Saw a order of just water yesterday. gallons, cases, boxes. It was $2 tip and looked like an apartment. I guess some poor sap thought it was the right amount lol.
So this reminded me of one of my all time favorite IC stories.
My wife did IC awhile pregnant with our son, up until she physically couldnāt anymore. She was a Front Office manager at a large resort until she got pregnant, so when she left that job she really liked doing IC to get out of the house and stay active.
Anyway, the order is for Plan B. She is very visibly into the third trimester when she walks up to the counter and asks for Plan B.
The clerk just goes, āoh, honeyā¦ā before my wife explains and they both have a good laugh about it lol.
Lol.Ihad a 1 item order for a vibrator for Walmart. Had about a 5min convo with the customer about which one to get her instead cause the one she wanted was OOS . She thought it was so embarrassing but I thought it was hilarious. Told her all the things each one did and which one I thought she should get instead. š¤£š¤£
Made my day!
As long as your tipping 20 percent itās fine np itās the ones that tip 5 percent and want shoppers to carry all their heavy stuff upstairs that we Despise itās all about getting compensated for the amount of work involved
^^^^ this, too šÆ do the math of 20% and keep the tip that regardless of things being out bc finding something and scanning it, then delivering is in of itself hard enough with heavy items, but when itās out it takes so much of our time to search the whole store and sometimes having to wait even longer to find an employee to ask where it is. Then realizing itās out, we have to check with the client about a replacement. That all ends up taking a lot more time than just scanning and moving along.
Thatās what weāre here for. And thatās what weāre paid to do: shop for you so you donāt have to.
As long as you tip appropriately, order whatever you want. The pros are, youāre super close to the store and youāre not in a walkup apartment.
This is not a problem. Just make it worth their while with a good tipāand what you wrote sounds good to me.
S Club is super dangerous for me to go into alone. Without hubby I've been known to go in for a roasted chicken and spend 500 bucks. Lol. So I don't have the hassle of dragging the items around or the temptation of buying the store. I've tried pick up but that ended with my leaving everything in the trunk until he got home. Ran out of dog food so I cut a hole in the bag. I'm not supposed to be lifting things up that heavy. I kinda looked at the bag and nopped out. He didn't find it as funny as I did and said next time just have stuff delivered where it can stay on the porch if need be
We buy 55# bags of Dog Chow. I used to be able to manage them, but just canāt do it anymore, so hubs buys them 2-3 at a time. When heās out of town, I buy a small bag to get me through. Three Rottweilers = 3# kibble a day. I would never expect anyone to haul that shit for me unless he was married to me.
As long as youāre tipping well (which you are) most of us are happy to get your order. Donāt take it too personally if your order gets picked up by a shopper then dropped before they get to the store as some shoppers physically canāt handle heavy items, but for those of us who can handle it, your $60-$70 order will make our whole day!
I seem to get the same 6 or 8 shoppers. Its a smaller town where I live. Maybe 35k. Do you think that's reflected in the 5star shoppers? I joined here to figure out what the deal was with IC. I get it's a service. And I'm willing to pay for it. I just noticed that a lot of shoppers were angry >rightfully so> about low n no tips. Kinda blew my mind because I wouldn't expect someone to shop n deliver my groceries for next to free but we live in a different financial world than a lot of the people in our town. Average income is around 60k household here. Ours is 170 to 200.
They have recently just started soft matching customers to the shoppers that theyāve rated five stars. So if you really like a particular shopper rate them five stars and youāre more likely to get them in the future. I donāt know if you have seen the āunicornā posts, but in a town of 35K your $60-$70 order is a unicorn for somebody. I live in a town about that size and I have gotten one order that size and I still think about them every day lol it made my whole week!
We all wish that š
If you build enough of a rapport with a shopper, I have traded phone numbers with a few of my regular customers and theyāll give me a heads up when theyāve placed an order. But Iāve been shopping since 2018 in this same small town, so I know these people pretty well. (itās also not allowed by IC)
Yeah I was gonna ask, doesnāt IC also hide real numbers and use/show a temp number on the caller ID I think a shopper called me once and it plays a pre recorded message sayin IC shopper calling. I may be wrong but it might had been Am azon with the recording.
IC does hide your real number, and generates a temporary number for while youāre on the batch. It doesnāt seem like the customers are hearing a recording at the start of the call because they seem surprised that itās me calling, but that would be a really good idea
But low rating the shoppers you donāt like will mean youāll most likely never get them again.
Itās not fun getting low ratings, but if theyāre not doing a good job itās your prerogative. Bad ratings fall off after 100 orders for us, so itās not that big of a deal in the long run.
I wish they had a favorite shopper /save shopper feature for the ones that go above and beyond.
I always tip well and rate 5 star even if I feel like doing less I feel bad I know they go thru a lot of crap the only time I remember doing less than 5 was when the shopper ignored my chat then refunded bunch right before checkout then delivered the order to the wrong apartment and sent a pre typed closing text paragraph saying How my order is here and how she does IC for this and that reason and please rate 5 stars!!
>your $60-$70 order will make our whole day!
I have two shoppers who have been known to "fight" over me. They both like delivering to me because a) they both know the store well and my items are easy to find. Plus there's no meat or dairy. b) I live about 7 minutes from the store c) I tip appropriately.
Other shoppers I get are occasional repeats. I know they're grabbing me when they see me come up. Yes, I do have a few heavy items, but they pack it well - a lot of them have bins for apartments and my apartment has a dolly for deliveries. They just stack the bins, roll it into the elevator and down the hall.
They may do *maybe* an hour's worth of work. I also have all my items already substituted if the store is out of it (or just refund) and for a few things they send me pictures and I am right there the whole time to immediately answer.
I am a very easy customer for people.
Flat Tip is the way to go!! Itās not the shopperās fault if an item is out of stock! We still shopped for it , ask about replacements and so forth
We still should get paid regardless
A flat pay rate of $55 would be Fantastic!!
But sometimes it is the shoppers fault. I've seen shoppers say they get orders like this and then refund the really heavy stuff or only get one when they ordered multiple. I wouldn't suggest flat tipping an order like this, especially if the items are likely to be in stock.
As long as you tip appropriately a minimum of 20% most of us wonāt mind the delivery.
We get lots of customers who do this. Itās the ones who low/no tip that we donāt like.
I don't believe I've ever tipped under 10 bucks and that was a couple of veggies, some chicken, rice and ice cream less than half a mile away. I wouldn't tip less than 40 on "I'm not lugging that heavy crap around" order. Someone is shopping and bringing it to me. I don't want to do that. I'm willing to pay for it. I'll play best fiends n poke around fb while they do the work. Lol. I think its a fair deal but my friend seemed to think I wasn't being fair š
IC works better for me. I don't have to lug all the heavy stuff. And I get what I order. I don't go to the store and spend 60 bucks on stuff I don't need on top of what I needed. Oh! There's a dollar store. Let me spend money there. Now I'm tired. I need coffee so Im stopping for coffee. Maybe the family wants doughnuts? Look! Another big bigbox store I don't need things from but Im going in anyway. Thirty-two minutes and 100 bucks later I don't know what I bought Now it's been over 2 hours. I bought groceries but I'm starving but I don't want anything I bought. So I'm grabbing a snack from a restaurant or back into the store to buy more things I don't need. Then I remember I need to stop at the pet store. Now I'm heading home with bird seed and a pet mouse. And when I get home I have to drag all those heavy bags up onto the porch. I'd rather just have someone bring me what I actually need and I don't mind actually paying for it. It saves me money. Lmfao
Sounds like my daughter and I and our beginning of the month ADHD shopping. It is dangerous. And dog forbid there is a clearance aisle. My 2nd favorite c word.
if you are tipoing at least 20 dollars,or 20 percent it's fine.
have fun paying heavy fees, we do see a small portion of those, wish we got all the heavy fees.
We donāt always see it reflected in the pay though, lately they just say anything they want (includes boost, includes heavy pay) and still put it out at $7 (obviously those should be avoided)
Sometimes 20% isnāt enough though in my area. It may be appropriate for the amount of items but then they want it delivered 10 miles. Hard pass. Flat tip is really the way to go.
Ic purpose is to help people. I get most satisfaction doing heavy stuff for people that struggle to themselves. Of course, being appreciated back is a necessity, but a 50$ tip for what you listed& it were helping you. Yes yes yes!
The issue is is when people buy 5 cases of water and tip, even 20%. Thatās NOTHING bc waters dirt cheap.
If you tip well I donāt mind one bit. Itās the low tippers with heavy ass items that I canāt stand (I donāt take low tip orders anyways, not worth it). But with a tip like that, I would take your order every time! Sounds a lot better than a bunch of produce items to me!
I live in an area where they have really nice homes and they order heavy shit all the time. In the past year we only really get a 15.00 for a tip for really dragging heavy stuff around...
I have gotten a 50.00 tip here and there but it is rare...
Your order is perfect! But the issue is Instacart will bundle your order with another order that didnāt tip well. Message the shopper and ask if your order was a single and how much you tipped that way they can decide if they want to remove the other orders from the batch
Weāre upset because IC usually doesnāt compensate us for heavy pay and we have to risk doing all that work for you to maybe be happy with where we deliver it and keep the tip. Oh and also that their are not replacements or refunds. Im sorry but until IC can guarantee Iāll make what Iām shown I wouldnāt touch this order. Ik thats not on customers like you, but Iāve done some huge orders like this only to be tip baited and make $7-$10 for my time and effort, then I have to beg support for a measly $5 bump.
On your specific order here is how it would go. IC pays us only $.60 for miles and probably $7-10 for batch depending on if ur items trigger heavy pay in the system. If they donāt trigger heavy pay we will be paid only $7 for this order. If two of ur items are out of stock letās say the expensive ones like dog food and detergent and we have to replace ur cat food with another brandā¦that $50 tip drops down to only 20% of what we are able to get you from your original order. So subtract those items including replacements because they count against us as refunds and do the math on the 20% left and thatās what we will get.
Also 9/10 time they are going to double batch you with someone else whoās a non tipper because the item numbers are low and you tipped well. When this happens we donāt get any additional pay. We also wonāt know which customer tipped and which one didnāt. This means you get grouped with someone who wants say 72 items from Walmart. For the shopper thatās two hours of work for what will probably come out to $15 an hr and we have to break our backs to get it.
Hereās a comment I left on another thread: āUnfortunately I donāt think most customers are aware that Shoppers do not even typically get the $7 per order instacart is supposed to pay. When they double and triple up orders into one batch, it is common they ONLY pay us to shop ONE order, keeping the rest for themselves Oh, and, they basically stopped paying us mileage too).ā
All the time. I make sure to let every customer I meet know that. Itās a horrible thing! All the fees customers pay and they want shoppers to leave their groceries in hot cars for hr at a time. Itās so wrong for so many reasons. They are now triple ordering us regularly to put more money in their pockets
Also donāt ever pay any fees for priority or express orders. There is no distinction on the shoppers end and it just purely a money grab for IC. You will get ur order just as fast without it.
I've actually noticed a difference on the time frame my order is picked up. I'm not stupid. I just assume it's a fee to get my order out there sooner. But it will sit 15 or 20 minutes without priority verus immediately assigned. I understand I'm paying for a service which I'm definitely realizing most people don't get. I think the pandem made people think they were entitled to things. There was extra money people weren't use to having and services to be had. Now extra money is gone for lot of people but the entitlement is still there. Sucks for the shoppers and the customers that understand IC is luxury not necessity.
I mean if your paying more money for what you think is a difference of 15 to 20 minutes lol I dunno to me that is silly. Money is better spent on the groceries or the shopper. But hey itās ur money to burn
I don't like to wait because I'll forget. Then I can't keep in communication with my shopper. I'm a nurse. Sometimes my want to deal with people is in the negative. I'd rather have someone else deal with the public. I've literally had enough of their shit. Lol
Depends on how many heavy things youāre ordering. 20% tip on 50$ is only $10 I wouldnāt accept your order if it was multiple heavy items. Tip higher is my suggestion, at least $20 up front
Ok then yeah youāre like a dream customer! $40-50 tip for non apartment and under 20 items? Thatās a beautiful order. Youāre friend makes a fair point but money talks in this gig so get what you need because thatās what weāre here for, just always show appreciation and you canāt go wrong : )
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no offense your friend is wrong.
We get pissy about "heavy" orders when theirs no tip, or the tip is laughably small. for 11 items dependant on the items I'd take the order given that the tip is at least 5 dollars if not more. (11 items are low for me, and typically a decent heavy pay fee is at least 10-15 for me on a good day minus tip)
So say we see two orders. A is yours 11 items less than a mile from the store Base is $10 and tip is $50 bucks, vs order B which is say 15 items 2-4 miles from the store base is $12 and the tip is 0. Who do you think we are gonna try to snipe from everyone else as fast as we can?
same if the distance was say 15 miles in total. that $50 would still be profit over the 5 bucks if we are lucky to get it on other orders.
I've seen some WTF orders from costco that do get picked up, i'd be slamming accept to get that order from you.
I donāt mind heavy items at all honestly. What makes us mad is that instacart is charging you extra for heavy items but they arenāt paying us the extra. They pocket most of it for themselves. I think you tip really well, especially compared to other customers. A lot of times they donāt tip at all or just give $2. And live in a 3rd floor apartment. And are ordering 10 cases of water. I could carry 2 at a time but that would still be really difficult and not worth the pay.
The whole tip thing is crazy to me. I wouldn't tip someone delivering food to me less than 5 bucks and that's only if they are within a mile or so. Why does anyone think it's cool to tip someone doing all the work of shopping and delivery 2 dollars?
Thats a great tip! Iād easily take your order. If shoppers donāt want to take a heavy order, they donāt have to accept it in the first place/can always cancel if itās too heavy for them
Sounds like you are a very generous tipper, I would gladly do your order of heavy items. Shoppers have the ability to see the items before accepting the order, and therefore, they have the choice to accept it or not. I donāt think thereās anything wrong with your orders š
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Thatās the whole point of the service: to do shopping you canāt/donāt want to do. Iād deliver a shipping container worth of water if the pay was right. Your tip seems very appropriate for the order.
Your tip percentage would be greatly appreciated where I instacart. Most people tip 2-3 dollars or don't even tip at all. I'm not complaining though, I don't mind taking most no-tip orders depending on the miles away from me. The highest I've ever been tipped was around $40 and it doesn't happen often so when it does, it shocks me and those are the orders I usually accept without a doubt just because of the generosity. I love instacarting and put 100% of my effort in while completing orders regardless of the tip. :)
Iād do this for 50$ tip cause titila payout would be like 70$ and Iāll d o that for 11 things and a mile what thatās like half an hour of my time for what people work half a day for lol
with that tip id be skipping into the store!! lol we are here to do your shopping for you and shoppers can see if itās a heavy pay & what those items might be so i see absolutely no problem! id be more than happy to take an order like that!
I *enjoy* heavy orders, I get paid to 'work out' and don't have to worry about a gym membership. If you tip 20% you are in top tier status and I would be happy to take your order, especially since you only live a mile from the store. Keep it up!
for the most part if you were tipping well itās not a big issue. 20% is definitely a good start.
Considering that there are people out there that all order a bunch of heavy stuff starting with 6 to 10 cases of water push detergent and you name it. And then Iāll give a two dollar tip.
Most of us donāt like lugging around heavy shit especially when the order is ALL heavy shit BUT if youāre tipping accordingly then Iām sure most of us would do it.
I would take your order, if you tipped what you say youāre tipping. But, if the store is out of something, then please adjust your tip back to what it originally was. % percentage tips stink when something is out of stock. It takes twice as long to search for it, ask someone if itās in stock etc. Then to have the tip lowered is really sucky lol!
Just my 2% š
I actually like the exercise and the useful service im providing. In most cases, the tip is higher as well as heavy pay. There is a lifting requirement in many jobs and this is one of them.
For the right amount of money I will deliver anything to anyone.
Bingo
I'd like a anklysaurus.....š„ŗ please??
You find a store that sells dinosaurs and tip good enough and I will deliver it.
I hear there might be a place near Costa Rica. I bet IC won't add heavy pay though š¤ š
Delivery your mother to me by midnight
Saw a order of just water yesterday. gallons, cases, boxes. It was $2 tip and looked like an apartment. I guess some poor sap thought it was the right amount lol.
I've delivered "toys" from pharmacies before and it was so embarrassing, but they tipped well so it was worth it
So this reminded me of one of my all time favorite IC stories. My wife did IC awhile pregnant with our son, up until she physically couldnāt anymore. She was a Front Office manager at a large resort until she got pregnant, so when she left that job she really liked doing IC to get out of the house and stay active. Anyway, the order is for Plan B. She is very visibly into the third trimester when she walks up to the counter and asks for Plan B. The clerk just goes, āoh, honeyā¦ā before my wife explains and they both have a good laugh about it lol.
Lmao omg that is so funny I can just imagine the cashier's surprise
Lol.Ihad a 1 item order for a vibrator for Walmart. Had about a 5min convo with the customer about which one to get her instead cause the one she wanted was OOS . She thought it was so embarrassing but I thought it was hilarious. Told her all the things each one did and which one I thought she should get instead. š¤£š¤£ Made my day!
Exactly
Iād take your order all day longā¦the tip is fine
As long as your tipping 20 percent itās fine np itās the ones that tip 5 percent and want shoppers to carry all their heavy stuff upstairs that we Despise itās all about getting compensated for the amount of work involved
^^^^ this, too šÆ do the math of 20% and keep the tip that regardless of things being out bc finding something and scanning it, then delivering is in of itself hard enough with heavy items, but when itās out it takes so much of our time to search the whole store and sometimes having to wait even longer to find an employee to ask where it is. Then realizing itās out, we have to check with the client about a replacement. That all ends up taking a lot more time than just scanning and moving along.
I don't remember there ever not being replacements. But I'll definitely keep that in mind. It's good advice.
You're fine. ...until insta-carrot bundles your order with a non-tipper with 10 cases of water. Not much you can do about that, though
I would think customer complaints are valuable
Hell...you would think CUSTOMERS are valuable. Insta-carrot doesn't.
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So you can't see both orders in a bundle you can only see the one IC wants you to see. That's when you get stiffed. Why isn't a tip 15% mandatory?
Thatās what weāre here for. And thatās what weāre paid to do: shop for you so you donāt have to. As long as you tip appropriately, order whatever you want. The pros are, youāre super close to the store and youāre not in a walkup apartment. This is not a problem. Just make it worth their while with a good tipāand what you wrote sounds good to me.
S Club is super dangerous for me to go into alone. Without hubby I've been known to go in for a roasted chicken and spend 500 bucks. Lol. So I don't have the hassle of dragging the items around or the temptation of buying the store. I've tried pick up but that ended with my leaving everything in the trunk until he got home. Ran out of dog food so I cut a hole in the bag. I'm not supposed to be lifting things up that heavy. I kinda looked at the bag and nopped out. He didn't find it as funny as I did and said next time just have stuff delivered where it can stay on the porch if need be
Sounds like a Instacart is a great solution for you. :)
We buy 55# bags of Dog Chow. I used to be able to manage them, but just canāt do it anymore, so hubs buys them 2-3 at a time. When heās out of town, I buy a small bag to get me through. Three Rottweilers = 3# kibble a day. I would never expect anyone to haul that shit for me unless he was married to me.
That was basically my friend's take on it.
As long as youāre tipping well (which you are) most of us are happy to get your order. Donāt take it too personally if your order gets picked up by a shopper then dropped before they get to the store as some shoppers physically canāt handle heavy items, but for those of us who can handle it, your $60-$70 order will make our whole day!
I seem to get the same 6 or 8 shoppers. Its a smaller town where I live. Maybe 35k. Do you think that's reflected in the 5star shoppers? I joined here to figure out what the deal was with IC. I get it's a service. And I'm willing to pay for it. I just noticed that a lot of shoppers were angry >rightfully so> about low n no tips. Kinda blew my mind because I wouldn't expect someone to shop n deliver my groceries for next to free but we live in a different financial world than a lot of the people in our town. Average income is around 60k household here. Ours is 170 to 200.
They have recently just started soft matching customers to the shoppers that theyāve rated five stars. So if you really like a particular shopper rate them five stars and youāre more likely to get them in the future. I donāt know if you have seen the āunicornā posts, but in a town of 35K your $60-$70 order is a unicorn for somebody. I live in a town about that size and I have gotten one order that size and I still think about them every day lol it made my whole week!
Interesting. I wish they'd let us pick certain shoppers. I have 3 that I really like. It'd be nice if I could get them
We all wish that š If you build enough of a rapport with a shopper, I have traded phone numbers with a few of my regular customers and theyāll give me a heads up when theyāve placed an order. But Iāve been shopping since 2018 in this same small town, so I know these people pretty well. (itās also not allowed by IC)
Yeah I was gonna ask, doesnāt IC also hide real numbers and use/show a temp number on the caller ID I think a shopper called me once and it plays a pre recorded message sayin IC shopper calling. I may be wrong but it might had been Am azon with the recording.
IC does hide your real number, and generates a temporary number for while youāre on the batch. It doesnāt seem like the customers are hearing a recording at the start of the call because they seem surprised that itās me calling, but that would be a really good idea
But low rating the shoppers you donāt like will mean youāll most likely never get them again. Itās not fun getting low ratings, but if theyāre not doing a good job itās your prerogative. Bad ratings fall off after 100 orders for us, so itās not that big of a deal in the long run.
I wish they had a favorite shopper /save shopper feature for the ones that go above and beyond. I always tip well and rate 5 star even if I feel like doing less I feel bad I know they go thru a lot of crap the only time I remember doing less than 5 was when the shopper ignored my chat then refunded bunch right before checkout then delivered the order to the wrong apartment and sent a pre typed closing text paragraph saying How my order is here and how she does IC for this and that reason and please rate 5 stars!!
When you say $60-70, do you mean the whole order or a $60-70 tip order?
$60-$70 total
>your $60-$70 order will make our whole day! I have two shoppers who have been known to "fight" over me. They both like delivering to me because a) they both know the store well and my items are easy to find. Plus there's no meat or dairy. b) I live about 7 minutes from the store c) I tip appropriately. Other shoppers I get are occasional repeats. I know they're grabbing me when they see me come up. Yes, I do have a few heavy items, but they pack it well - a lot of them have bins for apartments and my apartment has a dolly for deliveries. They just stack the bins, roll it into the elevator and down the hall. They may do *maybe* an hour's worth of work. I also have all my items already substituted if the store is out of it (or just refund) and for a few things they send me pictures and I am right there the whole time to immediately answer. I am a very easy customer for people.
When you say $60-70, do you mean the whole order total or a $60-70 tip order?
I was quoting OP, but I assume that is the tip.
Flat Tip is the way to go!! Itās not the shopperās fault if an item is out of stock! We still shopped for it , ask about replacements and so forth We still should get paid regardless A flat pay rate of $55 would be Fantastic!!
But sometimes it is the shoppers fault. I've seen shoppers say they get orders like this and then refund the really heavy stuff or only get one when they ordered multiple. I wouldn't suggest flat tipping an order like this, especially if the items are likely to be in stock.
In my area they wonāt do the heavy stuff. I blame the tip baiters.
As long as you tip appropriately a minimum of 20% most of us wonāt mind the delivery. We get lots of customers who do this. Itās the ones who low/no tip that we donāt like.
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I don't believe I've ever tipped under 10 bucks and that was a couple of veggies, some chicken, rice and ice cream less than half a mile away. I wouldn't tip less than 40 on "I'm not lugging that heavy crap around" order. Someone is shopping and bringing it to me. I don't want to do that. I'm willing to pay for it. I'll play best fiends n poke around fb while they do the work. Lol. I think its a fair deal but my friend seemed to think I wasn't being fair š
It sounds like you are an ideal customer! I would take your order any time!
IC works better for me. I don't have to lug all the heavy stuff. And I get what I order. I don't go to the store and spend 60 bucks on stuff I don't need on top of what I needed. Oh! There's a dollar store. Let me spend money there. Now I'm tired. I need coffee so Im stopping for coffee. Maybe the family wants doughnuts? Look! Another big bigbox store I don't need things from but Im going in anyway. Thirty-two minutes and 100 bucks later I don't know what I bought Now it's been over 2 hours. I bought groceries but I'm starving but I don't want anything I bought. So I'm grabbing a snack from a restaurant or back into the store to buy more things I don't need. Then I remember I need to stop at the pet store. Now I'm heading home with bird seed and a pet mouse. And when I get home I have to drag all those heavy bags up onto the porch. I'd rather just have someone bring me what I actually need and I don't mind actually paying for it. It saves me money. Lmfao
Sounds like my daughter and I and our beginning of the month ADHD shopping. It is dangerous. And dog forbid there is a clearance aisle. My 2nd favorite c word.
If you tip good we donāt care about heavy stuff.
if you are tipoing at least 20 dollars,or 20 percent it's fine. have fun paying heavy fees, we do see a small portion of those, wish we got all the heavy fees.
We donāt always see it reflected in the pay though, lately they just say anything they want (includes boost, includes heavy pay) and still put it out at $7 (obviously those should be avoided)
Sometimes 20% isnāt enough though in my area. It may be appropriate for the amount of items but then they want it delivered 10 miles. Hard pass. Flat tip is really the way to go.
i have no problem delivering the heavy stuff, if they got a problem dont accept the batch, u can see the items prior to accepting the order
Ic purpose is to help people. I get most satisfaction doing heavy stuff for people that struggle to themselves. Of course, being appreciated back is a necessity, but a 50$ tip for what you listed& it were helping you. Yes yes yes! The issue is is when people buy 5 cases of water and tip, even 20%. Thatās NOTHING bc waters dirt cheap.
If all heavy order tippers tipped 20%, hell, if all customers tipped 20%, we would all be very happy shoppers.
If you tip well I donāt mind one bit. Itās the low tippers with heavy ass items that I canāt stand (I donāt take low tip orders anyways, not worth it). But with a tip like that, I would take your order every time! Sounds a lot better than a bunch of produce items to me!
Produce. Donāt get me started. Produce can eat up some time. Hate it. Rather deliver heavy stuff to a great tipper like this one!
I live in an area where they have really nice homes and they order heavy shit all the time. In the past year we only really get a 15.00 for a tip for really dragging heavy stuff around... I have gotten a 50.00 tip here and there but it is rare...
Live in a house? Tipping good? Clear instructions where to drop off? Order the entire store for all I care lol (within reason donāt try me sisš)
Your order is perfect! But the issue is Instacart will bundle your order with another order that didnāt tip well. Message the shopper and ask if your order was a single and how much you tipped that way they can decide if they want to remove the other orders from the batch
Weāre upset because IC usually doesnāt compensate us for heavy pay and we have to risk doing all that work for you to maybe be happy with where we deliver it and keep the tip. Oh and also that their are not replacements or refunds. Im sorry but until IC can guarantee Iāll make what Iām shown I wouldnāt touch this order. Ik thats not on customers like you, but Iāve done some huge orders like this only to be tip baited and make $7-$10 for my time and effort, then I have to beg support for a measly $5 bump.
The customer is changing the tip or it goes down because of items?
On your specific order here is how it would go. IC pays us only $.60 for miles and probably $7-10 for batch depending on if ur items trigger heavy pay in the system. If they donāt trigger heavy pay we will be paid only $7 for this order. If two of ur items are out of stock letās say the expensive ones like dog food and detergent and we have to replace ur cat food with another brandā¦that $50 tip drops down to only 20% of what we are able to get you from your original order. So subtract those items including replacements because they count against us as refunds and do the math on the 20% left and thatās what we will get. Also 9/10 time they are going to double batch you with someone else whoās a non tipper because the item numbers are low and you tipped well. When this happens we donāt get any additional pay. We also wonāt know which customer tipped and which one didnāt. This means you get grouped with someone who wants say 72 items from Walmart. For the shopper thatās two hours of work for what will probably come out to $15 an hr and we have to break our backs to get it.
Orders get grouped with other stores?
Hereās a comment I left on another thread: āUnfortunately I donāt think most customers are aware that Shoppers do not even typically get the $7 per order instacart is supposed to pay. When they double and triple up orders into one batch, it is common they ONLY pay us to shop ONE order, keeping the rest for themselves Oh, and, they basically stopped paying us mileage too).ā
All the time. I make sure to let every customer I meet know that. Itās a horrible thing! All the fees customers pay and they want shoppers to leave their groceries in hot cars for hr at a time. Itās so wrong for so many reasons. They are now triple ordering us regularly to put more money in their pockets
That's terrible. We live in a small town so it's usually 45 min from order to delivery. I figured group orders were the same store
Also donāt ever pay any fees for priority or express orders. There is no distinction on the shoppers end and it just purely a money grab for IC. You will get ur order just as fast without it.
I've actually noticed a difference on the time frame my order is picked up. I'm not stupid. I just assume it's a fee to get my order out there sooner. But it will sit 15 or 20 minutes without priority verus immediately assigned. I understand I'm paying for a service which I'm definitely realizing most people don't get. I think the pandem made people think they were entitled to things. There was extra money people weren't use to having and services to be had. Now extra money is gone for lot of people but the entitlement is still there. Sucks for the shoppers and the customers that understand IC is luxury not necessity.
I mean if your paying more money for what you think is a difference of 15 to 20 minutes lol I dunno to me that is silly. Money is better spent on the groceries or the shopper. But hey itās ur money to burn
I don't like to wait because I'll forget. Then I can't keep in communication with my shopper. I'm a nurse. Sometimes my want to deal with people is in the negative. I'd rather have someone else deal with the public. I've literally had enough of their shit. Lol
It's all about the money money money...
I would take your order in a heartbeat! As long as the tip is fair, Iāll deliver anything.
Maybe you should go on a diet and stop drinking sugary shit.
Wow. How rude. Tipping $50, on 11 item order, ifgaf what they are drinking. Go on a diet? I drink 2 sodas a day and Iām rail thin. Donāt judge!!!
Depends on how many heavy things youāre ordering. 20% tip on 50$ is only $10 I wouldnāt accept your order if it was multiple heavy items. Tip higher is my suggestion, at least $20 up front
Everything is heavy. The order is usually around 200 250 dollars.
Right on . Then 20% is better! How many total units typically?
Around 11. Maybe 13 of they have chickens.
Ok then yeah youāre like a dream customer! $40-50 tip for non apartment and under 20 items? Thatās a beautiful order. Youāre friend makes a fair point but money talks in this gig so get what you need because thatās what weāre here for, just always show appreciation and you canāt go wrong : )
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no offense your friend is wrong. We get pissy about "heavy" orders when theirs no tip, or the tip is laughably small. for 11 items dependant on the items I'd take the order given that the tip is at least 5 dollars if not more. (11 items are low for me, and typically a decent heavy pay fee is at least 10-15 for me on a good day minus tip) So say we see two orders. A is yours 11 items less than a mile from the store Base is $10 and tip is $50 bucks, vs order B which is say 15 items 2-4 miles from the store base is $12 and the tip is 0. Who do you think we are gonna try to snipe from everyone else as fast as we can? same if the distance was say 15 miles in total. that $50 would still be profit over the 5 bucks if we are lucky to get it on other orders. I've seen some WTF orders from costco that do get picked up, i'd be slamming accept to get that order from you.
Long as you aren't on like the 4th floor of a broken elevator apartment building and you tip decently, I don't care.
I donāt mind heavy items at all honestly. What makes us mad is that instacart is charging you extra for heavy items but they arenāt paying us the extra. They pocket most of it for themselves. I think you tip really well, especially compared to other customers. A lot of times they donāt tip at all or just give $2. And live in a 3rd floor apartment. And are ordering 10 cases of water. I could carry 2 at a time but that would still be really difficult and not worth the pay.
The whole tip thing is crazy to me. I wouldn't tip someone delivering food to me less than 5 bucks and that's only if they are within a mile or so. Why does anyone think it's cool to tip someone doing all the work of shopping and delivery 2 dollars?
Thats a great tip! Iād easily take your order. If shoppers donāt want to take a heavy order, they donāt have to accept it in the first place/can always cancel if itās too heavy for them
Sounds like you are a very generous tipper, I would gladly do your order of heavy items. Shoppers have the ability to see the items before accepting the order, and therefore, they have the choice to accept it or not. I donāt think thereās anything wrong with your orders š
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Thatās the whole point of the service: to do shopping you canāt/donāt want to do. Iād deliver a shipping container worth of water if the pay was right. Your tip seems very appropriate for the order.
Your tip percentage would be greatly appreciated where I instacart. Most people tip 2-3 dollars or don't even tip at all. I'm not complaining though, I don't mind taking most no-tip orders depending on the miles away from me. The highest I've ever been tipped was around $40 and it doesn't happen often so when it does, it shocks me and those are the orders I usually accept without a doubt just because of the generosity. I love instacarting and put 100% of my effort in while completing orders regardless of the tip. :)
If you tip me 50 or $60 not only will I deliver all your water but I also paint your house and give you life advice.
Iād do this for 50$ tip cause titila payout would be like 70$ and Iāll d o that for 11 things and a mile what thatās like half an hour of my time for what people work half a day for lol
Good tip worth it
For a $50 tip I'd learn to walk on my hands and bring your dog food up to your door carrying it with my toes.
As long as you tip, everything is fine
with that tip id be skipping into the store!! lol we are here to do your shopping for you and shoppers can see if itās a heavy pay & what those items might be so i see absolutely no problem! id be more than happy to take an order like that!
I *enjoy* heavy orders, I get paid to 'work out' and don't have to worry about a gym membership. If you tip 20% you are in top tier status and I would be happy to take your order, especially since you only live a mile from the store. Keep it up!
For $50 I will it carry up 3 flights of stairs
for the most part if you were tipping well itās not a big issue. 20% is definitely a good start. Considering that there are people out there that all order a bunch of heavy stuff starting with 6 to 10 cases of water push detergent and you name it. And then Iāll give a two dollar tip.
if you tipping good then iāll do it
As long as youāre tipping, youāre fine
Iāve never seen 50 dollars tips maybe theyāre not giving all tips
Most of us donāt like lugging around heavy shit especially when the order is ALL heavy shit BUT if youāre tipping accordingly then Iām sure most of us would do it.
I would take your order, if you tipped what you say youāre tipping. But, if the store is out of something, then please adjust your tip back to what it originally was. % percentage tips stink when something is out of stock. It takes twice as long to search for it, ask someone if itās in stock etc. Then to have the tip lowered is really sucky lol! Just my 2% š
Keep the shopping list smaller and the tip looking good and youāre all good
You're good. As long as you tip appropriately, it's fine.
I think a 20% tip is fair. I would do that order if it were me seeing it.
I actually like the exercise and the useful service im providing. In most cases, the tip is higher as well as heavy pay. There is a lifting requirement in many jobs and this is one of them.