# What happened to $15-20 Uber Eats promotions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993 "2024-10-20T14:09:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993/1 "2024-10-20T14:09:09Z")
For the last few years, up until March 2024 or so, Uber Eats offered $15 to $20 off promotional discounts (provided you spend at least $25) but lately the highest coupon I’ve seen is $5 off. Has your experience been the same, and do you have any insight into why this has changed? Without at least $15 off, it’s more cost efficient for me to pick up food myself. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993/2 "2024-10-20T14:24:05Z")
It was never even worth it to use those coupons for me. They were always delivery only and between the forced delivery fees and percentage fees and tip it was _maybe_ $2-3 off. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993/3 "2024-10-20T14:32:46Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > They were always delivery only and between the forced delivery fees and percentage fees and tip it was _maybe_ $2-3 off Yes, but the $15 helps mitigate, if not eliminate, most of the fees and delivery charges. Which is where most of the ridiculous cost comes from. I always looked at them as “Don’t pay the high fees” versus “Pay less for the food”. Anyway, I still get the $15 coupons. Sometimes it’s for groceries which is useless to me but I get them for delivered food on a pretty regular basis. Looks like my last one was on October 13th (“40% off”, up to $15 on $25 or more) ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993/4 "2024-10-20T14:56:44Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Anyway, I still get the $15 coupons. Sometimes it’s for groceries which is useless to me but I get them for delivered food on a pretty regular basis. Looks like my last one was on October 13th (“40% off”, up to $15 on $25 or more) I’ve stopped getting them for restaurants, I do get them frequently for groceries which I’ve never used. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993/5 "2024-10-20T15:03:36Z")
Stop using them for a while and the offers will get better. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993/6 "2024-10-20T17:39:22Z")
> [@DaveRaver](#): > > Without at least $15 off, it’s more cost efficient for me to pick up food myself. Which is exactly why they offered this exceptional “promotion” based on an exploitative business model; to get you hooked on their service and to frame it in your mind as _essential_ so when they stop offering promotions you will still use it. Of course, Uber Eats and other “delivery app” services [are actually terrible for restaurants](https://www.eater.com/22228352/convenience-of-delivery-apps-destroying-restaurants-uber-eats-doordash-postmates) where the cut into already slim profit margins but restaurants who eschew them or offer their own at-cost delivery cannot compete. They’re part of an “enshittification” of one of the few remaining bastions of genuine local businesses being co-oped by tech bros to make piles of money in the name of ‘convenience’. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993/7 "2024-10-20T17:44:28Z")
I was wondering the same thing the other night. In the past, a $15-20 or 30-40% off discount on Uber Eats could be had about half of the time, now, not at all. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993/8 "2024-10-20T17:57:58Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Which is exactly why they offered this exceptional “promotion” based on an exploitative business model; to get you hooked on their service and to frame it in your mind as _essential_ so when they stop offering promotions you will still use it While I’m sure that’s part of it, I assume a bigger part is just competition. I have accounts with UberEats, Grubhub and Door Dash. Which one I use on a given evening is directly related to who has the best promotion. If no one has a direct promotion, I typically default to Grubhub who at least knocks a couple bucks off due to their partnership with Amazon Prime. Rotating between them usually means one of them has some “We miss you” offer going at a given time. I’d say that 80% or more of my orders are directly discounted, the rest are via Grubhub at “full” (less delivery) price. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993/9 "2024-10-20T20:13:40Z")
“Stop using them for a while and the offers will get better.” That was true in the past, but I haven’t used the app in over 6 months, and the offers haven’t returned. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-15-20-uber-eats-promotions/1008993/10 "2024-10-20T20:14:53Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Which is exactly why they offered this exceptional “promotion” based on an exploitative business model; to get you hooked on their service and to frame it in your mind as _essential_ so when they stop offering promotions you will still use it. Well, that’s hasn’t worked on me. I haven’t used it.