]

I take this into account when tipping:
Full-service shoppers earn $7-$10+ per batch, plus tips. Instacart guarantees payments of at least $7-$10 per order.
In-store shoppers earn a fixed hourly wage. They can work up to 29 hours per week. Instacart guarantees payments of at least $5 per order.

Shipt's pay scale is very simple: $5 per order plus 7.5% of total order.

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Anonymous wrote:OP - I am an educated woman who owns my own company. I decided to try shopping for Instacart to see what it was like and had this idea that I was going to help old people during the pandemic. I.e. I was thinking of it more like charity work I would get paid a little for to cover the cost of gas, etc. Long story short, shoppers make 99% of their money from tips. The fees you pay instacart go to the company not the driver. I did it one time on the weekend and decided it was in no way worth it and never did it again. You aren't tipping enough and your expectations of what is reasonable from people who are getting paid less than minimum wage per hour if they don't get generous tips are way too high.

I understand that and that's why I'm happy to tip. But the level of service is horrifically bad. If you forgot 30% of the items and refused to bring it to people's doors, then of course youre not going to be tipped well. If someone cant do their job, then they dont deserve a huge tip. DUH!

DUH! This is why you are so ignorant. Shoppers know your tip before shopping. So when they see your pittance they give you the job equal to your crap tip. If you want a better service then you set an appropriate tip from the onset.

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Anonymous wrote:How much are you tipping?

I usually set the tip at about $10 for like $150 worth of stuff. Lately I've been cutting it down when the items come completely horrible, with half the items missing or me being forced to go out to the street to get them. I bump up the tip for great service but lately that rarely happens and it's mostly a win if I can just get functional service

Wow. I live in a house and wounding tip that much on $50. No wonder you are getting bottom of the barrel.

Well good for you but $10 is a perfectly reasonable tip on this volume of food and for the number of bags involved. It's a paid service with other charges thrown in, and the extreme tippers on either end of the spectrum should have no bearing on a standardly generous tip

It’s clearly not cheapo.

It actually is, grandpa.

Posting from a retirement community and you think we’re old. Guarantee we’re 20+ years younger grandma.

Keep dreaming, Bob. Everyone knows the average age of the posters on this parenting forum. Shouldnt you be shouting at the kids on your lawn or something??

Yes, which is why it’s so strange an old person from a retirement community in FL keeps posting about this new fangled technology and doesn’t know who Instacart works. Your grandkids can explain it like we are since we’re peers.

Awww. You trying to turn it around isn't going to make you any less old. Enjoy your health issues!