Instacart shoppers are SO BAD

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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.

And then they throw random stuff into the order and get tipped less and get reprimanded by instacart for ruining orders? Your critical thinking (or lack thereof) is really showing itself today!!!!

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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.

If you make a lot of money how about tipping and appropriate amount?

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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 😊

It looks close, then they see that you don't live on the gound floor and aren't willing to lug your junk upstairs for $10.

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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!

Sorry that the truth upsets you. Btw for such an important business woman you certainly have all the free time in the world to participate in a forum geared toward 2 generations younger than you…

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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.

And then they throw random stuff into the order and get tipped less and get reprimanded by instacart for ruining orders? Your critical thinking (or lack thereof) is really showing itself today!!!!

You are really dumb if you think Instacart reprimands shoppers. I know back your day you would expect that…

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Thank you so much, someone who actually knows what theyre talking about and who can explain it to the boomer luddite mom brigade on here!

Exactly. $17 for an hour of work is not bad. Literally the people on here are so clueless it's kind of mind boggling. Especially since they always attempt to sound authoritative about things while proudly admitting they have no clue... this place should be studied by science.

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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.

And then they throw random stuff into the order and get tipped less and get reprimanded by instacart for ruining orders? Your critical thinking (or lack thereof) is really showing itself today!!!!

You are really dumb if you think Instacart reprimands shoppers. I know back your day you would expect that…

They actually do and it's a big deal when they get reprimanded for not bringing items. And like I said... projecting onto young people will not peel back any of those advanced years of your elderly age. You seem really upset about being so old

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can everyone stop with putting down and making fun of the elderly? do you honestly think dementia is something to tease about? no one wants to get old but it happens. be kind.

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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!

Sorry that the truth upsets you. Btw for such an important business woman you certainly have all the free time in the world to participate in a forum geared toward 2 generations younger than you…

Yes, today is my day off. You might understand being able to take a day off if you had any kind of authority in your position. But I guess when youre 85 you can take all the time off you want

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Anonymous wrote:can everyone stop with putting down and making fun of the elderly? do you honestly think dementia is something to tease about? no one wants to get old but it happens. be kind.

I'm OP and totally willing to lay off it but the advanced age of so many of the posters here absolutely affects their mindset when it comes to many of these newer services like instacart, amazon, ubereats, etc. They just dont have the familiarity or capacity to authoritatively weigh in, but do so anyway.

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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 😊

It looks close, then they see that you don't live on the gound floor and aren't willing to lug your junk upstairs for $10.

Well too bad- I live on the top floor with gorgeous views and theyre gonna have to. Or just dont get tipped well.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Thank you so much, someone who actually knows what theyre talking about and who can explain it to the boomer luddite mom brigade on here!

Exactly. $17 for an hour of work is not bad. Literally the people on here are so clueless it's kind of mind boggling. Especially since they always attempt to sound authoritative about things while proudly admitting they have no clue... this place should be studied by science.

studied by science? what does that even mean and you seem to be getting way too worked up over this.

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Anonymous wrote:can everyone stop with putting down and making fun of the elderly? do you honestly think dementia is something to tease about? no one wants to get old but it happens. be kind.

I'm OP and totally willing to lay off it but the advanced age of so many of the posters here absolutely affects their mindset when it comes to many of these newer services like instacart, amazon, ubereats, etc. They just dont have the familiarity or capacity to authoritatively weigh in, but do so anyway.

how do you know anyone's ages? don't forget this is dcum, everyone knows it all.

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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 😊

It looks close, then they see that you don't live on the gound floor and aren't willing to lug your junk upstairs for $10.

Well too bad- I live on the top floor with gorgeous views and theyre gonna have to. Or just dont get tipped well.

Aren't you complaining because they aren't? It appears that they don't have to. You already don't tip well and no one cares if their gig employer reprimands them.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Thank you so much, someone who actually knows what theyre talking about and who can explain it to the boomer luddite mom brigade on here!

Exactly. $17 for an hour of work is not bad. Literally the people on here are so clueless it's kind of mind boggling. Especially since they always attempt to sound authoritative about things while proudly admitting they have no clue... this place should be studied by science.

studied by science? what does that even mean and you seem to be getting way too worked up over this.

You dont know English?