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ortusduxtoday at 5:24 PM1 replyview on HN

Walmart, for example, maintains in-store pricing, but charges a $95/year membership fee and you tip the driver.


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tzstoday at 8:04 PM

If you order at least once a month it is probably worth upgrading from Walmart+ to Walmart+ InHome. That's $40/year but it has these advantages:

• Delivery is by a background checked salaried Walmart employee in a company van rather than third party contractors.

• Tipping is not allowed.

• Instead of just delivering to your doorstop you can have them deliver to your garage, or even inside your home where they will even unpack them and put the perishable items in your fridge and leave the rest neatly arranged on your counter top or table.

Since the minimum order for free delivery with Walmart+ is $35, a 10% tip on a single order would be more than the $3.33 that a $40 year annual subscription divide by 12 is (and most people would tip $5 on a minimum order rather than 10%).