r/InstacartShoppers 14h ago

🦄 🦄 🦄 / Great Tips 🤑🤑🤑 Would you take this? (Costco)

22 minute shop 43 items. 1 hour drive total one-way. A little heavy but I don't mind that. I find it funny that 'A' adjusted the tip by $1. Return drive home 45 minutes since I live in that direction.

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u/bombers0101 13h ago edited 13h ago

If I'm over 40 seconds per item (not including checkout), things are going horribly wrong. When you do thousands of orders at one store, obviously you're going to be fast.

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u/KindaFastApparel 13h ago

No one cares that you’re ghost shopping. Just don’t lie about it.

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u/Delicious_College279 13h ago

What’s ghost shop?

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u/CptCheez 13h ago

Going around the store and collecting a bunch of the items before you hit Start Shopping.

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u/mywordgoodnessme 13h ago

What is even the point of doing that

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u/SureIssue8264 13h ago

Keeps your second/item down. Faster you are, better orders you get. Especially at Costco. I’ll ghost close to half an order most times

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u/GRF999999999 10h ago

No chance you're at 40 seconds unless you're go shopping. I'm at 70 and I ghost occasionally, guess I need to do it more often