Well... It's what - $36 for the food, $10 delivery fee, $10 Postmates fees and 20% tip on top = $68(rounded up)...
Truth is - if you're paying $36+tip for the same food delivered, you're literally enabling underpayment of the delivery person.
I tend to pick up, because I really don't want to enable abusive relationship that restaurants have with their drivers.
Re:DoorDash S-1
by titanomachy on Friday November 13, 2020 @03:55PM
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$77 didn't actually include a tip. The prices were high because of a large markup on Doordash prices compared to the restaurant's takeout menu, as well as the explicit fees you mentioned.
The $36 was specifically for pickup, the restaurant doesn't offer their own delivery service as far as I know.
So you guys in America pay 77$ for takeout sushi? Fascinating
Re:DoorDash S-1
by titanomachy on Friday November 13, 2020 @09:55PM
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Well, in the end I paid $36 for takeout sushi for two people... which is, I guess, not an unreasonable price in America. $77 is getting pretty high even for a big coastal city, although I'm sure there are people who happily pay that.
How much would it cost where you live?
Yeah, if I went to my local grocery store which has a sushi counter, for two people I'd be about $12/main + $6/side (e.g. seaweed salad or Gyoza), so ~$36 for two people. I'd generally pay more in a restaurant even for takeout.
For 2 people, expect sushi delivered to your door in SF to be $50-100 depending on how hungry you are.
Keep in mind 2 pieces of salmon belly nigiri will be $6-9 depending on the restaurant. And this excludes taxes, driver tip, delivery and service fees, etc.
A sushi order I made last week would have been $77 (delivered) on Postmates. I ordered the same items from the restaurant directly and picked it up myself for $36. The restaurant is a 10-minute walk away.
This makes me skeptical of the business model. Those margins will absolutely get whittled down over time and these companies are already unprofitable.