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Walmart Delivery Drivers' Cars

PickyPicky3 — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 21:48:42 GMT

Lately they've been quite upscale.

Today a Tesla S. Last week a Range Rover. The week before an Escalade.

I'm getting groceries delivered. What are they delivering on the other stops?

Any logical explanations?

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On It — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 21:59:28 GMT

Could they be Lift or Uber drivers who pick up orders between ride shares? My Walmart used DoorDash a couple of years ago.

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SilleeMee — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:03:06 GMT

I know people who have two and three side-jobs just to help pay their bills. Stuff is expensive these days so they take on gigs like delivery driving. I see all kinds of vehicles making deliveries around here.

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PickyPicky3 — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:04:12 GMT

@On It Good one. I guess Lyft and Uber both offer luxury options.

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Love my grandkids — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:21:18 GMT

Never see any in our area. The closest Walmart is 16 miles away and this is a large city.

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Sooner — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:35:50 GMT

Might be kids using their parent's cars. All the drivers I've seen for Walmart are kids. Young people.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:37:45 GMT

My Walmart groceries are delivered by GrubHub. This may be different in other locations. Since they use their own vehicles, they may be using family cars. I never see their cars as they're gone by the time I get to the door.

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:45:24 GMT

Maybe they're working a side hustle to make those upscale car payments? I think the average car payment is now $750+ a month.

Most of my deliveries here have been by modest folk with modest vehicles but yep, one well dressed woman in a white Escalade and a nice older guy...50+ driving a new F 150.

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PickyPicky3 — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 23:05:15 GMT

@Kachina624 Since moving to this townhouse eight years ago there has always been an "unfixable" glitch with the GPS tracking system.

Back then the GPS would say "You have arrived" at an apartment house around the corner and I would get panicking phone calls.

Things have improved and now delivery cars stop in front of my neighbor's house. But not all drivers check the house number.

For groceries I always meet the driver at the door.

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katie1859 — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 23:07:25 GMT

Walmart uses independent drivers. They use their own vehicles. I guess it depends on your location, but seldom do I see that kind of car delivering.
Two theories ring true.
It's a sign if the times. People are struggling and over their heads. Someone mentioned high cost car payments.
Another is, Walmart like many pay well for a PT side hustle.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 23:12:58 GMT

@PickyPicky3. There seem to be many serious GPS errors. I recently heard of a semi rig that was directed to a jeep 4-wheel drive road in the Rockies. It took major wrecker assistance to extricate him from the precarious situation in which he found himself.

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chrystaltree — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:38:56 GMT

Many people drive for Lyft, Uber and the delivery services to pay for their luxury cars. Some drive to pay for their luxury vacations. It's the Gig economy that everyone talks about. People can have 3 jobs to pay for the lives they want to live.

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jackiejenny — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:45:40 GMT

I was in Savannah for several days recently and called an Uber quite frequently.

I was shocked at how upscale the vehicles were and even made a joke that the next one surely would be a Rolls Royce.

One driver had what looked to be a brand new white Escalade and said he had a black one just like it at home because some people will only ride in black cars...okay...I didn't know that was a thing!

WalMart drivers, as someone said, use their own vehicles and all I have seen are very low end.

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songbird — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:21:50 GMT

My only delivery is Instacart. The shopper/drivers use their own cars. Have no idea if Instacart gives them money for gas. I never shop inside a supermarket.

Our Walmart has a congo line of customers trying to pick up their groceries daily. It snakes around the building. Most Walmart shoppers apparently don't do delivery.

I've never tried Door Dash/Grubhub. People across the street do. The delivery drivers seem to you their own cars.

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SydneyH — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 04:19:13 GMT

@katie1859 wrote:
Walmart uses independent drivers. They use their own vehicles. I guess it depends on your location, but seldom do I see that kind of car delivering.
Two theories ring true.
It's a sign if the times. People are struggling and over their heads. Someone mentioned high cost car payments.
Another is, Walmart like many pay well for a PT side hustle.

It does, I'm a driver on the platform.

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SydneyH — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 04:23:24 GMT

@songbird wrote:
My only delivery is Instacart. The shopper/drivers use their own cars. Have no idea if Instacart gives them money for gas. I never shop inside a supermarket.

Our Walmart has a congo line of customers trying to pick up their groceries daily. It snakes around the building. Most Walmart shoppers apparently don't do delivery.

I've never tried Door Dash/Grubhub. People across the street do. The delivery drivers seem to you their own cars.

InstaCart does not reimburse for gas, the driver/shopper is responsible for all expenses related to one's vehicle.

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Nightowlz — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 21:00:04 GMT

Wal-Mart hires drivers using the Spark App.

Last guy that made a delivery here was driving a beat up old Toyota Avalon with no front bumper. He had a nice stereo though? It was so loud felt like the house was vibrating. I was wondering who was outside with that Boom Boom Boom!

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SydneyH — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 02:12:14 GMT

@Nightowlz wrote:
Wal-Mart hires drivers using the Spark App.
Last guy that made a delivery here was driving a beat up old Toyota Avalon with no front bumper. He had a nice stereo though? It was so loud felt like the house was vibrating. I was wondering who was outside with that Boom Boom Boom!

Many of us take pride in our work, Walmart can address the removal of unproductive and unprofessional drivers but are slow to do so.

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JaneMarple — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 02:25:17 GMT

I'm not sure if I'm following this correctly, is the problem with Wal-mart deliveries in private vehicles? And they are/ aren't in the best of shape? Does it matter as long as our orders get to us in a timely and safe manner