I used bots to work for Instacart. You need one to make the job worthwhile.

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Bots that accept high-paying orders and spoof your location are key to working for Instacart, one shopper says.

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Uber wants to conquer the suburbs and it's starting with Costco

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Costco is known for having some great deals.

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Scammers are using delivery apps like Instacart to swindle customers and delivery workers out of money

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A scam involves replacing items in an Instacart order with gift cards.

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Uber, Doordash, and other gig workers in Seattle may be about to face a pay reckoning

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Gig delivery workers in Seattle could get paid at a lower rate under proposed changes to the city's new pay law.

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Uber and Instacart just formed an alliance, and they're taking aim at Doordash

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Instacart and Uber Eats are teaming up on restaurant delivery.

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Gig workers are fed up with being treated as second-class citizens by store workers

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Delivery gig workers say they some store employees treat them like second-class citizens.

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Seattle's Instacart shoppers are having to go miles out of their way because of the new gig worker pay law

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Seattle-area gig workers have had to go miles out of their way as Instacart arranges orders outside of the city limits.

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Instacart, DoorDash, and other apps appear to be trying to roll back Seattle's new laws for gig workers

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Instacart is pushing its gig worker shoppers to tell the Seattle city council to alter a pay law that took effect earlier this year.

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People are getting taxed for gig work they've never done

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Some people are getting tax forms suggesting they worked for apps like DoorDash even when they didn't.

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Instacart, DoorDash, and other delivery service customers say their accounts were deactivated because of innocent mistakes

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Some Instacart customers say their accounts were suddenly deactivated.

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