Total sense
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One of these is a government service and subsidized.
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A lot of it is about latency too. You're paying to have someone go get it right now and take it to you right now. Post services pick up stuff daily and get it there over the course of a week or so depending on where exactly it's going. If you were paying someone to come to you, pick it up, drive it straight to where it's going, well, it'd be faster, but cost a ton more.
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Here is a real order from DoorDash recently. The post is exaggerating, but it is definitely a lot once you add all the cost of the fees and tip (spare me snide comments about American tipping culture and just view it as another weird fee we have to pay).
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Here is a real order from DoorDash recently. The post is exaggerating, but it is definitely a lot once you add all the cost of the fees and tip (spare me snide comments about American tipping culture and just view it as another weird fee we have to pay).
If it's anything like bolt or uber, they take 30 percent from food price also (which is hidden from the final consumer)
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And yet you still keep ordering.
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Post takes days, weeks, even months. Food delivery is minutes, and point-to-point.
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I actually order way too much, but it costs like 2 euros to get it delivered with a 5€/month subscription. My time is worth roughly an euro per minute. Anything farther than a 5 minute walk is a net loss to pick up on foot. There's nothing closer than a 30 minute walk there and back. Car also takes fuel to get started
If delivery starts costing me 10 or 20 euros, I'll start walking or driving to pick up my food.
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And yet you still keep ordering.
Well I deleted my Uber account ages ago so, no.
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Oh that was more of a royal you instead of the singular
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Well one is a service and one is a business so...
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Oh that was more of a royal you instead of the singular
Fair point