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ekehopp:
Uhm, when drivers are asking for a price increase...

Babadee1900:
Back to this...

I picked my rider from Doculand Awolowo road, cool working class guy. He asked politely that I drive a bit fast as he’s running late for an appointment somewhere around Ologolo.

I got to work and was moving swiftly in between cars, got to freedom way when I sighted a black corolla with tinted windows driving to march my pace, I thought he wanted to play and I was more than ready, he flashed his lights at me twice but I ignored him.

When we got to Jakande traffic light, he pulled up beside me, a police officer in full gears stepped out from the car and two other guys in mufti. I didn’t pay much attention to them until one of the guys in mufti stood in front my car brandishing handcuffs , I looked back at my rider he wasn’t using face mask, different thoughts began to run through my mind. The one with the cuffs came to my side and displayed his ID for me to see.

I was still trying to process everything when I noticed that my rider has already opened the door for one of them to come in. The one at my side later joined his colleague at the back seat leaving my rider in the middle. They ordered me to drive and follow the corolla.

They introduced their self and began to question the guy. Collected his phone.......

Babadee1900:
EFCC and Special Task Force team stopped me some minutes ago. Gist later...

Ogataxi:
Wow! Today makes it a Month and 1day I made this post on NL. wow!

...I started this year with virtually no direction, Decided to give Uber/Bolt a try.. I met the Good, bad, Ugly..Was really fun on good days and really bad on bad days even tho I didn't last 4months b4 Covid19 showed up.

...I'd say the Covid19 break showed me the "light" I've always wanted in life. To every brother out there, working 6am-11pm, Mon-Sunday. If you're really happy with it, please enjoy it and make money from it.. But if you feel you deserve more, Make Hay while the sun shines..THINK! of something. THERES ALWAYS SOMETHING out there that'll make you who you really want to be.

..Won't be saying much but I thank everyone that responded to the above post. Y'ALL CHANGED MY LIFE in a way you won't understand...Not just the money involved.

..I'm fresher Sleep Well!!.. Look like a human being! and above all, In the space of one month, alongside Grace and HardWork, I can finally "See" money in my account.

...Today 23/07/2020 I Officially Bow out as an Uber/Bolt Driver. I really love and appreciate everyone on this thread and this platform.

PS:If you need any kind of apartment at all! on the Island, I'm only a DM away. God Bless Us All!

THANK YOU

davit:
How do I set it then?

Mjosh1000:
Pope191 the therapist I hail thee I love the way you always find a way to light your ovens.
Great, I am loving your parol.

AgbaAwo the day I will see you in person nah Hennessey I go buy for you

davit:
Guys, Pope191 when do I qualify to set destination on Uber?

Crvrider:
I drive a 2002 vehicle and am not sure bolt will accept.

donfortune48:
And I was just around Adeniran Ogunsaya that time.

davit:
Pope191, don't know what your 291 stands for though, you better come and tell us your experience with the police before....

Crvrider:
Okay. You're really doing okay. I target 2.5k - 4.5k per day minus fuel using InDriver alone and it is practically impossible to achieve considering the time I close (7pm) from work when on morning shift. I really need to get uber activated. What's holding me is that there's a scratch on the driver side of my car and I need a spare tyre.

...if only InDriver has set destination feature. The other day, I blew empty from vi to ajao. Plus you have a lot of people playing with the app.

ad0nis:
Yesterday was really something else for me. I took a rider from Ogba to Lekki phase 1, when I dropped her and checked the time it was 5:30pm. So I set my destination to Magodo as I stay around that axis. I didn't get any request until I got to Falomo bridge. The PU was just 7 mins away, the rider was in V.I. I picked her up and started the trip. She was heading to Maryland, I was looking for the fastest way to get to her destination using Google maps as I wasn't too familiar with that area but this map bleeped me up. I just drove round and round only to end up at ring road where there was a horrible traffic. The rider started complaining that I was just trying to cheat her then I tried explaining to her that it was just a mistake but she wasn't taking it. Next thing I knew this lady started crying o, saying everyone has just been cheating her that day. She started calling all of her friends, crying and telling them about her uber driving was trying to cheat her. We were stuck in traffic, next thing I know, this lady opened the door and said she was going to walk. I said walk ke? We're on a bridge ma, you're not supposed to even open the door here. She said she wants to jump inside the water and end her suffering. I was so shocked, I started begging this lady not to jump and that she should come inside, she didn't agree. I had to end the trip there and told her that I'll take her to her destination for free, that she should just come inside, then she did. She kept crying and crying for almost 2 hours until we got to Maryland. I was so exhausted that I don't think I'll work for a few days.

Crvrider:
When you said doing lekki and marina trip was it just picking random passengers or platform trips?

Felicity0001:
True because with bolt your set destination expires the moment the trip ends but with Uber it continues till your must have arrived at your destination.

Talking about set destination.

I'm presently in VI with a rider with 3.0rating, I brought him here from Allen, Ikeja and he wants me to wait for about 2hrs and take him back because I made the ETA 15min earlier of whi I he was already late for a meeting.

Now, would I just wait for this man for 2hrs doing nothing? I suggested I hang around but he said he would pay me 1k per hr for waiting. So right now I'm kinda confused because
1. I've not collected miney for the trip yet
2. I've not made any reasonable amount of money since 7am that I left the house, just 3k since morning.
3. There's surge presently.

So I'm thinking if I set destination around this LGA if it will make sense I work b4 he's done.

Suggest guys.

Thanks

c.f.: izzuo, deedee,
Vision2045, pope191, plus all my ogas

Slickleo:
I laugh u me way get 5km PU 17MIN 2day

shollywendy1:
I saw this on saturday too

donfortune48:
Monday morning

eyinola:
Everyday different drama for this hustle
Me : i am almost at ur gate
Rider: I can see ur car come down, she was standing at the gate with her sister
Me: zoom down to her gate
Rider: to her sister in a low voice, this taxify driver na fine man ooo
Me: Good morning
Rider: good morning , u r a fine man ooooo
Me: where r we going to plzzzz
Rider: don't be too serious bro, don't u heard what i said
Me: oh thanks
Me: whr r we going to
Rider; i just want u to help me deliver this perfume and wrist watch to someone in omole
Me: ok, start trip zoom off

Blackbishop:
Let's deal about your car bro

Slickleo:
Bros so na Civic u dy use, so nice to meet you.

Felicity0001:
Lolzzzz!!! Guy you won't understand.

Despite the condition or the income that no mean say make I go stay inside hole na... Shuu!

As a matter of fact I'm getting a new place and you know how this agent and agreement things work, its so annoying.

Supposed social gathering and curfew has been lighted now and uber is back with their 3% that money go boil out under 4weeks. But in all shall we still thank God because men don fall to corona virus but we still dey breath well.

Felicity0001:
It's alright.

I get you now but to me 15-20k for a family man is still unrealistic.

Any one that wants to invest on the uber business at this point in time should be ready to count his losses, to me the only business that suits this times is that keropu abi na small doctor them dey call am. Those guys are the currdng efcc now cashing like kilode.

Bigleaf asked how would a partner owner maintain and repair a car with 15k weekly rental.

Bigleaf here is you answer in the screen shot.

Now tell me how a driver can pay you 35k weekly?

Don't say I didnt work some days oooh... Even b4 d pandemic I still don't work everyday, my mentality is once I have my rental money I can decide to close shop.

Body no b fire wood.

On Sunday now I'll go out 2pm work till 8pm I'm back home. Just to get money for fuel and pot of soup for house.

na 200k I dey find for over 4weeks now to pay my rent I never see.

This is not work oh

Babadee1900:
I laugh
Oven wey I light in May was after an impromptu offline trip, I first collect my money (Cash) before proceeding to doing other things.

mistadayo:
Me I did an offline from palace road to ilishan around Babcock and back to oniru. 13k . Na offline lady wey I know and I dey plan light her oven.

davit:
Na Uber ọ. I don leave bolt for now.

chucsmoore:
My car pics this year febuary before lockdown

davit:
One rider too gave me 1 star yesterday ọ. The thing just dropped me to 4.57 from 4.85. I managed to go up 4.7 before the day ended sha. And I gave her full star o. Just imagine. I'm going to imbibe this 1 star rating for them henceforth! .

Ghost1994:
I collect my complete payment.
But if I had drove to Ikorodu with the hell traffic the price is still going to be same.

Imagine!
Bolt is just pathetic

davit:
Some riders are just wicked. Carried one from Agungi today to Fagba side. 3 hrs journey. Even had to go follow airport road cos of traffic. Paid extra toll gate. Rider insisted she wont pay me more than the agreed fare. It was on Indriver. Local man just weak. .

Ghost1994:
Similar thing happened to me recently.

My experience on bolt yesterday’

So I got a request from Magodo rider heading to Ikorodu around 4pm.

I put a called through and told her I’m not going to Ikorodu she said wait that she would like me to drop her at ketu which is fine by me.

Rider didn’t changed the destination so I drove to ketu by sweet sensation ended the trip.

Hmmmm to my greatest shock, I saw 2150 � damn

Bolt as fixed their price even if you stayed 2hrs in traffic is still same thing.

I drove 21mins no surge nothing

Bolt and inDriver are now in the same category.

Whoever doubt this, should calculate the price immediately you get a trip to the riders destination and tell us what happened after you end the trip

Ty207:
How can I review this price....from ejigbo to isherri north estate (after Berger)...4hour plus traffic including tollgate at airport