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Postmates is a food delivery app that allows users to order food, beverages, and other items from a variety of place including non-traditional places such as Starbucks and Chipotle. The Postmates apps is available for download in the App Store and the Google Play Store and features in-app purchases. This app can be safe for mature teens.
What is Postmates - Fast Delivery?
Postmates is a food delivery app that allows users to order food, beverages, and other items from a variety of place including non-traditional places such as Starbucks and Chipotle.
The Postmates apps is available for download in the App Store and the Google Play Store for free. It features in-app purchases through the purchasing of food and delivery items and subscriptions to get around delivery costs. This app is rated for users of all ages.
When users first open this app they will be prompted to login or sign up. Sign-ups can be completed with an email address or a Facebook account.
Once signed up or logged in users will be able to explore all the restaurants and stores that are available in their area for pick-up or delivery. Other than the main screen of restaurants there is a search option allowing users to search by name or cuisine and an account option that will list a user’s past orders.
Outside of food and delivery costs, Postmates offers Postmates Unlimited so that customers willing to pay a subscription cost will not have to pay a delivery fee each time they order. The subscription can be purchased for $9.99 per month or $6.99 per month for a year’s subscription.
This app does claim to be convenient and likely is for many, but users should know that this app is not yet available in every city.
Though this app is reviewed well by many, common user complaints surround users not getting their deliveries, poor customer service and unexpected service fees.
Is Postmates - Fast Delivery safe for my kids?
This app can be safe for mature teens with parental guidance. That being said, terms of service for Postmates requires that users be 18 years of age or older.
Postmates works as any other delivery service and that means that users will be in contact with strangers via the delivery drivers. Delivery people will bring orders right to your home (or wherever you’re ordering from) and will be able to contact you via phone.
Phone contact is meant only as a way to keep users up to date on the status of their order but could be misused in certain cases.
Parents will also want to keep in mind that the point of this app is to spend money and will want to ensure that their children understand spending expectations while using this app. Users can pay for their food in this app using Apple Pay or by inputting a credit card on their account. Spending can easily get out of hand and parents will want to supervise use of this app.
Parents should know that in some areas alcohol delivery is available. Of course users will need to be 21+ to order alcoholic beverages, but this is something parents may want to keep in mind as some kids may attempt to circumvent this.
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