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The clause establishes Instacart's unilateral authority to adjust fee structures during the term of service without requiring advance notice to users, creating a dynamic pricing mechanism that can change based on operational and market conditions.
Instacart rewrote its entire Terms of Service, adding 367 new sentences including sections on AI-powered services, updated arbitration procedures, and revised data handling practices. The restructuring makes it harder to compare what changed because the entire document was reorganized.
View change record →Users are subject to fee adjustments that may occur without prior notification, with fee amounts potentially varying based on demand levels, specific order characteristics, and other factors determined by Instacart at the time of service delivery.
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"Instacart may change the fees it charges for the Services, including but not limited to delivery fees, priority fees, service fees (including additional service fees and/or surcharges to help offset specific costs), direct-to-consumer shipping fees, long distance fees (for deliveries outside the delivery area for a Retailer), regulatory-related fees, bag fees, and special handling fees. Instacart may vary certain fees based on demand, order attributes, and/or other factors.— Excerpt from Instacart's Instacart Terms of Service
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The clause establishes Instacart's unilateral authority to adjust fee structures during the term of service without requiring advance notice to users, creating a dynamic pricing mechanism that can change based on operational and market conditions.
Users are subject to fee adjustments that may occur without prior notification, with fee amounts potentially varying based on demand levels, specific order characteristics, and other factors determined by Instacart at the time of service delivery.
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