{"id":27399,"date":"2022-08-07T15:20:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T19:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t3_winnnh"},"modified":"2022-08-07T15:20:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T19:20:11","slug":"used-ubereats-for-the-first-time-i-dont-understand-the-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/2022\/08\/07\/used-ubereats-for-the-first-time-i-dont-understand-the-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Used UberEats for the first time. I don\u2019t understand the appeal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>I was given a voucher so thought I\u2019d try it out. <\/p>\n<p>Ordered 3 dishes: $58 inc tax, before tip.<\/p>\n<p>Checked the restaurant website. Same 3 dishes were 30% less.<\/p>\n<p>So if my math is correct: &#8211; 30% markup on everything which I assume goes to Uber &#8211; $4 service fee which I assume is to pay the driver &#8211; $0 delivery fee (depends on distance?) &#8211; Additional tip for the driver<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s literally cheaper to dine in, where you get service, less disposable containers for landfill, and servers &amp; kitchen staff actually get tipped.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I\u2019m too cheap but I just don\u2019t get it. If I\u2019m staying home, I might as well cook.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Cool-Brilliant-7352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \/u\/Cool-Brilliant-7352 <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PersonalFinanceCanada\/comments\/winnnh\/used_ubereats_for_the_first_time_i_dont\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PersonalFinanceCanada\/comments\/winnnh\/used_ubereats_for_the_first_time_i_dont\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[comments]<\/a><\/span><a href=\"\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was given a voucher so thought I\u2019d try it out. Ordered 3 dishes: $58 inc tax, before tip. Checked the restaurant website. Same 3 dishes were 30% less. So if my math is&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.andrewwbradley.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}