Has anyone else had good or eccentric experiences with
Drizly, the gimmick of which is drink delivery in under an hour leveraging existing local beverage stores? I had two deliveryfolk nearly collide on the sidewalk trying to get to the house at the same time about 25 minutes after I click-ordered (not actually intending to order from multiple stores). I can barely imagine communicating the orders over the phone and going for curbside in that time. Looking at the charges, the vendor (Drizly) flag fee is $2 per store involved, but the individual store delivery fees vary from free to $5 plus discretionary tip, and the product was not significantly marked up; it felt worth it at least in the moment, especially with lots of local breweries and distillers represented since the stores stock 'em.
TimeOut had
this roundup in November and I'd be interested to know of other successes or pitfalls. Prime (while essential to us for some pantry staples) has broken a few olive oil and iced tea bottles on our stairs so I'm not sure I'd trust them with wine delivery yet though I'd imagine they must have a less indifferent packaging system for booze.