₦airaland Forum

Godswill10:
Good morning all.
Please I need advice here. I am considering of getting a car to drive since my work doesn't come steady, a friend was telling me to buy sienna instead of car.
(1) can 2m get a sound sienna?
(2) which do I make more money? Sienna or getting car for uba?
It's not going to be steady but just that sometimes I stay like a week or too before getting contract.
Thanks

The sienna will serve you best considering the times we are in.

You can be using it for interstate and charter services or better still give it out so you can be receiving weekly income, sienna will comfortably do 40k a week for you if you give it out.

You can contact me concerning that.

tunjity26:
please house can i use skoda fabia 2008 for uber?

Any car from 2000

jpworld:
Where is the insult?

That he has hustled since 2002 and still a driver on rental is not insult, if he feel is easy he should go and make money and invest in uber.

I will say it again, once church open Rental should increase from current 25k weekly.

Church is still 50 persons per gathering,so might not be a good yardstick.

Babadee1900:
My back suffer for it. From offline to online, I no rest since 7am that I enter road. I no they work tomorrow.

Is it now safe to say business has improved and drivers need not complain anymore so we can return to the status quo- 30k weekly

OmoOshodi:
abeg link me O7O6383ll76 whatsapp

Beng1234!! Where are you

Search for him here

OmoOshodi:
Abeg I need bus that can help me transport fingerlings to Kaduna from lagos on the 6th of August....abeg link me if u can!!! J5 or similar

Somebody here has a flat ducato that can do the job

Felicity0001:
I really want ua to discuss this issue self.

For goodness sale I'm renting this car and the car ia registered to move anywhere within Nigeria provided I stay kin to the contract agreement which doesn't include not travelling out of state with the car so why would a partner disagrees for a renter not to travel outta state with a car his paying/renting?

I don't get it.

The other time I shared an experience with my first and former partner I still remember some people questioned me why I should use my rental car for family runs when I've my personal car parked at the garage, I'm like are you kidding??!!!

So if you have an official car you won't use it for anything apart from official duties?

Let's discuss this guy.

Both drivers and partner should drop their views

It depends on the terms of the contract, if owner says you should not go out of Lagos and it's clearly stated in your agreement,you have no choice but to abide

But most owners will say you need their consent first.

softeeg:
Im sure southerners make the road bussiest

That Abuja keffi as been busier than Lagos- ibadan,I really doubt it

Felicity0001:
Even with the current fare can drivers still pay their bills, feed well, look good and healthy and have a savings?

You seems not to understand the way the mind of a slave master works.

They subject you to a life that you appreciate any little penny they render to you then you see them as god and will do what so ever they ask and want you to do.

Beta oyel dey ur head!! Sense Wii not kii u

Niger state, big for nothing, very useless state

From jebba north which is it's southern border with kwara to kebbi state is over 6 hrs drive within Niger state alone and you don't even go near Minna,bida,lapai,agaie,suleja and the rest

kodred:
I don’t understand. How can you be fixing a car you don’t own and haven’t driven? What kinda partner is that? Oboy do legwork outta that place mhen.

There was one funny one, driver took vehicle out of Lagos without owners knowledge, owner found out and was dead furious.

Driver pleaded with him to allow him come back that they should settle the matter, job was to run for 2 weeks in Delta state.

When driver returned, owner asked to be paid 100k instead of regular 60k that would have been rental for the 2 weeks, driver agreed and paid 80k to balance 20k.

Owner come still hold driver say nah him go sort maintenance after collecting 100k. Nah him quarrel start o!!

Some people ehn

davidtuzy:
My people advice me, i be newbies ( new driver ) i just met wit my partner wey wan give me car on rental but him say na me go raise money (25k) to take fix the little issue ( faulty horn & brake problem ) wey d car get... I don go see d car today, E de in good condition except for dat little issue.. Is it advisable for me for me to go for it Considering the fact that this is my first attempt in the business.



Your opinion is needed please....

Run!!

In my Jew days!! I took a car on rental for hustle, car started giving issues from the very day I picked it up.Shaft pulled that very day.

Owner accused me of spoiling it, he managed to fix but with lots of grumble.

Was able to manage to be meeting weekly rentals afterwards but car had perenial suspension problems from ball joints to linkages to steering sockets to disc,to tyres even to a/c.

At end of the day owner accused me of damaging all these things and insisted i must fix after collecting his weekly rentals.We ended up at police station.

I will never forget that drama all my life

Gentlelife50:
He can use the TMB anything below noon, before 12pm it's open to those coming from mainland.
Then in the evening while coming back from ikoyi he can use it, it's open for those exiting the island before 12 am.

Did you read the initial post at all

donfortune48:
I haven't seen bolt block anyone with a rating that's above 4.9 temporarily or permanently.

I wish to know the ratings of those that were blocked.

4.5

Beng1234:
There are no seats. I use for my own personal logistics. But since I haven’t been working, the bus hasn’t been working too. That load idea na correct one but na person wey sabi way round market e go Favour.

You have a huge money spinner on your hands.

Are you driving yourself or you intend to give someone

Is it going to be available full time or part time

If part time you can do well by doing ad posts on fora like this just like that car documentation guy or dru23.

If it's full time, you should drive anywhere out of Lagos that you are familiar or feel comfortable with. Commodities markets are your number 1 targets and they are every where, north,east,west and south.

Lagos is syndicated when it comes to hauling and no matter where you go, u will find people already there and they will ask you to join and make payments to register

Also companies also register haulers for moving there goods.

Slickleo:
Uber rating is different if he gets 1 star rating it will reflect immediately and take him to 4.5 - 4.6 I have experienced it.
Ok see my recent experience

Na so God save me on Sunday after I dropped off a rider@ somolu around 7:45pm I decided to set destination to festac town, when I got Anthony under bridge a request came in PU was Coker rd by town planning I ask rider where to he said Maryland Note
I set destination to festac town I decided to do the trip because of no traffic after I picked rider he was with another guy standing on the road side immediately Parked he jumped in front alone wearing jeans denim up/down na so I start to feel somehow I start by approaching town planning way to enter express na the guy say make I do U turn said we are picking someone on the same Coker rd na so I para say I set destination and he was going to Maryland so I don't have time for all dis I made a U turn dropped the in front of all dis estate security d guy refused to get down that I should drop him@ a lonely roundabout I ignored him until he got down treating me sayin I go see na so I fire down to my destination note d trip was surge and it ended 1k under 2-3min I no collect money I l8r report to Ubar dy pay me 4h, when I got home another 1 star don enter me know say na d guy. Low and behold d next day I saw a report on NL PL be careful out there, guy on dreadlocks looks like the rider that I picked he was even complaining that I should off my inner light.

https://www.nairaland.com/6017146/police-arrest-2-dispatch-riders

Thank God for your life, it's really crazy out dia, lastma,vio, police,frsc,LG touts, criminal riders that won't pay after service,thief's that want to rob you of your money and your cars,app companies with crazy fares and high commissions, bad roads that wreck your car like no tomorrow, kazeem wey wan cut your neck because him believe say u dey cash out.

Omo!! I just weak

Omo

Felicity0001:
This Guy enh... You won't share with us how you're staying afloat instead you talk men down on their concerns

17yrs ok car no be car? People still buy 1960s jaguar, roycrolls and others.

Which side are you in for self?

Drivers side or ehailing coy's?

Or are you a spy?

My broda!! I am on your side, I am only being realistic.

I just feel it's not ok for people wasting their time on what's not worth it.

I have always said,I don't solely depend on e hailing,so Uber and bolt can do whatever they like with their fares, I don't really care.

Lack of fulfilment and hunger with all these e hailing apps pushed me to seek alternative and o haven't regretted ever since

Repent and go back to what really? I don't get it.

ekehopp:
If your ratings drop after a ride, then its low rating from that particular rider. For Bolt its last 40 abi 50 rides, so the good thing is that you can climb back up again by providing excellent service.

But for uber, see attached screen shot. Break down of rating is provided. But seems not all riders vote, because total trips for me is about double that amount. Also rating based on last 500

So you feel if just your next rider gives you 1 star ,ur rating go come reduce after that one trip

I am sorry to say sir, you are wrong sir

pope191:
I can relate, I kind of like Uber rating, cos Bolt rating is hypertensive

Bolt ratings is terrible, nah number 1 thing wey make me hate del be dat, dropped dia silly app since last year.

I think the 40 trips threshold should be reduced to 10 like Uber, that's why u don't see Uber ratings emanciating like bolt own.

Bolt 4.9 for morning, u smile but within 2hrs u fit see 4.5. Omo!! Those days were hell, ur heart go just dey cut.

pope191:
I go with this, cos Bolt official said they rate drivers after 40 trips. So I know if you can do 15/20 trips back to back without any issue, your rating will surely smile.

The simple reason they do it is for security reasons, make you Noh go burst rider head or waste groundnut for him body becos him gii u 1 star.

Also it would be less efficient of your ratings have to keep moving after every trip

davit:
You re wrong bro. Kindly watch the rating as they give you stars maybe you will understand what I'm saying. After completing trips and your rate doesn't change, it means the rider didn't rate you. He or she may do so later. But watch it when you end a trip and rwmind the rider to rate you and he or she does so immediately. You will see the difference. Check next time.

But if you insist it is not possible, I rest my case.

You are not quite correct, your ratings variation isn't immediate, it's usually combination of several trips.

The % of ratings you get over 10 trips determine your ratings, abeg if you see your ratings drop immediately you drop one rider, Noh be that rider cos am o, nah your past sins catch you o

pope191:
All what u list here is still hustle, why not upgrade certificate or move to a better country where things work?

In the meantime nko?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I think the issue here is that drivers are not looking at the issue critically...

Drivers come here to lament of how hard it is to get trips despite the #500 fare. So is it when it becomes #2000 that you'll now get the trip?

Since the bird has learnt to fly without landing, the hunter should learn to shoot without missing

Whether we like it or not, competitors will come in and reduction in fares will prevail. Whether we also like it or not, people will still be putting cars into this business

Drivers should simply look into other options of breaking even...maybe changing the tools for the job(I've always believed the corolla is now a wrong tool for the job), or exploring other options

Because the bitter truth is if Uber increases the fare to #1200 minimum, getting a trip would be difficult

You were not getting numerous trips when it was #500, then will riders rush you when its #1200?

For those who can't take it like me, jejely quit [/color]

You have just said what I said,I am still saying and will continue to say

Cheddaz:
So na only corolla of 17 years dey drive on the platform. I know the kind of cars i see on the platform. My younger bro was a partner before. He rented out a 2013 corrola and moove is planning on using newer cars, abi no be the same fare them go still charge? And what is your point are you saying the fares are ok? You also don't need to curse when replying any post. I don't know why some people are just enjoy being rude or sacarstic. Not nice[code][/code] by

What's the percentage of those cars you mentioned to that of 17 years old coros in the market?

If you make a request now,it's a 9 out of 10 chance it's gonna be coro or big daddy.

When I started this hustle the 1st car I drove was a brand new 2015 Volkswagen polo from a company called CAR4U, but they shipped out when this same thing you are complaining about started happening, this was 4 years ago.

I have never said prices are ok, infact can never be I only don't appreciate people complaining everyday without doing anything.

Cheddaz:
My thoughts exactly, if you want premium or quality services pay for it. Executive cabs go come your house pick you up, dem go use you do shopping,talk to you anyhow, you go still carry am drop for house on top a/c and comfort.End trip na small money go come out.Even cabu cabu na waka we dey go find them still beg for price on top Jalopy cab. I thought the idea of this ehailing services was to create premium and luxury services to their customers wey fit afford am.

Executive cab my ass, with 17 years old Corolla like @izzou said.

You really need to quit the entitlement mentality,everybody will always want to be at an advantage, it's the game and if you can't get the longer end of the stick, just drop it.

DEGREE2466:
Don't feel like a God. People do this a lot. Even on Fiverr, people make such requests and it gets granted.

People make much more daring requests like having their company name registered in the United States.

If I had known this is the way you would react, I wouldn't bother. I didn't go straight to sending you a private message so it doesn't seem like I have an ulterior motive.

Just to receive a phone from e-commerce website and ship to Nigeria is rude?

Please swerve.

For the respondent asking why I didn't consider using DHL, some of these businesses don't ship to Nigeria. Ask anybody that buy from eBay and Amazon, they have people that receive their items and ship them to Nigeria. Even the ShopToMyDoor that someone recommended, they have their agents in the States.

The mistake I made was getting in touch with the wrong person and quoting her on the wrong thread (my intention was never to post on Uber thread, it happened that this thread is where she comments most so I just quoted her last comment when I searched).

Let's die this. I never wanted to respond any further but someone is already feeling like a demi-god

Guy!! would you just let this rest for Christ sake. When I saw your initial post, I felt exactly the way the other guys that pointed you out felt, only I felt it wasn't necessary to comment.

Mistakes have been made, apologize and move on

We're you expecting him to agree he dictates to Buhari before

AngryIgboDon:
Guys let me remind you again that the original plan for ehailing was "Transportation in Luxury and Comfort".

The Luxury means that it is Premium and should not be compromised by cheap fares.

Thats why people will abandon their cars to have you drive for them and pay you handsomely as an executive driver.

If you allow them to do this thing to you people, be willing to have Agbero and Danfo people as your riders. Even touts will be your main patronisers.

Your Job should be executive and luxury. Quit that job now.

#BeDisruptive.

Exactly!! Quit if you can't cope, c'est fini

AngryIgboDon:
There was a post by a driver here one time where he made mention of a trip he took from Ilupeju to Agbado crossing which is near Ogun state.

Brothers if I may ask you, do you think that Union chairman was stupid when he asked the driver "his plans for life"?

Like how can you drive that far distance for 1,400?

If you are an investor reading this, pull your car from this business and sell it before they wreck it.

If I were still driving, I will start asking riders how many they are. This is why I dont take early morning trips on Sundays when I worked. Nigerians are very dubious and crafty. Like how can I be taking a trip of 600 back then and carry 4 people? Even a Kabu Kabu can't accept that.

There is a reason some Kabu kabu drivers were able to build houses in their prime before Uber and Bolt came and spoilt business for them. Back then in Maryland, the cheapest I can get a cab man to take me to Surulere back then is 2500-3000 with abeg. On Uber Bolt these days, riders get it for as low as 1000.

Think about this.

Most of you are shouting more trips for more money but you don't know that the more trips you take, the more wear and tear your car suffers. Its that bad brothers.

There is no way a trip from ilupeju to agbado will be 1,400 except there was error with the app or drivers phone.

We need to cut dis guys some slack as well. But I agree that fares are poor but what can you do other than to find another hustle or pull out your car entirely.

Complaining won't solve nothing

toomush:
Same here with me, my 2 phones are type C and type B USB chargers, if the rider's phone doesn't fall into any of the categories, nah OYO for the rider oooh. If you want to charge your iPhone come with your cable.

See vexing !! Drivers just dey para anyhow.....it is well,we shall overcome.

But to get multiple mouth cords for all phones shouldn't be too difficult for a driver nah. This one Noh suppose bring quarrel.

Noh be rider fault say fares dey low at the moment

Biodunforu:
Brothers, I am pending a request to badagri beach, please how motorable is the roads there. Thanks in advance

Ol' boy!! Make you shine your eye wella o

That route is quite notorious for car theft and also road is very bad.

Offline would have been very good option but abeg shine yah eyes wella o