Source
r/doordash•
timadvancedtech

[Idea] Red Card orders as Two Deliveries

Question

I rarely will take a delivery that requires Red Card ordering because it just takes too long and DD doesn't pay enough.

Do you think it would be a good idea to have DD set up a system where they pay (and charge a customer extra) ~$2 for a driver to simply drive to the restaurant and place the order, then send the delivery to another driver that is near.

I don't know how many of you actually take Red Card orders, but I just don't unless I know it's quick.

**edit**
Obviously I'm talking about peak times where there are orders coming in back to back. Can even send the order placement as an initial route while sending them a 2nd p/u & d/o as an add-on order (like a double).

Posted May 5, 2019, 12:17 AM UTC

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KickMeWhenImDown25•

I wouldn’t put pants on for $2 let alone drive to a restaurant. Plenty of people will sit there for the $6 so no need really to split it

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timadvancedtechOP•

I suppose DD's algorithm doesn't have the most efficient routing anyway. Doing something like that would probably make their servers go full-retard.

I'll just keep rejecting them because $6 for a 30 minute delivery is just bullshit.

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eltigretom•

Some red cards are prepared and you still pay with the redcard. I'm looking at you scrubby Chinese restaurants.

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timadvancedtechOP•

None of the locations in my area are just "pay with card." Every restaurant in my town are 'place order, stick thumb up ass, wait, deliver, get your $4!"

LOL

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-SuchWow-•

Weird, that's incredibly rare in my area. DD phones in the orders, then we show up and pay for them. The only restaurants in my area that require you to order yourself are ones that have been screwed over by DD phoning in orders that nobody ever shows up to retrieve (or pay for).

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timadvancedtechOP•

Yeah, sadly, in my market, I have never seen a single "just pay with card" restaurant. They're all where I have to manually place the order and wait.

I rolled the dice on one just tonight and got really fucked and had to wait 25 minutes to pick up a banana split.

Luckily, the customer lived about 8 blocks away and I was able to deliver it in less than 5 minutes, but because I had to wait in line, it took me 30 minutes on a $6 order that should have taken me less than 10 minutes to complete.

Ah well.

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-SuchWow-•

Yeah I would just start declining those. Might want to look into other delivery services in your area if there are others.

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AndrewAwakened•

Yes, I’ve thought about that as well, both for Postmates and DoorDash as I refuse to order and then wait unless it’s fast food - I don’t have time to sit their wasting time when I could be earning real money doing a delivery.

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jaysamuelDasher (> 6 months)•

If it was a restaurant along my route for a delivery I wouldn't mind stopping in to place an order for a few bucks.

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timadvancedtechOP•

Yeah, same here. $2 for 5 minutes worth of work. Not a problem for me either.

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