BAZ001:


Still trying to imagine �
So a Nigerian African Parent will work all their life and when retire give all money to charity in Nigeria? and you have children and Grand children ? Mayb abroad, Yes.

Well let me stop thinking like a local man.

African daddy will work his Ass of so children don't suffer or start from scratch, he will want to help niece and nephew and whole village if possible.

Maybe charity means - cousins and family

confusedworld17:
@RADAUTOWORKS

With all due respect ma'am, your kind of hustle is what we call "soft hustle" in this side of town. To me, yours is like someone who embarked on a new adventure.

Your papa send you go "obodo oyibo" go study. Not just any how country but America for that matter.

Shey you go compare am with a "Wasiu" whose father can only manage to send him to Aduro oni gban gban secondary school ?. After secondary school, Wasiu go enter street find him square root.

radautoworks:
Question. Does Uber do ride share in Nigeria?

peeps4u:
Lagos and Abuja airports to be shut down in few days.

Next week will be so slow for ehailing as most offices will fully adhere to the shut down orders starting from Monday.

God, let this virus just go.

Nigerians and Nigeria cant afford to stock their homes and stay indoor for long like they do abroad.

If one is a salary earner, it is just a matter of time before employers ask one to return to work or even cut the salary.

ornicus:


The government is still owing all of the majors billions from the devaluation exercise of I think 2014. No one is going to trust any commitment from a government that has repeatedly reneged and is stone broke

radautoworks:


Not sure what this has to do with subsidy that has already been enacted?

shollywendy1:

Stocking ur home with food stuffs can only be achieved abroad not in naija.
Where is the electricity to preserve foods, vegetables and other frozen foods?
If they decided to shut down local markets, where do people store to preserve food stuffs to keep them alive till the stipulated time of isolation?
Im so sorry for this country as we can copy other countries but cant put in place the facilities

ornicus:


Say fg is owing me 12 billion in subsidy arrears. They have been promising to pay this for four years. Last month, fg sold me 12 million liters of pms at 130n / liter ( I do not have the exact figure NNPc sells). I am expected to sell this ex depot at 140. The station will sell at 145.Now the government then tells me to start selling at 135 per liter ex depot ( depot to trucks) when I have not cleared the 12 million liters. They say we will resolve it. Based on my previous experience can I trust the fg?

It is even worse because the margins are next to nothing anymore. This is why Texaco and Mobil puller out. The word is total is also looking to exit the market

There is not really a subsidy anymore. Previously majors brought in product and were reimbursed by the fg. Now only the fg brings in product which is sold to the majors. NNPc calls it under recovery. The old structure when people imported and were repaid by the fg is gone . I hope this clarifies.

ornicus:


Say fg is owing me 12 billion in subsidy arrears. They have been promising to pay this for four years. Last month, fg sold me 12 million liters of pms at 130n / liter ( I do not have the exact figure NNPc sells). I am expected to sell this ex depot at 140. The station will sell at 145.Now the government then tells me to start selling at 135 per liter ex depot ( depot to trucks) when I have not cleared the 12 million liters. They say we will resolve it. Based on my previous experience can I trust the fg?

It is even worse because the margins are next to nothing anymore. This is why Texaco and Mobil puller out. The word is total is also looking to exit the market

There is not really a subsidy anymore. Previously majors brought in product and were reimbursed by the fg. Now only the fg brings in product which is sold to the majors. NNPc calls it under recovery. The old structure when people imported and were repaid by the fg is gone . I hope this clarifies.

pope191:


Ur head is dia, how many Nigeria even have up to 100k in acct? We can't survive 2 weeks indoor

shollywendy1:

Stocking ur home with food stuffs can only be achieved abroad not in naija.
Where is the electricity to preserve foods, vegetables and other frozen foods?
If they decided to shut down local markets, where do people store to preserve food stuffs to keep them alive till the stipulated time of isolation?
Im so sorry for this country as we can copy other countries but cant put in place the facilities

radautoworks:


They have to sell at the mandated price so all that is moot. Also, a lot of your assumptions are incorrect.

P.S. Texaco and Mobil pulled out because they were late to the party offshore Lagos and their holding in the Delta are no longer at a point where the margins support their huge operating costs. A smaller outfit will still make a killing in the Delta. Offshore Lagos is where it's at now. If you know, you know.

AngryIgboMan:
Nobody should allow himself to be deceived. Uber and Bolt are not mates. Where Uber is, it will take bolt 100 years to get there. Take this from someone that was on the platform for over 4 years.

Uber and Bolt has there pros and cons but Generally, Uber is a thousand miles ahead of Bolt.

Bolt is better if you want to do what I call "rough or street work". This is so because a lot of bolt riders are very useless, untrained girls. So a lot of there drivers too are werey on there own. You change it for them, they change it for you.

Advantages On bolt is that you can cancel at will, curse riders as you wish if they curse you, See riders destination, set destination under surge, get matched to your preferred destination. Bolt also has this advantage of reabsorbing the driver into the system after ejecting you because all they care about is money. Bolt will match you to your exact destination or a related place. They have a serious advantage over Uber in this. On bolt too, you can call customer care to unblock you with a simple explanation. They will unblock you.

The downside of Bolt is Careless Miscalculations, Atines does not add the toll fares, atimes they fix price that whatever you drive is your business... Price will remain same, iddiotic frustrated riders, Very useless app that can frustrate your life, you dare not make or answer call while on a trip else everything will come out at 500, No cancellation fee even if you waited for 30 minutes and rider cancelled, Very useless customer care that will take days or weeks to reply a simple enquiry, useless surge that will never pass 2.1 at most, riders can run away with your money and thats it, riders can report you and you are yanked off the platform without any investigation. etc Funny enough, they will unblock you immediately you beg. Foolish people. It helps though when you a driver that has low tolerance for rubbish like me.

Uber is better if you want to do disciplined civil work. Uber has a lot of advantages over bolt. Where do I even start? Uber has far more disciplined riders than Bolt. This is 100% fact. On Uber, once you complete 20 trips everything will become 3%. This gives you far more money than bolt can ever give you. Uber also has good customer care that replies you in seconds or minutes, Uber will refund you if a customer really runs away with your money, uber has cancellation fee for some crazy riders that will cancel at the last minute, Uber has surge up to 6.5! This a fact. I have eaten it before. From Ikoyi to Lekki going and coming, a rider payed me over 12k in 20 minutes. This was during Christmas and road was very free oo.

Uber app is the best in the world. It is very Fluid and Stable. If you want, make call from pickup to destination... Price will still be properly calculated. Atimes Uber refunds you if Lastma or Police gives you a fine and you have receipt.

The downsides of Uber is You can't cancel anyhow, you can't see riders destination, you can't set destination under surge (I HATE UBER WITH PASSION FOR THIS), They decide when you go online or offline, They don't forgive once they yank you off the system, They are very strict too.

To cap it up Check real VI, LEKKI, IKOYI, BANANA ISLAND, VGC big men, boys and ladies. They don't use bolt. Only dirty Ejigbo, Idimu, Idi Araba, Igando and Alakija prostitutes use bolt. Also dirty, broke ill mannered lekki runs girls use bolt too.


SO WHICH ONE IS PREFERABLE FOR ME?

BOTH! Depending on the spirit inside me when I wake up. If Satan is at work, I use Bolt. If God is at work, I use Uber. If I want to make mad, untamed money and drive with hatred for black people, I use Bolt. If I want to drive with love and concern for humanity while making clean money, I use Uber.

In Nigeria, nobody is a saint. Everybody is a thief. If you use Bolt, you can make money you didnt work for. On Uber, you can barely do that. This implies that Bolt will help you survive more in a city like Lagos where the average person is a crooked criminal. Bolt is more liable to Sakamanje which means more money. Mileage editing, receipt editing, email spoofing, screenshoting of receipts is more rampant on bolt which means more money. If you try it on Uber, they are catching you that very second due to their top technology.

I remember the early days of Bolt when manipulations was far more easier. One stupid girl was running his mouth like tap water insulting me. I ignored her. I simply used my Lockito and set her pickup as Kano and Destination as Jigawa. When trip ended and I showed her receipt, she shouted Jesus!

Rider: Oga this map shows I was in Kano. When was I Kano?

Me: Nne, you were in Kano whether you like it or not and we are in Jigawa now. You must pay me oo. You are even lucky I did not take you to Japan.

Don't ask me how it finally ended. Chai... I miss Bolt of 2016. When you can start a trip from China and end it in Gabon.

peeps4u:



Not to even tak about the amenities to stock food at home, what is the percentage of people that can stock food that will last them 3 weeks at home and also not work

Babadee1900:
Anyone experienced this before? A rider farting in the car!

One guy among three guys that I just dropped now did so. Damn it was crazy, dude said he couldn’t hold it.

noblealuu:



In this critical time, farting and coughing/sneezing hysterically which do you prefer?

ornicus:


I’m referring to downstream. Margins are shit in downstream. Upstream is another story.

Downstream is the part of the industry that sells petrol and diesel and lpg directly. The margins are shrinking and it is harder because there is poor regulation. The majors for instance try to build environmentally safe stations which can come to a cost of 150 million or more per station. Your independents will say fk that and build at 40million with a station whose tanks and pipes will leak in 5 years. The government is inconsistent on ‘regulation’ of pricing as so called deregulated product like diesel have price margins dictated by ppmc. In this environment it can take a station 10 years to return on its investment. The only business still doing 100% safe stations is total, probably because they use procurement from French businesses to repatriate money back to France.

I assume radautoworks markets lubes . So if you buy lubes at 50k/ liter from Carquest and then you get a mandate from them to sell at 47k per liter, without any guarantee of reimbursement for existing stock, what do you do?

Babadee1900:
Anyone experienced this before? A rider farting in the car!

One guy among three guys that I just dropped now did so. Damn it was crazy, dude said he couldn’t hold it.

Babadee1900:
Farting

radautoworks:


Carquest is not a government body so they cannot mandate that. I keep having to reveal things that I don't want to. Then someone will come and call me condescending.

FYI, my dad created JV and NAPIMs and my mom was one of NNPCs first employees and retired as one of NNPCs chief legal officers. It was expected that I follow their paths but despite having the qualifications I refused to to avoid nepotism.

I remind you that I only comment on topics I know about.

You win sha. Please let's leave Uber thread for Uber discussion.

ornicus:


Apologies let’s just agree to disagree. Things may be very very hard from Monday for everyone. We are slowly going into lockdown mode.

izzou:
My sincere advise to drivers on rentals

If you know this pandemic will affect your rental fee, jejely go park the car for your partner house till this winter reduce

As long as you hold the car, just ready to dey remit the 30k weekly

Apply wisdom brethren

izzou:
My sincere advise to drivers on rentals

If you know this pandemic will affect your rental fee, jejely go park the car for your partner house till this winter reduce

As long as you hold the car, just ready to dey remit the 30k weekly

Apply wisdom brethren

Ghost1994:


Baba what’s your advice on we on hire purchase? Cos this winter is affecting almost everybody

ornicus:


Apologies let’s just agree to disagree. Things may be very very hard from Monday for everyone. We are slowly going into lockdown mode.