Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage

Post by Dylan16807 » Mon, May 18, 2020, 8:48 AM UTC

hrktb wrote: post #225

joshvm wrote: post #165

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The automated system should say "weight, that can't be right". Works fairly reliably in supermarkets, especially if you allow a bigger margin of uncertainty on sku weight. Or verify the volume/shape - or both, like volumetric weight that shipping companies use. I'm guessing amazon has some system to automatically assign boxes based on the dimensions of stuff that's being picked.

> Works fairly reliably in supermarkets No it doesn’t. Not just because they can be badly calibrated, but also because the range of weight they have to deal with must make it hard to manage any sane range. The only SCO I’ve seen doing a decent job at dealing with weight use a binary check (“was there any product at all added to the to total weight of the basket ?”) and they still miss products like lollipops or anyth…

Post by distances » Mon, May 18, 2020, 8:55 AM UTC

SimonPStevens wrote: post #268

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #220

I cut this deal with my neighborhood Italian restaurant! I texted the owner about being miffed they hadn’t told me they were on DoorDash. He replied. They aren’t. We compared pricing, and found the prices advertised are way off from what the restaurant charges. So I placed a $5,000 order to the neighbourhood homeless shelter. DoorDash paid him over $20,000, and I get free pasta for the rest of the year. (My neighbour…

I don't understand how this works. If your order to doordash cost $5000, why did they pay the restaurant $20,000? That would suggest their prices are 4 times cheaper to the customer. But I thought everyone complained they were more expensive. Surely DD are still keeping their commission from your order? What have I misunderstood?

Post by swyx » Mon, May 18, 2020, 8:59 AM UTC

jimbob45 wrote: post #233

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #220

I cut this deal with my neighborhood Italian restaurant! I texted the owner about being miffed they hadn’t told me they were on DoorDash. He replied. They aren’t. We compared pricing, and found the prices advertised are way off from what the restaurant charges. So I placed a $5,000 order to the neighbourhood homeless shelter. DoorDash paid him over $20,000, and I get free pasta for the rest of the year. (My neighbour…

This really makes me happy but I hope you delete this before it becomes mainstream and DD catches on.

Post by icebraining » Mon, May 18, 2020, 9:03 AM UTC

sneak wrote: post #222

Dylan16807 wrote: post #210

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$15/hr plus tips plus mileage is overkill. Let's say you cut out the awful feature that is tipping and make it $15/hr plus mileage, which is a perfectly good wage. If I was previously paying $6-7 in fee+tip for a limited selection of restaurants, I'd be okay paying $10 for places that don't normally have delivery. If that means two trips per hour, and you're not in one of the ten worst cities for traffic in the entir…

You forgot wear and tear on the car, and gas. 15/hr is decent without additional expenses. Take out gas and tires and brakes and maintenance and it's poverty level.

Post by Apocryphon » Mon, May 18, 2020, 9:09 AM UTC

imgabe wrote: post #266

akiselev wrote: post #245

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Same question, what does A have to do with B? I've had enough herring today.

Let's assume for a moment that people are not helpless imbeciles who need us to tell them what to do and that they choose the best option available to them, within the constraints of their life. Let's further assume that they are more familiar and better equipped to balance the constraints of their lives than we are. Then we can deduce that if we remove the option they have chosen by making it illegal they will neces…