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People are luring Instacart shoppers with big tips -- and then changing them to zero
cnn.com ^ | April 9, 2020 | Sara Ashley O'Brien and Kaya Yurieff

Posted on 04/09/2020 5:07:39 PM PDT by grundle

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To: glorgau

Really stupid!


21 posted on 04/09/2020 5:31:59 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Trump.Deplorable
"My point is don’t mess with people handling your food."

Best advice ever.

22 posted on 04/09/2020 5:32:05 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: metmom

“Shouldn’t be able to change it at all. “

No matter the quality of service?


23 posted on 04/09/2020 5:33:30 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: grundle

I would keep a record of these scum. Take their order and non-fill or substitute crazily. A couple of orders and they will get the message.


24 posted on 04/09/2020 5:36:32 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
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To: TexasGator

How would you stop bait and switch users?


25 posted on 04/09/2020 5:37:26 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: TexasGator

Besides, you can give them the tip when they actually deliver the items.

I’ve used instacart at the local Wegman’s and when I picked up the order, I handed the guy who brought it out a tip and asked him to split it with the person who actually picked the order.


26 posted on 04/09/2020 5:39:24 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: bigbob

No kidding. What a crappy thing to do to someone.


27 posted on 04/09/2020 5:42:23 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

I would substitute the store brand version of everything they ordered. If they are “Reynolds Wrap” people or “Philadelphia Cream Cheese” people or “Miracle Whip” people, they’d wished they’d tipped.


28 posted on 04/09/2020 5:42:41 PM PDT by PrincessB
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To: metmom

” I handed the guy who brought it out a tip and asked him to split it with the person who actually picked the order.”

Right!


29 posted on 04/09/2020 5:44:47 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: billorites

Avoid the lobster bisque


30 posted on 04/09/2020 5:48:13 PM PDT by freedomlover
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To: grundle

Are we allowed to consider that the change may have been for poor service, or would that be racist?


31 posted on 04/09/2020 5:50:08 PM PDT by Arones (When Leftists are in a minority, then they look for other ways to win.)
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To: grundle

THey just need a web site where they are allowed to post the clients who do this. Once the others know, those clients will never get anything delivered again.

This is seriously screwed up.


32 posted on 04/09/2020 5:50:35 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Bobalu

It’s great..You write the list ,,then have them do all the work,pay for it,you pick up and done....I can’t believe it took stores this long to come up with this concept....


33 posted on 04/09/2020 5:53:32 PM PDT by Hambone 1934
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Just make it so once the tip is in there,it’s there.....


34 posted on 04/09/2020 5:54:18 PM PDT by Hambone 1934
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To: Leaning Right

No wonder my pizzas are always full and the mac and cheese is cheeeeeesy.....I’m a good tipper...I used to work retail, that’s why...


35 posted on 04/09/2020 5:55:35 PM PDT by Hambone 1934
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To: grundle

Dick move


36 posted on 04/09/2020 5:55:46 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: metmom
 
 
Yup - somebody needs to do some code re-writing. Whatever is chosen and entered is then locked in for the transaction, cannot be changed around.
 
 

37 posted on 04/09/2020 5:56:31 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: grundle

That’s terrible. I always tip my Instacart people. I appreciate their service.


38 posted on 04/09/2020 5:57:57 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: grundle
My last instacart order I changed the tip. I increased it because the shopper went the extra mile to try to find couple of items. Unfortunately the store was out of them, but that's not the shopper's fault.
39 posted on 04/09/2020 6:03:17 PM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: grundle

Can’t the delivery people leave a review of the customer? Usually reviews are a two-way street. I would think a customer would rip off a delivery person like that once, get a bad review, and no other delivery person would ever go to that address.


40 posted on 04/09/2020 6:06:28 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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