Meals on food delivery apps can be 90% more than if bought from the restaurant
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#2Completely ignores cost of travel and value of time. Factor that in and the additional cost is either comparable or less.
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#3It would be great if Hacker news could add tags to these posts letting us know when there is a paywall.
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#4And they don’t factor the harm caused to restaurant margins when these apps take 30%.
But the convenience os hard to beat when you don’t want to take a long break.
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#5Completely ignores cost of travel and value of time. Factor that in and the additional cost is either comparable or less.
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Re: Meals on food delivery apps can be 90% more than if bought from the restaurant
#6It would be great if Hacker news could add tags to these posts letting us know when there is a paywall.
Agree
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#7This is why I have never ordered UberEats. Plus cold McDonalds is gross. Its not hard to order takeout and run down the road myself.
To be honest I don't really get why this whole trend is so popular.
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#8Completely ignores cost of travel and value of time. Factor that in and the additional cost is either comparable or less.
I made my choice a long time ago. Between waiting literally one hour, getting cold food and paying a premium for it (several times) VS taking my bike and going to the restaurant myself in 10 min, it was an easy choice.
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#9This is why I have never ordered UberEats. Plus cold McDonalds is gross. Its not hard to order takeout and run down the road myself. To be honest I don't really get why this whole trend is so popular.
People are increasingly more lazy
Re: Meals on food delivery apps can be 90% more than if bought from the restaurant
#10This is why I have never ordered UberEats. Plus cold McDonalds is gross. Its not hard to order takeout and run down the road myself. To be honest I don't really get why this whole trend is so popular.
If it saves me half an hour, it might be worth 5$,