DON'T Take INSTACART Batches Like This! | Keep Up With Car-Dashings | Episode 2
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
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In this episode, we discuss a specific order that really was not good. Listen to my point of view and why I would not have taken this batch.
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Hi Dimples, So happy to see you more active on this platform. We need you!! You bring intelligence and articulation to the gig economy! You said it!! Grown men who should know better are NOT doing better. I am repulsed and am so embarrassed by their behavior. Could it be more obvious they attempt to bring others down, with the hopes of bringing in the views? NO THANKS. This is Coat tailing and insecurity, at its finest. I am here for your chit chats and respect you for saying what we all think. I see right through them. 💛
It's sad but we are here to continue to encourage others. Thanks Jen!
Yes to not letting customers prey on our desperation. Im very selective in orders that I take. I probably can be too picky sometimes but I would rather have it that way then to waste my time
Delivering to an mansion doesn’t mean anything. Most people with money are cheap.
This is a fact ...most often times they DO NOT EVEN TIP
So true . I quit last year doing gig work because in my area delivering to gated communities with million dollar homes and providing over beyond customer service to them and get no tip or Small tip not worth it. The rich people are horrible in my area with tips.
Honestly that’s on her. This happened to me earlier today. I accepted an order for 50 dollars without looking and it had 7 cases of water. I cancelled that order so fast. That was my fault for not doing my usual looking over the items. I agree Dimples multi apping is my best friend
I'm never afraid to cancel an order and I don't feel bad about doing it. LOL. Hopefully next time she will move differently.
@@DimplesonDemand And neither am I. Had a customer just 7 days ago talking about "how about you ask me for replacements before you refund everything". Needless to say it rubbed me the wrong way and I didn't say one word back. Within seconds I had support remove that batch because I was not in the mood for drama!
As you should have! No explanation needed. No one need that stress.
I never see an &85 batch & I am a five star shopper who lives in a large affluent area. I did get a $71 batch on Saturday, but it was 108 items, 225 units. The tip dropped some because of out of stock items but they also gave me cash at delivery so I ended up making $84 on it. Took me 3 hours. Their bill was just over $800! It was a challenge but I like a challenge! It was also a lot of produce!
Oh wow!
I agree Dimples. Once she saw the units and the details of the dog food/water etc....it pretty much became her own fault for continuing with it. You are right, we do not know her full situation and how slow it was. If she needed the money, she needed the money. But why complain when you saw what you were getting upfront and what the order entailed? The entire time you were talking about the mini mansion, I kept saying don't judge a book by its cover and then you said it. In this case, don't judge a person by their shelter 😉 One of my biggest tippers in my market lives in a home that looks a little worse for wear, not the people who live in the mini mansions. Maybe she had to go through this to learn her lesson like you said.
The best tippers and nicest people in my area live in apartments and trailer parks 🤷🏻♀️
Hopefully she has learned her lesson.
In my area, it is similar to her area, and that the orders go really fast so if there is a good order you do have to swipe really fast to get it but I have learned to look really fast at the numbers before I do anything like it’s something that you’ve got to get yourself accustomed to doing so that you don’t screw yourself. It’s literally the second you’re looking at the number you look quickly down at dinner items or look at it Asher pressing on it and it seems to work pretty well for me.
That's why I don't do it anymore. I miss seeing lots of orders on the screen to choose
I love your the views you shared on this. Good job
Thank you
Happy belated Birthday Ms. Dimples on Demand
Thank you Sharlene 🙌🏾🥳🤗
Spot on Dimples! That is a self-inflicted wound by the shopper. As you correctly pointed out, there were many opportunities for the shopper to cancel the order. This is why I keep my cancellation rate low. I hope this is a lesson learned for that shopper and others as well. I thrive on handling difficult situations, but I also know when to walk away, which I had to do once.
Yes! I am the queen of the walk away. Lol
Before accepting ANY batch look at the number of units.. That number is often more significant than the number of items.
Alot of the time people in well to do areas "mini mansions" tip the least. That's how the rich stay rich, by stepping on the little men and women🙄😔🙄😔
Yes! Where I live they do the same. They love putting $2 tips.
People need to just stop taking ridiculous batches. When I see anything that has less then 5 bucks attached to it and is more the 3 miles away I won't touch it and neither should any of us. This is the only way to change their algorithm that I can think of. 🤔
Small curbside orders are my new favorite.
Good points Dimples.
I think part of it is that newer shoppers don't know that they can cancel an order after they've started shopping it.
I’m with you, Dimples. If it were me and I picked it in haste and saw over 100 items I would have dropped it. Period. The end. The pay wouldn’t have mattered to me. And frankly, it’s none of our business how people live or what their profession is. People are going to tip what they want to. You can see the tip before you take the order with Instacart, so to expect more is foolish. That’s on her.
Instacart has been a literal joke. I don’t accept them and neither do the other shoppers in the area because sometimes the boost goes up to like 16-22 dollars before I consider shitty batches
I would no way in hell take an order with that many items, honestly, I only take small orders at this point because I’m new and not the fastest shopper, so I stay with small orders. I have a full time job, but need to supplement that income so I can pay some bills down, so I don’t mind taking smaller orders as long as the delivery location is not too far. I also do DoorDash and I just got my shirt and card for Shipt, I work nightshift so that leaves me the whole day to do the apps.
Happy Birthday
Big Al is going to keep giving her those batches.
That's the way you learn. She may have been a newbie. I'm just starting and I'm sure I'll make lots of mistakes as I go. And lots of people don't know they are supposed to tip at alll.
I canceled my first batch on my own not by customers request. It sams club 6 items $30. 4 miles. I sent my intro as usual as I'm walking into the store. Grabbed the items started my batch scanned everything went to checkout. Messaged my closing outtro. Customer says wait your done? Can I add? And me being me I thought it would have been fine because a couple items no big deal. Detergent was added, grapes were added, 4 more things after that were added that would have dragged me all over the store. The 6 items he wanted were all in the same section. I couldn't do it I canceled one because it was getting frustrating, 2 because my tip wasn't going to go up by much so it wasn't worth it
I would rather take a $15 batch with 3 items than $48 with 147 items!!! My largest batch was $93 for 105 items. I got $87 ($50 tip) because they didn’t have a few of the items. I remember this batch because as I got out with some of the groceries, I saw an older man at the window. He smiled at me and waved at me!! It made my day, he looked so happy!
Aww, yea that would have made my day! I also agree. I would rather take smaller batches if the larger batches would stress me out.
I agree with you whole heartedly. I truly think the same as you in that area
A Learning lesson! Hopefully she can learn from this terrible experience and spread the message! Understand your value as a person before you are forced to take bad offers.
Well said!
P.S. by the look on your face that Uber Eats order that was coming in was trash lol
Straight garbage. 😂
I’ve got bigger tips out the projects than out nice neighborhoods so you right you can’t judge a book by the cover and them people in them big house don’t even give good ratings
Yes you do have the answers. I used a different zip code when I first signed up for apps because the area I lived in before didn't have access to the apps
Hey Dimples! I have dimples too! We rock lol! Thanks for your advice! I really didn’t know we could just cancel for that reason. I always feel like if I accept a batch, I HAVE to take it! I’ve only canceled twice because it was too far away! I like what “Jen on the Go”, say too. Her advice is “ know your worth”! My time is way more valuable than 48.00, but I really don’t know her situation either!
Hey Mary Anne, yes definitely only do orders that are worth your time.
Does anyone know if "order issues" effect a shopper, and how? It's possible to be a 5 star shopper, yet still have customers report missing or damaged items, or wrong items, even though the items scanned, and were literally exactly what was ordered. How many of these issues are we allowed to have? I take pictures with time stamp camera to prove the items were not actually missing, wrong, or damaged, and report fraud, but instacart is so slow to investigate, if they even investigate at all, that the issues fall off from completing 100 more batches, and I never hear anything about my fraud report. I have been a victim of several fraudulent order issues lately.
Refunded items being reported missing, scanned items being reported wrong, intact items being reported damaged.
Thank you for your videos. You definitely have to multi app to make enough money. Not only that, but if I am tired of doing one, I can try doing another one for a while. Really good batches over 30 dollars in the austin area are few and far between, so when I got an 80 dollar triple batch this morning I snached it up. It was a hassle shopping for 60 items for three customers, but the delivery part of it wasn't bad. I like delivering the best, so that's why I also do Amazon Flex. I also agree that if a batch isn't worth it, it's just not worth it and sometimes you just have to cancel and take the hit.
I will cancel a batch in a heartbeat! lol
I agree with 100% Dimples
I agree with everything you said. I would rather miss a large payout then swipe prematurely. Or even cancel if I must. I have been taking advantage of small curbside orders. This fills up my days. I live in NE Florida and it's a strange market, terrible and awesome . After shopping for almost 2 years I have learned Pre shop, Pre shop and Pre shop whenever you can this is what allows me to give a customer better attention and I don't run out of time or get stressed out when dealing with a special customer.
Thanks for the video 😁🥕
Thanks for watching
Cornershop as well
Right. Grown men fighting over a company they don't own 🤣
😂😂😂
I agree
I agree. She could have cancel the batch once she finds out how bad the batch is. Good advice on muti apping as I got the same advice by somebody else.
Over ten miles is a red flag for me
Dang I wish we had batches in Florida as high as yours! 😂 People here have to just claim the batch without looking because otherwise they will be gone. When you canceled the order halfway through, did you then put the items you already shopped for back or did you notify the store? I’m just wondering the protocol on that.
We do have them here in Florida
@@instacartkid1028 I’ve never seen them nor has anyone else I know. I’ve heard there are orders like that for Costco but the bots get them.
@@mosgigs Don’t believe all that bot talk. I get big orders throughout the week and I don’t use a bot . Instacart sends some shoppers better batches first based off some type or formula .
Publix , sams , bjs , Total wine , abc liquor , sprouts and other stores in Florida that I’ve seen / gotten big paying batches
I have put items back.
I would have canceled that batch so fast, heads would have spun.... even if I were at 14%. No way in hell!!
I actually had a batch like that once. I was bored, I wasn't getting any batches at all , so I accepted a low paying high item batch.. I played dumb and I asked the customer, " Ma'am please don't take offense but instacart has been messing up lately and for some reason this order looks off, Are you tipping on percentage or are you tipping a flat rate" She said, I am tipping on percentage I'm sorry I can't tip more I have family coming in and that's all I can afford" I wanted to say to her well, if you weren't trying to impress your family by purchasing every kind of fish they have in the meat department , you could afford to tip me appropriately, But obviously I couldn't say that lol The woman drove me absolutely crazy. Then my phone started glitching , I had to go outside to get reception twice and she kept interrupting me by texting me and changing and adding things. I finally parked the cart and texted chat support!! It was a living nightmare and yes I'd learned my lesson!! By the way it was a $17 payout with a 107 items!! CRACRA
I use to do that before I caught on. My last time doing that was for a customer at Aldi’s. 100 items then I had to bag all the items myself and take up two flight of stairs. The batch pay was 20 but she tipped 40 and once I got there she was an old lady with no family and wanted to talk after I left she added 20 more to my tip. But I definitely don’t swipe fast. I don’t care what I need lol
You’re right don’t swipe fast.
When I take a batch the first thing I look at is the amount im being paid , then the tip to see if its worth it in case of a tip bait... then I look at the distance ...then amount of items ...THEN I look at the items they are requesting. Hopefully noone takes the batch but I hate swiping and not knowing where I’m going or what I’m picking up because you’ll be screwed( building with no elevators ; i live in the bx) . Also, when I start shopping for customers I send a couple test messages while shopping if I ask you 2 questions and you don’t reply , anything I don’t see I refund even if I already found it and I don’t ask questions Because the chance to communicate was given in the beginning. I have had two orders where one lady placed an order for liquor and when i got to her house ( she lived in white plains) she wasn’t there for the id check and i had to call CS and she comes out 30 min later like let me keep the liquor I was washing my hair ( girl out her mind CS done cancelled the order) Im not with the hustle and bustle looking for your things especially when there is no communication. When im at check out after shopping for your things an hr later i shouldnt hear ANY request for take backs . Its quiet after that.
I live in Miami its busy but parking is terrible! It cost to park in some areas. I had two customers today neither answer the text regarding non availability of items! I waiting no reply! I contact help and had them cancel the order! My question to you. Should I wait 5-10 min for a reply from customer regarding non availability of requested items!
Thanks in advance
I have lady just like the doctor
Customer
Instacard came bad for the driver
They deactivated my account
For customer lien about not getting delivery 🚚
80 items might get me $50 in my area. I accepted a $74 batch without realizing it was a double at Costco with over 100 items and one delivery was an apartment and my cell phone service doesn't work well in Costco. Ensue panic attack. I cancelled. I'm only at 5% though, thank God. Lesson learned, never swipe while driving... And I wish I could multi up. Corner shop isn't in my area yet, shipped isn't in my area yet, doordash isn't hiring in my area right now. I'm keeping those apps on my phone and checking once a week at least...
Yes, definitely keep checking the apps. Also google "new delivery app in (your area), see what comes up. Try to get ahead of it before it gets oversaturated with drivers.
@@DimplesonDemand thank you for your help! Especially the video about making sure we follow our gut instinct if we don't feel safe. I have forged ahead a couple of times and ended up being fine but wondered what in the world would have happened if I was in danger... That young lady experience sounds so dreadful. You wouldn't expect another woman to drag you into the house.
If you do a dumb batch it’s your fault not the customers I’ve seen batches for 100 items for $9 and 9 miles
I am going to sign up for instacart. Do you have a referral code?
Yes I do
shoppers.instacart.com/?referral=ANNECIAC591FF&
I dont take orders with ova 100 items its jus not worth it to me the pay out is neva worth it vs the mileage
am I the only one who gets no orders in ny or is it because I need to activate. my card?
Active your card.
Still waiting on it i just started i been using apple pay but i get like barely any orders uts rare to see 1 order coukd that be the reason
Are you working in one of the five boroughs?
@@DimplesonDemand yes i wrked in Brooklyn and traveled to Long Island today made 80$ for a long time but i see other people getting a whole bumch of batches at once
@@DimplesonDemand yes
It might not be her house. How did she know she was a doctor?
That happened to mi I pick up a batch without see it was 99 items
Yikes 😳
They’re slowing down and pay isn’t making sense.
OMG I would have cancelled!!!!
Sounds like a nightmare batch. I agree 100% Multi-Apping is best strategy.
I take high tippers only for my area Seattle the tip needs to be $1 an item minimum + what instacart pays. The times I did not follow this because it was late or a slow day and took a bad tip batch I got dinged 75% of the time. They ether claimed damaged items or missing items and many times put in a bad rating with it. My last bad rating came from a 2 million dollar home and they said there paper towels were missing an yes I had photo proof. In that situation the item count was like 33 items the tip was 26 for 2 customers I didn't follow my rule that time and now I'm a 4.94 because of it. Only one removed rating and one 3 star but just those prevent you from getting the best batches. Multi app , get a regular job but do not take shitty batches cancel if its an accident.
This is a crazy story. Do you know if the gig worker is new to the business?
She wasn't new to the platform.
Lol "grown men arguing over companies they dont own" 🤣
😂😂
Yes absolutely cancel. Ratings over everything.
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Unassign and move along no one forced her to take the order. That's the harsh truth. Know your worth and market.
I agree!
My cancellation rate is at 12% and half of it wasn’t even me canceling.
i'm at 9%
Did she say what her rating was
She didn't mention her rating.
200+ plus items for $30🧐🥴