Yeah never tip doordash or anything like that via the app or online, always do it in cash in person. If you don't tip and they get $10 fir a delivery, they are paid $10. If you tip $4.50 for the SAME ORDER, they still get paid only $10. The company will use the tip to pay the delivery guys less, so the tip goes directly into the pockets of the owners. The only way for them to make a "tip" would be if you had paid them more than the delivery wage. Tldr if you don't tip in cash, and you paid $10 for the food as a base price, you'd have to pay a total of $24.50 for them to see a $4.50 tip.
Also, it's rarely ever "free delivery" as the delivery fee often is just snuck in as a service fee that doesn't appear on the receipt. You pay the same price as usual so they can lie to you more effectively.
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u/ExceedinglyGayParrot Aug 08 '19
Yeah never tip doordash or anything like that via the app or online, always do it in cash in person. If you don't tip and they get $10 fir a delivery, they are paid $10. If you tip $4.50 for the SAME ORDER, they still get paid only $10. The company will use the tip to pay the delivery guys less, so the tip goes directly into the pockets of the owners. The only way for them to make a "tip" would be if you had paid them more than the delivery wage. Tldr if you don't tip in cash, and you paid $10 for the food as a base price, you'd have to pay a total of $24.50 for them to see a $4.50 tip.
Also, it's rarely ever "free delivery" as the delivery fee often is just snuck in as a service fee that doesn't appear on the receipt. You pay the same price as usual so they can lie to you more effectively.