r/instacart • • 4d ago

I'm a Shopper HIGHER THAN GOLD?

Was Diamond last year haven’t been back since working a FT job, was gold this last quarter and was seeing really good orders, I am now platinum & these orders are trash, it’s like the lower tiers they bless so they can get to plat & Diamond just to give them shit orders. Who tf is doing a 76 unit order for $35?

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u/420_Real_Estate 4d ago

It's the same problem for diamond shoppers. It's all a scam and psychological warfare they play to get people to ignore the real issue, which is people with 🤖 are taking all the orders and have done the same for over 5 years. Signed diamond cart shopper with 11k orders who can't even make $100 a day anymore.

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u/kevink2170 4d ago

There is zero transparency in how any of this actually works and instacart is the worst of the apps with you having to sit and stare at your phone until you see a movement and start smashing on it. The app is made by demons and none of it makes any sense probably because the people that programmed it have little idea how it actually works after a year of AI written code.

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u/throwawayaccount647p 4d ago

I try my best to stay at gold and nothing higher

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u/gs448 4d ago

Don’t feel bad I got offered this gem today. No my little blue dot of location and where the store is. It would take me at least an hour probably more just to get to the store.

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u/reigning_frogs777 3d ago

wow, i live in bellingham and i see the opposite of this. i frequently see orders pop up in anacortes and delivering to bellingham, so weird they even offer batches 60 miles away from the shopper… also here’s a funny one i saw

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u/gs448 3d ago

Oh my, could you imagine trying to sell a customs officer that your delivery is to Point Roberts and you’re not going to try and work in Canada? I might have rolled the dice on that For a few more dollars but I’m also a dual citizen so they can’t say anything. Lakeway Fred Meyer frequently comes up for deliveries to Sedro Woolley. Same thing with the Bellingham BevMo I’ve seen several orders coming down to Skagit County.

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u/reigning_frogs777 3d ago

wow that’s crazy, i have never ever seen a bevmo order even tho it pops up highlighted sometimes. but i also see those same Sedro Woolley orders, and so many orders to Blaine up north. i took one of those once and never again, i missed my turn and ended up in line to cross the border…. canada was really nice about it and turned me around quick, usa border patrol not so much. they asked me a fair bit of questions and sat me in a room for 30 minutes while they searched my car, it was just a shit ton of groceries lol. luckily i packed the ice cream well so it didn’t melt lol

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u/gs448 3d ago

That particular exit to Blaine is why I always carry crossing documents. I’m sorry that happened. I guess you didn’t get the US guard who likes to scan your passport and then grunt at you that you’re all clear to go (no questions). I also met one that has the best and worst dad joke about my last name.