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points by whyenot 10 hours ago | 0 comments

During Covid, I used DoorDash to get a pizza delivered. The prices were so inflated. They wanted $70 for a large pizza from Round Table. When, much to my admitted stupidity, I went ahead and ordered, the pizza arrived cold. Then, I felt I needed to tip the driver. The whole thing felt like a ripoff. Incredibly expensive and low value. I have not used them or any food delivery service since.

[–] jakeinspace 10 hours ago

In some areas it's not a horrible deal. I'm in downtown Montreal, several hundred delivery options within 5km, so there's pretty much always a decent deal on something I'm hungry for. Of course, I'm close enough to walk to plenty of these places anyway, but it's quite nice when I'm sick or extremely busy.

[–] propter_hoc 9 hours ago

I'm in Montreal as well. You might be underestimating how much you're spending on third party delivery.

I compared a meal I bought takeout the other day (by calling the place and walking over to pick it up) vs the same meal on Doordash.

* Direct: 56.28

* Doordash: 101.16

Nearly double. It can be hard to find out what the actual direct price is for some restaurants, but I'd encourage you to make the same experiment.

[–] demibabs 9 hours ago

How in gods name is a large pizza $70?

From Dominos you can get 10 pizzas delivered for not much more than that.

[–] throwaway27448 9 hours ago

Am I crazy or was pizza delivery free (or very cheap) when i was a child in comparison? I'd pay $5 to deliver most things but the percentage model makes no sense

[–] cwillu 9 hours ago

It was built into the price; typically with extensive “carry out” discounts for people who picked up their orders.