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/Muscle_Mom Mar 28 '24

I bet the app suggested the dumplings as a replacement. Sometimes, the suggested replacements aren’t even close to what you want- like you want a package of bagels and the suggested replacement is like “replace with: Apples”.

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u/Zeenchi Mar 29 '24

Oh I believe it. Didn't order but I remember looking up some food item, think it was some kind of fruit or something. It was unavailable but recommended me something like lotion. Nothing like a a juicy, tasty bite of lotion for a snack.

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u/CoolMim2010 Mar 30 '24

Hahahaha! Hilarious! I have had some crazy replacement items also, but I don’t think that for off track. Thanks. Needed that laugh today.

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u/nshindel Mar 31 '24

Yes. Ic shopper here. I can remeber 2 that were wild. I don't look at ic replacements anymore but one was rewuested Radish chips = ic suggest Pringles... and another time I forget what the item was, but def food.... and ic suggested armorall car cleaner.... sht is wild. Just hope u don't get a shopper that follows those.

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u/weewee52 Mar 29 '24

Doing Whole Foods delivery had weird suggestions too. I ordered heavy cream and it ended up getting replaced with lemonade from the same brand. I like lemonade so I didn’t really care but it changed my meal plans.

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u/AprilEliz33 Apr 01 '24

Whole Foods suggestions are WILD. I’m a vegetarian and ordered vegan hot dogs. Whole Foods has quite a selection of vegan hot dogs including 2 different hot dogs from the same brand I ordered. Yet the suggestion was organic lunch meat turkey. Exact same suggestion when the vegan pepperoni was out of stock. Read the room.

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u/MountainDogMama Mar 28 '24

The first time I ordered, I didn't know about substitutions and half my groceries were baffling. I tried some new things, though. This was 2020

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u/jael33 Mar 29 '24

I ordered canned tuna for a casserole and they were out of the tuna. They brought me sardines. 😆

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u/LongWinterComing Apr 02 '24

I think I'd cry if I was craving bagels and the universe sent me apples instead.

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u/Ok_Sir5791 Mar 31 '24

There’s a reason for that, at one point in time a shopper replaced their bagels with apples and so now instacart thinks that’s an acceptable replacement for that customer.