Doordash: Difference between revisions
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*Using driver tips to cover the cost of other deliveries | *Using driver tips to cover the cost of other deliveries | ||
*Taking advantage of financially challenged consumers by using [https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Buy_Now_Pay_Later BNPL] (Buy Now Pay Later) services | *Taking advantage of financially challenged consumers by using [https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Buy_Now_Pay_Later BNPL] (Buy Now Pay Later) services | ||
*Subsidizing Dashpass subscriptions by passing commission rates onto business's | *Subsidizing Dashpass subscriptions by passing commission rates onto business's | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Withholding funds for contracted drivers<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Glenn |first=Lindey |date=2025-03-31 |title=DoorDash’s $1 BILLION Lawsuit: Exposing DoorDash’s Predatory Business Model |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-gPld7e3do |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Youtube}}</ref>=== | ===Withholding funds for contracted drivers & restaurants<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Glenn |first=Lindey |date=2025-03-31 |title=DoorDash’s $1 BILLION Lawsuit: Exposing DoorDash’s Predatory Business Model |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-gPld7e3do |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Youtube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-08 |title=When do Dashers get paid? |url=https://help.doordash.com/dashers/s/article/When-do-Dashers-get-paid?language=en_US |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Doordash}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Coban |first=Erkin |date=2025-04-08 |title=DoorDash Fees and Commissions for Restaurants: Detailed 2025 Guide - Restaurant Success Blog {{!}} Menuviel |url=https://blog.menuviel.com/doordash-fees-and-commissions-for-restaurants/ |url-status=live |website=Menuviel}}</ref>=== | ||
===Charging users multiple unclear "fees" for delivery<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayer |first=Chloe |date=2023-06-09 |title=DoorDash Faces $1B Lawsuit Over Delivery Fees: 'Dupes Naive Consumers' - Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/lawsuit-doordash-sue-iphone-android-1805387 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Newsweek}}</ref>=== | ===Charging users multiple unclear "fees" for delivery<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayer |first=Chloe |date=2023-06-09 |title=DoorDash Faces $1B Lawsuit Over Delivery Fees: 'Dupes Naive Consumers' - Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/lawsuit-doordash-sue-iphone-android-1805387 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Newsweek}}</ref>=== | ||
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===Adding restaurants to their platform without other business's consent<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pershan |first=Caleb |date=2020-01-29 |title=Delivery Apps Keep Adding Restaurants Without Their Consent - Eater |url=https://www.eater.com/2020/1/29/21113416/grubhub-seamless-kin-khao-online-delivery-mistake-doordash |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=EATER}}</ref>=== | ===Adding restaurants to their platform without other business's consent<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pershan |first=Caleb |date=2020-01-29 |title=Delivery Apps Keep Adding Restaurants Without Their Consent - Eater |url=https://www.eater.com/2020/1/29/21113416/grubhub-seamless-kin-khao-online-delivery-mistake-doordash |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=EATER}}</ref>=== | ||
=== | ===Pocketing driver tips to payout other dashers for deliveries with little or no tips<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Calvario |first=Liz |date=2025-02-25 |title=DoorDash Settlement: Millions to Be Paid to Drivers For Pocketed Tips |url=https://www.today.com/food/news/doordash-settlement-payout-rcna193728 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=TODAY}}</ref>=== | ||
===Using BNPL services to target the financially challenged consumers<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brooke |date=2025-03-24 |title=DoorDash now offering eat now, pay later payments through Klarna |url=https://nypost.com/2025/03/24/lifestyle/DoorDash-now-offering-eat-now-pay-later-payments-through-klarna/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=New York Post}}</ref>=== | ===Using BNPL services to target the financially challenged consumers<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brooke |date=2025-03-24 |title=DoorDash now offering eat now, pay later payments through Klarna |url=https://nypost.com/2025/03/24/lifestyle/DoorDash-now-offering-eat-now-pay-later-payments-through-klarna/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=New York Post}}</ref>=== | ||