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FloxySmart:
Hello Everyone,
I must commend, this is one of the most active threads I’ve seen here on NL. It was an amazing read as I read through most of your experiences (couldn’t read all though ). The journey was so educative, informative and very hilarious can’t remember the number of times I burst out laughing, y’all are doing an amazing job. I’m most intrigued with how you help each other out on getting difficult cases fixed, it’s more like a family kind of thing. Make una no change o, una dey do well
But one thing though I noticed most of the experience shared here on riders is mostly on the bad side and only very few users share how kind or good a rider was to them. Reading through many of your shared experiences I personally would have thought most riders are maniacs and a self centered opportunist, and any new driver could possibly have the same notion there by might go into the hustle with an aggressive mentality on the rider
Abi I’m not making sense ni?

fdmskincare:
Thank you so much, I really appreciate your help.

eherbal:
I've just spoken

with him now.ill suggest we put the calls on hold,pending when this issues will be resolved.
I was made to understand that the debtor used his friend's bolt app to request you, hence he's not owing you. He said he's spoken to you and your disposition was not friendly.he said the most painful part was that his bolt app has been blocked after you reported him,and you're still making claims. He also said he can personally send you the dough as soon as his app is active once again. The debtor is a video director not a yahoo boy
Pls bro try and find a middle with him before the bombardments starts.thanks
Cc chucsmore and the bombing crew

FloxySmart:
And Speaking on getting into the business.
I have a younger brother that I’ll like to start this hustle as well. He’s a very skilled hairstylist, his dreams has always been to settle down in Lagos but he has only been here a couple of times, I will say he has zero knowledge of Lagos axis. So my questions are:
1. Can he drive around Lagos with reliance on just Gmap and other navigation systems only?
2. I intend to upgrade my second car with a deal from my auto dealer for him to use for this work, So how feasible is it for him to remit 80k monthly and still be able to save something good for his intended business
3. And can he register with a temporary Driver's license

And I’m open to any suggestions and contributions
Thanks and God bless

FloxySmart:
Hello Everyone,
I must commend, this is one of the most active threads I’ve seen here on NL. It was an amazing read as I read through most of your experiences (couldn’t read all though ). The journey was so educative, informative and very hilarious can’t remember the number of times I burst out laughing, y’all are doing an amazing job. I’m most intrigued with how you help each other out on getting difficult cases fixed, it’s more like a family kind of thing. Make una no change o, una dey do well
But one thing though I noticed most of the experience shared here on riders is mostly on the bad side and only very few users share how kind or good a rider was to them. Reading through many of your shared experiences I personally would have thought most riders are maniacs and a self centered opportunist, and any new driver could possibly have the same notion there by might go into the hustle with an aggressive mentality on the rider
Abi I’m not making sense ni?

FloxySmart:
Hello Everyone,
I must commend, this is one of the most active threads I’ve seen here on NL. It was an amazing read as I read through most of your experiences (couldn’t read all though ). The journey was so educative, informative and very hilarious can’t remember the number of times I burst out laughing, y’all are doing an amazing job. I’m most intrigued with how you help each other out on getting difficult cases fixed, it’s more like a family kind of thing. Make una no change o, una dey do well
But one thing though I noticed most of the experience shared here on riders is mostly on the bad side and only very few users share how kind or good a rider was to them. Reading through many of your shared experiences I personally would have thought most riders are maniacs and a self centered opportunist, and any new driver could possibly have the same notion there by might go into the hustle with an aggressive mentality on the rider
Abi I’m not making sense ni?

fdmskincare:
Good morning house,this tread as been very helpful .am new to e hailing,started October, so far it been good.until last sunday when some yahoo boys book me,we drove around lekki for almost 3hours,at the end of the day bolt charge 1800.the guy do fake transfer for me,cos I didnt want to waste time I didnt wait to confirm.sent texts,call the guy he no pick my calls again.please guys help,I know it's not much but 1800 go still fit buy fuel....his number 07037913378 please.

Duke111:
Question 1. Google map will help 50% the other 50 is by asking questions and being very careful before taking any traffic decision.

2. I’ll advise u make it 60k for a start then in 3 months time u can make it to 80 or thereabout.

3. Yes u can start with temp card on bolt till the permanent card is out.

Bonus: please avoid corolla.

Asking question and being bold is also what he needs to flow well in this biz. Best of luck

kodred:
No.
There are plenty good riders and there’s really no point talking about them because they don’t give us problems....yet. If we talk about every rider both good and bad, the pages would be around 10k by now. So we only talk about the ones that give problems and possibly alert comrades of behavior exhibited.

We are riders too so it’s not a ‘drivers against riders thing’. People just don’t know how to behave.

Theyrem:
If you had read more you would've found a post where a driver shared his experience meeting Kizz Daniel.

FloxySmart:
And Speaking on getting into the business.
I have a younger brother that I’ll like to start this hustle as well. He’s a very skilled hairstylist, his dreams has always been to settle down in Lagos but he has only been here a couple of times, I will say he has zero knowledge of Lagos axis. So my questions are:
1. Can he drive around Lagos with reliance on just Gmap and other navigation systems only?
2. I intend to upgrade my second car with a deal from my auto dealer for him to use for this work, So how feasible is it for him to remit 80k monthly and still be able to save something good for his intended business
3. And can he register with a temporary Driver's license

And I’m open to any suggestions and contributions
Thanks and God bless

chucsmoore:
I have spoken with the rider. Call him now so that he can credit your account ASAP. He needs to get your account details again

mrsteel:
No there are other ways u can put him on his toes, by asking him to cover certain bills or taking care of your parents bills which u were doing before now that he is doing something. But telling ur blood brother to be remitting money to u weekly like what we see fellows do here is somehow to me. I don't know about ur family history though, but I know my mom will never be happy if he finds out I bought a car for my younger brother & collects weekly rental from him, when I am capable of gifting him the car. People spend millions sending their younger ones abroad, of which the family will also benefit in the long run, same should apply here. But telling him to balance u weekly no longer make u any different from what people like jpworld & dru are doing here & I don't see special help there considering d fact that both of u are of d same blood. Like I said in my first post, if u are capable of gifting him d car, gift it to him, designate some family responsibilities to him, but Don't collect weekly rental from him, unless u borrowed the money & let him know it is d reason u are collecting d weekly rental. We grow by helping other members of the family that is what many don't know.

emmancecute:
1. yes he can if he learns to use it very well. o no wan hear google map took me to Ikorodu instead of Ikeja.
2. yes but what kind of car is it?
3. yes he can

1daboi:
see eh, I don't mean to be sceptical but I think this guy is a bold scammer with a calm tone. I mean, how many times would he send his account number. He has even sent him one today. In fact make I call the mofo.

FloxySmart:
And Speaking on getting into the business.
I have a younger brother that I’ll like to start this hustle as well. He’s a very skilled hairstylist, his dreams has always been to settle down in Lagos but he has only been here a couple of times, I will say he has zero knowledge of Lagos axis. So my questions are:
1. Can he drive around Lagos with reliance on just Gmap and other navigation systems only?
2. I intend to upgrade my second car with a deal from my auto dealer for him to use for this work, So how feasible is it for him to remit 80k monthly and still be able to save something good for his intended business
3. And can he register with a temporary Driver's license

And I’m open to any suggestions and contributions
Thanks and God bless

emmancecute:
1. yes he can if he learns to use it very well. I no wan hear google map took me to Ikorodu instead of Ikeja.

FloxySmart:
Probably Hyundai Elantra, that’s what my auto dealer advised
Thanks so much

oblozzolawrence:
people wey dy do dier bizness, you dy quote dem for family issue.
Wetin concern dru23 and jpworld for dis issue biko

FloxySmart:
Probably Hyundai Elantra, that’s what my auto dealer advised
Thanks so much

BAZ001:
I hope ur brother is rugged and street wise not an ajebo (butter child). Because he will be dealing with
419/yahoo riders, Lastma, local govt touts, airport authority danfo drivers and Lagos drivers. Most people just think it’s to drive and move Lagos.
So if he’s an ajebo and not rugged, just give him 1 month free to test d waters and toughen up. Else ur expectations will be dashed. Also insure d car with comprehensive insurance this first time cos no matter how careful u drive in Lagos especially for someone that don’t know road. Them must touch u or d bad road will remove ur bumper.

northbird:
Baba, you sef dey reason am ba?

I don't really know what transpired between him and the rider.

But the moment he made a fake transfer, whatever honour he had left has gone down the drain.

I see this disposition in other service based occupations as well,

is it a Nigerian thing or what? I mean why do people use a service and you still have to beg them to pay?

OJURONGBE1:
I don't think we should be divisive about this nomination. The message is clear, the tool should be given to a member of this thread, who's not only active but contributes to the onboarding of new ehailing drivers.

Folks like Izzou, Chilex, Northbird, Pope, eherbal, Jessusson2020, Shollywendy, Baba dee, Tojah (before he got a better job), Adex, Chucsmoore, Felicity, Angryigboman, luxurydriversng and Jaydee have been very helpful before the advent of capitalist like Jpworld .They are the ones we should be rallying support for, not some fellas who crawl out of their cave whenever its time for giveaways.

They are the ones that come here to paint drivers bad without any genuine evidence and immediately you ask for more information, they will run away and never to be heard from.

They will not write premium contents like Angryigboman, that will help a weary driver laugh off his bad day nor use funny memes like Dru and Tojahh neither will they comment on a post to enlighten or scrutinize erring newbies but anytime there's a cash reward or mechanical tools, you will see new monikers in numbers.

Babadee1900:
In 50 meters, take the next right
That was how I found myself at mile12, meanwhile I was heading to Opebi/Allen from the Island.

I was less than 2KM away from Ziatech/7up U-turn coming from 3MB

Funny experience

dru23:
Elantra is very ok ...but honda civic 03 to 05 is perfect for the job .low maintainence and very rugged than camry or Corolla in the same year .... With the civic change the rims and tires 1 size bigger for better ground clearance

Duke111:
I jus spoke with him now and he said the same thing as u said above but was not happy that various ppl are calling him. So after speaking with he said u should call him now that he wants to talk to you then he will make the payment immediately but under condition that his account will b unblocked immediately else he is going to take the matter up with you. Jus call him now and liase with him.

Cheddaz:
Gmap dey tire person. What i do at my spare time after making some blunders on the road, I settle down set my gmap location from random high request areas to random high request destinations. I now go to the directions on gmap and highlight the street pictures, I then scroll along the blue lines and navigate the terrian till I'm familiar with it taking note of buildings,land marks and street names starting from the point i made the blunder

nitigriti:
He's still giving conditions. Like the driver has the power to block and unblock his account.

This guy has no intention to pay.

nitigriti:
He's still giving conditions. Like the driver has the power to block and unblock his account.

This guy has no intention to pay.

fdmskincare:
Good morning house,this tread as been very helpful .am new to e hailing,started October, so far it been good.until last sunday when some yahoo boys book me,we drove around lekki for almost 3hours,at the end of the day bolt charge 1800.the guy do fake transfer for me,cos I didnt want to waste time I didnt wait to confirm.sent texts,call the guy he no pick my calls again.please guys help,I know it's not much but 1800 go still fit buy fuel....his number 07037913378 please.

peeps4u:
Yes
Yes
Yes

1. I knew nowhere in lag when I started, Gmap was always in handy for me. I was never afraid how I would get home at night even if I got to a very strange and far places at night. You may get him DL now and let him start driving to few places with Gmap to see how it works. I mastered Gmap before I started just by putting it on while going places. I never had issues with it.

2. 80k monthly is fair and achievable even with minimal work.