Re:Deliveroo to offer 50M pounds of stock to customers
by leppr on Sunday March 07, 2021 @09:50PM
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The service in itself is alright, but the 35% cut Deliveroo and Uber Eats take is just too much.
It's a very inefficient business. My orders are very often wrong, and they simply refund the whole order. Then the next time I order they get it wrong again and I get refunded again. With Just Eat or direct restaurant delivery, the issue would get resolved on the spot.
There's just no need for such a fat middleman between restaurants and customers. The only reason I'm using it is to exploit the delivery mispricing and promotions, like Uber in its early days.
Re:Deliveroo to offer 50M pounds of stock to customers
by dash2 on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:08AM
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Obv question: why doesn't someone undercut them if they are making rents? What's the barrier to entry? My local coffee shop does its own delivery. Seems to work. Is it network effects?
It's a very inefficient business. My orders are very often wrong, and they simply refund the whole order. Then the next time I order they get it wrong again and I get refunded again. With Just Eat or direct restaurant delivery, the issue would get resolved on the spot.
There's just no need for such a fat middleman between restaurants and customers. The only reason I'm using it is to exploit the delivery mispricing and promotions, like Uber in its early days.