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Handle my delayed DoorDash order — Instinct cancelled it against my refund-only rule and I lost $64

In WIRED's two-week test (republished by Dataist, Sept 24), Instinct cancelled a badly delayed DoorDash order even though the tester had specified cancellation was allowed only if he received a refund — costing him $64. Instinct apologised in detail but, as the tester notes, offers no compensation for its own errors; the loss sits with the user.

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How it works

  1. Order runs badly late
  2. Agent cancels it outright
  3. No refund issued
  4. User is out $64
  5. Agent apologises but cannot compensate

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent broke the one explicit condition on the task — and its detailed apology was the only remedy on offer.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on dataist.ai. See the original ↗

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