Are the high errand fees in Shanghai reasonable?

With Shanghai taking lockdown measures, many residents have to resort to purchasing agents and group purchases to ensure their lives. Many delivery workers stick to their posts and insist on delivering goods at the original price or even for free. However, some delivery workers also take advantage of the opportunity to charge high errand fees, which has attracted a lot of attention.

There is a message on the Internet that "SF Express riders in the same city earn 10,067.75 yuan a day" are flooding social media. Subsequently, news such as “price increase of 800 yuan per order”, “pickup of dog food for 6 kilometers, 80 yuan for one kilometer”, and “free delivery of drones for 5,000 yuan freight” were spread on the Internet. When I first saw this information, I felt that these delivery people were simply taking advantage of the epidemic to make immoral money. But when you learn more about the truth behind it, you can understand the rationality and inevitability behind the high errand fees.

1. The high price of errands in Shanghai comes largely from the “rewards” to grab orders due to the shortage of riders.

It is understood that third-party delivery platforms, including SF Express, Flash Delivery, etc., usually adopt the form of crowdsourcing by riders. Riders who are certified by the platform can receive orders through the platform. If users need services such as running errands in the same city, picking up and delivering packages, or purchasing on behalf of others, they can place orders through mini programs or apps. When riders are nervous, they can place orders through "rewards". This method gives priority to riders to receive orders.

During the Shanghai lockdown, the number of riders with passes was originally limited, and most residents were unable to go out. Shopping and intra-city delivery needs could only be completed through riders on the above-mentioned platforms. Due to the shortage of manpower and the contradiction between the urgent needs of Shanghai citizens, some people can only attract riders to take orders by giving rewards so that the items they need can be delivered to their doorsteps as soon as possible.

In this case, the price increase caused by supply being less than demand is more of a short-term reflection of marketization. Because it will not become a long-term phenomenon, it is a reasonable situation under special circumstances.

After all, if supermarkets and supermarkets have vegetables available for delivery, people can buy them everywhere, and transportation manpower is guaranteed, who will buy high-priced vegetables or hire an errand at sky-high prices?

2. In Shanghai, where the epidemic is under lockdown, as riders who shuttle through the streets and alleys in wind and rain, their hard work should be seen.

A rider on the Internet said that running errands outside is actually very difficult. After leaving the community, you cannot go back. They usually sleep in the open air, carrying bedding and a box of instant noodles with them on the electric car. It is normal to sleep in a bridge hole at night. When they are hungry, they will eat a bite of instant noodles, and it is not easy to eat a bite of hot buns.

As riders, they supplemented the problem of insufficient transportation capacity in Shanghai and solved the problem of difficult logistics. I think it is reasonable for them to earn this money at the risk of being infected with the new coronavirus.

For ordinary people, they not only have to face the epidemic, but also have to bear the difficulty of buying groceries and high errand fees. It is hoped that in addition to further standardizing express delivery fees and errand fees, the people's livelihood security mechanism can better Complete.