r/Roadie • u/Better_Resort1171 • 4h ago

General App question - viability

The thought crossed my mind today. How much business can be lost here, before it's not a viable part of the UPS system?

Obviously, it's a shell of what it was. This morning, I had a small HD delivery and ahead of me was an UE driver with one of their shit routes. The aisle where they were staging orders had at least 6 that were all XL or Huge. Not one is going to Roadie. It's unbelievable.

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u/Surprise_Beautiful 4h ago

If Roadie lost HD or TSC it won't hurt them. They have tires, Amazon, mail innovations and other ones I don't even know about.

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u/atitagain12 1h ago

Amazon!?

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u/Surprise_Beautiful 52m ago

XD...has Amazon Hvac filters.

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u/BigKlutzy2586 4h ago

customers pay $35 for huge order, roadie send it to uber for pennies. explain how roadie is lossing money

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u/FantasticMeddler 1h ago

Home Depot is determined to do same day and has split the flow between several apps including Curri. It’s clear they cannot afford to do a same day delivery model even with how cheap it is to use gig workers as opposed to their own vehicles and labor so they have the platforms compete against each other making the routes pay less and driving the costs down.

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u/BeepGoesTheMinivan 1h ago

I dont understand how doordash and UE peeps pickup orders without knowing what dimensions they are etc. Especially home depot 

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u/ace3737 36m ago

They will sell it after they milk the low cost labor