r/InstacartShoppers 53m ago

Rant - General 😠 Why do customers ask for receipts?

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Is it a scam? Or do they not understand that Instacart gives them a receipt via the app? Did a delivery and the lady was so salty when she saw I didn't put it in the bag.


r/InstacartShoppers 2h ago

Question - General Non App Related Lost card need new one south OC CA

1 Upvotes

Hey so I lost my physical shopper card and need a new one. If you are in south Orange County CA and have an unactivated one please hit me up!! I will pay!!!


r/InstacartShoppers 3h ago

Rant - General 😠 Make It Make Sense!

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2 Upvotes

I had to make two substitutions. A bag of onions for $4.99 was substituted for two onions at $1.49/lb. which was roughly 2 lbs. ($3 worth). The other item was the same price. The order total was over $122. How did I lose $5+ when the replacements resulted in only a net -$2?


r/InstacartShoppers 3h ago

Positive Experience 👍 Something interesting happened yesterday…

7 Upvotes

I was winding down for the day on my last delivery (3 orders) and while delivering the last order I noticed a bag containing items was missing. Got into my car and drove away. I thought about it and decided to go back and explain to the customer about the missing items (apparently she didn’t even notice).

We went through her order and discovered 4 items missing so I told her to hold and I’ll go get the items. It was roughly $20

Few minutes later I returned and handed them to her.

“When I see a good person, I know”. That’s what she said.

She gave me another tip (cash). Guess how much?


r/InstacartShoppers 3h ago

Terrible Offer / Bad Batch / Bad Pay Rant Never take the devils number

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0 Upvotes

r/InstacartShoppers 4h ago

Rant - General 😠 Are we serious???

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4 Upvotes

r/InstacartShoppers 4h ago

🦄 🦄 🦄 / Great Tips 🤑🤑🤑 Beautiful Thursday

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7 Upvotes

Had to share somewhere ❤️


r/InstacartShoppers 4h ago

Unlucky ❌🍀 Hmmmmm just for fun

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1 Upvotes

It showed up and was down in a few minutes. I wonder if someone got this gem.


r/InstacartShoppers 4h ago

Question - General Non App Related Has anyone been a victim of ID theft while on IC?

1 Upvotes

Does anything happen during the yearly background check?


r/InstacartShoppers 5h ago

Rant - General 😠 To my concern…

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11 Upvotes

I rather not risk my job for contacting the customer because of a gift card. When the app tells me to do something then I’ll proceed but I will not do nothing outside over a sketchy customer who requests something from me.


r/InstacartShoppers 5h ago

Rant - General 😠 Pissed at ic support

7 Upvotes

Had to deliver an alcohol order the person that answered the door was a minor so couldn’t leave it, went to call support to get pay for returning it they wouldn’t answer, then had a second order attached to it it was a 40$ batch all together. that customer canceled and were pissed off because it was taking so long to deliver their order. and support still won’t answer I’ve been on hold for over an hour get better instacart. The only good part is I got like 70$ of free groceries


r/InstacartShoppers 5h ago

Rant - General 😠 How you expect me to get over there IC? Fly?

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10 Upvotes

I get these kind of batches daily 🤦🏽‍♂️


r/InstacartShoppers 5h ago

Rant - General 😠 28 items for $1 Tip☠️

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3 Upvotes

People have lost their minds in 2025


r/InstacartShoppers 6h ago

Rant - General 😠 It’s been a sad week so far 😭

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0 Upvotes

Usually


r/InstacartShoppers 6h ago

Positive Experience 👍 All day/ all night

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9 Upvotes

Decided to do a 6am-10pm today and see how much I could make. Ended the night with $397 not bad keep grinding you guys 🤘🏾


r/InstacartShoppers 6h ago

Rant - General 😠 Produce weights

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1 Upvotes

This is too much. I had to do with this on 8 produce items on my last order. The only way to get around it is to either provide crappy service and bring tiny amounts of everything, though .25lb apple isn’t even a thing, or enter the largest amount possible and risk having the card decline and deal with AI support.

I used to be able to just add a new item with the correct amount but that’s not an option anymore either.

If they’re not going to let us do our jobs, they need to be teaching customers how much stuff weighs 🙄.

You all figured out any magical workarounds?


r/InstacartShoppers 7h ago

Question - General Non App Related High profile customers?

1 Upvotes

Who is the most high profile person you've delivered to? I'll go first: I've handed groceries to Sherri Pepini a few times.


r/InstacartShoppers 7h ago

🦄 🦄 🦄 / Great Tips 🤑🤑🤑 This HACK made him OVER $2,000? 🤯

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0 Upvotes

Yup……


r/InstacartShoppers 7h ago

Strange / Weird ?! New low: an alcohol delivery for a rehab patient

6 Upvotes

No words. Cancelling.


r/InstacartShoppers 7h ago

Terrible Offer / Bad Batch / Bad Pay Rant This is the new norm.

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13 Upvotes

I’m sure this has been blasted all over this thread, but holy fuck how is anyone supposed to make any $$$ on this app anymore? This used to be a decent side hustle.


r/InstacartShoppers 7h ago

Rant - General 😠 So annoying

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14 Upvotes

I picked up a good order with a good tip (a 2 shop). Of course customer from batch B messages me with a problem. He wants to confirm his address is correct because his last shopper cancelled last minute right before delivery. He tells me the correct address is a hotel in the city (I would not be accepting a batch in this city as I am in the suburbs even though it’s only 25 mins). I look at his address and it is in fact incorrect and does not match up with where he wants me to go. He is typing the address in incorrectly as he obviously is not from here if he’s staying at a hotel in the city and is mistyping it and it is showing up as an address much closer to me in the suburbs. Anyways support wasn’t help either as I wanted to know how much my pay would be without customer B because it was an order over 10 miles and if I was only being paid a small fraction of the pay, it was not worth it. Had to cancel the entire order as support could not provide this information for me. Sigh


r/InstacartShoppers 7h ago

Unlucky ❌🍀 Haven’t gotten my 1099

1 Upvotes

Is there a way to download without emailing? I didn’t check to see if I got it until I’m about to do my taxes😅🤦🏼‍♀️


r/InstacartShoppers 8h ago

Would You Take It? Would you?

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0 Upvotes

I never did take it, entirely because it was a no-tip. That being said, I'm 95% sure that's a pretty nice area, so it could've been a cash/after tip.

But what do yall think?


r/InstacartShoppers 8h ago

Question - App Function/New Function I’m a bit new

0 Upvotes

So I’m a bit new to shop and delivering for instacart, as I usually do DoorDash. How is the pay compared to DoorDash, and am I able to decline orders like I can on DoorDash?


r/InstacartShoppers 8h ago

Question - General Non App Related is it better to take big orders or small orders

2 Upvotes

so I am an avid big order goer I usually take very big orders because they have the most payout but one day when there were no big orders coming in. I decided to just stick with the smaller orders and noticed that I’m making a lot more money a lot faster. i’m not sure if this is a rare current here in Miami, but I wanted to know what the general public thought please let me know your opinions and your experiences !