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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 0:50:30 GMT
20% of the pre-discount price.
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Post by christaw on Aug 19, 2014 0:53:20 GMT
20% or $5. Whichever is more.
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Post by maryland on Aug 19, 2014 0:56:25 GMT
I would do close to 20%. My husband is a great tipper, so he would do more.
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Post by chaosisapony on Aug 19, 2014 1:04:42 GMT
I rarely get delivery pizza but when I do it is for us at work when we cannot leave the office. The delivery place is 3 blocks away. I tip $2.
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Post by stittsygirl on Aug 19, 2014 1:30:39 GMT
Our pizza order from Dominos is always around $30 and I always tip $5. If it's ever a bigger order, I'll tip more.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Aug 19, 2014 1:37:48 GMT
Do they already charge a delivery fee? Mine does, so I adjust tip accordingly. Which sucks, because I know there's a good chance that the driver isn't getting the fee. But I'm not paying a total of $10 for delivery that's less than 2 miles away. I've never known a delivery fee to go to the driver; on the Domino's commercial here, it specifically says that. However, for a pickup less than two miles away, I'd just go get it and save myself the delivery fee AND the tip.
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Post by melanell on Aug 19, 2014 1:38:16 GMT
We have only one local place that will deliver to us due to where we live, and I tip them similar to you because of the distance. I figure if they had stayed in town, they could have delivered to 2 or 3 homes in the time it took them to get to ours and back.
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Post by chirpingcricket on Aug 19, 2014 1:55:21 GMT
I just lectured Dear Son, age 21, about tipping.
Start at 20%. So yeah, a lot closer to $5 than $2 in your situation. Start at 20% before tax. If service is exemplary, tip more. If service sucks, tip 30 cents. That way, they know, "These people really hated the service they got; they didn't just forget to tax." Twenty percent is the minimum in a normal tipping experience.
With pizza delivery in particular, I think starting at 20% sets a precedent, so when your order comes in, the drivers say, "Oh! That's Chirping Cricket! She tips generously! I'm going to make sure she gets her pizza in a timely fashion!"
Tipping less than that tells the drivers, "No need to rush -- that asshat is just going to give us $2."
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 19, 2014 2:39:39 GMT
Easy for me.... No one delivers toy house! I have to go get it!
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Post by IAmUnoriginal on Aug 19, 2014 2:57:04 GMT
Our favorite pizza place is a small family owned place about 3 miles away. We order the same thing most of the time, and our total comes to just under $23. We give the delivery guys $5 in cash. If it's Super Bowl Sunday or the winter weather sucks, we usually bump that up a bit. One of the drivers that has been delivering to us since we moved here 4 years ago knows our dog lives for crust and pepperoni. If he delivers when we order, Lizzy gets a chunk of crust and two pieces of pepperoni from him. She stands on her back legs and gives kisses for only DH and that delivery guy. Pepperoni hussy.
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Post by kristalina on Aug 19, 2014 3:42:52 GMT
So delivery people pay their own gas? What a crappy job if they do!! We live in town and our delivery places are all within a 2 mile radius. I usually tip like $4-$5.00. We don't order very much, usually just a pizza - $25.00 tops.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 19, 2014 3:54:00 GMT
Do they already charge a delivery fee? Mine does, so I adjust tip accordingly. Which sucks, because I know there's a good chance that the driver isn't getting the fee. But I'm not paying a total of $10 for delivery that's less than 2 miles away. This is why I pick up my pizza. I don't want to tip. But I do feel like a tip is part of the price of the pizza, just like the tip at a restaurant and if you aren't will to tip, then you shouldn't be ordering. I typically tip $2-$3 IF we have it delivered and there isn't bad weather, but I live less than 5 blocks from the pizza place. I only have it delivered if I am not going to be home and the kids want to eat. If it is crappy weather and I am ordering because I don't want to go out, the tip can go up to $10.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 19, 2014 3:55:24 GMT
I said that barely enough to cover the gas he spent to get here. Would he have to pay his own gas? I never get pizza delivered but all the places I know have a company car that the drivers use for deliveries. In answer to your question, I would tip $0 because we don't tip here!
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Post by smokeynspike on Aug 19, 2014 4:01:06 GMT
I usually tip a couple of bucks on top of the delivery charge I have to pay too. The pizza place is less than a couple of miles from my house.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Aug 19, 2014 4:08:19 GMT
We do at least 20% or $5 whichever is greater, or if we only have a $10 we might give them that instead, we order from the same place, both delivery and walk-in pick up and they know us.
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Post by PEArfect on Aug 19, 2014 5:34:33 GMT
Am I the only one that has never had a pizza delivered?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 5:50:00 GMT
I usually tip $3 to $4 but that's on one pizza and the place we order is just a few minutes away, straight up the road, no real traffic to contend with. I would tip more for more pizzas/larger order and if the weather is crappy or something like that.
One time we ordered a pizza really late - like the last pizza of the night - and the manager actually brought it on his way home. I tipped him pretty well that night.
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Post by DinCA on Aug 19, 2014 6:51:10 GMT
DH tips a couple bucks at least on carry-out orders. Like, orders he picks up and carries to the car himself. I'll never understand that one! He generally over-tips, I think. He's generally pretty frugal, but he likes to tip well and finds people usually remember and offer really great service the next time around. I'm like your dh for the same reason Me, too. I tend to go to the same places over and over and get to know the staff so I always leave a tip when I pick up take-out. To the OP, I think your tip is the appropriate one.
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Post by penny on Aug 19, 2014 7:06:38 GMT
I tip a bit more for delivery than what I would for the same quality (polite, correct order, reasonable time, etc), in a restaurant... Here, the drivers get paid pretty much minimum wage but have to use their own car, gas, and pay the insurance for it... They have a lot more costs than a waiter would and I somehow figure since I'm asking for the service I should be the one covering the extra costs... 20% feels reasonable to me...
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Post by gar on Aug 19, 2014 7:16:52 GMT
I said that barely enough to cover the gas he spent to get here. Would he have to pay his own gas? I never get pizza delivered but all the places I know have a company car that the drivers use for deliveries. In answer to your question, I would tip $0 because we don't tip here! Our pizza delivery drivers use company vehicles (and petrol/gas) and I've never tipped a food delivery guy although we haven't had pizza delivered for years!!.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 19, 2014 7:34:57 GMT
I usually pay a $3 tip. The place is only like a mile from my house, and they are not serving me an entire meal, they are dropping off a pizza. I am already paying a delivery surcharge as well. I feel like $3 to hand me one or two pizzas is sufficient. That usually comes to about 20% of my order total anyway. This is me. We rarely get delivery, but if we do, we're like the above. We are 1/4 to 1/2 mile away depending on where we get it from.
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Post by anaterra on Aug 19, 2014 7:59:04 GMT
I guess Im as cheap as your hubby because I only give a couple bucks.. we do get charged delivery fee... and I guess I just never thought of it as restaurant type tip kinda job...
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Post by oblibby on Aug 19, 2014 9:33:16 GMT
If my order came to £18ish I'd probably give the driver a £20 and tell him to keep the change. If it came to £20 I'd still just give him the £20. My head will never get around percentage tipping - I'm much more of a spur of the moment tipper and even then only if the service is good.
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Post by gar on Aug 19, 2014 10:45:59 GMT
If my order came to £18ish I'd probably give the driver a £20 and tell him to keep the change. If it came to £20 I'd still just give him the £20. My head will never get around percentage tipping - I'm much more of a spur of the moment tipper and even then only if the service is good. I think we have a very different scale for tipping in the UK (and Australia from what Meg said) compared to the US.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 19, 2014 10:58:05 GMT
I don't, and wouldn't, tip the pizza delivery guy either! Also, some restaurants here automatically include a service charge in the bill so I look to see if this has been added before tipping anywhere!
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Post by smokey2471 on Aug 19, 2014 11:09:38 GMT
I said that barely enough to cover the gas he spent to get here. Would he have to pay his own gas? I never get pizza delivered but all the places I know have a company car that the drivers use for deliveries. In answer to your question, I would tip $0 because we don't tip here! Here they drive their own cars.
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Post by miominmio on Aug 19, 2014 11:14:36 GMT
Minimum 20%.
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Post by smokey2471 on Aug 19, 2014 11:14:36 GMT
If my order came to £18ish I'd probably give the driver a £20 and tell him to keep the change. If it came to £20 I'd still just give him the £20. My head will never get around percentage tipping - I'm much more of a spur of the moment tipper and even then only if the service is good. I think we have a very different scale for tipping in the UK (and Australia from what Meg said) compared to the US. Yes, While eating at a Resturant in A small village in France (about an hour outside of Paris our bill was around 500 euros(4 people) so we tipped 100 euros. The waiter was gushing all over the place. Thanking us and smiling. I guess we made his night:) We walked along the streets there and later went back to the car on the way back to the car he stepped outside and waved as we went past the Resturant.
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Post by gar on Aug 19, 2014 11:18:49 GMT
I think we have a very different scale for tipping in the UK (and Australia from what Meg said) compared to the US. Yes, While eating at a Resturant in A small village in France (about an hour outside of Paris our bill was around 500 euros(4 people) so we tipped 100 euros. The waiter was gushing all over the place. Thanking us and smiling. I guess we made his night:) We walked along the streets there and later went back to the car on the way back to the car he stepped outside and waved as we went past the Resturant. I'm sure he did!
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 19, 2014 11:20:40 GMT
I don't order pizza very often, but when I do I am usually so happy that someone is bringing me food that I a) don't have to cook b) don't have to leave my house to pick up and c) can remain dressed like a homeless person that I would give over my first born if I had to.
How much that amounts to in real money can vary. It might even be a combo of bills and an amount of the charge slip...I tend to over tip to begin with and food delivery makes me giddy.
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