Re:Instacart stops selling alcohol for compliance reasons
by abbasmehdi on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @09:20PM
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Couldn't agree more. When you are a startup founder you are often times inventing a new way of doing something. Often there are no pre-written rules, you make them up as you go along and you find yourself doing things previously thought to be unthinkable. Most problems do have a work-around. I will not be surprised if in 2 weeks this founder solves this trivial problem by going to locally owned stores and working out a cash-flow arrangement (independently owned stores will be delighted by the lead-gen).
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Re:Instacart stops selling alcohol for compliance reasons
by calbear81 on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @11:34PM
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I would agree that it's easy to armchair quarterback but I think it's reasonable to say that this should have been expected or at least had come up in ANY standard analysis of potential risks when evaluating a startup that delivered alcohol. If you've bought alcohol, you would know that there are legal requirements to sell it. It's no different than considering other factors that could affect a delivery service like liability if your drivers get in a car accident or tax issues around reselling groceries, etc.