10-04-2020 18:19 via theverge.com

People are baiting Instacart workers with huge tips then slashing them to zero

Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon / Denver Post Instacart workers are being wooed by orders with large tips only to find them dropped to zero after a delivery has been made, according to a new report by CNN. Instacart lets users set their own custom tip with each shopping request, but it also allows them to change it for up to three days after an order is completed to adjust for experience. Workers, however, claim that some users have been abusing this feature, baiting them with big tips to get their sh
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