Raise your hands if you are dependent on online delivery platforms for purchasing anything and everything. From dresses to shoes, groceries, medicines, and probably every other product can be easily ordered just by tapping some basic information on our mobile screens. Have you ever wondered if shopping online costs more or cheaper than stores? Well, a Swiggy user recently complained about higher prices and compared the costs.
X User Compared Higher Prices On Swiggy With An Offline Store
Priyanka Thirumurthy (@priyankathiru) took to the X platform to share her opinions on the expensive prices charged on this food delivery platform.
The cost of convenience is 🤯 pic.twitter.com/uzGZe4KCIi
— Priyanka Thirumurthy (@priyankathiru) May 27, 2024
Priyanka Thirumurthy shared pictures of two bills; each from the Swiggy platform and an offline store. The bills contain all the prices and clearly show the drastic differences between online and offline shopping experiences. The first photo is a bill of Coffee Shastra located in Chennai’s KC Enclave. The bill shows the purchase list of
- 3 Bun Butter Jams costing ₹45 each, making it a total of ₹135
- 1 Bun Butter costing ₹52.38
- 1 Extra Butter priced at ₹20
- 2 orders of Honey charged at ₹10 each, costing ₹20
- 2 orders for Green Chai Large at ₹95.72
The grand total was ₹320 including CGST and SGST.
On the other hand, the Swiggy orders were of higher prices. 4 pieces of Bum Butter Jams were priced at ₹460 and 3 Cups of Sulaimani Chai were for ₹210. The bill total of Swiggy was a lot more in comparison to the offline store. Though we do not need to physically visit places to purchase products and can enjoy seamless experiences of getting everything delivered, a huge margin in between the bills grabbed many people’s attention. X user Priyanka Thirumurthy called it “The cost of convenience.”
What Do Netizens Think?
X users have shared their responses seeing the difference between the Swiggy and offline total bills. While no one denies the significant dissimilarities in costs and higher prices on Swiggy, many are in support of spending more as they can get all the products quite easily without the need to go outside. Also, every delivery includes a fuel charge and the fee of the delivery boy. However, there are a few people who are not satisfied seeing the expensive prices.
Convenience fees are the most inconvenient
— Kush (@aslikush) May 28, 2024
The business idea is to charge around 40% on each dish. Customers have no choice but to pay for it.
— The Tribal Voice 🇮🇳 (@tribalvoice99) May 28, 2024
300% convinience fee!?? May be packing charges included but still too high!
But no escape having used to the convenience😔
— Arun Govindan (@ArunGovindan5) May 27, 2024
Getting a cup of coffee at Coffee shastra T.Nagar during peak hrs is frustrating to the core. The slow service, the smoking zone nearby, the dustbins, the bus stop 😓
This is indeed ‘convenience’ fee
Btw Bun Butter Jam at Coffee Mama is better 🙃
— Ice Cold காபி (@KumbudrenSaami) May 27, 2024
Some people have been spending a fortune on business class flight tickets for a very little convenience. Swiggy is the middle class’s convenience. It saves a lot of time and fuel.
The actual issue is that, there is no competition. Just like budget Airlines, there should be more…
— Michael Rupam Makhal (@mrmakhal) May 28, 2024
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Because swiggy commision charges 33 percentage charges. That’s why there are so many charges in the hotel
— Dinesh (@gsbdinesh) May 27, 2024
It should be. The fuel consumed to transport such a small meal is not so efficient if we take the climate seriously. The cost must be higher so we don’t take climate or fuel for granted.
— Aswin Manohar (@Aswin_polymath) May 27, 2024
What is your opinion on this?
Cover Image Courtesy: Canva, X/ Priyanka Thirumurthy (@priyankathiru)
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