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Was at Abule oja, Yaba for over 1hr. Surge everywhere. No trip.... Riders dey wait for d surge to go away. . Shitty fares on indriver.

dav1002:
Felicity001, pearl1910, babadee1900, baz001, pope191, pearl1910, donfortune48, peeps4u, deedee44, davit, kanuisagoat, northbird, dru23, blackbishop and many others on this thread. Please the vehicle has been referred to lastma mobile court for one way . The court date is on Tuesday please help my friend. Abeg who know person wey fit help

Did they give him a writ of summons ( something like a letter asking him to appear before the court)
If that has been issued . I don't think any of those lastma guys can help.

Get a lawyer friend that can prep him up for the court date. He didn't see any one way sign.

Magistrates are not demons. There's always a human face to it. He is a first offender. He will be asked to pay a fine.
The magistrate will set a fine. Be prepared to pay it.

Abeg who get d 1M strategy. I know d lucrative hotspots, Biko, What I need is how to sustain d tempo.
After 4-5 days of full time driving, my body is lways giving signals to rest. You need back to back driving to hit such scores

Today now around 2pm. I gats blow back home. Slight headache.

mejai:
https://www.nairaland.com/6853808/uber-driver-fights-dirty-drags

Felicity001/Felicity 0001.... Na u or ur gangs?

Omo, this one na senior hoodlum driver o

See, thing is not everyone can take trash.

But wait, why is that people like to quickly post videos on SM. It won't solve the issue now.

tunlapapa:
Why can't they try when the model is already available on RIDA and INDRIVER.
The only reason an app will try such model is when they lack dominance, and which they gained dominance here due to anyhow goes on Nigeria.

Cos if they do, they are shortchanging their revenues. Most drivers can't accurately give a fair price for a trip.

Coming to indriver. I'm really disappointed in their style, they are over a year in the biz, from a marketing standpoint, they should be contenders in the ehailing market space. Unfortunately, they are still bottom feeders.

This is the time to be bullish. You don't have to set prices like Bolt. But don't go too low.

smiles I'm not jobless sir, if u can't contribute then stop quoting me pls, do u think I'll sit and form a story like this.. smiles

Fake story.
Years back, you were in Yankee, a man then. Now you turned to a female that was knocked up in a space of 5 years.

deedee44:
Now Bolt reveals plans to allow drivers to set their OWN fares days after Uber announced 10% price increase.
It is getting interesting in the abroad

UK now. They can't try it in Nigeria.

Did any one here use Uber for trips yesterday. I want to confirm something. All the trips I did yesterday on Bolt was on Surge. All..

friday2011:
My dear...be worried ooo...in this part of the world, nothing goes for nothing.

Rubbish. Are you Yoruba?

Op. You should be thanking God for having great in laws.
You have been accepted wholeheartedly into the family.You are a son in that family now. You are a very lucky man.

Go home and and be the best husband to your wife. . you are a very lucky man.


The Yorubas don't believe in putting burden on young couples. No one is going to ask you for money. You saw that in the bride price tag. Just symbolic.

No one is going to ask for unnecessary stuff all in the name of bride price.

You are a very lucky man.

descarado:
He is right to be worried.
I will be too.

I have seen rich parents help their sons inlaw.

The join heads together in the planning. They were all carried along. My guy was tossed by the side. It's humiliating and a slap on his pride.

We are so poor and money conscious we allow common sense flee cos we saw rich man and money. Everything he does no matter the strategy used is good.

He has a right of say in his own wedding.

The man wasn't being supportive.
Just carrying the traditional lavish wedding his kinds do so as to save face.

If he is really supportive, he should pay the same amount into his son in-laws account to help set him up to his standard.

Well, to each mallam his own kettle.

My friend, go and sit down somewhere.

The Yorubas r very accommodating. That is the standard if the bride is Yoruba.

Heyyyy:
Yes my major problem now is accommodation, this is just for the temporary, for like maximum 3 months.

However I'm thinking if I can have cheap guest house like 3k, then after all I will still be in good profit, is that possible?

Not possible, you want to make profit after paying for hotel daily. No now....
Even the guys that make money don't stay in their homes for 7 hours cumulative.

Cancel cheap guest house. The cheaper the accommodation, the more criminal elements you will battle with. Just imagine where a 3k guest house will be domiciled in Lagos.

Go and ask those whose cars ( mirrors, brain box, electronic controls)
have been harvested before. I can bet you. It's always rampant in the so called 'cheap areas'

If you r adamant on Lagos, Look for someone that can give you a bed space, 1k daily (, though you will share facilities n it's with college students mostly) around Unilag, Abule oja side.

Heyyyy:
I want somewhere outside where I reside

I heard Benin is not bad on Bolt.

Why not drive for like 3 months over there, gather cash n. Save like 3k daily. That's like 250k.
Then you can start planning to come over.
Relocation takes funds o.

You need
1. @ least a bed space to rest after d days hustle.

2. A compound to safely park your car.

These things, as simple as they seem, will cost you in Lagos.

GeneralZodd:
Mine was Mushin at 11pm and earlier hours of 5am. Dem dey find who dem go Strangle for this Xmas period. 3 straight request from Mushin. I off app. Blow empty go house, when destination trip no gree come

Got a request 1..4 surge from Ebute Metta going to elegushi Beach around 9.30pm yesternite

Rider: We are at costain Roundabout

Me: Costain Roundabout ( 1st red flag, that's not an address now,

Me: hearing background comments., I just casually ask, how many people.

Rider : We are 5.(2nd red flag)

Me: 5 ke?

Didn't wait for any red flags again, canceled straight.

Being paranoid in dis hustle esp at night can save you from some mishaps.

INDUSTRIALFAN:
I its same thing[s]… private owners ask you to remit weekly 35k, moove asks for 37k weekly and they service the car for you monthly. At the end of the day you own it. Same thing. For a serious driver its very doable. I do above 90k weekly so if i dol? 90k weekly and remit 37k tell me its bad

It's not. Private owners, you get the options of doing Bolt and/or Uber, also offline trips. With Moove, you are stuck with Uber.
Nobody monitors your hours or 55 trips. You could get an offline client that will use you for a week.

tunlapapa:
I pity the guy as those pushing him won't be there when he enters gutter.

That DTO he's been called for is a death sentence.
There is no way he will find it easy to pay N37k weekly for 4 years using only one platform.

Seriously, I don't understand how he wants to leave pounded yam and start eating garri .
I mean, the job comes with accommodation, in a city like Lagos, you get an employer that can sort out accommodation for you.

He prefers to face driving everyday, remitting 37k cos of one tokunbo corolla. Dude was even saying it's brand new, . I'm like this guy is still dreaming, who on God's earth will put a brand new car for taxi in a city like Lagos for shitty fares.

Then, the "igiveladies' dude goaded him on by posting a Bolt dashboard. I just tire for the matter.

Farmerakinloye6:
http://youtube.com/channel/UCtmihslDu6dRM_AJ0Mwn1kA/videos you will see meaningful video by weekend. I paid #500 per full bag of this sack (harvest), best way to enjoy dry maize is to shell,put photoxin then store till February before you sell it. It seems both of us is having thesame issue because me too want to pay some bills , so am selling 1or 2 tones out when i thrash it. I will post video by weekend....go through my playlist.

Are you saying you paid ₦500 for them to harvest and fill each bag with maize.

Farmerakinloye6:
Phosphine is inside this one's, and I will be selling it by February or early March next year

Can dry maize last that long. What about those insect pests, weevils n Co., rats nko.

Farmerakinloye6:
I have started selling this one today at #130 per kilo, I don't put Phosphine inside it. More insight tomorrow.,.

That's like 130,000 per tonne.

AfonjaBoston:
May his soul rest in peace. That's sad and i pray they get caught but we must continue to follow the rules irrespective

Go and tell that to his parents, siblings and his fiancee. He died for nothing.... Cos he followed the goddamn rules.

AfonjaBoston:
I can picture in my head the kind of uber or whatever driver you are in my head and its people like you i continue to give a very hard time.
Self-centered bunch of idiots. Its not uber's job to verify whether you will be killed or not.
You have common sense when you get to the area and its not safe you simply cancel and choose the option not safe dont be a two-faced silly prick.

Drivers get killed just like riders get killed. You all drive cars that are not what's on the app or different driver compared to what's on the app.

You masturbate while carrying a rider, send stupid messages to riders.


OGA self righteous man DO YOUR DAMN JOB YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY DRIVER IN THE WORLD AND GET A REAL JOB TOO

Do you have a better job?

SATANlST:
dont mind the idiot . they reason they call is not because of security o. they call to know if where u are going to is far or close, if it is close they will ask you to cancel. very annoying bunch.

Dumb ass, the last Uber driver that was gruesomely murdered was a health worker. Heck, the dude even had a job. He kept to the rules.... He lost his life.

SATANlST:
i dont really pay attention to the ratings. these scums are annoying as hell. i a actually planning to trail the next one that will waste my time and beat him up

And you meet your nemesis....

IgiveLadiesBj:
What are you doing with 60k monthly for crying out loud? That is 720k/annum....
Money you can make in 1 month driving Uber/Bolt


If you are hardworking you can even make 1 million naira. Just don't join the lazy gangs...

See attached picture of monthly gross

You are misleading the man by posting this figure. This earning was done only on Bolt. The man is planning to drive on Uber.
This is a Bolt dashboard not Uber. They are different companies for chrisakes......

skillip:
Good morning guys, please what could be the reason why my car temperature rises beyond the mid pin level ESPECIALLY when the weather is hot. The fan is ABSOLUTELY working fine. Cc:felicity and co. Thank you.

A. Check the cap of the radiator. or the rubber head casing on the radiator for cracks.

B. Check hoses around radiator, especially at the harness points. are they leaking?

C. Fans, are they blowing optimally. For a corolla, there is a standard humming sound you get when the fan is blowing properly.

If symptoms persist, unmount radiator, and let them wash the radiator fins. Not car wash o.

wirinet:
Clear his name over N800k? That's less than $1,600. Many online jobs earn that in a day.

Why are you peddling falsehood? Which online job will give you 1,600 dollars a day. Dollar o not naira.

Barbiturate:
The check engine was on before and the maintenance req was on. So I took it to my mechanic for service. After the service he called a guy that diagnosed it and the guy said they removed the catalyst but he later did something and thecheck engine and maintenance req wiped off Later when I reported here, I called the mechanic to ask him if it was p0420 that showed, the guy said he can't remember, except I pay again for it.

Who can help me diagnose?

If you had a scanner, it's something you can do yourself. All he did was, "erase the codes" . Nothing special. I have cleared "maintenance required" manually wtout scanner.
Check Chrisfix on YouTube.

Are your spark plugs ok.? They might need some cleaning, is there any leak in the exhaust pipes.

lalasticlala:
As shared by @brysonadahcole:



https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1458459958392115207.html

If he is clean, why worry about the efcc. 800k lump sum for a graphics designer.

SuperBlack:
I'm sure the useless Kuda must have started losing customers by now

Stop deceiving yourself. If you know millions of Nigerians without bank accounts, you will be shocked.

ThatNiccur:
Safety is a naija issue currently, but to an extent, riders tend to perpetrate more crime on bolt than on Uber.
Uber also takes the issue of safety seriously, compared to Bolt. Uber is interested in the situation and would always want to hear your side of the story. They want to know a convenient time to put across a call to you, they show genuine interest most of the time.

Income on Uber with the "weekly ride target to get a reduced commission" helps a lot, as this improves your earnings and also motivates you to keep up the hustle.

Surge on Uber might not be as regular as on Bolt but when it comes, it's usually worth it, compared to Bolt that's pegged at 1.9 and calculation isn't transparent.
You can get a 2.4 multiplier on Uber and at the end of the trip, the breakdown is quite understandable.

Getting rides isn't as daunting as people make it sound. Riders are also usually well behaved. Chances of getting a toxic rider is slim. Rating is transparent and most riders know how to rate, being that the riders are more exposed and know how rating works, unlike some bolt riders that think 1star is the highest rating, thereby crashing a driver's rating, albeit unintentionally.

Etc...

A. Safety
The most recent loss, where the driver ( fela shrine /abule egba) was gruesomely murdered was on the Uber app.

B. Surge/pricing
The surge calculation on Bolt is very accurate. Those that hv issues should check their phone. For instance, some guys ordered rides to take their girls on a treat. Three of us.( drivers, same bolt app)

Heading to Oniru Beach. Changed their mind to go to Alpha beach, they changed their mind again n resorted to a lounge in Phase 1.

We all ended trips at the lounge in phase 1. The two fares were similar. But the fare of the third guy was way too low, the guy was complaining... I felt for him.

But I checked his phone, it was one old palasa like that, I doubt the RAM will be up to 2GB. So it's not the app, but the device.

C. Welfare.
Don't tell me you fell for that corporate bullshit. , why won't they (Bolt and Uber) be interested in you.
You are one of the footsoldiers they use in raking millions of naira weekly. It's akin to saying you are interested in the welfare of birds you feed daily. Before nko....

D. Trips.
This can't be contested, trips are easier to get on Bolt than Uber.

E. Riders.
Yeah, riders on Uber are well behaved than Bolt.

F. Earnings
Bolt drivers earn way more than Uber. The biggest Weekly dashboard I have ever seen of 350,000 naira (week of Xmas 2020) was on Bolt.
That's the MAIN reason why everybody is in this hustle... RABA , every other factor is of little or no significance.

Is there a feature that allows riders to end trip arbitrarily from their end on the Bolt app.?

If there is, it should be removed, cos it will be abused.

abefeabebi:
How soon is bolt going to rectify this issue?
Pick a trip around magodo phase1 on a 1.9 surge,map showed 36km for 1hr40mints,on getting to the destination at Kilimanjaro on admiralty way I found out that the trip has ended 30mintues ago. Even already offline,the trip is now showing price review. Card trip for that matter, so unable to take a kobo. Already mail them sha. But hope they will resolve it

If it's card, you r lucky.