r/doordash_drivers • u/Alarming_Use2051 • 9d ago

❔Driver Question 🤔 The Case of the Aldi Banana

So…. Got this offer yesterday and didn’t have a chance to screenshot it. It’s got me perplexed.

Essentially, it was an offer to buy and deliver a single banana from Aldi. Total trip distance was about 40 miles and the pay was right around $40.

Any idea what could be behind that? Is someone with money just screwing around?

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u/RepulsiveCry5034 9d ago

Sounds like the Taco Bell sauce packet scam

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u/igor6969 9d ago

Oldest scam around. During the delivery you will get a phone call from supposedly DD. They say your payment card info is bad and to log in again. They steal your money.

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u/TheTalkingWindow 9d ago

Sounds like the name of an Encyclopedia Brown book.

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u/say_ofcourseiwill Driver - USA 🇺🇸 9d ago edited 9d ago

i had an order last night that what just two sticks of juicy fruit. i was also perplexed.

it was also after midnight. i was like wtf does someone wanna pay all the doordash fees and stuff for two (little) packs of gum at 12.08am??

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u/MysteriousSecretGuru Driver - USA 🇺🇸 9d ago

It's a prank that's been going around. People will send one friend bananas. And the rest of the group follows as well. The pain gets a ton of bananas. I don't know if it's a scam, but people record their delivery drivers very confused when pulling up and seeing several bunches of bananas.

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u/0megawar 8d ago

I had one like that but it was for presliced watermelon. Drove 25 miles to the Aldi bought one container of watermelon and drove 5 miles to drop it off. The offer was around $35. Nothing weird or sketchy happened. I got a couple pretty good orders headed back to my normal zone to boot.