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Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 1:03pm On Mar 02, 2018
julietromeo:
Nothing is keeping me to be an investor. I will become one in a couple of months. HP is d worst deal you have ever done but its d best I ever done with my partner. Its a win win for both of us.
Honestly this is not a hustle for you bro. Like u said the market is flooded. Plz sir stay home the market is flooded. U can do yellow cabs. That market for yellow is not flooded at all . Coz the way the market is flooded now, uber would have pack up by the time you want start with them.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 1:00pm On Mar 02, 2018
Carshopper:
Nah
Lol that was a fast response grin
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 12:58pm On Mar 02, 2018
Carshopper:
I have two units of salvaged 2007 hyundai elantra at tincan... going Price is 1.2m excluding clearing
Can you take 900k cash now now
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 12:57pm On Mar 02, 2018
julietromeo:
Really flooded bro. You need to search for riders and burn enough fuel to stay at strategic locations before you can get requests. When the going gets tough only the tough gets going.
One of my friend made 14k yesterday. And he even close early from his shift. Omo go and sit down and find a new hustle. This business is not meant for you. You over here crying flooded. Which flood na your house flooded. Go and do proper findings before you conclude on anything. Do your research bro.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 10:12am On Mar 02, 2018
[quote author=dru23 post=65491784]Well the shocks I got is OE parts. Made in China. Everything is made in China now. But if it is coming to USA there is some form of quality control. No USA company wants to get sue by importing way below sub standard product. Unlike third world countries that China has made a dumping ground. Well if you look at it is the importer that goes to China and tell the manufacturer the grade of product they want. And to cut costs they ask for the cheapest type. At the end we can't really blame China. We need to blame the government for not enforcing the checks and balance of stuff that comes into the country.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 10:00am On Mar 02, 2018
[quote author=julietromeo post=65484588][/quote]If you need help I can link u up with a friend of mine on the platform. He made 14k yesterday and work less hours.

My assumption from you is that it there was too many cars on the road. Again if you need some pointers I can help you out. Order than that like Ogunvic41 will say let's keep lagos moving
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 9:46am On Mar 02, 2018
olaboy1:
Are the parts you buy on eBay OEM, aftermarket, used or Chinko?
Well the shocks I got is OE parts. Made in China. Everything is made in China now. But if it is coming to USA there is some form of quality control. Even iPhone is made in China
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 2:08am On Mar 02, 2018
timifakay:
I hope you know not everything on eBay is OEM, some sellers source from Chinese stores like Alibaba, taobao and the likes... So quality isn't guaranteed, except you are buying used parts or you are sure the person you are patronizing won't do such.
If you have a fleet of cars with fitting parts, you can just salvage parts from accidented vehicles you buy and dismantle.
Yes you are very correct. Most car parts are made in China. The ones that enter USA from China have quality control. For the shocks for example they can last you maybe 40k miles and it will come with some warranty. The shocks I bought says oem , which can mean almost anything. If I can get six months out of it. Than am ok with it. Most used parts in lagos don't really last that long. And even if I buy salvage shocks how long will it last. Those shocks chances are have a lot of miles on it. And by the time I use it in najia how many miles could I get from it. At the end of the day am taking a chance. For now I will continue trying the parts from eBay.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 1:44am On Mar 02, 2018
[quote author=julietromeo post=65484588][/quote]That VS lagos population =
Romance › Re: Guys! :how To Know If Your Girlfriend Is Cheating On You. by dru23(m): 11:40pm On Mar 01, 2018
temietope01:
Definatly you are fucking damn nymphomaniac
Email me at dru23@hotmail.com
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 11:38pm On Mar 01, 2018
jpworld:
The fall of Ogunvic41 and Romeo3 has given all these boys mouth. Hopefully he will rise again . You learn and come back stronger

The fall of Ogunvic41 is not bc of 50k rental.

And they are taking advantage of the situation, telling owners, is bc of 50k.

The narrative guy hides in PH when Ogunvic41 is happening, now he run his mouth.

Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 11:32pm On Mar 01, 2018
olaboy1:
It seems you are new in the business. Since you live in the states, how are cars valued? Mileage or usage?
Are you aware there are some parts you must change at a certain mile covered?
Yes am in the states. And have been doing the business for 7months exact as of yesterday. The issue with parts, if you read my previous thread about elantra.
At the start parts were change. Same parts were change after less than few months. We change mechanic, than we change to a new manager. So far so good, also I decided to import the major parts that are needed in the car that will last longer.
I went on eBay, eBay is your friend o. I bought shocks for$100 both back and front. Ball joints, two scanner , stabiliser links. At a good price. Those items am putting it inside the booth of my next car. Disengage the booth , a friend of mine did the same thing and nothing happens to the stuff inside the car.
I am not worried about the value of the car . My landing cost is very OK. After year or more I sell the cars. Worse comes to worse. Instead of selling the car, I will reconditioned the car over and put it back on the road. Business is all about strategy and everyone has a method to their madness. You can't compare my method to some. I have advantage my cars are tokunbo and my landing cost is almost the cost of buying very good or Grade A Nigerian used cars.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 10:27pm On Mar 01, 2018
olaboy1:
The person with the major share in the business should have the highest cut.. that’s my 2cent
I fully agree to an extent. It is so crazy to see and hear drivers that wants to make more than owners by force. These drivers have to understand that it is not by force to make more than owners. When in essence the drivers didn't put a dime to buy the vehicle. They came in with zero capital and they want to double what they didn't invest in.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 10:23pm On Mar 01, 2018
olaboy1:
The point we are making is those extras he makes for himself will render the car devalued before investors break even.
It boils down to how owners manage their cars. Go back to my thread during Ogunvic41 days. People were giving out cars left and right coz they want make money. If you are passionate about your investment you will not let it get to the point that your car will be devalued. Put some checks and balance in place. Hire good team around you. I do inspection every two weeks on my cars. Take the business seriously and hopefully you will reduce you risk of not breaken even. And hopefully with a little luck you be fine.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 10:09pm On Mar 01, 2018
Daveonoja:
shine your eye too ooo Uber does not have transfer option ooo..cash &card...don't take promises..uber has told a driver that I know there are only 2options of payment...complete the outcome
Bro how far. You have not posted your currant earnings. Either way keep up with the good job
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 10:05pm On Mar 01, 2018
vulpeslopez:
who dash monkey banana??drivers lie alot....if Ogunvic had 5personal cars,he won't promise 50k weekly,becos he will know it isn't possible in the long run.......**truth hurts**
50k might be possible, even if uber increase their fare. The bottom line is no drivers will want to do profit sharing. The extra money the driver is making he will now be sharing it. For what. Most rather just pay their agreed rental and be done. Any extra from that they smart ones will save and others will squander it
Autos › Re: Support For Other Brands Of Vehicles In Lagos by dru23(m): 10:00pm On Mar 01, 2018
GAZZUZZ:
darocha1 and dru3 please return to the uber thread. Leave here in peace.
Don't mind me o
Autos › Re: Support For Other Brands Of Vehicles In Lagos by dru23(m): 9:59pm On Mar 01, 2018
darocha1:
can i recommend someone please
Sorry bro, I just got a driver for the civic last week. More tokunbo cars are coming. Just follow the thread. It is first come, first serve.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 5:50am On Mar 01, 2018
julietromeo:
The business is being flooded. Only experienced guys will scale tru.
Please before you conclude . Do your research and read the thread. Ask questions and people that are great. Don't let the blind lead the blind. There is request and the market is not flooded. If the market is flooded that will be good. It will mean that only good cars will last on the platform. Riders will than be picky. And they can reject any cars they don't like
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 5:41am On Mar 01, 2018
julietromeo:
The business is being flooded. Only experienced guys will scale tru.
Smh, you must be a driver. I own cars on the platform . And each cars deliver 40k a week. 07 elantras non of my drivers are complaining. There was a young man on these platform daveone . He posted his earnings part time. I spoke to him and he said it's all about planning and positioning. Plz don't come out here and give wrong information. Read the threads and learn from guys that are doing it. I meet another young man on these forum. He posted his last week earnings on taxify. He was looking for a car to drive. The 03 camry he has was too old for him and giving him bad ratings . I call the young man up. Coz I posted a 04 tokunbo civic. The young guy can't be more than 24 yrs doing uber. He said work is going on. That has he is speaking to me a request just came in.
One of my guys on the forum has not driven for months. Waiting for a new car to drive . He drove this past Sunday back to back request. He drove on Monday from 5am to about 1pm made 10k. He slept for 2 hours and started his evening shift at about 4pm and made a total of 16k for the day
I have reliable people on these forum that I can ask questions and they can give me an honest answer. So bro either you are lazy or u have no clue on what you are doing. The people that are getting requests don't have two heads now. Change your thinking and move with people that you can learn from. These is the reason why the rich move with the rich. And the poor stay poor coz the move with each other. Do your homework before coming on the thread to complain about the market been flooded. If a 22 year old is getting requests I don't known what to say about your situation o
Romance › Re: “if I R@pe You And You Cum, It’s Unfair To Call The Police On Me”- Twitter User by dru23(m): 4:45pm On Feb 28, 2018
Ogbaba123:
Animals everywhere, rape is rape.
Orgasm is an involuntary action the body can't control and most victims hate themselves more because this. Just like the result of tickling, laughing while being tickled is involuntary and cannot be controlled. These guys need some education
This is dru23 u can email at dru23@hotmail.com
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 4:00pm On Feb 27, 2018
[quote author=Carshopper post=65404179]I was surprised when I found out this ... now if the so-called 'illiterate' as we call them build up a shift culture, what are we 'graduates' doing? [/quote

No matter how you explain it to them. Even if you give them rental for 15k a week the feelings is always

Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 3:55pm On Feb 27, 2018
timifakay:
Not at the risk of the lives of other road users and another man's investment.
A combination of overworked driver and car is just an accident waiting to happen.
Do you realize some danfo drivers run shifts?
Yes not at risk of others. This is were planning comes in. Uber should a hustle. You do it for a while achieve your goals and move on. That is what am saying bro. When u hustle u make plans on how to hustle without killing yourself.
Some drivers on the platform work only weekends. And some days during the week. And they still deliver and spend time with their family. It's all about planning my brother. Work smart not hard
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 4:15am On Feb 27, 2018
[quote author=GAZZUZZ post=65377161]some of forget about quality of life of a driver that spends too much time on the job.

With time they will get burnt out.

Most drivers on the UBER and Taxify platforms do not have a spiritual life any more, Friday sat and Sundays are the most profitable days, and they are spent on the road.

Sustainability is key, keeping drivers happy doing what they do is important.

As I said earlier. A tired driver will go home to rest if he is on a flexible workable plan. A driver on a higher target will try to defy nature, and there are consequences.

A driver on a flexible workable plan will not work all through the night, he will pace himself.

this does not mean that there are drivers who will still take advantage of the lower weekly payments and decide to work like robots, but that's where the job of a fleet manager comes in, he monitors driver earnings, and the number of hours driver spends on the Job, and the times. If driver is given a corrola 2005 and he loves all nighters fleet manager will swap driver with a kia or a city reason is simple, he has lowered the risk of theft of the vehicle. no one will want to steal a rio or city.

There is more to fleet management than paying 50k a week.

Gazzuzz

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Quality of life? In life you have to decide on how you want to achieve your goals. You might have to put aside the luxury of comfort for the mean time. And have these attitude of get rich or die trying. Once you achieve your goals, than you can relax a bit
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 4:00am On Feb 27, 2018
medd422:
For your information, I drive my own car. I do only what is realistic cos I’ve realized that health is wealth.

I heard u saying driving 15hours daily will give 160k, I never knew u have a calculator for uber. My friend, pple wait in LEKKI for 90minutes now before request comes. It was never like dat before. The only days u get back to back requests now is on weekends. Stop sitting at d comfort of your home and be calculating what happens on d road. U base ur conclusions on what drivers post on nairaland, but what u don’t know is drivers won’t post d days they didn’t make enough.
You need to learn from people that are doing good my brother. Health is wealth for the lazy. Somebody posted is earninga doing part time. Why don't you call him and get some pointers . Also plan at the same time. Work smart not hard

Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 3:41am On Feb 27, 2018
Keep up the good work

Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m):
Daveonoja:
Already at work..morning session done...7up already..all the Thomases am here 4u.see u lata
Keep up the good work
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 12:13am On Feb 27, 2018
iyaegin:
Be like say you be oloyinbo but i remember you are based abroad and have probably never driven for a day.i would not talk much.i leave the Picture below for you to conclude on your misguided thoughts.
Your mates are making above 20k on a Sunday. U better go and take advice from them. So that you can step your game up. Yes I have never driven before on uber either in Nigeria or the good old USA. Am a boss, we don't take orders we give orders. So ran along and get that money. And maybe if you work hard enough you might be a boss one day. You have to start from somwere . And maybe and maybe if you are a good little boy I might hire you to drive one of my tokunbo cars.
So sit down and be humble
Car Talk › Re: How Cars 45 Ripped Us Off by dru23(m): 8:00pm On Feb 26, 2018
Hayastark:
Abeg let me share my experience in peace, sane people will get some lesson from this. If you dont like how I am writing it you can get the f.... out of my page
Don't mind him plz. We all need to learn
Car Talk › Re: How Cars 45 Ripped Us Off by dru23(m): 7:59pm On Feb 26, 2018
tempex88:
Guy, Na story book u suppose dey write.

Cars are sold "as it is" it is buyers responsibility to do detailed check.
Let him share is experience please. We can all learn something. Most car dealers are crooks,
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 4:18am On Feb 26, 2018
iyaegin:
Very Apt and infact you took some aspects right off my head. I am a newbie to Uber i just started in November and i can say for a fact that things are not flowing as much as before just like coolbenzino said on friday i think and many were trying to say otherwise..in November my trips were back to back never a moment of dullness infact i did not know you could be taken offline by Uber after 10mins of zero activity when you are not on a ride..i only discovered that this year when rides started slowing down and this is also because there is a massive influx of drivers and you wonder how many riders on demand are available at a time to meet this over supply.On thursday night at Maryland mall around 9.30 almost 6/7 uber/taxify cars were outside waiting for rides but no riders....And this is where i think fleet xpress met their current hitch because as early generation Uber drivers they most likely experienced the surge of activities back then and assumed it could be replicated by fleet management they probably did not know lots of drivers may be unreliiable and not meet up weekly payments which has always been a trend long before e hailing came about..they also probably did not factor in that lots of investors would come in and flood the market as we see now..u know we nigerians liketo follow the money flow and when someone realizes while working from 8-5 his car cam be making money many would jump in not also knowing their cars would also have to bear the burden of such activities...i wish the fleet management guys the best but i dont think 50k weekly and consistently is feasible any longer.Ave been online in Yaba since 10am not one ride till now...abeg market don dry...make i see how i go include taxify shock this uber for side ..
And there was another young man that poster his earnings. This was few days ago. The young man was looking for another car. Because the 03 camry he was driving was too old and given him bad rating. I called him and offered him my 04 civic which he kindly decline. Because he was looking for a corolla, which he finally got and it is a tokunbo. When I spoke to this young man. He should be about 22yrs old. I ask him how request he said request is going on. I said to him people on nairaland are complaining that request is slow. He said has he is talking to me a request just came in. Be even said that there is not enough cars self for the job. Omo when he said I tire o. So what is the fuss about that you are waiting all day only one request . Bro you need to change your thinking o. Do you even have friends or associate yourself with people with the same line of work you do. For me o, I have at least 6 people that are drivers on the platform. Some are owners, those are the people I talk to when I want to get the full gist on what's on going. I get all my facts from them. This is even before I talk to my own fleet manager . I make sure I get enough facts before anybody starts to tell me bullshit. This is why the rich stay with the rich. You need to start moving with fellow drivers so that you can get the true narrative of the business. Hope and wish you better luck.
Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by dru23(m): 3:39am On Feb 26, 2018
iyaegin:
Very Apt and infact you took some aspects right off my head. I am a newbie to Uber i just started in November and i can say for a fact that things are not flowing as much as before just like coolbenzino said on friday i think and many were trying to say otherwise..in November my trips were back to back never a moment of dullness infact i did not know you could be taken offline by Uber after 10mins of zero activity when you are not on a ride..i only discovered that this year when rides started slowing down and this is also because there is a massive influx of drivers and you wonder how many riders on demand are available at a time to meet this over supply.On thursday night at Maryland mall around 9.30 almost 6/7 uber/taxify cars were outside waiting for rides but no riders....And this is where i think fleet xpress met their current hitch because as early generation Uber drivers they most likely experienced the surge of activities back then and assumed it could be replicated by fleet management they probably did not know lots of drivers may be unreliiable and not meet up weekly payments which has always been a trend long before e hailing came about..they also probably did not factor in that lots of investors would come in and flood the market as we see now..u know we nigerians liketo follow the money flow and when someone realizes while working from 8-5 his car cam be making money many would jump in not also knowing their cars would also have to bear the burden of such activities...i wish the fleet management guys the best but i dont think 50k weekly and consistently is feasible any longer.Ave been online in Yaba since 10am not one ride till now...abeg market don dry...make i see how i go include taxify shock this uber for side ..
I see , what part of the thread do you read. Do you do research at all. The problem with a lot people is that they just sit down and expect things to flow easily. Did you read the part of a driver on these forum,. He works part time and still makes money. Did you even try to analyse what he was saying? Did you even call him for advice? Did you even do anything before coming to any conclusion that the business is slow or not like what it used to be ?
Well for your information , I called the part time driver. I am based in the USA with drivers on the platform. The driver said yes the business is a bit slow. But he himself stragetize and he gets up at a certain time . He has plan and he follows the plan. He made an example how some drivers just wait around looking for riders. Some even reject riders. He is talking about the type of drivers like you.
In life if you want to be successful, you need to do what successful people do. My brother you need to change your ways and your thinking . The part time uber driver was generous enough to post his earnings. If I was him I would not bother myself after lecturing people on how to improve their earnings.
Sometimes people can't be helped no matter how you try. This is the difference between the rich and poor. And finally before you conclude read the thread, talk to people that are doing better. And ask questions. Learn from people that are better than you. Hire people that are smarter than you and learn from them. This is how successful people think and behave

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