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Post by jershocenationyes on Apr 5, 2021 1:00:48 GMT -5
Hey I’m just wondering on peoples opinions and if you ever tried working for door dash, uber, Lyft , Grubhub?
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Post by J'Dinkalage Morgoone on Apr 5, 2021 1:04:58 GMT -5
We dont even have that here. I live in a town of like 1000 people in the middle of a corn field and the closest town that is probably big enough to have it is 15-20 miles away lol
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Post by jershocenationyes on Apr 5, 2021 2:23:41 GMT -5
We dont even have that here. I live in a town of like 1000 people in the middle of a corn field and the closest town that is probably big enough to have it is 15-20 miles away lol So I’m guessing luck is on my side. |
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Post by JC Motors on Apr 5, 2021 8:07:29 GMT -5
We dont even have that here. I live in a town of like 1000 people in the middle of a corn field and the closest town that is probably big enough to have it is 15-20 miles away lol I live in a Small city that advertises for it but I do think that several local restaurants promote it. I've never heard of anyone using any of the services here. |
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Post by k5 on Apr 5, 2021 8:44:04 GMT -5
just don't multi app and have people waiting on their orders
I use skipthedishes and Uber eats and that's a common issue
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2021 23:24:01 GMT -5
I've driven for Skipthedishes over quite a few different years off and on. Actually as a fun point of interest, it was some old track teammates of mine that I've known for years that ended up starting Skipthedishes. I think I still have the old beta testing chat on my facebook messanger history from however many years ago, when we did test orders for the like 5 restaurants they started with in our city. They since sold it to the big British conglomerate they got the idea from in the first place (lol) and cashed in to the tune of 9 figures.
Anyways:
Pros:
Super flexible. I dunno about every company, but I basically could choose my own hours with no real min or max.
Stupid easy. Like, you're delivering food. It's not really work. Basically driving around listening to podcasts, etc for hours on end and there happens to be food with you lol. I love driving so that made it pretty fun.
Cons:
Incosistent pay. The good days were really good, I made pretty good money when people were tipping well. Unfortunately, you kinda live and die on the tips, so on the bad days it was really crappy pay. Not reliable as a primary source of income by any stretch.
Wear and tear on the car. I don't think people talk about this one enough. You can put on a lot of km in a hurry doing this job, and that's a very large hidden cost.
As something to do once or twice a week for some extra bucks in addition to your regular job, go for it. Was reasonably fun, and on occasion you can have some pretty good days with tips. I wouldn't recommend it for anything further though, it's not a reliable way to make an income. I dunno about driving like Uber/Lyft non food delivery, but for the food delivery stuff, it's not a realistic full time option, though I think it has improved since I stopped driving.
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Post by Valbroski on Apr 5, 2021 23:26:25 GMT -5
I wouldn't drive for one of those apps if it paid 100k a year.
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Post by 👑🇵🇭⭐️ on Apr 6, 2021 0:45:11 GMT -5
I do it. Its fun and pays the bills.
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Post by jershocenationyes on Apr 6, 2021 10:16:31 GMT -5
I do it. Its fun and pays the bills. So far it definitely is interesting |
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Post by The Lion's Den on Apr 6, 2021 13:00:38 GMT -5
I have a friend who did it as a means to an end but @gilgrissom really highlighted the frustrations that can be found in a lot of articles. The frustrating thing as a consumer is the cut they take from restaurants. Here, they randomly shut restaurants down with little notice because of covid, using these services will easily be eating into their profits. I have nothing against skip and doordash drivers, but the splits hurt the businesses too. And yes, I know it's their choice to opt into skip/dash/uber eats but it's something to consider.
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Post by Sizzle on Apr 6, 2021 13:54:57 GMT -5
It was fairly easy when I was doing it last year in the Summer, but I stopped doing it and I don't know if I'll ever get back into it.
I've spoken with a few restaurants and a lot of restaurants end up getting screwed with Postmates, Uber Eats, DoorDash and whatnot and as simple as it was when I was literally just listening to music while driving around, I don't find it worth it often when I can't consistently rely on it for making enough money.
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Post by rowdy1971 on Apr 6, 2021 14:12:14 GMT -5
You get all the free food you want. A friend of mine ordered from Door Dash and the person driving actually drank half their coke from the bottle and had the balls to deliver it half empty. They called the restaurant and they just told him that it happens from time to time. WTF is that!?!?!
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Post by jershocenationyes on Apr 13, 2021 5:46:40 GMT -5
You get all the free food you want. A friend of mine ordered from Door Dash and the person driving actually drank half their coke from the bottle and had the balls to deliver it half empty. They called the restaurant and they just told him that it happens from time to time. WTF is that!?!?! Wow I can’t believe that but I’m not surprised. |
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Post by rKoNomad316 on Apr 14, 2021 0:22:55 GMT -5
I tried Postmates for a short time. With the time driving to pick up the orders, waiting to receive the orders, driving to the customers I could only withstand doing it for 5 hours a day & not doing it everyday. It’s just not for me & I don’t have a vehicle that gets good/great in town MPG too so it’s really not worth it for me.
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Post by Oskanowski on Apr 14, 2021 16:57:45 GMT -5
Yeah I use to hide outside restaurants and wait for them to throw away food. I would be dressed in camouflage and they never saw me. Then I would go door to door and resale it. I was door dashing and grub hubbing before it was cool.
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Post by Valbroski on Apr 15, 2021 13:27:26 GMT -5
Yeah I use to hide outside restaurants and wait for them to throw away food. I would be dressed in camouflage and they never saw me. Then I would go door to door and resale it. I was door dashing and grub hubbing before it was cool. I used to do this too before covid. |
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Post by jason1980s on Apr 21, 2021 10:51:31 GMT -5
I have also heard a few local, so it's probably on a wider scale, stories of drivers taking pictures of them items at the home clicking delivered and then taking them.
I also had a huge problem with 5 or 6 fraud chargers from door dash last year. The card company wiped them out but from google it seems that this happened somewhat regularly.
I get these companies provide a good service for people without transportation or now scared to go out or on a short lunch break at work but they need to have better policies in place to combat fraud. They are a big enough company that fraud chargers shouldn't be happening or they need better vetting of drivers.
As for them taking a large percent from restaurants. That does suck badly but restaurants have the option of not doing those services. I would like to see the numbers on if door dash et al add more to sales since they are giving customers an option to order anyway when they may not have done so in the first place.
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Post by Sully© on Apr 21, 2021 21:52:15 GMT -5
I use DoorDash, and Grubhub. Comes in handy.
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Post by Scott! on Apr 22, 2021 10:50:27 GMT -5
We have Just Eat and Uber eats and stuff here in Scotland. Comes in handy if you want a Kebab at half 10 at night on a Saturday, but I don't think I'd ever use it for McDonalds or anything like that. You see the guys out on bikes with the stuff every day round my bit so someone obviously uses it often.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on May 3, 2021 11:37:11 GMT -5
I live in a town of less than 8,000 people. Uber, DoorDash, GrubHub, Skip the Dishes do not exist here.
Oh you're hungry for take out and it's past 10pm? You're going to starve.
I called a pizza place at 8pm one night recently. Asked for delivery. Their answer was "we don't offer delivery sir" and then a hang up.
Small town life can suck sometimes.
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