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Author Topic: Tipping delivery guys Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-19-2009 11:32 AM                        OK, so we are getting a new washer and dryer from a store in a nearby town. We're paying $69 to have them deliver it and haul off the old ones. Do I tip the delivery guys? If so, how much?  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 08-19-2009 11:49 AM                        Not for that kind of delivery - those guys get paid pretty good. But I do tip food delivery guys - my usual 15 to 20%.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-19-2009 04:11 PM                       I just give 'em a slice of the pizza.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-19-2009 04:22 PM                     I would give $20.00 dollars. But thats if they are within their delivery time window.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-19-2009 04:30 PM                  Paul's right on target in both cases!  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-19-2009 04:41 PM                     I'm with Bill. If they are on time and bring the goods inside quickly and without trashing up the house, tip them $10 or $20. However, if you have to pay a fee for delivery, tipping is entirely optional. Basically tip for extra good service but not mandatory.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-19-2009 04:58 PM                  For a "one-time" delivery, I would tip them 20 bux ***IF*** they had to bring the washer and dryer up some stairs to the second story and/or install/hook-up it all. Otherwise the "delivery charge" covers it and I would just say "thank you".  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-19-2009 05:01 PM                     Phil and how do you tip the sushi delivery boy  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-19-2009 05:03 PM                  Gordie, I usually tip between 50% and 100%+ IF he is super-cute/friendly. (God, I'm soooo shallow!)  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 08-19-2009 06:29 PM                     LOL Phil, yes you are. I will offer cute delivery guys a nice full-body massage with happy ending. I was trained in massage while I was in the Air Force.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-19-2009 06:43 PM                        Well. These guys were not cute, as far as I could tell, so I couldn't tip or not tip on that basis! They removed the old units and put the new ones in. The laundry room is down 5 stairs. The store charged $69 to deliver these and take the old ones, so I went with Paul's recommendation and didn't tip the guys.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 08-20-2009 12:03 PM                     quote: Phil Hill For a "one-time" delivery, I would tip them 20 bux ***IF*** they had to bring the washer and dryer up some stairs to the second story and/or install/hook-up it all. I'm ok with giving tips. But people who make bullshit fees to force me into giving a tip... they get zilch. Like the IKEA delivery for my couch. I filled out paperwork giving my address and specifying I was on the 3rd floor with no elevator then paid the delivery fee. Then when the two guys bring my stuff they say "3rd floor no elevator? You'll have to pay us a $15 fee for that" and when I looked like I wasn't going to he said "It's in the contract you signed at the store." I was suspicious and said that they would've charged for that at the store since I filled out that paperwork. And the big sign that it was bullshit was the fact that they could only take cash. Quickly one of them said that they'd "waive" the fee if I helped carry (which if the fee was truly required they wouldn't have done that). Probably should've called the store to complain but whatever.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-20-2009 12:43 PM                        I will tip if the delivery is especially difficult (up/down narrow stairs, requires removing a door or disassembling the appliance, or something similarly time-consuming or painful). If the appliance really just needs to be rolled into a garage or brought through a front or back door and no special effort is required, I would hope that the delivery fee would be sufficient. I almost never order pizza or other food delivery, but those guys are paid next to nothing and deserve tips if the delivery time and service are remotely decent. They need to maintain their own cars and get paid minimally, with the understanding that tips constitute the bulk of their income.  |  IP: Logged

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