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radautoworks:
After stumbling on this thread and reading about some of your challenges, I wanted to know if you guys would be interested in some sort of annual maintenance package for your cars. Maybe something like 6 oil changes, wiper blades, a brake pad change and fluids for your vehicle for one flat annual price? How much do you think would be fair/affordable for something like this you in your line? Do the math and let me know what you think and if it gains traction, I'll make it happen for Uber drivers only. When you have maintenance you just make an appointment and done.

I love this package and 80k to 180k will be very attractive depending on the type of car.
Why uber drivers only. Just so u know,Taxify has more cars

jpworld:
That's his business terms. If you can't accept quit bullying.

Plenty of drivers pay upfront with no complain.

Assumption

ifyeez:
Chai Taxify drivers everywhere, all my peak locations has now casted no more trip chasing abeg, I die here na Ogun state remain make drivers go look for trips .

Must say I'm luck today, 17k and still waiting for more request to come in. After service I got a 1.9x trip from mainland to ajah

lymelyte:
Taxify have gone back to thier normal rounding up fare..Uber wanabe..lol

Since Monday. It was an error that started last week Friday, noe fixed

cooldood:
Anyway I don’t call it assurance deposit, I call it what it is: upfront rent,not arrears,or where do they pay rent in arrears in the world? Why others call it assurance deposit I don’t know. If you want to do rental arrangement for any asset, I think you have to pay that rent upfront based on your periodic arrangement. You won’t take a shop space and pay rent after you used it I believe you pay before usage. So people should call it what it is: rent and if it’s rent,it’s paid before using the asset: in this case the asset is the car.

Transportation business is total different from hiring. U pay upfront if u are to hire a car. And rentals is after usage.

Where did u hear that any type vehicle do pay upfront in this kind of business eg buses, tricycles, taxi on rentals pay at the end of each day, week or month.


Dont make it look like the upfront is the norms. When did u even start thinking of joining this business sef jjc

cooldood:
You are right though, the issue is the business terrain is tough and driving in Lagos is not for the faint hearted and if you have not been exploited by LASTMA or Police before you won’t understand how to deal with them, coupled with how to position yourself tactically and all that.
Where do you reside anyway and do you have 30k upfront rent?

U sound like you need the 30k badly. I can loan you. U go just add interest on top. I m serious




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Carshopper:
Not worry, things will soon change again. But it's not only on nairaland. Even d group am in, they know I collect a deposit bcuz that's is how the bizness rolls.

Lol... Congrats... U re luck getting drivers who drop cash to collect ur car.

And I wish those waiting to get Driver who has 30k to drop before and agreement can be signed to find one before december

ifyeez:
Just picked this funny rider.
Got the request didn't ask destination, picked her up started trip saw lekki phase 1, got to lekki 1

Me: madam please were at lekki 1 are we going to?

Madam: Oga take me to good hair

Me: Ah ah madam which one is good hair again

Madam: Oga just take me there

Me : ha Madam I don't know good hair

Madam: So you want to tell me as an Uber driver you don't know good hair

Me: Yes oh I don't know, am not a lady and I don't stay at the island

Madam: come how long ve you been on this business self

Me: I just joined yesterday

Madam: no wonder because all the Uber /Drivers knows good heir.

Please am a learner madam no vex

Lol... We learn everyday bro... I don't know too many places now sote my head dey booth slowly now. I need to upgrade the memory space.

Hope u got there sha.

[color=#770077][/color] ;DD

ifyeez:
Maybe it's because of the no bonus this week some drivers have decided to take rainy day to rest, well me I decided to chase surge up n down

Abi naw, u sef don rest on ur bday this week

Gentlelife50:
Over 2.7, swim water swim money

Can you write uber to unblock my 3days old account they blocked. Its over 6months now. Still blocked

This week alone , I don burn 13k fuel, and commission still dey there o.

Like the roads are a bit free , back online

gsparks01:
took a ride today and the driver said he's not defaulted in his payment of 35k. He's been with the car for more than a year. I was just envying his partner.
He said 35k weekly is like 5k per day. That if one is serious, there's no way you won't make 10k per day.

Story don change. I use to make 12k-15k net after all expenses. I was one of those posting regular 120k n above on this thread buh now, oga for the past 2 months now, If I hit 85k -90k a week I dey too happy cos its tough to achieve that. Many struggle to hit 45k -60k weekly, I don't do over night driving like some rugged drivers do.

Ask that driver if he does over night most times. 2ndly 5k daily a week means no rest for that driver cos he will need to work on Sundays too. And he request for a week leave once every 2months with no delivery to the owner. Last last, he will park the car at owners place for that week

As a owner self driver, 5k - 8k daily is sweet for me. I cant come and kill myself for myself lol...



Anyways, magodo, ikeja surge sweet today o. I had to top up my fuel with 1k to fill up the tank back after chopping 9k5 on 1.7x and 1.9x trips ...last trip 11:45am. Breaktime till 4pm

ifyeez:
By the way guys am selling this my unlocked Spectranet, meaning you can use any SIM on it. MTN4G AIRTEL4G SMILE4G GLO4G, selling because I 've got the unlocked SMILE4G I use personally. Hit me up if you're interested, entice ur rider by sharing ur wifi with them, they will love u more.

See mine

ifyeez:
Today is my birthday.

Happy birthday my bro


Where d venue make I drive down come take trophy

The only part they told us about *Entrepreneurship* was that we would be our own bosses.

*But* They never told us that we would fail many times before we succeed.
They never told us that we would work *5 times more than our employees and not get anything sometimes*.
They never told us that this would *cripple our credit score*. That we will be in debt and owe alot of people money.
No one said anything about the *sleepless nights* trying to figure out a way forward.
No one told us about the *stress and anxiety*.

No one told us that this will cause *conflict between us and or relatives and family members*.
No one told us that we would be *jokes to the society* especially when we start changing from one business to another.

No one told us that sometimes we will go *six months without any income*. Living in the edge and surviving through borrowing money from different people.

No one told us that our doors would be *shut down due failure to pay staff*, they can’t get to work.

No one told us we would be hobos at some point.
No one told us that our *wife's and "fiancée's"* would leave us because they will not understand our journey.

No one told us that we will have to be *more than patient*.
That we would make so many *mistakes end up losing alot of money*.
That at some point we would have to *risk our lives in order to move forward*.

We had to figure this out all by ourselves.
Many gave up on the journey.
Some died on the journey.

But some of us after going through so much pain we decided that we were going to succeed or die trying .
Some of us we are never giving up on this no matter what. We are now doing it and very aware of the circumstances.
It's *win or nothing for us* and it's too late to go back now.

*We are entrepreneurs!!*
*#Breakingfree*

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ifyeez:
Driver why you dey fall our hand.

Bros no be em fault. Today's sun na die. I just dey inside shoprite dey collect ac. Stepped out only when I ve request and drove back cos na short short trips

jayooh:
Ma'am, please which of the Toyota fluid is most appropriate for the Toyota 4runner v6-2003-2005
Do you have them on sale?

Na 4runner u dey drive on Taxify ni?

My fellow driver, how business under this hot sun. ...


This sun dey make my ac turn ordinary. Plus sleep dey catch me.

If ur earning by now, is still below 5k, I pity u. But God is on your side. U shall make it.

Non- driving partner, una dey enjoy o... I salute una.

While those who employ bad drivers not meeting up. Sorry o.

Fleet managers, I greet thee, as una be all time winner.

Uber & Taxify compy, una well done. Keep making all d huge amount daily. God dey

cooldood:
First of all when you experience challenges on the road, your partner can only empathize with you but not necessarily ask you to take any losses from the agreed payment. See it this way, you rent a shop for business and pay rent monthly, you know you will go through all kinds of challenges making money from any business,but the landlord will still collect his agreed rent.

When you take bank loan to buy your car (just like some partners) you will know that whatever you go through, you must pay the monthly periodic installment cos bank won’t listen to any story. And by the way, bank will not just give you loan just like that without collateral. So if you tell story, they take and sell your collateral.

I understood ur point. Bank or no bank. Story must dey,

Self driver get stories too. And the best we do is to share it here.

Check out the guy, his car was tow b4 he came out from shop rite. That's a story if he has a partner

dru23:
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People that make will make will make it .. After all transport business has
been around before uber now ... what about trailer business.. He no easy at all . I no fit try am...you want compare am to ehailing

Trailer business are for the bigger bois. No try am if u no get the mind and money

cooldood:
This is what these drivers need, public naming and shaming,in fact my friend and I think we should come up with a portal dedicated to these drivers (and also partners) to comment and rate these guys, so anyone in need of drivers/ partners can do a preliminary due diligence through the comments/ reviews posted.

Too many complains about drivers. It is one story or the other. Whether na 30k or 25k or is it 20k weekly that a friend gave his car out for, na still problems from drivers.

Please name and shame anyone that is messing up this ecosystem.

I got busted by police today taking a U-turn when the sign said no u-turn. I didn't see it until the police guys took me there. Who I want give story of the 5k I lost to them today.

Drivers are getting smarter getting their own vehicles now. Let soft loan with 20% interest be accessible to drivers and u will see that over 90% of drivers will dump their partners

dru23:
The business is still profitable... challenges and getting good drivers also important... and so call managers too have their own madness from experience.... Now I have restructure my model, sack the old manager, hire new drivers... so far so good.
.. And I came to found out the new drivers with no experience are even better than old drivers.... So from now I don't mind hiring drivers with no experience.... They might have no experience, as long as they are smart and they know how to operate the phone and knowledge of Google map etc

The story is changing... New drivers all d way... Lol...

Gentlelife50:
Na waoo for taxifire and their ratings, from 4.95 to 4.78 under three morning trips. Not like we quarreled or anything.
Na waoo too these girls, I have noticed that most times we have problems in this jobs it must be Ladies.
I had to call the last one and asked her what my offense was, as we were talking she said that it wasn't her that rated me that it's her friend.
She even apologized.
Hmmmmm, I don't understand you ordered for a ride with your phone and another person had to rate me.

Same here, this morning from 4.82 to 4.75. Just because of 30naira change. Madt Taxify team.

May them fix this coin palaba jhoor

vena92:
Depreciation nko?

Can still sell of above 1m, naija used

lymelyte:
This week have not been fair to me at all..I cannot seem to pinpoint where all the request went to.. Normally, I have certain places I go to for instant request but for this week, request have been on the low.
Is the cause from the jackpot bonus? Or taxify is now saturated?

I for be like u. If not for my style of looking for riders. (Oga, you need drop?) Boss that question dey work. Better still, buy he TAXI lamp

And Taxify is not ready to grant any bonus to me this week. And yet taxify is owning me 4k they added to my app acc, Mabt team

I don't understand my Taxify app again. Where do they expect me to get 20naira or 40naira change, even 100naira change which hardly give ... And now Taxify is calculating 640 on a trip, 4460 on another..

Nawa o

damola1:
You better go to oyinbo country.

What I find irritating is when a driver calls and ask where I am going to? I mean that question should be for the app not me. You take the job, simply focus on doing it.

If you don’t want the trip then don’t put up your app

That's if the app display ur destination b4 the trip gets started and I'm sure u will feel bad if a driver start your trip to see ur destination b4 getting to your pickup.

2ndly, why must he put off his app cos a single rider is going to a forbidden area. There are many riders going to his favourite places and his app must remain on to get those request.

Thank you. Good morning y'all

ifyeez:
The annoying question is always oga were re you immediately you pick the call, that always throw me off, my response is always on my way to you
That's how yesterday around 11pm, got request at circle mall,
was already on my way home, so I called n asked her destination, she said Ajah, I said okay you have to come outside the mall, so we can go she said no I should enter the mall, I told her it's late and I might get charged she said I will call you back, I waited 5min cancelled trip n proceeded home, was at Surulere she was calling, she called till I got to Festac I weak. I just picked and told her am home end call.

Lol... Bros

shollywendy1:
Airport has now turned to uber office annex..

Abi... Surge no dey dey on both uber and Taxify app again for airport. Airport don cast

Epphy:
Thanks...I had to leave. Got to Ebute Meta before I could get a trip. Never will I go to Apapa again!

I laugh in Spanish

veeluv2015:
The driver already knows where the rider is. If the pickup location is different from what d map says, I believe the rider will mention it.

I'll rather ask where the driver is and do the time estimation myself than ask how long it'll take to get here. So I disagree that the question is annoying.

Many riders don't even know where their pin point is on the app.

I have done 5 trips today and only one rider use his actual position to request.

I noticed that when some riders want to input their destination on the app, they swipe instead of tapping which automatically move the pin from their position without them knowing.

Like u disagree. My 4th rider argued that his pickup was right. I waited for him to sit in the car and show him my phone displayed screen. After he saw it, his reply was; its an error from Taxify.

Riders will rather blame the driver or Taxify for their mistakes instead of learning from their mistakes.

2ndly, the driver is on the road you re not. If there is a moving traffic, a driver knows matter than the rider in his room except the rider is standing by the road side whereby the driver is near

lymelyte:
Why is request scarce On taxify this week? Is because of thier Jackpot bonus?

No so we see am o...

Money no circulate well, some riders are reducing cost.

Requests at night seems pretty normal. Just the morning and afternoon sucks with scarce requests