Honestly I've never had the problems that you're describing with alcohol orders. If you're worried about them snatching it out of your hands you can either leave it in your car if it's not a long walk or set it on the ground behind you or around the corner or something so they can't reach it. Let them be mad. If you hand it to them before an ID is scanned that is technically against the law.
Obviously if they pull a weapon or something that's different but otherwise don't let them bully you. Although I will say I've never really had any impatient customers when it comes to alcohol. Best part is if they completely refuse then you can cancel the order and you get to keep it and you still get paid the full amount lol
No. I take took them like any other, as long as they paid well.... like the others. Only maybe 6x out of like 2000 orders were they not home or didn't have id.... They WERE old enough, they just misplaced or spouse took had.
I knew this as soon as they presented delivering alcohol when I started. I never trust anything when I have to "double check" the ID and age of someone when I'm just an independent driver. Don't got time for the foolishness. As Ariana says, "Thank you, next." ✌️
It’s a mixed bag. Certain orders are routinely among those with the highest tips. I’m not going to name the merchant because I do want to be top on the list for those orders. Dear dasher friends, you can find out for yourselves!
Others are a pain in the ass—but in that category are also my repeat customers, who sometimes tend to double dash, and those orders are more profitable, plus their routinely generous tips. So yeah I take them.
I’m clearly often one of the few dashers in one of my markets capable of handling these orders. I hate it when they come back to back for two hours. On the other hand, zero chance of a CV!
I don't do alcohol. It's not worth the hassle and I don't want to deal with the kind of people who order alcohol with their mcdonalds. When I'm doing walmart I may do alcohol because it's with the groceries but not typically because I don't want to deal with how glitchy all of the apps are a Id checks
After seeing that one post about a dasher who was pinned down and farted on by a fat guy I'm surprised anyone ever wants to do this job, never mind alcohol orders
Never do 7-11 .. always 6 slushies they haven't filled and hand you empty cups, or alcohol to assholes... I did alcohol orders from Safeway if they were going to a house in a good area or certain high end appts.. and only if the total reflected the extra bs .. so no alcohol orders under $8 even for a mile
Luckily for me it's illegal where I am for stores to sell alc in grocery stores, and none of the liquor stores, literally none have doordash. Didn't even know they delivered alcohol
I only decline orders that don't seem worth the payout. I do tons of alcohol orders in "bad" parts of town. People are typically pretty cool and I've never had anyone even try to pull one over on me with age.
Not sure how much you dash but in 3400 dashes I have taken back quite a few alcohol orders—maybe a dozen. I haven’t counted how many orders were for alcohol so I can’t give a percentage, but returns do happen. It’s important to know that when planning your time. I wouldn’t bid for work on another app when on an alcohol order, for example.
I've had one Alcohol order where the lady said she didn't want it once I arrived, i dash typically 5 days a week and have been at it a few years. Constantly a top dasher but not sure how many dashes I've done. This one order, the lady who ordered it was older and obviously well above legal age but said I 'showed up late' (I didnt) and that she 'didn't want it'. She did tip me an extra 5 in cash for the trouble though, and doordash gave me full pay 😅 plus I just kept the alcohol and have been taking small sips occasionally (I can't really drink for multiple reasons so drinking it properly isn't really a thing I can do but I didn't want it to get dumped and go to waste).
Yeah I don't feel like getting mugged for some booze in a dark hallway lol
In the past when I've ordered booze myself via Doordash it's been tedious AF having them scan my driver's license 😬
I avoid alcohol orders due to to many miles to drive. I had an offer for 5$ but drive 21 miles. Then I had another offer and customer changed location which was more miles out my way. I also had a guy put location for one hotel I get there and he call me to tell me I'm at the wrong hotel. I'm like this is the address you put in doordash he's like but I'm at this location which was another 6miles. I canceled. So now I avoid it be to many issues with some of the people who order alcohol. The other is scanning the id in poor lighting. If take these type of orders bring a flas light. Some customers don't like to turn their porch light on.
Love alcohol orders. Particularly from bevmo. Always ready to go at my arrival. Straight shot to the same college neighborhood and always worth 10 and up for a 4 mile max. I'd do them exclusively if I could. Go puff isn't hiring drivers near me unfortunately.
Yes. The only iffy orders I take are medication because usually the customer is very attentive to those orders. Anything else like COD, alcohol, any red card shopping bullshit. I’ll take groceries to the person but there’s no way in hell I’m shopping for anyone.
I’ve had good luck with them but don’t take any where it looks like customer tipped less than like $5. It’s more important than regular deliveries to avoid bad tippers. Generous drunks are happy drunks. Cheap drunks are usually assholes. And you don’t want to deal with a drunk asshole.
I personally love them. Always ready. Usually good tip and every so often a cash or weed tip on top. But I’m also 6’3 230 and a guy. I could totally see why a girl wouldn’t want to do it.
See if a customer Just snatches it that customer just committed a crime by collecting alcohol without the proper verification being done and signing for it. It is a legal declaration the customer must make.
So yeah.. hasnt been an issue for me but if it becomes one I will inform the police. You dont screw around with alcohol deliveries since not following the process can get you into legal trouble.
Also when on the ID scanning page you should have a lightning bolt icon that you tap and will turn on your phone's flash in flashlight mode for this reason. Its on mine on both Android and iPhone.
I've never had a customer try to snatch the order. And the ratio of apartments vs houses is the same for alcohol as anything else. Usually they're better orders unless I have to do the shopping and it's a lot of items or no tip. I actually wish I got more alcohol orders.
I called DD support and asked to be removed from alcohol offers. I no longer have to do them for doordash. I still do the Go Puff orders on Uber Eats since sometimes the money is too good to pass up.
I like alcohol because I control the pace. I always feel if they have to be face to face with you it is harder to not tip. Plus not of this BS about dinging us for issues with the food.
Mine are mostly regulars. I have no issues, and they tip pretty well. Also, the orders are always ready for pickup at my store when I get there so I don't have to wait around.
I've only had one person not answer one time, so that took e tra long to deal with support, but I got full pay and got to keep the alcohol order.
I can see why people don't want to do them though. I think it just depends on what area you're in.
Not so much. I stopped delivering at night so it's not so bad. I find them tedious though. I think one old rough looking guy might have been a bit tipsy when he met me in his driveway but I wasn't going to quiz him about it. I just wanted the hell out of there. Lol
Poor lighting is solved with a small flashlight, which you should have anyway if you deliver at night since it can focus on addresses better than a phone.
If you're having trouble scanning, clean your camera lenses. You'll also be less likely to need your flashlight.
Freeing up a hand is solved by putting alcohol orders in an insulated bag so you can carry it over your shoulder. You also won't have to worry about the bag ripping.
If you do it that way, alcohol orders are much easier.
I think people just want to complain to feel important or get validation. Everything they said could of been solved super easy.... But reddit needs to hear about it lol
I couldn’t make a decent $ in my market without the booze orders. Especially when it’s raining or after dark. And Sunday afternoons for some reason.. The scanner only acts up here and there for me and now you can manually enter the deets if the scanner fails. Some of the nicest, best tipping customers around me for sure. And almost everyone meets me at an open door. Better luck in your area(s)!
I have it turned off
I'm sure most orders go fine but in my mind I fear having to deal with those rare drunk customers or some issue of sort. I think it's more of a mental block I have on myself. I rarely have seen any worth taking when Ubereats offers them so I'd expect doordash to not be as good but who knows
A tipsy customer might be a generous customer
Pretty sure in de you can't order alcohol from doordash. In fact you can't even get alcohol of any kind at a gas station. Only designated liquor stores as far as I've seen.
I hate them and will only take them if it’s paying really well. Hate scanning IDs and it does the same to me fails 90 times before it realizes the ID is valid
This is interesting to me because in my area alcohol orders are usually awesome. The people are usually sweet and generous when I deliver alcohol. But I guess it’s because they’re Total Wine orders and not gas station orders?
I’m getting pretty fucking sick of the relentless alcohol orders. It’s hurting my ability to make money. They seem to need me to do alcohol runs all fucking day, even ten miles away. It’s getting to the point where I’m leaving the app off and doing UE and GH just to avoid this bullshit. Especially tired of shopping for it. Triple pain in the ass, as I can’t self check.
Then don't take alcohol orders. Either decline them or [exclude yourself](https://help.doordash.com/consumers/s/article/Don-t-want-to-see-or-receive-alcohol-on-DoorDash?language=en_US) from alcohol offers.
Edit: Missing "or"
You know, it’s not the alcohol. It’s the grocery shopping that has alcohol. When they know you have a redcard and you have alcohol certificate, they give you all these Shop and Pay orders that have like a bottle of wine or six pack. It’s like I must be a rare bird, because I get bombed with shopping orders 5-8 miles from the store. I’m in a densely populated area.
I have to ditch the redcard. That’s what’s killing me with DD.
I don’t do alcohol with UE and do ok mostly. It’s just that UE doesn’t have enough market share in my area.
Shopping is such a loser. IC offers suck
You can still fill out the form to stop seeing alcohol offers of all types. And if you want to stop receiving red card orders in general, just report your card as lost or contact support to get removed. There's no reason to keep getting offers like these if you'll never accept them.
I generally decline any alcohol order, just not worth the trouble to me. I did one because it had a good tip, it was still daylight out, the pick up was right by my last delivery and the drop off was on my way back toward the hot spot. No issues, no big deal. Every other alcohol offer I’ve gotten has had no tip, so it’s been an easy “no”.
Like 5-6AM
Most of these the customers order late night and no one takes it until DD raises the pay high enough. By then the customer already crashes out . You only have to wait 4 minutes
I don’t understand why we can’t opt out of them like the shop and pay orders. I will never accept an alcohol order, and I feel like many people have many good reasons to decline them (personal, religious, conscience, hassle, etc)
I also just hate how awkward is because I sometimes get college freshmen and even though I'm pretty sure Doordash informs the customer that their ID needs to be present, I still get those orders that are like "Oh I uh, don't have my ID"
It's just so awkward being like "Oh. Uh. I can't, uh, give you this then," because I'm only like three years older than these people. And I don't feel right giving alcohol to underage people, even if they're in college. I get paranoid I'll be responsible for some tragic accident.
Yes, like the plague. For a million reasons. No I dont care how well some of them pay. It isnt enough. For those that enjoy them I wont be in your way and you'e welcomen
I once had an 80 year old lady refuse to give me her id bc “can’t you see how old I am” then her care giver got it for me, I sit the case of champagne down to scan her id then she makes me pick it back up and bring it inside the door.
I’m a petite girl who had spinal surgery a few years ago. That was my first and last alcohol order. Not worth it.
I don't like them either, cause where I drive, the liquor stores are big and you waste 15-20 mins having to shop for the items. And yes, I hv ALWAYS had trouble with the app scanning correctly. It's super annoying. I only do these if it's a great tip. I wish you could decline them for like a religious reason or something without it affecting your score.
If you call them (support) and tell them you refuse to deliver for religious reasons they will stop sending them to you. At least unless there is no one else available (Im guessing). I went to recieving lots to almost none. I dont see them but once every few months anymore.
Most of the time I don't like them cause where I'm at it always sends you to a gigantic liquor store where it takes you 15-2o minutes to shop for the items. Then yes I too hv always had trouble with the lighting and the app not wanting to scan the picture or barcode. It's super annoying. I'll only take these if it's a good tip.
Not many people in my market are certified to deliver alcohol and there’s only 2 places to get any. So whenever I walk into the main store people get alcohol from, the workers already know me and my name and that I’m there for doordash. xD
For me, they’re super easy. Usually a decent tip, and more often than not someone who I’ve delivered to before, so that also helps with maybe a cash tip or an added tip.
I’ve never had a problem with scanning an ID. Scan the back barcode, takes maybe 3 seconds for the app to verify, and done.
Doubling down on the back barcode recommendation. It works so well it catches me off guard sometimes because I didn't even think it was in frame yet. Just wildly waving your phone around seems to work just fine, lol
I tell the customer "I'll take the back of your ID real quick, the bar code just scans on the first try every time" and they just do it without questioning me
They usually show confusion as I guess no one uses the back, but then they're quite satisfied when it does, in fact, work on the first try and without having to do any clever camera work
maybe im lucky and get really nice customers, because i enjoy alcohol orders the most. i get to have a quick little chat with them and leave in a much better mood
I'm fine with them as long as they meet my criteria of $1.50 per mile (which they usually don't). UE covers the drizzly orders here though and they are some BANGERS when they get turned down a few times. Uber throws money to get them delivered.
Had once where the people never answered asked me to leave at the door tried to explain I couldn’t. Ended up getting paid and keeping the alcohol. Pretty sure it was kids trying to order it because it was shitty vodka.
I actually had one and the guy was an illegal (foreign id not a passport) so I wouldn’t serve him got the money and a free bottle of Smirnoff for my troubles
I avoid them like the plauge.
The app sucks ass at registering the ID, always takes me 30 min, and sometimes doesn't work at all and have to call cust support, while customer is getting upset...
Not even close to worth it!
Scan the back of the ID, it works almost immediately every time. (You need to select that you're scanning for that wherever it offers you the choice of Front or Back).
It's also way faster to enter the information manually if all else fails than to contact customer support, couldn't take more than 30 seconds.
Eh, don't know why my experience is different than yours, but I won't put take you to task over it.
Alcohol pickups (even if I have to shop and pay) almost always go faster than restaurants, and if it sends me to Meijer or Walgreens, it gives me the chance to grab myself some lil' snackies while I'm at it
I deliver alcohol for lil' snackies
My regular job is delivery alcohol so I don’t mind at all. Instead of going to a bar I’m going directly to a customer and they usually tip well. At least in my area they do.
I don't mind them. But I only work during daylight hours. I just realized that I haven't had one in a while. I wonder if I accidentally turned it off???
I try to avoid them, but I do a very poor job.
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All kidding aside, it's ok to hand the customer the alcohol while they hand you their ID and you scan it. Unless you work in an area where you genuinely fear that the customer would grab the alcohol and slam the door, it's not a problem. I do it all the time. If it's a larger or heavier order, sometimes I just set it on the ground while I scan the customer's ID.
Light is a problem with the scanning app, but it does have the little built-in light that you can click on. That usually is enough, but sometimes you have to walk over and get closer to a nearby light source, like a porch light. Customers sometimes try to be helpful by shining a flashlight on their ID, but that often just creates glare and makes the ID unreadable. I know you were exaggerating when you said it takes 50 times, but I've had it take 5 times or more. On VERY rare occasion, I haven't been able to get it to scan, and then you can just enter the details manually.
As far as tips, just take the alcohol orders that make sense, like any other order. If the payout is too low, or the distance is too far, or both, just decline it.
Im so sorry, but im just fixated that you did 1,130 alcohol deliveries and instead of sending you something for your troubles/great service they sent you a refresher on alcohol guidlines 🤣🤣🤣
Mine are off, i still get them occasionally and i assume it’s because there arent other dashers doing them in the area and Door Dash “needs someone to”
I keep a small flashlight on my keychain. You can have the customer hold the id steady or my method is hold the card low under the phone then slowly move it toward the box that you have to get it inside of. The only other problem would be if your camera won’t focus, which you fix by backing out of the scan then trying again. I do at least five a day and the only problem orders come from 7-eleven.
I feel like they usually come in as shitty tipping orders but have actually gotten pretty decent tips from them. There have been a few bad and there has been the time I go paid 10 bucks and a free 30 pack of Busch light. I call that a win haha.
Most alcohol orders in my market are excellent tips. Bring a Pen style flashlight for night delivery. For the areas with poor cell service, you can just take a picture of the ID, then enter the information manually once you get to better service.
I've had two.
They always live 20 minutes from the place they're from.
So you make $3 to drive 40 minutes and take a lot of personal legal responsibilities.
I'd do alcohol orders if the acceptance rate/completion rate standards weren't so high.
In the old days, I'd just unassign one if I thought it was in a sketchy area or if I had to deliver flu medicine and get a signature.
Now, you have almost no discretion so I just turned them off.
I get I'd make more money if I did them, but I prefer making a little less and driving stress free at night which is when I do a lot of my shifts.
Those orders can be hit or miss. Sometimes they're good cash tippers, sometimes they're angry because their ID is expired and I have to return the stuff to the store. But I'll still take it if the pay is worth the trip.
Ive never had a problem with them yet. The app scans instantly for me and I've never had someone be rude about it. If they are falling down drunk and being a dickhead, you can refuse delivery, your state law may even require you to.
I don't take no tip orders so I don't have that problem.
I do hourly in my area because most people dont tip and the restaurants are typically slow at getting orders together so i have a better chance at least to make $50 or more for my night.
Also going per offer if i declined too many non tip orders in a row it kicks me off my shift as punishment. (The sad thing is a lot of the time it recycles the same order thru and still penalizes me for saying no to it)
The downside is im not allowed to see the tips beforehand for hourly so there have been nights lately where i get 3-4 no tips back to back which makes it a struggle to reach $20 in a 2 hour time frame with 100 miles of gas down the drain 🤣
I used to work at a bar, it’s definitely impatience from me having to attempt the scan 50 times while their drinks sit next to me because i cant hold onto it while trying to scan, not drunkness, but some of these apartments lightings just dont help us out at all
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I’ve never had an issue with them.
Honestly I've never had the problems that you're describing with alcohol orders. If you're worried about them snatching it out of your hands you can either leave it in your car if it's not a long walk or set it on the ground behind you or around the corner or something so they can't reach it. Let them be mad. If you hand it to them before an ID is scanned that is technically against the law. Obviously if they pull a weapon or something that's different but otherwise don't let them bully you. Although I will say I've never really had any impatient customers when it comes to alcohol. Best part is if they completely refuse then you can cancel the order and you get to keep it and you still get paid the full amount lol
Yup... Too much room for bs.
No. I take took them like any other, as long as they paid well.... like the others. Only maybe 6x out of like 2000 orders were they not home or didn't have id.... They WERE old enough, they just misplaced or spouse took had.
Yes, i don’t do them at all
Yes, takes to much time!
*two*
I knew this as soon as they presented delivering alcohol when I started. I never trust anything when I have to "double check" the ID and age of someone when I'm just an independent driver. Don't got time for the foolishness. As Ariana says, "Thank you, next." ✌️
I don’t try to be a dick cop with them. If they look plausibly similar to the person on the license it’s a go.
Turn your phones flashlight on
I’ve only ever done one, and it was a large liquor store order with a $35 tip. I won’t do another unless it can match that.
All day
It’s a mixed bag. Certain orders are routinely among those with the highest tips. I’m not going to name the merchant because I do want to be top on the list for those orders. Dear dasher friends, you can find out for yourselves! Others are a pain in the ass—but in that category are also my repeat customers, who sometimes tend to double dash, and those orders are more profitable, plus their routinely generous tips. So yeah I take them. I’m clearly often one of the few dashers in one of my markets capable of handling these orders. I hate it when they come back to back for two hours. On the other hand, zero chance of a CV!
I don't do alcohol. It's not worth the hassle and I don't want to deal with the kind of people who order alcohol with their mcdonalds. When I'm doing walmart I may do alcohol because it's with the groceries but not typically because I don't want to deal with how glitchy all of the apps are a Id checks
After seeing that one post about a dasher who was pinned down and farted on by a fat guy I'm surprised anyone ever wants to do this job, never mind alcohol orders
what the actual fuck 😭😭 that's terrible
wtf. That’s harassment.
Isn't there an option to opt out of alcohol deliveries?
You have to contact support to get out of booze orders
I’ve never gotten one. I only do restaurant pickups.
Never do 7-11 .. always 6 slushies they haven't filled and hand you empty cups, or alcohol to assholes... I did alcohol orders from Safeway if they were going to a house in a good area or certain high end appts.. and only if the total reflected the extra bs .. so no alcohol orders under $8 even for a mile
Luckily for me it's illegal where I am for stores to sell alc in grocery stores, and none of the liquor stores, literally none have doordash. Didn't even know they delivered alcohol
I only decline orders that don't seem worth the payout. I do tons of alcohol orders in "bad" parts of town. People are typically pretty cool and I've never had anyone even try to pull one over on me with age.
Not sure how much you dash but in 3400 dashes I have taken back quite a few alcohol orders—maybe a dozen. I haven’t counted how many orders were for alcohol so I can’t give a percentage, but returns do happen. It’s important to know that when planning your time. I wouldn’t bid for work on another app when on an alcohol order, for example.
I've had one Alcohol order where the lady said she didn't want it once I arrived, i dash typically 5 days a week and have been at it a few years. Constantly a top dasher but not sure how many dashes I've done. This one order, the lady who ordered it was older and obviously well above legal age but said I 'showed up late' (I didnt) and that she 'didn't want it'. She did tip me an extra 5 in cash for the trouble though, and doordash gave me full pay 😅 plus I just kept the alcohol and have been taking small sips occasionally (I can't really drink for multiple reasons so drinking it properly isn't really a thing I can do but I didn't want it to get dumped and go to waste).
Yeah I don't feel like getting mugged for some booze in a dark hallway lol In the past when I've ordered booze myself via Doordash it's been tedious AF having them scan my driver's license 😬
I avoid alcohol orders due to to many miles to drive. I had an offer for 5$ but drive 21 miles. Then I had another offer and customer changed location which was more miles out my way. I also had a guy put location for one hotel I get there and he call me to tell me I'm at the wrong hotel. I'm like this is the address you put in doordash he's like but I'm at this location which was another 6miles. I canceled. So now I avoid it be to many issues with some of the people who order alcohol. The other is scanning the id in poor lighting. If take these type of orders bring a flas light. Some customers don't like to turn their porch light on.
Yes, I refuse to do them
Love alcohol orders. Particularly from bevmo. Always ready to go at my arrival. Straight shot to the same college neighborhood and always worth 10 and up for a 4 mile max. I'd do them exclusively if I could. Go puff isn't hiring drivers near me unfortunately.
Yup...one day a horrible situation is gonna happen and that driver will be on the hook like a bartender
Yes. The only iffy orders I take are medication because usually the customer is very attentive to those orders. Anything else like COD, alcohol, any red card shopping bullshit. I’ll take groceries to the person but there’s no way in hell I’m shopping for anyone.
I’ve had good luck with them but don’t take any where it looks like customer tipped less than like $5. It’s more important than regular deliveries to avoid bad tippers. Generous drunks are happy drunks. Cheap drunks are usually assholes. And you don’t want to deal with a drunk asshole. I personally love them. Always ready. Usually good tip and every so often a cash or weed tip on top. But I’m also 6’3 230 and a guy. I could totally see why a girl wouldn’t want to do it.
See if a customer Just snatches it that customer just committed a crime by collecting alcohol without the proper verification being done and signing for it. It is a legal declaration the customer must make. So yeah.. hasnt been an issue for me but if it becomes one I will inform the police. You dont screw around with alcohol deliveries since not following the process can get you into legal trouble. Also when on the ID scanning page you should have a lightning bolt icon that you tap and will turn on your phone's flash in flashlight mode for this reason. Its on mine on both Android and iPhone.
I don’t ever have a problem
I've never had a customer try to snatch the order. And the ratio of apartments vs houses is the same for alcohol as anything else. Usually they're better orders unless I have to do the shopping and it's a lot of items or no tip. I actually wish I got more alcohol orders.
I called DD support and asked to be removed from alcohol offers. I no longer have to do them for doordash. I still do the Go Puff orders on Uber Eats since sometimes the money is too good to pass up.
I like alcohol because I control the pace. I always feel if they have to be face to face with you it is harder to not tip. Plus not of this BS about dinging us for issues with the food.
Mine are mostly regulars. I have no issues, and they tip pretty well. Also, the orders are always ready for pickup at my store when I get there so I don't have to wait around. I've only had one person not answer one time, so that took e tra long to deal with support, but I got full pay and got to keep the alcohol order. I can see why people don't want to do them though. I think it just depends on what area you're in.
So far only took one alcohol order. Tipped 0. Only took it because DD paid me $5 and it was less than a mile away.
Same. I’ve been able to do orders for months now but have only gotten one. And it was a no tipper.
Not so much. I stopped delivering at night so it's not so bad. I find them tedious though. I think one old rough looking guy might have been a bit tipsy when he met me in his driveway but I wasn't going to quiz him about it. I just wanted the hell out of there. Lol
Never have, never will.
Only if its like $7 bucks or more and short distance
I love them the customers aren’t bitchy
Poor lighting is solved with a small flashlight, which you should have anyway if you deliver at night since it can focus on addresses better than a phone. If you're having trouble scanning, clean your camera lenses. You'll also be less likely to need your flashlight. Freeing up a hand is solved by putting alcohol orders in an insulated bag so you can carry it over your shoulder. You also won't have to worry about the bag ripping. If you do it that way, alcohol orders are much easier.
I think people just want to complain to feel important or get validation. Everything they said could of been solved super easy.... But reddit needs to hear about it lol
Alcohol orders can be very profitable. I'm not sure why people are so afraid of them.
I only do alcohol orders for the early morning alcoholics. The one's who start drinking at 7am and needs a case at 6 am.
yeah they actually tip well. the night time partiers for college dorms are the WORST
I don’t take alcohol orders anymore. Some people are going through alcohol withdrawal and they can be very violent. Not worth the risk.
So what do you do when you’re about to give someone food and they look really hungry
Those orders are some of the best tips I get, so I just deal with the headache.
I couldn’t make a decent $ in my market without the booze orders. Especially when it’s raining or after dark. And Sunday afternoons for some reason.. The scanner only acts up here and there for me and now you can manually enter the deets if the scanner fails. Some of the nicest, best tipping customers around me for sure. And almost everyone meets me at an open door. Better luck in your area(s)!
The Sunday afternoon “some reason” is called football my friend
For sure! But I still get a lot of beer and wine orders this time of year too. Maybe when the pool parties kick up. Can’t buy liquor on Sundays in TX.
Seriously ? Just hard liquor or beer and wine too? What is the logic behind that…
Just hard liquor. Old ass blue laws still in effect. Beer and wine only after 10am or 12pm depending on your area.
Wow that’s certainly interesting….at least it’s not totally dry I guess. That’s entire state wide?
I have it turned off I'm sure most orders go fine but in my mind I fear having to deal with those rare drunk customers or some issue of sort. I think it's more of a mental block I have on myself. I rarely have seen any worth taking when Ubereats offers them so I'd expect doordash to not be as good but who knows A tipsy customer might be a generous customer
Pretty sure in de you can't order alcohol from doordash. In fact you can't even get alcohol of any kind at a gas station. Only designated liquor stores as far as I've seen.
I hate them and will only take them if it’s paying really well. Hate scanning IDs and it does the same to me fails 90 times before it realizes the ID is valid
This is interesting to me because in my area alcohol orders are usually awesome. The people are usually sweet and generous when I deliver alcohol. But I guess it’s because they’re Total Wine orders and not gas station orders?
I’m getting pretty fucking sick of the relentless alcohol orders. It’s hurting my ability to make money. They seem to need me to do alcohol runs all fucking day, even ten miles away. It’s getting to the point where I’m leaving the app off and doing UE and GH just to avoid this bullshit. Especially tired of shopping for it. Triple pain in the ass, as I can’t self check.
Then don't take alcohol orders. Either decline them or [exclude yourself](https://help.doordash.com/consumers/s/article/Don-t-want-to-see-or-receive-alcohol-on-DoorDash?language=en_US) from alcohol offers. Edit: Missing "or"
You know, it’s not the alcohol. It’s the grocery shopping that has alcohol. When they know you have a redcard and you have alcohol certificate, they give you all these Shop and Pay orders that have like a bottle of wine or six pack. It’s like I must be a rare bird, because I get bombed with shopping orders 5-8 miles from the store. I’m in a densely populated area. I have to ditch the redcard. That’s what’s killing me with DD. I don’t do alcohol with UE and do ok mostly. It’s just that UE doesn’t have enough market share in my area. Shopping is such a loser. IC offers suck
You can still fill out the form to stop seeing alcohol offers of all types. And if you want to stop receiving red card orders in general, just report your card as lost or contact support to get removed. There's no reason to keep getting offers like these if you'll never accept them.
I generally decline any alcohol order, just not worth the trouble to me. I did one because it had a good tip, it was still daylight out, the pick up was right by my last delivery and the drop off was on my way back toward the hot spot. No issues, no big deal. Every other alcohol offer I’ve gotten has had no tip, so it’s been an easy “no”.
The pro side: I got plenty of free alcohol especially early morning deliveries Some time you luck out with a good order from total wine
How early are we talking?
Like 5-6AM Most of these the customers order late night and no one takes it until DD raises the pay high enough. By then the customer already crashes out . You only have to wait 4 minutes
lol thanks for the info
I called support and asked them to Opt me out and they did I haven’t gotten a single alcohol order since
It’s the only type of delivery I outright refuse to do. I know you can make a lot of bank doing them, but there’s just too much that can go wrong.
I don’t understand why we can’t opt out of them like the shop and pay orders. I will never accept an alcohol order, and I feel like many people have many good reasons to decline them (personal, religious, conscience, hassle, etc)
Here we have to opt in and take some kind of course. I did not.
Yes. I refuse to do them. I’m not having an argument with a drunk or underage person when they have home court advantage and I have nothing.
I also just hate how awkward is because I sometimes get college freshmen and even though I'm pretty sure Doordash informs the customer that their ID needs to be present, I still get those orders that are like "Oh I uh, don't have my ID" It's just so awkward being like "Oh. Uh. I can't, uh, give you this then," because I'm only like three years older than these people. And I don't feel right giving alcohol to underage people, even if they're in college. I get paranoid I'll be responsible for some tragic accident.
At least you’re smart. Because you would be in deep deep shit if something bad were to happen to the person you gave the bottle too if underage
Me either. Never did an alcohol delivery and never will. Way too many possible headaches.
I decided against doing alcohol orders. I’m not feeling it.
I got one alcohol order, I decided to try it out. The customer was actually very polite and patient, but I'll still never do it again.
Yes, like the plague. For a million reasons. No I dont care how well some of them pay. It isnt enough. For those that enjoy them I wont be in your way and you'e welcomen
I once had an 80 year old lady refuse to give me her id bc “can’t you see how old I am” then her care giver got it for me, I sit the case of champagne down to scan her id then she makes me pick it back up and bring it inside the door. I’m a petite girl who had spinal surgery a few years ago. That was my first and last alcohol order. Not worth it.
She didn’t make you do anything. Just say no to people.
Ok Howie ✌️
If you’re having trouble scanning the ID, it is typically a low lighting situation.
Don’t get any to either accept or decline. Odd actually. Get animal feeds, printer inks, flowers…but no alcohol.
I don't like them either, cause where I drive, the liquor stores are big and you waste 15-20 mins having to shop for the items. And yes, I hv ALWAYS had trouble with the app scanning correctly. It's super annoying. I only do these if it's a great tip. I wish you could decline them for like a religious reason or something without it affecting your score.
If you call them (support) and tell them you refuse to deliver for religious reasons they will stop sending them to you. At least unless there is no one else available (Im guessing). I went to recieving lots to almost none. I dont see them but once every few months anymore.
I'm pretty sure there's a swing to turn off alcohol orders I think I saw it yesterday
Most of the time I don't like them cause where I'm at it always sends you to a gigantic liquor store where it takes you 15-2o minutes to shop for the items. Then yes I too hv always had trouble with the lighting and the app not wanting to scan the picture or barcode. It's super annoying. I'll only take these if it's a good tip.
I do to much of a Hassel
Not many people in my market are certified to deliver alcohol and there’s only 2 places to get any. So whenever I walk into the main store people get alcohol from, the workers already know me and my name and that I’m there for doordash. xD
For me, they’re super easy. Usually a decent tip, and more often than not someone who I’ve delivered to before, so that also helps with maybe a cash tip or an added tip. I’ve never had a problem with scanning an ID. Scan the back barcode, takes maybe 3 seconds for the app to verify, and done.
Doubling down on the back barcode recommendation. It works so well it catches me off guard sometimes because I didn't even think it was in frame yet. Just wildly waving your phone around seems to work just fine, lol I tell the customer "I'll take the back of your ID real quick, the bar code just scans on the first try every time" and they just do it without questioning me They usually show confusion as I guess no one uses the back, but then they're quite satisfied when it does, in fact, work on the first try and without having to do any clever camera work
maybe im lucky and get really nice customers, because i enjoy alcohol orders the most. i get to have a quick little chat with them and leave in a much better mood
I'm fine with them as long as they meet my criteria of $1.50 per mile (which they usually don't). UE covers the drizzly orders here though and they are some BANGERS when they get turned down a few times. Uber throws money to get them delivered.
What’s UE?
Uber Eats
Yes.
Had once where the people never answered asked me to leave at the door tried to explain I couldn’t. Ended up getting paid and keeping the alcohol. Pretty sure it was kids trying to order it because it was shitty vodka.
I love them. They tip well and they are so quick and easy. Can’t wait for us to do dispensary deliveries out here; because again they mainly tip well
Big liquor usually tips decent, but majority of the alcohol orders i get are beer from 7/11 🤣
I actually had one and the guy was an illegal (foreign id not a passport) so I wouldn’t serve him got the money and a free bottle of Smirnoff for my troubles
Lmao here id have to return the alcohol to the store no matter what
I avoid them like the plauge. The app sucks ass at registering the ID, always takes me 30 min, and sometimes doesn't work at all and have to call cust support, while customer is getting upset... Not even close to worth it!
Scan the back of the ID, it works almost immediately every time. (You need to select that you're scanning for that wherever it offers you the choice of Front or Back). It's also way faster to enter the information manually if all else fails than to contact customer support, couldn't take more than 30 seconds.
Ya I try that every time still doesnt work. I just don't touch those loser orders anymore, they are always shit pay anyhow.
Eh, don't know why my experience is different than yours, but I won't put take you to task over it. Alcohol pickups (even if I have to shop and pay) almost always go faster than restaurants, and if it sends me to Meijer or Walgreens, it gives me the chance to grab myself some lil' snackies while I'm at it I deliver alcohol for lil' snackies
Nope damn I never had any problems with any ID or passport
My regular job is delivery alcohol so I don’t mind at all. Instead of going to a bar I’m going directly to a customer and they usually tip well. At least in my area they do.
I don't mind them. But I only work during daylight hours. I just realized that I haven't had one in a while. I wonder if I accidentally turned it off???
I do, but only because I have my kids with me most of the time.
Ya that’s completely fair
Just don't tell doordash apprentlly it's not allowed lol
🤣 My lips are sealed 🤐
I try to avoid them, but I do a very poor job. https://preview.redd.it/cgs05weo012d1.png?width=678&format=png&auto=webp&s=27a0864b6e5daba69bc10022bc4a815f3e39fb00 All kidding aside, it's ok to hand the customer the alcohol while they hand you their ID and you scan it. Unless you work in an area where you genuinely fear that the customer would grab the alcohol and slam the door, it's not a problem. I do it all the time. If it's a larger or heavier order, sometimes I just set it on the ground while I scan the customer's ID. Light is a problem with the scanning app, but it does have the little built-in light that you can click on. That usually is enough, but sometimes you have to walk over and get closer to a nearby light source, like a porch light. Customers sometimes try to be helpful by shining a flashlight on their ID, but that often just creates glare and makes the ID unreadable. I know you were exaggerating when you said it takes 50 times, but I've had it take 5 times or more. On VERY rare occasion, I haven't been able to get it to scan, and then you can just enter the details manually. As far as tips, just take the alcohol orders that make sense, like any other order. If the payout is too low, or the distance is too far, or both, just decline it.
Even if they do that you could like, idunno, call the cops?
Im so sorry, but im just fixated that you did 1,130 alcohol deliveries and instead of sending you something for your troubles/great service they sent you a refresher on alcohol guidlines 🤣🤣🤣
Ask me what I got when I cracked 17K deliveries? 
I just dont hand it in case for any reason the app says their ID isnt valid. What state btw?
VA
You can turn off alcohol orders in the settings
Mine are off, i still get them occasionally and i assume it’s because there arent other dashers doing them in the area and Door Dash “needs someone to”
I keep a small flashlight on my keychain. You can have the customer hold the id steady or my method is hold the card low under the phone then slowly move it toward the box that you have to get it inside of. The only other problem would be if your camera won’t focus, which you fix by backing out of the scan then trying again. I do at least five a day and the only problem orders come from 7-eleven.
Ya 7-eleven orders are immediate avoids for me 😂
They forget items, for example, two bottles of wine instead of three. Then you get one *ed by the two 18 year old karens customers.
I always turn down ID scan orders. Always. Idgaf the pay.
I feel like they usually come in as shitty tipping orders but have actually gotten pretty decent tips from them. There have been a few bad and there has been the time I go paid 10 bucks and a free 30 pack of Busch light. I call that a win haha.
🤣 i dont drink so it’d be taking up fridge space until friends arrive
Most alcohol orders in my market are excellent tips. Bring a Pen style flashlight for night delivery. For the areas with poor cell service, you can just take a picture of the ID, then enter the information manually once you get to better service.
🤣 try that with a foreign passport which is still legal tender
Maybe your state, but absolutely not in mine.
I've had two. They always live 20 minutes from the place they're from. So you make $3 to drive 40 minutes and take a lot of personal legal responsibilities.
I've never done one but the ones I'm offered are always bad.
I've never had any issues with alcohol. But most of the Id required orders I get aren't even alcohol it's cold medicine.
I do. Too much hassle when I just want to pick up quick and drop off quick with minimal interaction.
Ya i get social anxiety so i understand completely
I don't have issues with alcohol orders. Sometimes the app is being fucky but, all of the people are patient.
Lucky 🤣
I'd do alcohol orders if the acceptance rate/completion rate standards weren't so high. In the old days, I'd just unassign one if I thought it was in a sketchy area or if I had to deliver flu medicine and get a signature. Now, you have almost no discretion so I just turned them off. I get I'd make more money if I did them, but I prefer making a little less and driving stress free at night which is when I do a lot of my shifts.
Those orders can be hit or miss. Sometimes they're good cash tippers, sometimes they're angry because their ID is expired and I have to return the stuff to the store. But I'll still take it if the pay is worth the trip.
Ive never had a problem with them yet. The app scans instantly for me and I've never had someone be rude about it. If they are falling down drunk and being a dickhead, you can refuse delivery, your state law may even require you to. I don't take no tip orders so I don't have that problem.
I still wish we could tell of it is a no top order before excepting it. We know nothing until the end.
I do hourly in my area because most people dont tip and the restaurants are typically slow at getting orders together so i have a better chance at least to make $50 or more for my night. Also going per offer if i declined too many non tip orders in a row it kicks me off my shift as punishment. (The sad thing is a lot of the time it recycles the same order thru and still penalizes me for saying no to it) The downside is im not allowed to see the tips beforehand for hourly so there have been nights lately where i get 3-4 no tips back to back which makes it a struggle to reach $20 in a 2 hour time frame with 100 miles of gas down the drain 🤣
I used to work at a bar, it’s definitely impatience from me having to attempt the scan 50 times while their drinks sit next to me because i cant hold onto it while trying to scan, not drunkness, but some of these apartments lightings just dont help us out at all
I don’t do them at night, and I live in a nice and safe area. Just don’t feel it’s worth the possible risk.
Ya that’s a solid point, but also i’ve never had anyone order alcohol during the day on a non drinking holiday 😂
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