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ebiye55:
I think both apps pricing is the same. Remember that you the displayed price on Bolt is your NET. Bolt will still add commission to it and you collect cash from the rider

The difference will be less than 1k if at all there's any

None of the prices is fair. The purpose of my post is not to compare prices from both apps but to tell you how ridiculous the price can be that Bolt wants to force drivers to take.

On Indrive, you have the choice not to take the trip, but Bolt is forcing drivers to take the trip whether the condition is fair to the driver or not

And this is the trips that I must accept or get blocked.

For context, see the time and distance from Indrive

The threshold is 10% and mine is already 14%

Glithronix:
Riders are abandoning Bolt for indrive.
Bolt users have been complaining of unavailability of drivers when they order, reason why they prefer indrive.
My personal stats above.

Bolt is feeling the reduction heat while indrive is bubbling.

Both companies are seeing the stats.

Bolt caused it.




Much respect, chief.

And because of that, they have to go back to their old ways

Azazyel:
Chai. Why didn't you save some important files to Google drive? You should be using your Google drive for backup. For the reno 8t, Is it the 4G or the 5G version you got?

The 4g. I have some files but most are gone, worst is the files I have in my private space

Azazyel:
Wow wonderful. This aspect of repairability is my fear sha. I handle phones very carefully and they hardly fall from my hands but then again what if I get a defective unit. Then a repair would be next to impossible. What about the camera department and speed?

Speed is good. Camera is not

Hopez456:
Oppo phones are good...A good substitute for overpriced Samsung.

First generation of Oppo phones were good. I'm currently typing this with my F11 pro that I bought in 2019.

My Reno8t that I bought barely 3 years ago just went blank. Took it to OPPO service center and was told they couldn't fix it.

So, I've lost the phone and everything in it.

Azazyel:
Hmm talking about the oppo reno series, how is the performance especially in the camera department? I'm looking at adding an oppo reno device to my collection. Then about your budget for a new phone, I'll get you a list to choose from pretty soon

My own Oppo reno8 is lying dead right here on my table. I've gone to OPPO service center at Ikeja but they couldn't help me.

Avoid Oppo phones if you can

Please my OPPO reno8 just went blank and they said it's the motherboard.

Anyone know where I can get it

Eazilyfe:
It says 2008 upward here

I have a friend that uses 2006 Corolla, yet Bolt placed him on comfort. My car is even neater than his.

So, I don't know how they do these things.

Richdee1:
Good evening everyone, so I want to use my Bro's car for Bolt or Uber. I'm a first time driver, would go register the car next week for Bolt,
This is my first time doing this, kinda jobless for now so want to use it to keep body and soul together, what and what should I note,
The car is Big daddy Camry V6 Abi V8.
How long should I use it before servicing
Do you prefer I do offline rides?
What route should I position to get more requests?
Not doing late night as this is my first time, till I master the route and get stronger on Lagos roads

I'll be waiting for tips, do"s and don't from professionals. Thank you

You don’t even know the name of the car that you want to use. You don't know V6 and V8, because a camry cannot be V8 no matter what, and you want to enter road?

SpencerForbes:
I don't buy the idea that a one-week visit will suddenly have a man washing plates in his in-laws' house—especially if he's well-to-do. Married an 'Ada' and have always supported the family whenever they needed it, plus they are doing quite well themselves. If you are a responsible man who stands by his in-laws, they’ll treat you with dignity. The only time 'see-finish' enters the matter is when a man moves his whole household into his wife’s father’s house because he’s hit rock bottom.

At that point, it’s better to retreat to your own village and regroup than to stay there and lose your birthright. It's about boundaries. I remember my grandpa’s house—it was big enough for everyone, and he loved having us around. My grandfather was the type who wanted everyone under one roof; he and my dad were like best friends. It was beautiful watching him and my dad exchange wisdom over games of Ludo like true father and son.

Now remember the op is talking about a night and not permanent residence. A night isn’t too bad if your in law is well to do and has a nice place but a permanent residence should be a no—no.

You're supporting it because it ended well for your dad. Many other experiences will differ from yours, thus the reason it is advised to visit your inlaws and leave the same day, or at best, lodge in the nearest hotel if leaving that day is not an option.

But then, one should not live by the books. You just have to observe the people you're dealing with.

Biodun1929:
I understand the situation better now after watching the videos. The girl was being tricky using the loophole of indrive.

And this is what I got after reporting. This Indrive is total rubbish. All their support staff are Indians who don't understand the Nigeria market.

I uninstalled Indrive and installed it back yet they wouldn't let me create or even log in with another phone number on the same device.

Please, anyone knows how I can get around this

Pearl1910:
Okay, u are henceforth avoided. U are unteachable if u have been doing this business since 2019 (6yrs) and still got entangled in this kind of jjc situation.
If e sure for u post the unedited video from beginning to end let's see what really happened and how u did nothing wrong.
U didn't do anything u just started recording someone without incident and she just started shouting and coming towards u to bite u. It doesn't add up.
There is no smoke without fire.

Initially I wasn't interested in what transpired, was just telling u to avoid problems but since u insist u picked an insane person then post the video to absolve yourself.

Watch the video on YouTube

https://youtube.com/shorts/NL5UEEo2SQE?si=OfI153ucPwcsZ4rM

https://youtube.com/shorts/OlHcxmXSlVY?si=5OqDNbqy_6GxvuZO

https://youtube.com/shorts/qnDuk49-JZE?si=aYkZj1W7pcrKcYYr


The lady's only argument is that the trip is reading 0.00 because I wasn't taking her to her right destination which you and I know very well that it's a lie and that's what triggered me in all of this.

This is what we would have settled in the car but just watch and see how she just started shouting immediately she cancelled the ride.

Pearl1910:
Okay, u are henceforth avoided. U are unteachable if u have been doing this business since 2019 (6yrs) and still got entangled in this kind of jjc situation.
If e sure for u post the unedited video from beginning to end let's see what really happened and how u did nothing wrong.
U didn't do anything u just started recording someone without incident and she just started shouting and coming towards u to bite u. It doesn't add up.
There is no smoke without fire.

Initially I wasn't interested in what transpired, was just telling u to avoid problems but since u insist u picked an insane person then post the video to absolve yourself.

I posted the video on Facebook. The comment there was different because people saw clearly she was at fault. But you nairaland people always think you know better

Pearl1910:
We are all in the game, so u can't tell me it's easier said from afar. I know it's painful but the result is that one person can make u lose your job. So it's better to avoid it than remedy the results.
U know it was an error on her path, but u also have a blame cos u didn't confirm destination at PU point. she was directing u to d right address. It's not as if she wants to swindle u after taking her to her destination. The right thing to do is renegotiate a fair price to the right destination. If it doesn't work for u then u drop her and let her go. Cos in this case u haven't gone up to 2km yet.
There will be problem if u are asking her to pay the 5k by force, even if that's d right thing, ones fight enter u are now on d wrong side.
There is no app that will not block u ones u get physical with a rider irrespective of who is at fault.
But if u feel u are right and didn't do anything wrong, continue and repeat it with Bolt and Uber since u don't want to take advise.

Motivational speaker, avoid me.

How can I resolve the issue when she just cancelled the ride, started shouting and walked out of the car.

I didn't get physical with her, I was only recording her. She grabbed my hand and bit it. Of course, you will try to blame me to sound woke.

I've been doing this business since 2019, you don't teach me how to handle riders.

BAZ001:
No follow dashboard posted on dis thread ehhh
One driver almost ran mad on this thread cos of dashboard targets in December.
Imagine you big boy driver parking your car and taking Molue bus from oshodi to ladipo Saying you missing poverty days no be madness be that.

Just continue to work smart , work more during surge and peak period. rest (sleep) low periods.
No allow girl bite your finger ooo
Chaii cos of five thousand them bite millionaire hand. E dey bite me for body

You don't really have to catch cruise with someone's misfortune. That's insensitive of you. I won't say more than that.

Kaymax2222:
sorry about your experience you don't have the picture frame that has her full picture? That address mismatch something is one of the downside of indrive

I recorded a video with her full face.

Shimmaa:
I hope you haven't turned zombie just kidding, but what led to the biting?

She was recording and advancing towards me so I removed her hand from my face. She grabbed the hand and bit it

Pearl1910:
I knew they will block u.
In this third world sh*t h*le we have found ourselves. Just avoid problem. Whatever happens.
"Oh but this is d address u put"
"So what are going to do now? are u adding money or not??"
If she say no. U drop her. From Alagomeji to Birel no far at all
She can't force u to take her to Ikeja on that price. Moreover, she has canceled the trip, therefore the thing that bind u guys together no longer exist. So what was d quarrel about? Jejelly drop her and move to d next trip. Not even in this season that it's riders that a begging and looking for drivers. Asking her to pay money will definitely cause argument cos u haven't gone far. This is one of the huge disadvantages of Indrive. No proper complaint channels. Ulno refunds from the app if rider refuses to pay and if u try to collect your money by force they block u.

Well, it's easier said from afar. Are you saying that if you take a rider on Indrive from where they are to where they want to go and the person cancels, you'll just drive off?


My problem is not the payment, my problem is the act which is cancelling the ride and asking me to show her the price on the app. It made me look like a fool.

You know when someone destroys an evidence and be asking you to show them an evidence? It could be painful.

If I wait for a week without them opening my account, I will create another account.

It's easier to create another Indrive account than on Bolt

Kumuyiii:
Always confirm where person dey go b4 putting gear in drive.... This error happens a lot, especially on inDrive... Person go put orchid road, indrive go dey see am inside pinnock beach estate..... I've had countless situations like that.... Pick up fit be general paint, but indrive dey show general paint in Ikate, I've complained to them several times, them still never fix am.

This particular incident is different from what you are referring to. Some riders are so ignorant that they will pick the first address that pops up when they search instead of confirming that the address is the actual one they're going.

Some will be going to Aderemi Akeju and will either put only Aderemi or Akeju

So after reporting the incident to Indrive, this is what I got as a reward

This lady bit my finger yesterday at Yaba. She inputted Johnson Street, Onike and when I turned to Birrel Avenue, she shouted that she is going to Johnson Street, Ikeja and not Onike.

The price was 5k. So apparently she wanted to go to Johnson Street Ikeja, from Kufeji Street, Alagomeji-Yaba for 5k in this December.

Immediately she realised her mistake, she canceled the trip and started saying that the ride didn't read anything.

Before you know it, she started recording me as I was recording her, advancing towards me and when I tried to remove her hand from my face, she held my hand and bit me so hard that blood started gushing out. I had to take antibiotics so she doesn't infect me.

People gathered and supported her. I just licked the sand on the floor and told her that God will judge her action. I will post the video later when I'm done editing it

lexylexy:
Sorry, what do you mean by no major issues since 2019? Surely you would have ringed or changed engine within this period

No engine smoking or ringing, no gear issue, just suspension issues only.

When I first started using my car, I was using Mobil 1. As it ages, it started shorting oil, so I switched to Total. I service my car monthly even without the check engine light coming up.

2006 Corolla. Bought Tokunbo in 2019 and still working fine with no major issues due to strong maintenance culture

Biodun1929:
Please what car do you drive?

Jega2000:
.. una dey worry oo..immediately I don net 60k-70k take home, I don dey go house

Responsibilities vary bro

Jeoman:
thanks a lot bro, we are actually going to like 2 places but it will take the whole day, I’m thinking of charging 100k including fuel money. What do you think. I actually net 40k dailu

I don't know which state you're in but currently in Lagos, 100k per day is the minimum and I use 18k fuel to net the 100k

Jeoman:
Please drivers in the house, how much do you charge a passenger to carry them around for a whole day?
Cc: Vela01 PuZZyNegro Biodun1929

I net a minimum of 100k per day after fuel and commission this season. So calculate the person's movements and check how much fuel that will cost, then add 100k to it. I personally will charge 150k for my peace of mind. This is so you are comfortable that no matter where they choose to go to, they cannot exhaust 50k fuel.

A guy wanted me to drive his car to the East with him and take a bus back to Lagos. I charged him 250k, 50k for my transportation and other logistics and 200k for my profit of 2 days. Although he didn't get back to me, but that's how I do my own calculation.

I could earn more working here with lower risk.

Dabadwela:
I wish every month can be like December aje.

Thank God it is just a wish. If wishes were horses...

Who will pay that money? Yesterday, I had to confirm from a rider that they didn’t add a stop. Because, I couldn't believe Alagomeji to Ojuelegba could be 14200 on Uber.

I picked a closing ride yesterday at Surulere. As I was about to move, I noticed my tyre has gone flat.

I told the riders, about 4 of them, to give me few minutes to change to my spare tyre so we can continue the trip but they refused and asked that I should end the trip.

I ended the trip and the price was 4300. They all left and ordered another ride. As they were standing there waiting for their ride, I changed my spare tyre.

One of them came to give me something that looks like 1k when I was about to drive off but I rejected it. I guess they had to do that out of guilty conscience.

The way our riders treat us with zero consideration and compassion eeh. Only God knows how long it will take the next driver to get to them because there was serious traffic everywhere.

Who noticed that Bolt riders hardly keep one waiting for 10-15 minutes?

Nigerians know exactly what they are doing.

Vela01:
You clearly don't understand Uber pricing.
By the time you get to destination, rider isnt paying 4,130 shown on your dash board, what you're seeing there is your own.
Mind you, you'll eventually earn more than that if theres any level of delay or traffic on Uber, while it's fixed on indrive, with the traffic these days, I can never use Indrive during the day.

Bro, there's nothing to defend here. Uber price is the poorest in this season. QED.

Take away Indrive %11 commission, the net is still higher than what Uber would pay you.

Compare these two trips I did on Uber and Indrive today and tell me which is more profitable.

Uber = 43 mins, 26 secs, 18.47km and my net is 9709.

Indrive = 64 mins, 18.00km and my net is 17,495.11.

Please note that Indrive calculates the time from the pickup time to drop off. That's an airport trip, so paying for car park caused some delay.

See the last screenshot from Bolt. Uber will never pay you that. This is how these trips played out. Uber took me to international airport, Bolt took me from Ajao Estate to MM2 and Indrive took me from MM2 to Surulere.

Check which one paid me the least