People are luring Instacart shoppers with big tips -- and then changing them to zero
By Sara Ashley O'Brien and Kaya Yurieff, CNN Business
Updated 3:01 PM ET, Thu April 9, 2020
New York (CNN Business)In late March, Instacart worker Annaliisa Arambula accepted a grocery order that came with a big tip: $55. The store was just down the street, everything the customer wanted was available, and the order seemed to go off without a hitch.
But an hour later, Arambula checked her earnings on the Instacart app and the entire tip was gone, with a message saying the "customer modified the tip post-delivery." She ended up making just $8.95 from Instacart on the order.
"I was flabbergasted. I couldn't believe it," Arambula told CNN Business.
Demand for grocery delivery is surging amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and many customers are struggling to get the items they want or even a time slot for a delivery. Some people are dealing with that by offering big tips, as high as $50 or more, to entice Instacart workers to pick up their orders. But some of those people have turned the tactic into a bait-and-switch, offering up the big tip and then taking it away as soon as the person who risked their health to get them their groceries has made the delivery.
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ya know..get a real job? one that doesnt rely on you doing all the work for tips basically?
All these stupid gig jobs like uber, lyft, grub hub, post mates, etc; they make the company money not the person doing the work.
All these stupid gig jobs like uber, lyft, grub hub, post mates, etc; they make the company money not the person doing the work.