₦airaland Forum

mrjaydee:
You obviously don't know anything... if I call those boys that hawk sims and I know I want to use it to commit a crime. I give them fake name and fake address and use the sim only for uber and I request and kill or kidnap the driver. How will the police locate me?

Criminals are smart, they would even tip those sim hawkers like 2k to even use any pic.

Also, we are tired of you referring any issue here with the one in your office. It's boring and annoying.

Even dru23 no get wahala reach this Mr Upstream sector

peeps4u:
Just say all of us jare, only you understand yourself.

Gentlelife50:
Bros u really get time ooo

thelastorca:
I am sure you will find the charges go up. Systems that penalize or fine you increase the fine each time.

pocohantas:
Are riders not charged for cancelling?

Because I know I had someone tell me to cancel- which I ignorantly did and I got billed.

So, if a driver who doesn't want to go somewhere and well within his right too, fails to cancel. You somehow think the rider is being proud for not wanting to cancel?

Smh. May the best (con)man win...

thelastorca:
You are the one who should be bothered that your partner sees your safety as inconsequential.

And will not adopt very simple methods to secure or advance your safety on the job

If you think being a disposable throwaway piece of meat is something to feel smug over, be my guest. Employees of smaller companies than uber have better safety on the job than proud partners

Kapish that on your next journey into a dangerous area

radautoworks:
If it's that dangerous then don't do it!

thelastorca:
You do not get it. This is not about idealism. This is simple technology. Remember all the noise about per second billing being impossible to implement? You think mtn had to buy new equipment to do it?

If the federal government is serious about sanctions , you will wake up tomorrow and your improperly registered lines will simply not work.

This is not about physically sealing someone’s house. This is just flipping a switch or issuing a command in a server.

Most of these features are baked into the system at launch, but not used.

You know the way a company’s it can lock out a user who has been sacked? Or a software license server can reject fake keys?
Even now, every activity on every sim in every telcos network is tracked and recorded and can be called up if required.

Regulating SIM cards is simply a matter of will from ncc. Of course if they go through with it, we may start to hear complaints from Nigerians

People have been caught for much less than car hijacking.

chigodo:
I told them to stop 3 UBER cars with those documents they mentioned and i will go my way . They couldn't. They said it is the driver they have business with and not me. Because driver was kinda scared.

They offered to book another uber for me. I refused. Told them I only trust the driving skills of this particular man.

One of them said this kind man dey put person for wahala.

Na so they free the man. Baba don call me taya to thank me.

This Lagos?. We die here!.

radautoworks:
I don't think you guys are hearing us. We don't have a problem if you want to cherry pick. Just don't do it after signing a contract that addressed the exact situation. Nigerians will be told the conditions of a deal and will accept with the midset of re-negotiating after service or adhering only to the portions they like. That's why before we do anything work customer must sign estimate or email acceptance of estimate. One company did and still came back when payment was requested telling my staff they will be by to negotiate the bill. I took over the transaction and informed the company there is no negotiation after signing estimate and I would reject their repairs in the future. Na Kia Kia full payment remit. Mmmchew

Say what you mean and mean what you say. Don't look for loopholes. I don't half commit to things. Either local man can or local man cannot. There is no local man cannot can.

If you signed the agreement posted above and know it doesn't work for you, find another platform.

radautoworks:
And it's dishonest but apparently acceptable to you guys. So when a mechanic tells you he spent two days instead of one and a half I hope you won't complain

izzou:
For what naa?

fasa199:
Has anyone been paid airport fees by Bolt?? And how did you do it. Quick response needed Biko.

thelastorca:
you really don't understand, do you?

Our police will only solve cases when they are induced or under pressure
those shoprite thieves who were rounded up almost immediately - why do you think it happened? because por poiter in chief wanted to make a clear statement

very corporation in this country has links with the police.

izzou:
Just so you know, I'm bringing her to the bissshhh party

izzou:
Uber and Bolt only give more attention to riders. They have no protection for drivers

That car was probably hunted down with the help of a tracker, not Uber

People use fake names to register on Uber. I have picked riders with names like Jesus, Olokpa, etc... If this person commits a crime, how can Uber help in tracking him when they don't have a photo, no address, no ID and a phone number with rubbish details

You (the rider) are the one protected and being watched on Uber. The driver is in God's hands only

thelastorca:
let me break it down to you in terms you will understand

UBER is why people enter your car. without uber, you are simply a dodgy looking guy in a corolla
take you car round lagos and offer people rides and see how many will enter

or let me put it a different way

there are a lot of independent fuel marketers out there.
the moment an independent partners with a major marketer, brands in the marketers colours, his sales can go up by 50 - 70%
that is the strength of the brand
what brand do you have?
do you have anything that would bring a rider to you?
or you think the sole factor between uber and yellow cabs is price?

why do you think uber insists on AC, and that your car is in good condition and not below a certain age

because that is part of their brand

thelastorca:
did you not read the article?
the police caught the killers almost immediately
how many cases have you ever seen naija police close out cases with alacrity without outside pressure?

thebigkendo:
Uber added the SOS button and also sent some security advice warning/advice to partners
They also added the "share your location" thingie for drivers & riders

thelastorca:
And uber did not change any of their policies afterward?

Interesting.

When we had a death on a site, the fallout was massive. So many things were changed.

I am frankly surprised that uber has not made any changes (or so you say) to their operations.

Then again, if they were able to catch the thieves immediately, it tells you they actually are tracking riders even if you think they are not doing so

thebigkendo:
Compensation? For what now.. according to the consensus DRIVERS ARE THEIR OWN BOSS

thelastorca:
and none of you complained about this?
and we never heard this in the news?
sorry, i don't believe you
when that jumia rider was killed, it was all over social media

thelastorca:
how will i suffer?

for me uber is a convenience
before it was around, i was using yellow taxi

for you it is a livelihood, not so?
what will you go to if they and other ehailing platforms leave? will you fill form and go and dobale to some old men at the nearest taxi park

Gentlelife50:
The Ogas here will still gatecrash our get together

pocohantas:
The irony of boss moves...

Them sef get their own for body. Talk now and they will come out guns blazing

thelastorca:
I like uber because it brings structure to riding. No arbitrary charges, better safety, means of arbitration, tracking.

Like most things in the internet, you are a vocal minority making ineffectual noises about how important you are. In spite of all the gragra on here, I get rides every single time

That’s all that needs to be said.

We are the owners of the cars. So park them at home and stop forming boss. You are NOTHING without the platform but a fellow with an idle car

dru23:
Funny enough Nigeria is not even uber's biggest African market.. So losing Nigerian market is not a big deal to them in my opinion .. Egypt is the biggest market for them and Some other African countries .. Those market are more important to them than Nigeria.. The only thing here is that uber is trying to get a strong grip ahead of everybody else regardless if the market is big or not ..more like a monopoly control.. We can agree to disagree at the sametime

lin3r2:
Yea I know about those set of people. I select people based on the prompting I get from within. You 100% correct though I have never had any issues with people transferring to me. Almost 7 days ago I dropped a guy at the airport and his fare was 4600 he said his banking app was giving him issues. So I told him to go that I'll send my account number to him. The next day I got an alert of 5500.

I am selective based on the voice inside prompting me.
So yes may God not allow me meet people that will make me change my mind about transfers

By the way, a thought just occurred to me. Let's organize a day and get to know ourselves in person at either the beach or somewhere. I mean the guys on this forum. Those in lagos o. Like a get together.
Just a thought

radautoworks:
I still don't understand why people need multiple... I've had one for the last four years and definitely do NOT want and/or need another way for people to reach me!

thelastorca:
if I am not mistaken, the FG has given phone companies a deadline to get rid of sims not tied verified users. abuse of sims goes way beyond matters like bbnaija

unfortunately, Uber is probably doing it naija style - waiting for someone to get killed on their platform before they roll out policies that ensure all riders are properly identified.

thelastorca:
the problem with nigerians is they never know what they have till its gone. let uber leave, and be replaced with a nigerian proper company. then you will all know the true meaning of ween.

you can always leave uber and go back to the basics. taxicab.

dru23:
Uber is an international brand ... whoever decides to take over can they be efficient as uber in terms of technology? Uber is also a Multi billion dollar company.. Millions are spend on the technology.. Technology is constantly changing and improving.. You need money to keep up