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Postmates has failed to make Uber-for-anything cheap, passes the expense to customers in fees that often don't match the “estimate”

In late June, Shawn Cook had a cold and needed some cough medicine.  The mobile game developer turned to on-demand delivery startup Postmates … Tweets: @nikiscevak , @mikeisaac , @juliacarriew and @caseynewton Tweets: Niki Scevak / @nikiscevak : “Already, Postmates, DoorDash, and Caviar each have “F” ratings from the Better Business Bureau” http://qz.com/... @mikeisaac : good story but letting a direct postmates competitor take a dump on em w/o context is shrug http://qz.com/... http://twitter.com/... Julia Carrie Wong / @juliacarriew : Postmates, DoorDash, and Caviar each have “F” ratings from the Better Business Bureau http://qz.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : I once bought two sandwiches on Postmates and it cost me $47. FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS http://twitter.com/...

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