DoorDash, Postmates, GrubHub, UberEats, Eat24 & Other Meal Delivery Services
Mar 27, 2019, 10:16 am
#106
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I can understand if you can't leave wherever you are to go get food. I could see using it to order food if I'm incredibly sick with bronchitis or some such and Mr. Kipper is out of town. I would consider using it for lunches at work, except that with our building security, I need to go to the lobby to meet anyone. If I'm doing that, I can just run out to the food truck outside, or call in an order to any of the restaurants within a 2-3 minute walk of the building. But, if they could just deliver it to the reception desk and I could dash there, I would.
Mar 27, 2019, 10:23 am
#107
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These services really are best when one is buying for more than 1 person. I feel bad for the delivery person who is waiting at a place to fetch a single item because they’re not going to get much of a tip. Like a person at a restaurant that is sitting at a table for 2 people...
Mar 27, 2019, 10:27 am
#108
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Why would you need these services once you're living in a CFA?
Mar 27, 2019, 10:39 am
#109
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No one cares if I take a long lunch where I am, but sometimes, projects don't allow me to get away for more than a few minutes.
Mar 27, 2019, 11:00 am
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These services really are best when one is buying for more than 1 person. I feel bad for the delivery person who is waiting at a place to fetch a single item because they’re not going to get much of a tip. Like a person at a restaurant that is sitting at a table for 2 people...
Mar 27, 2019, 11:24 am
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It’s great for a work trip like you said but would you be willing to pay the fees with your own money with no tax benefit? I assume that a working dinner gets expensed including fees. But yes, your example is genius. Bet it was way better than room service :-)
Mar 27, 2019, 12:12 pm
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But that model works only if driving distance and time and parking are easy, as it is for me. In Sunnyvale, Orange County etc I might be tempted to let the driver deal with the hassle.
Mar 27, 2019, 12:14 pm
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doesn't that end up getting baked into the fees the same way Uber's rates get jacked up in the middle of a snowstorm here?
Mar 27, 2019, 2:01 pm
#115
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Mar 27, 2019, 4:02 pm
#116
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Does anyone know if UberEats can utilize the monthly Uber credit from AmEx? I rarely use Uber, so have only used 2 months of my last 12 months credit. If I could apply it to UberEats, I'd give it a try.
Haven't tried any of these services yet, but sounds like something to look into for evenings when the fridge is empty and we never got to the grocery store but don't feel like going out.
Haven't tried any of these services yet, but sounds like something to look into for evenings when the fridge is empty and we never got to the grocery store but don't feel like going out.
Mar 28, 2019, 12:44 am
#117
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Does anyone know if UberEats can utilize the monthly Uber credit from AmEx? I rarely use Uber, so have only used 2 months of my last 12 months credit. If I could apply it to UberEats, I'd give it a try.
Haven't tried any of these services yet, but sounds like something to look into for evenings when the fridge is empty and we never got to the grocery store but don't feel like going out.
Haven't tried any of these services yet, but sounds like something to look into for evenings when the fridge is empty and we never got to the grocery store but don't feel like going out.
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/05/ame...dits-ubereats/
I too only use my Uber credits about twice a year.
Mar 28, 2019, 5:49 am
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Mar 28, 2019, 6:16 am
#119
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Apparently, yes according to The Points Guy.
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/05/ame...dits-ubereats/
I too only use my Uber credits about twice a year.
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/05/ame...dits-ubereats/
I too only use my Uber credits about twice a year.
Apr 30, 2019, 2:21 pm
#120
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I've never used any 3rd party delivery service and never will due to my paranoia of my food being tampered with. Reading the Uber eats reddit did nothing to put my mind at ease with all the drivers complaining about nobody tipping and one admitting to bringing his own straw and skimming food and drink from people's orders from resaurants that didnt seal up the bag. We all hear stories from time to time of delivery drivers tampering with food, and thats just the ones that get caught. Call me paranoid but I'm too weary of letting a stranger be alone with my food in their car.