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Post by karna68 on Jul 13, 2021 13:14:44 GMT
Critical it's actually not bad. I only do it part time and I'm picky about the batches I take. It's a nice side gig for extra money.
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Post by panikmoon on Jul 13, 2021 22:44:40 GMT
If I could drive (I technically CAN, but I have severe anxiety about driving) then I know I would for sure work with Instacart. I love shopping, especially grocery shopping.
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Post by karna68 on Jul 14, 2021 13:20:55 GMT
If I could drive (I technically CAN, but I have severe anxiety about driving) then I know I would for sure work with Instacart. I love shopping, especially grocery shopping. That's the reason I started it, I like shopping and it's especially fun when it's not your money! |
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Post by Arielflies on Jul 14, 2021 14:57:48 GMT
If I could drive (I technically CAN, but I have severe anxiety about driving) then I know I would for sure work with Instacart. I love shopping, especially grocery shopping. Could you drive to the store and shop and then not drive the delivery? |
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Post by panikmoon on Jul 14, 2021 21:24:22 GMT
If I could drive (I technically CAN, but I have severe anxiety about driving) then I know I would for sure work with Instacart. I love shopping, especially grocery shopping. Could you drive to the store and shop and then not drive the delivery? Nah, I don't drive at all, unfortunately. I can't see very good and plus, I have this persistent thought that I'm going to hit somebody with a car. My anxiety about it is awful so I just Uber everywhere. The only way it would work for me is if I had someone drive me around as I did the shopping and delivery and I could never make someone do that. It would be fun, though. |
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Post by Critical on Jul 15, 2021 4:30:59 GMT
If I could drive (I technically CAN, but I have severe anxiety about driving) then I know I would for sure work with Instacart. I love shopping, especially grocery shopping. Could you drive to the store and shop and then not drive the delivery? I know you didn't mean it this way, but when I first read this, I thought you meant she could keep the groceries 
With services like Shipt and Instacart, the shopper also delivers your order. Same person. I've seen people do it in pairs before. I had one driver with a "co-pilot" who I think was her mother. I've seen others that looked like married couples.
With Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods through Amazon, the shopper is just the shopper. Drivers literally just deliver the orders. It's sort of like ordering groceries for pick up in that the orders get handed off at the door, so to speak.
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Post by karna68 on Jul 15, 2021 11:43:59 GMT
Could you drive to the store and shop and then not drive the delivery? I know you didn't mean it this way, but when I first read this, I thought you meant she could keep the groceries
With services like Shipt and Instacart, the shopper also delivers your order. Same person. I've seen people do it in pairs before. I had one driver with a "co-pilot" who I think was her mother. I've seen others that looked like married couples.
With Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods through Amazon, the shopper is just the shopper. Drivers literally just deliver the orders. It's sort of like ordering groceries for pick up in that the orders get handed off at the door, so to speak.
Instacart actually doesn't allow this. You are supposed to work by yourself. People still do it though, obviously. |
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Post by Critical on Jul 15, 2021 22:01:55 GMT
I know you didn't mean it this way, but when I first read this, I thought you meant she could keep the groceries
With services like Shipt and Instacart, the shopper also delivers your order. Same person. I've seen people do it in pairs before. I had one driver with a "co-pilot" who I think was her mother. I've seen others that looked like married couples.
With Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods through Amazon, the shopper is just the shopper. Drivers literally just deliver the orders. It's sort of like ordering groceries for pick up in that the orders get handed off at the door, so to speak.
Instacart actually doesn't allow this. You are supposed to work by yourself. People still do it though, obviously. Oh wow, I had no idea. I've never done Instacart. What's their reasoning there?
I have had at least one Shipt driver who was a young woman with an older woman in her car. I figured it was her mother, riding along so she felt safer (I totally understood). The other delivery pairs I saw were for Amazon Prime Now (defunct grocery delivery) and Whole Foods through Amazon. I don't know what Amazon's policies are on that.
My mom has talked about seeing a pair of guys in the grocery store, both on their phones texting and looking things up. She asked if they ere shopping for a service and they said they were. I don't know if they were driving together too.
I have a friend whose very beautiful, very sweet and very naive 18 year old daughter tried delivering with a service like Uber Eats (can't remember which one) last summer to make money before college. After a really scary run in with a guy who would not take no for an answer and bullied her into giving him her phone number, my friend finally persuaded her to quit - it didn't take much persuasion. BTW, the daughter gave the guy his mother's phone number and boy, did he get an earful when he called! I think he also might have been banned from the service.
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Post by karna68 on Jul 19, 2021 23:03:26 GMT
Critical because of safety really. If they haven’t had a background check then that can be an issue. If they are another Instacart employee it’s probably ok. Might be frowned upon but better than someone who hasn’t been checked out by Instacart.
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Post by Critical on Jul 20, 2021 2:38:21 GMT
Critical because of safety really. If they haven’t had a background check then that can be an issue. If they are another Instacart employee it’s probably ok. Might be frowned upon but better than someone who hasn’t been checked out by Instacart. I figured it might be a liability issue. It's nice that you're able to choose orders. I think they do that with Shipt too. I know from my neighbor who used to deliver for Amazon, you choose shifts, not individual deliveries, so you get what you get.
I will do one more Target order through Shipt since they gave me a free delivery credit, but otherwise, I'm back to Whole Foods via Amazon and Amazon Fresh.
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Post by karna68 on Jul 20, 2021 14:18:18 GMT
Instacart used to be shifts but you had the option of declining an order. Now it's on demand which sucks. Orders can be taken out from under you like that. When I took some time off I thought they were giving 30 seconds to review an order before accepting but no.  |
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Post by Critical on Jul 20, 2021 22:27:39 GMT
I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable delivering in certain areas of my city. Maybe the change in policy happened because too many shoppers were refusing orders  |
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Post by Arielflies on Jul 21, 2021 1:30:39 GMT
Grub Hub delivered Von's today. I joked that he forgot my McDonald's burger. Big, huge guy close on 7 feet and he asked if I wanted him to carry the bags inside rather than picking them up to my walker from the doorstep. I put on my mask and said yes, thank you. He put them on my desk/table wished me a good day and scurried out. Perfect as I had lifted the Amazon Fresh order to my walker earlier.
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