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2 pizzas, a small order of breadsticks, and wanted to splurge and get cinnamon sticks.

Pizzas are a "Buy one get one deal!" at 13 bucks a pizza. Figured what the hell, I'll splurge on desert then with the deal. Get to checkout... hold on a minute.... 50 dollars for pizza?! Wait a minute 80 dollars after fees and taxes?!

Usually I only use Doordash for finding something, then I order direct from the store. I just saw the sweet "buy one get one" deal and thought eh, fine I'm here. Right, that's why I stopped using door dash. I'm not spending 80 dollars on freaking pizza. I'll just go pick it up and spend a quarter of that price.

At least I would have saved the $3 dollar delivery fee. Phew. Thanks DoorDash.

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[–] zerosignal@lemmy.world 3 points 27 minutes ago

Seeing things like this make me happy that I

  • live in a state that banned junk fees.
  • live just far enough outside of a metro area that these services don't deliver to me so I don't have to worry about being tempted to order from them.
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 33 minutes ago (1 children)

Where is whatever government agency is in charge of truth in labeling, not ripping off the consumer …. At the very least they are deliberately hiding some of their fees under “taxes and fees” in the hope that some pole won’t realize how high it is for a tax. Taxes should be itemized so everything else is fees

Assuming that agency still exists. Why are these “free market” types always seem to not want the transparency and fairness that makes a free market work well?

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 minutes ago

"Freedom" to "free market" types is the freedom to do whatever you want with no consequences regardless of the impact to others.

"Free market" means if you get duped or swindled then "you deserved it".

"Free market" means if it really causes harm then "people just won't buy it".

"Free market" is way more what most people think anarchy is than what anarchists are advocating for.

Anarchy is "if I want to do cocaine and I die, that's on me, the government shouldn't be allowed to control what I do with my body"

Free market is "we should be allowed to add a little bit of cocaine to this baby formula so our brand beats out the competition and no one should be allowed to tell us we can't"

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 1 points 15 minutes ago

Makes me so grateful I have Starship where I live. No price markups, no tips, only a $3 fee.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 5 points 1 hour ago

I stop ordering from restaurants that shuffle orders to Door Dash.

I wouldn't mind a local co-op food delivery company.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Am I missing something? If these are the prices for the service, who is using this?

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

People that just pay and don't pay attention

[–] uncrme@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago* (last edited 17 minutes ago)

People with more money than sense lol, there's never really a great reason to get Doordash or Uber Eats

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

It's to push you into paying for the membership. But yeah they totally rip off lazy people.

I have a GrubHub membership but only because Amazon was offering a 3 year deal last year. I think they may have bought GrubHub...

Some places also charge more on the services to make up for the cut the online service gets.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Ive deleted all those apps. They really got greedy. And the crazy part is I think I remember the government giving them money for grocery delivery.

I dont get it.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago

The greed during covid exploded. especially where companies felt people were stuck/captured, like delivery services.

I wouldnt be surprised if they start dying soon from their short term profits from gouging running out.

[–] Vinstaal0@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

“Estimated taxes” what is that for bullshit? You can just calculate how much the tax should be.

I know it’s not how it works in the US, but if they advertise it for 13$ they should sell it for 13$ including tax.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

"Estimated Taxes" is where they hide all the bullshit made up fees and imaginary taxes that are pure profit and increase profit margin, but if they listed it as "Customer Fuck-over Fee" people would obviously stop using it.

[–] killwill@feddit.nl 2 points 2 hours ago

My 1 year dashpass expiring was the best thing to happen to me. Lost 10+ pounds in a month just eating pb&j or pb&banana for lunch. Also saved like $300 a month.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

OP. How is it 53?

13 for the two pizzas. How much are the breadsticks and dessert?

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah the math doesn't add up. Maybe they bought a bunch of toppings? Pizza places crush you for ordering individual toppings.

[–] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

As someone who is disabled and known people who are disabled, we don't have the luxury of going out to eat as it is incredibly hard on us, I don't use them but if I want to get nice food from a restaurant I really don't have a choice besides delivery and there's not a lot of places that do delivery without these apps (and some places hide that it's doordash and say it's there own)

For one of the people I knew in the past who couldn't cook there own food because of there disabilities, they heavily relied on doordash type services and they barley ate because being disabled means your incredibly poor, but this anti human society doesn't care about disabled people.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

Yeah, my Mom is mobility impaired and these services were fantastic for her quality of life, in the beginning. However now she not only can’t afford them, she refuses even if someone else pays - I can send $100 for a meal, it she’s horrified at the idea of paying that for me meal for one person

At least grocery deliveries are still ok in her area

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 24 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You did it! No delivery fee! You're so lucky!

Oh hey... Unrelated, but let me get $20 in "fees" please.

Really though, congrats on that delivery discount though, you're really coming out in top, putting me through the ringer, bud!

[–] Scavenger_Solardaddy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

'Murica, the land of the fees!

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Even taking away all these delivery services I hate having food delivered as you don’t know how long it’s sat in the car whilst they deliver other orders. The fries are soggy and it’s just not good.

I use those sites to browse the menu then i call the restaurant, which is cheaper, then go and collect it myself.

These services have also ruined fast food. McD although shit is convenient on the commute home It’s just filled with Uber eats and Just eat drivers and really makes it slow now to get food. Then they have these screens to order on so you can’t even get hold of a member of staff to ask for salt cause they’re too cheap to leave it out like they used to.

[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah. Salt, ketchup, napkin, drinks… the 1/10th penny pinching at McD has me stopping other places a lot more lately.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 43 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I don't understand how all of these delivery services are so popular when everyone is saying how high the cost of living is. People have money to blow on delivery fees?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago* (last edited 39 minutes ago)

FWIW my teen does. For him it’s a combination of things not available on campus and he’s always sent money as soon as he gets it. But he doesn’t have any expenses so …

[–] electric@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Just fools and their money being parted.

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[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm missing something. If the two pizzas were 13, then the sticks + desert were 40? Then tax and service fee on top (40% lol)

Yeah I’m confused about this too.

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