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Walmart is out of control

Sunday- 7:58 AM- Two jars of Rao's sauce dropped off.
Sunday 818- ten banker boxes, model 713, delivered
Sunday- 9:54- ten banker boxes model 799 delivered
Sunday 312- a hot wire tool dropped off
Sunday 430- my groceries dropped off
Sunday 6:12- three boxes of Barilla pasta delivered.

Monday- 8:15- a single light bulb delivered
Monday-10:12- a pack of men's underwear delivered.
Tuesday 730- ten more banker's boxes delivered(799)
Tuesday 1050 another single light bulb delivered.

This is supposed to be efficient? The groceries, sauce, and bulbs were placed in a single order, and all the banker's boxes were ordered at the same time.

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Walmart is out of control

Sunday- 7:58 AM- Two jars of Rao's sauce dropped off.
Sunday 818- ten banker boxes, model 713, delivered
Sunday- 9:54- ten banker boxes model 799 delivered
Sunday 312- a hot wire tool dropped off
Sunday 430- my groceries dropped off
Sunday 6:12- three boxes of Barilla pasta delivered.

Monday- 8:15- a single light bulb delivered
Monday-10:12- a pack of men's underwear delivered.
Tuesday 730- ten more banker's boxes delivered(799)
Tuesday 1050 another single light bulb delivered.

This is supposed to be efficient? The groceries, sauce, and bulbs were placed in a single order, and all the banker's boxes were ordered at the same time.
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Maybe they’re always going the same route everyday, and whatever is available to load before they leave is added? If the truck is filled one way or the other, then it might as well leave rather than wait for the full order and leave partially empty. Also not sure if shipping is going smoothly what with trouble going on elsewhere.

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Walmart is out of control

Sunday- 7:58 AM- Two jars of Rao's sauce dropped off.
Sunday 818- ten banker boxes, model 713, delivered
Sunday- 9:54- ten banker boxes model 799 delivered
Sunday 312- a hot wire tool dropped off
Sunday 430- my groceries dropped off
Sunday 6:12- three boxes of Barilla pasta delivered.

Monday- 8:15- a single light bulb delivered
Monday-10:12- a pack of men's underwear delivered.
Tuesday 730- ten more banker's boxes delivered(799)
Tuesday 1050 another single light bulb delivered.

This is supposed to be efficient? The groceries, sauce, and bulbs were placed in a single order, and all the banker's boxes were ordered at the same time.
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FBI had to clear everything. That combination of items sounds like a murder & body disposal kit. The sauce and pasta is a side dish.

Quote: billryan

Walmart is out of control

Sunday- 7:58 AM- Two jars of Rao's sauce dropped off.
Sunday 818- ten banker boxes, model 713, delivered
Sunday- 9:54- ten banker boxes model 799 delivered
Sunday 312- a hot wire tool dropped off
Sunday 430- my groceries dropped off
Sunday 6:12- three boxes of Barilla pasta delivered.

Monday- 8:15- a single light bulb delivered
Monday-10:12- a pack of men's underwear delivered.
Tuesday 730- ten more banker's boxes delivered(799)
Tuesday 1050 another single light bulb delivered.

This is supposed to be efficient? The groceries, sauce, and bulbs were placed in a single order, and all the banker's boxes were ordered at the same time.
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Did you select "shipping" or "delivery"?
I select shipping and just don't care about schedules.
If I worry about perishables or schedules, it's delivery.

I don't pay any attention to how they deliver. I find that if I order a single jar, it usually comes with my groceries, but if I order three jars, they are delivered separately. I think their fleet of independent contractors delivered these, not a big truck.
I'm teaming up with Walmart to create jobs.

Saw somebody post a pic of bar codes instead of the price under items at Walmart. There's no way to discern the price of anything if they are all bar codes unless you scan each one on your phone in the Walmart app while you shop. People are getting disgusted and vowing to never return.

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I don't pay any attention to how they deliver. I find that if I order a single jar, it usually comes with my groceries, but if I order three jars, they are delivered separately. I think their fleet of independent contractors delivered these, not a big truck.
I'm teaming up with Walmart to create jobs.
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From what I've seen, they both come by "Spark", which seems to be walmart's in-house doordash.
Delivery invites a tip and often adds a surcharge for a busy timeslot. Shipping is "when we get around to it", but no tip, no surcharge, and often tomorrow or the day after.

They also seem to split orders on "shipping", rather than cancel or substitute on "delivery" - presumably based on availability for when the local store gets their resupply deliveries in. If I pick shipping, I kind of expect that some of the stuff may arrive in the morning (when a driver has an open slot, but the picker gets bumped to a higher priority order), and they may make a separate dropoff later of the rest. Suits me fine, because paper towels don't exactly melt in the afternoon sun.

I pay extra for in-home delivery, which is supposed to be tip-free. The instructions say to leave it on the porch; don't ring the bell or disturb residents.
Anything they can't deliver in-home gets shipped with no tips.

Ahh, right. I'm not willing to set up a keypad or smart unlock, and I don't think it's worth the extra dollar-dollars to me. The porch pirates don't seem particularly excited to score jugs of kitty litter or large packs of paper towels, and there is generally someone around to pull things inside, anyway.

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I pay extra for in-home delivery, which is supposed to be tip-free. The instructions say to leave it on the porch; don't ring the bell or disturb residents.
Anything they can't deliver in-home gets shipped with no tips.
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They do not read the instructions and often can not.

I used to live in a development next to a Walmart. If you used any map having anything to do with Google, directions to my place would take you to Walmart. So in my food delivery apps I left instructions: "Your map will probably take you to Walmart. Do not go to Walmart. Go one light south of Walmart and make the right. Then you will be in my development."

So I ordered food from Uber Eats and I'm watching the driver on the map. Yes, of course he is driving around in circles at Walmart like an idiot. The phone rings and the guy says "I am at Walmart to deliver your food. Where are you?"

I say "I am not at Walmart. Did you read the directions? Leave Walmart, make a right, and then the next right."

"But eeet say Walmart! You at Walmart!"

"No, I am not at Walmart. Close your mouth for a second and listen to what I am saying. Leave Walmart, make a right, and then the next right." I hang up.

Watch him drive around in circles for a few minutes, and he calls back.

"Eeet say you are at Walmart! I bring food to Walmart!"

I tell him where he can shove the food, hang up, and block his number. Then I went out and got some food. He probably just threw the food someplace and swore he delivered it, to this horrible, mean person who lives at Walmart and treated him so unfairly.

When Amazon, et al, delivers to the house and drops the package(s) off at the side door by the garage like the instructions say, I give the driver a "delivered with care", "respectful of propeorty" and "f ollows instructions" and "it was great" feedback. If they deliver to the front door, like the isntructions say NOT to do, I give them a "It was poor" feedback and "didn't follow instructions" and "delivered to the wrong place" feedback. One time recently I left poor feedback soon after delivery, and he came back and moved the package from the wrong place to right place. Follow directions!

Walmart has the cheapest eggs and frozen veggie prices in town. For other products, your mileage may vary.