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Re:Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M by edgyquant on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @12:27PM (#36958245)
I’ve completely stopped using Uber eats and door dash. There is zero customer support, I’ve had completely different orders show up and was only refunded the minimum amount of the order while still taking the money for the driver. For groceries these apps are useless if you want what you actually order. I’ve ordered chocolate ice cream and received instead pop tarts as a “replacement item” and customer support basically told me tough luck. It’s not an exaggeration to say that every single time I place a grocery order through these apps I get different items than I selected. If I say I don’t want replacements I get 1-2 out of 10 items from my order (never the things I placed the order needing.)

All of this seems blatantly illegal, advertising and charging for items you can’t deliver. Yet I’m powerless to do anything about it.

Re:Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M by brickteacup on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:42PM (#36959518)
> Yet I’m powerless to do anything about it.

it's called a chargeback. the worst they can do is ban you from their platform

Re:Uber Posts First Quarterly Net Profit of $394M by edgyquant on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @02:52PM (#36960657)
The two times I have tried that (one for Uber eats, one for a tea delivery place) I have not won the investigation. Both times I did not receive the item I ordered and for the tea place I didn’t receive any item at all. Charge backs are not the recourse people online claim they are, in my experience they do not give customers the preference.