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Wow

Caveat Emptor

Americans should know how badly they are being manipulated and taken advantage of by the biggest Internet and social media companies. For example, people in conservative red states are targeted with pro-gun stories while liberals in blue states are targeted with gun control stories. Guess why.

They got the idea from Krogers

Original web page stated the need for $75 purchase to get free shipping. It wasnt on sale. The offer wasnt for everyone. Just me. Similar experience at Macy's. Really disgusting.

They do this with flight ✈️ pricing!!!

That’s why I never let companies control my situation. They’re all crooks

Yes. Greed driven software. It's easy to evaluate customers who buy more, then slide their prices up Realpage scammed the country on apartment rents. Gas prices are higher by neighborhoods.

Devil’s advocate: what if the question were “is it ok to charge rich people more for groceries so you can charge poor people less?”

This happens with any electronic “thing”. Airline prices, surfing online a. It’s a racket.

I ask the same question of Door Dash. Even after the “service and convenience” fee,, the taxes and drivers tip they still charge more for the items than the restaurant themselves. The drivers tip I’m totally for, but charging more than the restaurant charges should be illegal.

Why in the holy hell did AI even need to be introduced on the platform to begin with?! Not everything needs AI

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They are taking advantage of people who can’t shop for themselves…💙

Definitely. They're the WORST. I csnceled Instacart when priority delivery went from $2 to $4 & service fees from $4 to $8-$12. No delivery fee is a joke. They don't stand behind their service either. GrubHub offers decent compensation when they F up. Instacart? A $5 credit. And prices ARE absurd.

So let us ALL get the up front factual facts about AL- 1-The disclamer at the bottem of AI informantion: 2-This is AI & may not be true. 3-Prices vary for differnment customers. 4-See # 1 More than obvious 2-4 should be mandated to be included.

And I am sure they aren't the only ones doing this!!

Walmart Canada's grocery delivery is powered by third-party partners, primarily Instacart, for on-demand service, with a recent expansion into a partnership with DoorDash. I heard Skip the Dish might get involved also, competition is key to keeping pricing fair and honest!

Hmmm we have a choice here in Canada.

Well, now I’m deleting Instacart. If there’s a class action lawsuit in process, sign me up. 😡

An admission of guilt and the promise to stop using this abhorrent tactic isn’t enough. The only real accountability comes through legal action and severe financial penalties for deliberately misleading customers. That’s how you settle it and how you make sure it never happens again.

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That's awful

W. H. A. T. ??

Maybe they aught to do their own shopping

AI is going to bring us down. ALL OF US.

i use instacart all the time, bx i have to. i dont really understand what it is they were doing, & i dont exactly understand what algorithms do. were they trying to see if we would pay for the higher priced item or what>?

Now we need an exposé on #TSLA artificially pumping share prices with algorithmic trading.

I'm in

Instacart is a scam. They once overcharged me $170 and I couldn't even win the dispute with my bank. This happened to me because I had to chose between car repairs or groceries. EVIL corporation.

You can cancel now. I have. Mine runs out next May. It's still in effect till then.

That sucks. Costco used them for same day delivery items & that’s very helpful for people who have disabilities & scheduling issues. I really appreciated those delivery people. Sucks Instacart had to ruin their brand by price gouging.

I stopped using Instacart when I noticed the app was charging more than in-store prices, even when I picked up at the store. I would join a class action lawsuit.

The greed is insatiable

Capitalism is not fair. Until massive amounts of people quit buying stuff, they will always do this sort of thing. Usually public shaming and a vote with your wallet has at least some impact.

What’s instacart?

Here's the original investigation

Instacart’s AI-aided Pricing Experiments one.npr.org/i/fis-381444...

Oh look, another company I'll never trust again.

AI should be legally limited to Scientific and Medical uses only with additional uses needing individual congressional approval.

Last year I stopped by a Ralph’s supermarket in Santa Monica to get some dog food. Not my usual store and not my neighborhood but I was driving by. The food was $34.00-at my local Ralph’s just a couple miles away the food is $23.00. Ralph’s charged $11 more simply because it’s a wealthier area!

Spend a lot of money each week? Good chance you can "afford" the new higher prices. Then throw in a few random changes for everyone to obfuscate. Those are simple to do

Good question.

I have not used any rewards program - supermarket or gas station - for years for those reasons. I do use Amazon frequently though which I assume utilizes the same type of data gathering. 🤷‍♀️

3/ . . .all while shifting reliance from third-party cookies to direct, first-party data sharing. These apps (like Fetch, Ibotta) track interactions like receipts and app usage to offer tailored content and rewards, fostering a mutually beneficial data-sharing ecosystem. 3/

They're only sorry that they got caught out at price gouging.

Doesn't that mean that the shops/corporations they deliver from are also doing the same?

Integrity & customer service are dead at the CEO levels. I appreciated every one of the delivery drivers that brought me groceries.

They don't care. The only thing they care about is profit.

Long before AI, a local grocery chain had pricing lower for the "rich neighborhoods" than it did for poor ones. In their greed, they knew that folks in the rich areas would drive to a different store. Folks in the poor areas had no such backup plan, either not owning a car at all, or limited funds.

Instalation Boycott

As a single mother, I use Instacart regularly. The app has always said they charge "in store" prices. That is clearly a blatant lie and I'm ready to sign up for that class action lawsuit. And will be shopping in person from now on except in extreme circumstances.

Some of these "conveniences" are tipping themselves.

YES

When you book a vacation rental, it's been like that for a long time. Or how does Google make its money? Not that it makes it any better.

Capital extraction has to continue somewhere when everything material is commodified. Or we could do things differently .. just saying.

Have people pay for a plan that includes you screwing them. Beautiful business plan.

We’re in prime capitalism now. Dynamic pricing, everything is a subscription, quality is shit.

I want my money back. Dammit.

Too late. Boycott greedy, corrupt Instacart

Isn’t Instacart a luxury service? You’re having restaurant food delivered to your house, not buying life saving medication. #FirstWorldProblems #LuxuryProblems

Here in Toronto, Instacart tells Food Basics what it won't deliver.

This is not illegal. Colleges are all over the place with who they charge what. To most people this is a realized expectation..people understand they are monitored and scored

Airlines are doing this, too, but it's different with food!

Oh wow interesting well there are alternatives like Shipt even doordash but the best way is to shop for yourself when it comes to groceries

I get this feeling from streaming services too … like; why do I get certain bundle offers when I’m not logged into an account, and different ones when I am ?!?

No $hit! I noticed almost immediately. I helped seniors in my life manage their purchases. The paper towels were the tip off for me.

Thank you for sharing this.

Fucking cheats! Has everybody gone evil?

www.nist.gov/pml/owm/us-r...

F☆ck AI, and f☆ck the tech bros and their algorithms. CA just passed a law about this. Billionaires are using your words, your voice, your face, and your ideas to build their AI machines. And not paying you a dime. Unless you say NO. #OptOut

Dynamic pricing should be illegal af

I am a retired person living in Tampa, and my pricing on Instacart was higher than the stores. I noticed this for some items. If they thought they were raising the price for a rich person, they were wrong.

Not good at all!

Short Uber round trip normally $10 minimum was $20 minimum whenever my phone battery was less than 20%. I've tested this over a few different days and times, no rush hour tests.

Thanks for the heads up!

Easy to say if you live somewhere that has taxis and public transportation...

I live in suburbs so no taxis.

Interesting!

How do they determine who should get the lower or higher price. Extracted from the ABC article below. 🙄 "Instacart reiterated that the tests 'were not dynamic pricing or surveillance pricing' and were not based on 'supply or demand, personal data, demographics, or individual shopping behavior.'"

They’ll back down. For now…

Break out the lawsuits!

It's just dishonest!

Couple million donation to say the WH renovation project and it will go away like it never happened.

Do you get the feeling that AI is more snake oil that promises to make life easier but really enshittifies it. Has crypto, chatbots, social media, buy now pay later, subscription everything, yearly wraps, algorithms, and requests to review made life better? I want to turn it all off and burn it.

Fuck AI. One more method for tech and finance billionaires to screw the rest of us. Musk, Altman, Ellison, Thiel, Bezos, Andreeson, Zuckerberg, etc. These guys are weirdos that don't give one fuck about the rest of us. Here's a good read about these clowns: More Everything Forever by Adam Becker.

Totally agree

But, that's not Instacart's job. They're not a government service That SHOULD be a government service, but this is $ making company

To counter this; we repeal the corporate tax rates.. after all they are people 😏

>>We need fines that will actually impact their ability to stay in business<< Won't they just declare bankruptcy and pop back up under a different name?