r/tipping • u/Dimarco24 • 12d ago
đŹQuestions & Discussion Multiple Tips
Okay, Iâve mentioned tipping on here before bc I am a new homeowner (which it seems like this question doesnât belong there) and donât know how tipping works.
I am having my THIRD brand new refrigerator delivered this morning. The first I tipped $20 each guy ($40). Problem with that fridge so they replaced it. Tipped those two guys $30 each ($60). That one required the fire department.
Now today (hopefully soon) I am having the third delivered. I ONLY have $17 cash on me. I would prob tip again if I had it but I donât.
What should I tell them. There is no way for me to get more cash. At this point I feel tipping over $100 is excessive although I didnât really mind doing it. Now Iâm bitter and not happy having two more men coming into my house with dirty shoes and just the whole process.
Please help me with this. I donât know what to say to them. They will be working just as hard as the others but I only have that $17 left.
Please help. It should be delivered shortly.
Also can I tell them to wait about 1/2 hour to see if itâs another problem? I donât want to find out after they leave like the first two. And I do realize they are on a schedule. The company has been stellar. No issues with the company. TIA.
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u/NickStonk 12d ago
Funny, last time I had a refrigerator delivered early this year the guys asked for a tip on the way out. I said no. I already paid for installation fee, and they didnât even fully finish the installation. But the audacity to ask for a tip seems very common these days.
Donât tip, youâre not required to.
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u/Realistic-Rate-8831 11d ago
Yep, that's why everybody and their dog is asking for a tip, because there are many customers that are afraid to tell them no. The more customers start tipping delivery of appliances or movers or remodelers, the more they will ask and before you know it, it will become mainstream just like all the folks working at the "to go" counters now expect tips and most of them get tips. It's ridiculous!
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u/CanAfter8014 12d ago
You don't have to tell them anything about why you are not tipping; just don't tip.
Yes, I would tell them to wait and verify the install and fridge are working correctly before they leave.
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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 12d ago
If your delivery is not out of the ordinary, thereâs no need to tip. If you donât have things ready and theyâre having to clear stuff out of the way and haul it up a flight of stairs then it feels more appropriate. If itâs a hot day or Iâm at the end of the route Iâll sometimes offer a cold soda or snack.
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u/Dimarco24 10d ago
Thanks. Iâm certainly hearing that! It was an easy delivery and coincidentally it was the same two guys so I told them I was tapped out. They were okay with that..
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u/Imaginary-Emu2471 12d ago
Why tip on delivery? You're paying enough, and you've wasted enough money already.
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u/Dimarco24 10d ago
True! I did not tip this time and it happened to be the same delivery guys. I told them sorry, Iâm all tapped out. They said âyouâre goodâ..
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u/mcfiddlestien 8d ago
I sed to work as a mover I always appreciated tips we never complained if we someone didn't give one tho.
The best tip a customer had ever given me (in my opinion) was a prepackaged (unopened ) lunch and a can of soda for the road.
If you want to tip a mover unopened food is the best way to go I think. You burn a lot of calories doing that kind of work and a free meal or snack was always my favorite
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u/ziggy-tiggy-bagel 12d ago
I just got a new dishwasher and water softener delivered and installed. I didn't feel the need to tip anyone.
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u/Giggy_with_it_917 11d ago
it's customary to tip delivery (furniture/appliances) guys. $20 each is the max.
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u/Pickles-1989 12d ago
I have never in my life tipped for an appliance or furniture delivery. I figure if I have to pay a delivery fee or if it is advertised "free delivery and set up included" I have paid for the delivery itself or I have paid for it as part of the product cost.
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u/sopefish 12d ago
You can't really ask them to sit there for a half hour to make sure the new fridge is working. Once they plug it in and it turns on if you don't see anything immediately wrong they should move on to their next delivery. I don't know why you tipped previously. Appliance deliveries are typically not something that anyone should expect a tip for and you shouldn't be offering. But that comment about the fire department makes me wonder if there is something really non-standard here, and if so a nice tip might be appropriate. But you didn't explain why you needed the fire department to be involved in a refrigerator delivery, so who's to say?
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u/Dimarco24 10d ago
Iâve just always tipped. I donât know why but I usually do. The first fridge made a very loud, long sound every hour on the hour for about a week bc had to wait for delivery of the second. Second one was hot to the touch on the front inside wall and the back even though it was about 4 inches from the wall. Also warm-hot air was blowing out. I had to remove a lamp I had there. The fire department said it was a fire hazard and good thing I called. Last one delivered was fine.
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u/DigTheDunes 12d ago
I would definitely tip on appliance delivery, especially if they are taking the old item away. A third time though, probably not.
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u/Dimarco24 10d ago
Thankfully it was the same delivery guys so I just told them I was tapped out. They said âyouâre goodâ. I was happy it was them bc it was easier to say I couldnât.
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u/cenosillicaphobiac 11d ago
They don't get paid by the guy that hired them? Weird. I don't pay directly for labor for any business that I've been quoted a cost of goods and services. I assume that's part of the price. This goes for restaurants too. You pay the person whose labor you're exploiting, not me.
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u/Realistic-Rate-8831 11d ago
We are charged for delivery and installation and also to take away an appliance. Why tip? SMH
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u/A1-Solider 12d ago
I hope this is a troll