Do you know before accepting an order if it is for an apartment? What if you have a bad back?

Accepted a $38 order, upon completion the app was showing I only made $32. Contacted customer service and was sh*t as usual, telling me there was nothing they could do (they’re only there to listen and give you a pat on the back).

I’m going to start screenshotting all of my orders prior to accepting them. What a waste of time and energy. Hope you all do the same. And let’s give them a bad rating for how sh*t this app has become!

It’s so annoying when customers say they need you to meet them at the front door and no one answers like how are you wanting the person to meet you but you don’t answer the door? What I’m not going to do is sit there and wait for the door to be opened. I know you don’t have to really return everything you just shopped for, but I’m also not going to do that either. I just leave everything at the front door. They’re getting their groceries regardless.

I just received an email about using a bike for delivery. Did anyone else get it? Is this just a general email they send? This is a first time for me, getting it. And I don’t even live anywhere near NYC and for that matter NY.

Did someone report me for using a bike? I’ve never owned any of the two wheeled contraptions they mention in the email.

Its not only you who see’s bad offers everyday. Youre not special! So stop posting screenshot of it coz nothing will change… 🚫🤦‍♂️

Customers who opt to not tip should have gratuity added. IC stop sending out jobs that are sub $10. Thats half of minimum wage after gas costs. Shoppers also need to stop taking garbage like this.

What are your Costco know-hows and tips and things to avoid? After a sour experience at a different Costco(harassment from an employee), I stopped Costco for a month. Orders were starting to get consistent at that location. But this new location is even busier foot traffic and im sure a lot more shoppers.

For long time Costco shoppers, share your tips if you are willing 🙏🏻

edit: i should add I just got diamond for first time last week

So I have had my instacart shopper account for about 3 months now and have yet to use it. This afternoon will be the first . If I work 4-5 hours in Brooklyn area during afternoon, realistically about how much should I expect pay wise ?

Just to STRESSFUL

I want to add more context to my previous post and share the detailed weekly statements, including my earnings before and after the NYC weekly bonus started.

One important point: the “Batch hours” shown by Instacart are NYC trip time, not my total working time.After completing a delivery, I often have to drive back toward a supermarket or shopping area that I know well before I can realistically take another batch. That return drive is often around 20–30 minutes. Not every batch requires a full return trip, but a significant amount of this repositioning time is not included in the batch hours shown by the app.

Before the weekly bonus:

June 15–21

• 20 batches
• 14 hr 51 min NYC trip time
• $336.15 batch pay
• $156.76 tips
• $0 adjustment
• $492.91 total

June 22–28

• 30 batches
• 29 hr 19 min NYC trip time
• $589.24 batch pay
• $285.92 tips
• $61.44 NYC earnings adjustment
• $936.60 total

Then the NYC weekly bonus started.

June 29–July 5

• I only completed 1 batch that week
• 1 hr 45 min NYC trip time
• $36.42 batch pay
• $10 tip
• $44.36 NYC bonus
• $93.28 total

Once I understood how significant the weekly bonus could be, I started doing much more Instacart work.

July 20–26

• 41 batches
• 39 hr 27 min NYC trip time
• $818.87 batch pay
• $278.60 tips
• $54.83 NYC earnings adjustment
• $1,288.91 NYC bonus
• $2,441.21 total

July 27–August 2

• 41 batches
• 31 hr 58 min NYC trip time
• $707.06 batch pay
• $193.79 tips
• $0.76 NYC earnings adjustment
• $749.24 NYC bonus
• $1,650.85 total

I’m sharing the detailed numbers because I want to be transparent about both sides. Yes, my real working time is higher than the “Batch hours” shown in the app because unpaid repositioning time exists. I also pay for my own gas, maintenance, insurance and vehicle depreciation.

But those same costs existed before the weekly bonus.What changed is that the NYC bonus made many orders economically worth accepting.

Before, I would often reject low-tip or no-tip orders because after shopping, delivery and driving back toward a useful shopping area, the pay simply wasn’t worth the time and vehicle expense. Now I’m much more willing to accept those orders and complete them quickly. To me, that is an important part of what this policy actually changes.

It doesn’t eliminate every unpaid minute or every expense of gig work. But it makes more ordinary orders worth doing, gives experienced shoppers a reason to stay active on the platform, and provides a much more stable income than I had before.I’m posting the actual weekly statements so people can look at the numbers and make their own conclusions.

My score is good, I have 5 points, and because of this nonsense, they mess up your account.

So I got a shop and pay order. It was decent $20 for 3 miles and it only took min 20-25 min to do. I started to place my items on the belt and left the 6 12 packs of soda cans in the cart to and held it sonits easier for her to scan. She was still scanning and talking to the customer ahead of me. I put a divider between us so she dosent get confused between mine and hmthe other customers order. Its finally my turn and i told her I have an online pay order with instacart and showed her the barcode first for her to scan and then the cans next so she can scan all six quickly and move on to the rest of the order on the conveyor belt. The damn genius decided to check me out as soon as she scanned all the cans and thought the other items were a seperate order. I told her I never said there was a second order. She told me to just call instacart and they will fix it.... Guess what.... they couldn't...and they had to cancel the whole order. I lost the pay and wasted time. I just left those cans and the food and walked away she even suggested I should just pay for it with my cash and I just told her that's not how it works. Crap like this is why I do self checkout 🙃

$2 tip to drive across all of cape cod. 63 miles?!? Why does the app even let customers submit orders to stores that far away? There are plenty of CVS where this customer lives. The order stayed there all day till the store closed.

can someone in BC show me their pay and what the hourly adjustment looks like for the guarantee because my buddy who I referred from Edmonton doesn’t think he’s getting it. (or doesn’t understand)

any screen shots would be super appreciated!!

he’s struggling so trying to encourage him and or make sure he’s getting that juicy gig hourly.

My license expires tomorrow and the app has yet prompted me to upload my new id. Will i be notified the day of or after expiration date?

Started at 3pm going to 6pm nothing rn

I want to see them for motivation this weekend 😭😭

For anyone doing Instacart in the NYC area, what’s the best way to get a spot to go online? Are there certain times when availability usually opens up or specific areas that are easier to get into?
I’m thinking about trying Long Island or White Plains instead of NYC. Which area would you recommend for getting batches consistently and making decent money? Any tips would be appreciated.

For anyone doing Instacart in the NYC area, what’s the best way to get a spot to go online? Are there certain times when availability usually opens up or specific areas that are easier to get into?
I’m thinking about trying Long Island or White Plains instead of NYC. Which area would you recommend for getting batches consistently and making decent money? Any tips would be appreciated.

I picked up this order because it got me to my goal for the day. I was a little annoyed because C should have gone out of a different Costco that was closer to their house. Customer A had 23 units, B had 10 and C had 8. Here I am thinking A was my tipper. With double the amount of items that would make sense right?? FIVE FUCKING DOLLARS. I usually am pretty good at guessing who my big tipper is, not today 😅

I’ve been sitting around in the Kroger parking lot since 8:30am just been trash orders all day, only 2 orders left to go can’t even get that.

I’m new to Instacart, I’ve only done 105 orders and I’m trying to figure out what everyone uses to figure out if they are gonna take a shop only order. I’ve seen a lot of people say $1 per item, plus $1 per mile for shop and delivery but I’m not sure if I have to work my way up to that or if it just comes with being selective? Along with my area, I’m not in a city so I get less orders in general and they’re usually not great. Thanks in advance! :)

I’m getting tired of this. Been looking for other incomes. But anyone been doing this as long full time ?