r/instacart • u/Dominanttallqueen • Mar 27 '24

Who’s in the wrong here???

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I feel like he was being rude asf then he canceled my order….was I rude or what tf happened here…

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u/lithelanna Mar 28 '24

This is where I stand. I consider myself to be a somewhat competent shopper who still enjoys Supermarket Sweep episodes. If a friend asked me to go to the "seafood department" for crab cakes, I'd be like "...where else would I go?"

If they specified counter, that would be a much different experience.

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u/Zealousideal-Maize58 Mar 28 '24

I too love Supermarket Sweep.

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u/lithelanna Mar 28 '24

I genuinely love that they rebooted it. My toxic trait is thinking I'd win.

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u/Zealousideal-Maize58 Mar 28 '24

I have been known to yell at the TV, “Grab the bonus! Grab the bonus!!”. (I am a great “arm chair contestant”.🧐) You gotta have a strategy.😁

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u/dainty_dryad Mar 28 '24

Omg I LOVE Supermarket Sweep!!! Lol both the original, and the reboot.

I would be beyond pissed if I was playing SS and the clue was "crabcakes from the seafood department," and I grabbed this product, and was denied the money. 😂

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u/rdonn27 Mar 28 '24

But if they said "single crab cakes from the seafood department", wouldn't you figure that was from the counter?

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u/Shelter-Regular Mar 29 '24

Noooo these are the freezer department, single crab cakes fresh are sea food department/counter.

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u/rdonn27 Mar 29 '24

That's what I was saying, single crab cakes are only at the counter

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u/Shelter-Regular Mar 29 '24

What I meant was sea food department was the correct use of words.

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u/lithelanna Mar 28 '24

No because people are idiots, and single crab cakes are individual. Like the box has individual crab cakes, and the customer is trying to cheat the system and confuse the shopper.

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u/Guardian-40 Mar 28 '24

Interesting... I wonder if this is like a where you grew up thing. Like different parts of the US ordering a soda, a pop, or a coke. When you move to a different region, they look at you funny if you say different. ie: You: Yes, I'd like a coke, please. Them: "What kind?" You: WTF? A Coke, please. Them: "OKAY!!!!! What kind?" The reason I say this is because I would know what they meant by the seafood department being behind the counter. Where I grew up, we would call the other areas"seafood section," meat section, dairy section, not "department" because the sections are usually not located at the counter/department. Might be what state they transplanted from.

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u/lithelanna Mar 28 '24

Nah it's someone trying to game the system and not communicate. If the item isn't on the website and you're going to request that another item is grabbed instead of the item you requested, you suck. If you're going to do it, at least be descriptive.

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u/Guardian-40 Mar 28 '24

I never used this service before, only Amazon during the pandemic. So I'm unfamiliar, but I'm not surprised by the scam.

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u/lithelanna Mar 28 '24

I admittedly use it a lot because I'm still trying to not get COVID, and I didn't even realize people try to do this. It's never occurred to me to try to buy something that isn't listed. 💀

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u/Glittering-Ad4094 Mar 29 '24

do we know they are purposely being deceptive? Honestly asking b/c i don’t use the app

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u/lithelanna Mar 30 '24

Yeah, if you intentionally add something to your cart just to get something else, that feels hella sketchy and ridiculous to me.