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They all do this now, to one degree or another. [1] [2]

The economics are even worse (because they don't get a cut from the restaurant), so these types of orders are either very high fee for the consumer, a loss leader, or both.

[1] https://gizmodo.com/doordash-pizza-arbitrage-shows-the-fubar...

[2] https://www.eater.com/2019/10/30/20940107/grubhub-to-add-res...

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I've heard that on Postmates you can use the write-in functionality to order from a business that isn't on their platform at all (you order from a nearby business and in the write-in field tell the Postmate to go across the street, etc). I'm not sure if many of the other services provide a way to do that.

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