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pheelhip:
Fuel at NNPC now #998 per ltr
Whaooo

Bolt, Uber, indrive and rida go pretend like say dem never see the increase

If the reverse was the case now then for don send mail by now

Glithronix:
Na network glitch nah.
You think say the rider self go accept any driver wey pick the ride?

Much respect, baba.

Baba no be network glitch anything

I picked one like that from ajao estate to isheri for 1200

The rider called me immediately to ask where I was I told her and asked her
1200 for real?
She said yes!

I said she should wait I'm coming
Drove to pu on the next street and she came out

As she entered i asked again 1200 for real?
She said yes!

Told her to put it on the floor and stand on it, it will take her there

Cancelled the ride immediately

Kaymaxi2222:
I just dey reason someone for banana island con order ride and Na this kind thing show up......

Will someone from Banana island order ride on indrive??

Pearl1910:
Na them Omoapena be this.
They will pick anyhow price, afterall they will convert it to offline, and buy more cars😂

Lol

Glithronix:
FRSC are needed on our roads.
VIO are not needed. They should be working in their various officers, not on the roads.

Much respect, boss.

Shey na FRSC wan dey arrest for broken or cracked windshield??

OralB:
I just amassed my 6th work like this, 38k in the bag by the time I get to Chevron with 3K fuel.
Message the apps to block me baba.

Jibowu to yaba with 3k fuel??

You sure say your bike no dey chop fuel?

pheelhip:
Omoapena is petty and always thinks he's right.
No other opinions matters to him if it doesn't align with his own opinion.

That's why he did atleast 2 weeks free work for the audio millionaire that promised to help him japa the other time lol

Omoapena:
Very possible, you can make 80k with 20k fuel in a day and go home with 40k, so paying your partner 50k from 40k daily profit shouldn't be hard...

I see what you did there comrade

Barbiturate:
Before the fixed price 😊

Lol

Barbiturate:
This job is just too demeaning! Bn waiting for this small boy for over 20 mins. He came out, asked me to open boot, then put his things and said I should give him another 5/10 mins that he's waiting for somebody. I just tried to tell him that I've been waiting for over 20 mins, Omo this boy said I should open boot, that he wants to cancel. I just weak!

That's how two days ago after hustle I got a trip on indrive like 10km drive for 5k and it was towards my house
Rider called immediately that I should wait at so so junction
Got there and called that I'm there he said he's coming

Omo his coming took over like 40mins
I was patient
Finally he came, put some stuffs in the trunk and said I should wait small for his friends that they're coming on bike

After like 10mins they arrived
While on the way they made some stops, immediately I clear the guy say na indrive trip and I don't entertain stops but he said make I no worry dem go sort me so i chill and when I arrived at the final destination they said I should take them back to where I picked them.

Omo I just tire.
The trip lasted like 2hr 30mins
When we finally got to their final destination the amount dem transfer shock me.
I first enter the place first chill

So most times violence isn't always the way

northbird:
Fares in Abuja is total rubbish. You got the service you paid for.

Exactly my point lol

dapotemi:
It's no longer anything close to luxury, just a basic tool that picked you from one point to another ...I have taken 19 trip on bolt within the last two week in Abuja, only one driver manage to switched on AC for me, and all the 19 driver ask that we convert to OFFLINE!
I wonder how bolt makes money in this town sha...

I get your point boss

But the reason why your experience was so was because the drivers themselves no longer deem it fit to offer the services which makes it luxury

No driver will buy fuel 1300 and carry trip of 15km for 2800 and be happy

Omoapena:
Bros, I can bet it that you didn't use 20k fuel which is roughly 22liters to gross 80k online...


Send the trip details where it's showing the distance and the amount of the whole trips that gives you 80k and I will tell you, you didn't use 20k fuel to gross 80k now...


The offline trip I did on Monday that gave me 36k, I used about 13 litres of fuel which was mushin to Thomas estate and Abraham adesanya to airport.


So, if I'm using 13litres for that far distance to get 36k which was the fare bolt charged online and they both even tipped me 1500 collectively, tell me how you will now use 22litres to gross 80k on bolt now.


Pearl, I just believe now that you're a chronic liar...


Or, let's use Barbiturate case for instance, he did addo road to airport for 18500, let's even say he uses 6litre of fuel which is never possible but let's assume he used 6litre, how many times can we get 6litre from 22litres, that will be 3 and half times right?

And, Barbiturate did 18500 using 6litres, so, let's say he was lucky to be getting that same trip with same distance and amount for 3 and half times using 6litres for each trip.

So, that means 18500 multiply by 3 and half that will give us 64750.

Remember he uses 6litre to cover distance that will give him 18500, so 20k fuel which is 22litres will give him 64750 of same trip and same amount.

I believe addo road to airport is way more than 50km
And there's no way 6litre can cover such distance but I just pegged it at 6litres to go with your imaginary 10km/l and I'm still not getting 80k with that calculation.

@the bolded, you forgot to add gross

And it wasn't 20k fuel he used to gross 80k it was 10k actually

Let's keep whining ourselves

Pearl1910:
U are drawing impossible assumptions.
Until u have agreed that increased price means low number of trips, then u will not see the implication.
Bolt income is fixed at 25% of X
If X used to be N100m daily before, now it's down to N40m. X has also reduced
This definitely means Bolt income has dropped.
You as a driver if currently u are grossing N80k daily and ur profit is 40k after deducting fuel 20k and commission 20k And u say this 40k is not enough, bolt should increase price, now Bolt increases the fare and u can only Gross 50k with 10k fuel and 12k commission. Now your take home is less than 30k. Pls which do u prefer?

I want to believe the bolded is just an assumption

XGhost:
I think this is right

You're speaking English
Continue 😂

Pearl1910:
To an extent you are right.
But I rather be a cowbell that sells cheap small small and has turnover and makes millions daily than be a peak milk that is expensive and has limited customers who only patronize them ones in a while.
This links back to our previous argument, we all observed that when the price was increased, patronage reduced. So what do u think will happen if the price is set at that luxurious amount u are expecting? U will buy fuel and put and be set to work but u will not see the trip. Do u really think there are no alternatives to ehailing?

Please tell us the alternative to ehailing that will carry riders from their house to their destination

For example, see this trip
I guess pearl or xghost will comfortably run this trip using 6l of fuel for that amount

Pearl1910:
I never said so.
XGhost is using Volvo and has told u his margins,
Barbiturate uses Muscle has told us he buys 20k fuel to make 40k Net.
Accord and Muscle are same.
So all things being equal Volvo, Camry and Accord users are still making profit.

So u which car are u using that u are not making profit?
Next question, whose fault is it if you aren't making profit??

I never said I'm not making profit bro
My argument is the profit margin has decreased significantly

For example if I get a 15k long trip from my house, when I get to the destination, I will now have to wait for long hours for something juicy to pop up or opt to join them doing fastest fingers and be burning fuel with little profit just to meet up?

Pearl1910:
So whose fault is it if you use V6 engine to do transportation business?

I will gladly do a 20k trip for 2hrs. So if I work 10hrs I make 100k. Even if I use 30k fuel (which is very unlike) and pay commission 25k I go home with 45k.

However u want to twist it, 18k for Addo to Airport is not bad at all. Sometimes we suppose dey ask ourselves shey I fit pay this money wey I dey demand from other people

However, if the ehailing coys wants to continue with their present pricing template then maybe they should create a category for riders to choose from

A: Cars without AC, Bluetooth, no preference to dents whose duty is just to move from point a to b for these current prices. There will be no complain everybody is happy
B: Cars that properly fit into the ehailing concept AC, Bluetooth and neat, option for number of riders or riders with loads with commensurate prices

In these cases, riders can now pay for what they get
Remember ehailing is supposed to be a luxury service.

Pearl1910:
So whose fault is it if you use V6 engine to do transportation business?

I will gladly do a 20k trip for 2hrs. So if I work 10hrs I make 100k. Even if I use 30k fuel (which is very unlike) and pay commission 25k I go home with 45k.

However u want to twist it, 18k for Addo to Airport is not bad at all. Sometimes we suppose dey ask ourselves shey I fit pay this money wey I dey demand from other people

So someone who owns a Camry, Volvo or accord, that was probably gotten through hp should sell it and go and hawk gala in the sun or venture into a 9-5 job

Help me understand bros

XGhost:
Nope... When I used a Corolla, I was doing 10km per liter.
I also mentioned my current use so you you know that I'm not having it rosy so when I say something is wrong you don't think I'm speaking from a place of privilege.
With my engine size I can easily open the book of Lamentations here nau, but it won't be accurate, just like the example you cited

Lol

Nobody is saying because fuel went up 3X so fares should go up triple too

But remember there was a time 2k fuel will net 8k comfortably (profit is x4 of running cost).

When fuel rose to 500+, 10k fuel gives 25k net (that's X2.5 of running cost)

Now fuel is 950/l, 10k fuel gives 20k net. (that's X2 of running cost)
Can you see the steady dwindle in profit on the same hustle using the same tool??

Just imagine when fuel hits 1400 or 1500 maybe then 10k fuel will give you 15k net. That's 5k profit excluding fuel and commission

Omoapena:
Sometimes, I laugh when people say their car will do 10km/litre and 10litres will cover 100km distance


Addo road to airport will take at least 7litres without traffic but I know some people will say their car will go that far with 5litres of fuel...

At the bolded
Na why I say make Baba leave wetin Oyingbo talk and calculate based on reality

Again his car averages 7km/l but Baba dey calculate using 10km/l

XGhost:
Then the tool is wrong.

And I'm very very realistic considering I use a 2.4l 5cyl that averages 7km per liter. I have used a Corolla and a civic prior to this so I think I know what I'm talking about

Now you're talking
Just the honest truth I wanted to hear

Your calculations wasn't based on your current reality which is your car

When you correct your calculations you'd see that me and you are saying the same thing

XGhost:
Then the tool is wrong

A Camry is a wrong tool for the job no doubt but for someone who uses it what choice does he have?

You may say to sell and get another
And I ask how viable is that?

Remember prices of other cars are now over the bar

I no go even talk Honda accord matter

XGhost:
25% =#4625
Furthest point of badore road to MMA c.60km
Average distance per liter 10km. X60kms=6 litres= c.6000
18500-10625= #7875

You're saying you will drive for 60km in 1hr 48mins and burn just 6litres on a Toyota camry

Leave oyibo theory and be realistic bro

pope191:
I don give up since.

Nigeria will be great again

XGhost:
This can't be right

What exactly isn't right sir

That from addo road to airport can't take up 8litres atleast
That addo road to airport isn't up to 1:20mins drive atleast
That the commission on 18500 isn't less than 4500k on bolt

Which?

IFSHR:
My brother I understand.. probably from my experience.. I rather just cherry pick, cos the trauma is always their in my case..

It’s just sad that it’s getting worse day by day.. the story of ehailing is quiet different here.. I have the opportunity of speaking to two or three of them.. same positive story, they make like 3k pounds monthly after paying commission, (average : 9-5 work) still have Health discount from Uber, discounted cards for Amazon and other.

The last time I worked was on Sunday. My only problem is the insignificant increase in ride fares.

When fuel rose to 500plus the price on bolt to vi from my axis was 10k-11k without surge o formerly it was like 7-8k
Now fuel is now almost 1000/l, I was so surprised when that same Sunday I did a trip from my area to ikate on the island for 13k on bolt. And that was the damn estimate it showed when the trip showed on my phone and this was a trip I wanted to convert to offline but since it was an elderly woman I didn't have strength to start explaining what i mean by offline et al

It was after we started moving the woman said I thought you will do it offline and I asked why, she said that's what almost all drivers that carries her asks cos of the fuel increase

IFSHR:
When did doing the right thing become wrong.. coupled with high rate of insecurity in the nation.. so many things can wrong on an offline trip, and it might not even be of your own doing….

I picked up a lady from a guy house one day like that, not knowing the idiot boyfriend already used abortion pill for the lady, the lady was bleeding in my car and fainted at the back, when I got to the destination, (I am not the chatty type of driver) so I didn’t know what was going on at the back till I got to destination), Me: I will be ending the trip now ? No response.

To cut the story shot, I had to drive the girls brother back to the guy House,( they pounced on me with emotion at first, my app saved me ) he was arrested, proceed to police station for reports, before I was allowed to leave.. imagine it the other way round.

It's not a case of doing the right thing
Nobody like to convert a trip to offline but the situation has forced our hands

Imagine someone here (can't remember the moniker) did a trip from a whole addo to airport 18500(that a whole lot of money), his running cost (fuel and commission) is already like14-15k, his profit on that trip is not up to 4k and remember that trip would have lasted like 2hrs or more.

These days I don't buy full tank cos to make that money back with profit may seem difficult

Like pearl rightly said: We are just collecting big big money but our profit no increase.

Pearl1910:
I did one trip from OX to Shades on same Kofo Abayomi street N1,700 the babe say chai... Trip that we used to pay N500 before.
We are just collecting big big money but our profit no increase.
I recall when I used to buy fuel 1k in d morning 1k in d afternoon and 1k in d evening to work. If I buy 5k fuel that's almost full thank. Now I must buy 20-25k at a go and it will finish that day. I don't even want to think about this mess we are in.

The attached pic reminds me of someone on this thread.

@the bolded
It just so painful
I hope the man seated at the corner can also read this

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