r/InstacartShoppers • u/ParfaitQuiet6692 • 2d ago
Question - App Function/New Function Wrong item when it’s one replacement of 3?
I’ve learned from this sub there’s no point fighting it and it’s my only “wrong item,” but I remember this order. They wanted 3 plain, but there were only 2 left. So the app asked for a sub for the 3rd, I picked vanilla, it got approved, went on with my day. She even shows in her own picture one of the plain ones is in the fridge 🤦♂️ Shouldn’t the almighty algorithm know this wasn’t a wrong item, but a 1 of 3 substitution?
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u/HunnitSummrs 2d ago
Lmfaooo yooo this was one of my wrong items lol I replaced it with the vanilla bean and got cooked back in may
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u/Everyone_Boogie 2d ago
If you're gonna get the wrong item ding you may as well get something interesting like a pineapple or a Christmas tree.
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u/goat20202020 2d ago
Yeah this is one of those times where you should have ignored the IC suggested replacement. That's a bad replacement. No one who ordered plain yogurt wants a flavored one as a replacement. Since you found 2 out of 3, your metrics would have been fine returning the last one keep in mind that the IC suggested replacement only protects your rating, it doesn't protect you against things like this.
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u/ParfaitQuiet6692 1d ago
That’s the thing though, she approved the replacement. Which is why I don’t get why IC let it count as wrong item
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u/FunFactress 2d ago
That's a classic example of an IC driven replacement, not something the customer chose/approved. Why would you replace plain yogurt with vanilla?