People think they're calling restaurants directly but Grubhub is getting a fee

Re:People think they're calling restaurants directly but Gru... by obibring on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @08:20PM (#23398190)

Its astonishing delivery services have the depravity to dupe customers trying to help a hurting industry.

If you live in NYC or SF, I built a browser extension that will help you place delivery orders directly with local restaurants. It currently compares the price of your delivery across all delivery services, and within the next week, will link you to local restaurant websites if one is available. For those interested in checking, the link is https://platerapp.app.link/Gsxltl3d06

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Re:People think they're calling restaurants directly but Gru... by zhoujianfu on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:49PM (#23399145)

Awesome, I had exactly this idea.. you should consider expanding (if you don’t already) to direct from the restaurant services (e.g. Yoshinoya is available on doordash but also does their own delivery for way less). And then charge $1 per order and raise $1b!

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Re:People think they're calling restaurants directly but Gru... by ngoldberg on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @08:59PM (#23398481)

i've been using this in nyc and saved 16 dollars across 3 orders which is a lot more than i have with honey. would really like to use the direct order feature so restaurants can benefit more.

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Re:People think they're calling restaurants directly but Gru... by myaccount54673 on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @09:50PM (#23398828)

Awesome idea - can I ask how broadly how it works? I would have thought pricing up a specific order on multiple apps programmatically would be difficult considering all the bot restrictions and coupons they have in place

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Re:People think they're calling restaurants directly but Gru... by cmbailey on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:31AM (#23427341)

This is awesome. Please provide a box to signup for email updates - I'd like to find out if you ever release a Firefox version.

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Re:People think they're calling restaurants directly but Gru... by cwhiz on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @09:35PM (#23398732)

This is a great service also:

https://www.eatnyc.org/

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Re:People think they're calling restaurants directly but Gru... by TamirG on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:00AM (#23404096)

This is great. Thanks for helping local restaurants!

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