It’s just worse – Postmates - Food Delivery Review

Postmates is essentially just a worse front end for Uber Eats now, except they charge more money. Doordash has a service fee of 15% of subtotal, with a minimum of $3 and no max. Uber eats is 15% as well, with a minimum of $3 and a max of $5. The delivery fees vary between the two apps, but they’re usually within a dollar or so of each other, making which is the cheapest somewhat of a draw. Meanwhile, Postmates (which is just Uber eats; same drivers, same payment system, same backend) charges a service fee of 23%, capped at $7, and their delivery fees are about $1.50 more than the worst option between Eats and Dash. 100% of the tips from all 3 apps go to the drivers, and they use the exact same drivers as Uber Eats, so it isn’t like their drivers get paid better, and the food costs the same across the three apps, and they make no claim to pay the restaurant more, so it isn’t like the restaurant benefits. I don’t understand how this app can be just so transparently worse than its competition, some of which is owned by the same company. Just why?
Review by SeaTurtle22 on Postmates - Food Delivery.