Billing
Billing is easy, transparent, and all done online. 
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Appointment charges
Payments
Appointment charges
- Service - $99 for grocery shopping, travel to your home, cooking 3 nights of dinner, and clean up
- Tip - Your percentage is applied to your $99 service fee (e.g. a standard 20% tip is about $20)
- Autopilot discount - Save $5-$10 per appointment when dinner is on autopilot
- Ingredients (est) - Seen prior to your appointment, this is the estimated cost for ingredients (receipt + staples). Your final amount will vary based on your requests, substitutions, and store prices.
- Ingredients (receipt) - Seen after your appointment, this is the actual amount you're charged for groceries. On your appointment page, view your Elf's receipt.
- Ingredients (staples) - Seen after your appointment, this is the amount you're charged for shelf-stable items (e.g. salt). On your appointment page, view an itemized list.
- Containers - $.50/each, or free if you provide your own
Payments
For your appointments, you'll make two payments.
| When booking | When your Elf is done cooking |
| Charged a $35 deposit | Charged for the remainder due |
- For autopilot customers, your deposit is charged 6 days prior.
- At 5pm the night prior, your payment method is authorized (but not charged) for an amount above your grocery estimate.
- When your appointment is done, you're charged for the remainder due.
- If you have a credit (e.g. from a gift), a backup payment method is still required and charged once you've used up your credit.
- Appointments are subject to our cancellation policy.
- We accept payment by credit card or PayPal.
- All charges are visible on the bottom of your appointment pages.
Billing page
On your billing page, you can update your payment method, check your credit and past transactions, and add gift codes.
