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by imustbeevil 2242 days ago
> Food / grocery delivery is still to expensive to be the "norm", especially for the middle class.

The biggest thing for me is just how arbitrary the pricing is. If I make an order I know is $8 at the drive through, and it costs $16 on DoorDash, and then there's a $7 fee, and then I have to tip $5, and then it still takes an hour and a half to get to me. Nah. Never that.

I'm learning how to cook now; I make a mean smash burger.

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Yeah, the shady/deceptive/misleading/false pricing you mentioned is foolish. ("Free delivery"* after undisclosed $10 platform fee and $4 processing fee.)

Destroying tech industry reputations and eroding trust is not a good long term play.

It's no better than infomercials touting free products with "just pay shipping and handling". Same sleaze, different generation.