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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 7:40pm On Jan 09 |
CheerfulGiver: Look who's on the Uber side of life Happy New Year my brother 3 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 7:06pm On Jan 07 |
vivalavida: In this Lagos weather, YES 4 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 8:56am On Jan 07 |
MrReeseG: This is my "AVOID THEM" list. I've come to observe how these people especially drive Corolla Moove Suzukis Camry pencil light Early model Siennas Opel zafira or older minivans generally LX300 Lx330/350 WEY NO USE AC. IN FACT GIVE EXTRA SPACE IF THEM ALL NO USE AC 5 Likes 1 Share |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 2:05pm On Aug 14, 2023 |
Viking07: Congratulations fam 1 Like |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 1:59pm On Aug 14, 2023 |
Itsrm: Gbam!!! Spot on
The rent is not the problem, even if it were 50k. It's the other conditions loaded on it. |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 1:44pm On Aug 14, 2023 |
Doris4ever: No, it won't work. Too many overheads and inefficiencies 1 Like |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 8:00pm On Aug 12, 2023 |
mh53: That's how the world moves. I'm sure there are times people have been kind to you in some other scenario. These things get paid for somehow, same way the person who repays kindness with scorn will somehow get his somewhere. Just give and comot eye 1 Like |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 6:30pm On Aug 12, 2023 |
mh53: I'd say forget it. However, since you saw it as business, that may be difficult hence your displeasure. I'm also of the opinion that things like this should be done without expecting monetary compensation. If you were expecting to be paid from the get go then it's not an act of kindness or "Help". 4 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 8:01pm On Aug 11, 2023 |
Doris4ever: You are quite generous with the repairs offer. Shouldn't be more than 5k. 75/25 split too... 80/20 sef. Zero contribution to servicing. Alternatively, You can propose that you'd handle cosmetic damage, and ditch the split arrangement, that should help keep you in check and ease his worries too. He doesn't need 24 hours to inspect and if at all, that day's rent should be pro rated and netted off. Also twice a week or once a month for inspection. If it has to be weekly, then pro rate as stated above. Saturday is a day you should be making your own keep and he'll be eating into it. Most importantly, you both need to understand that the arrangement needs to be mutually beneficial and both parties will enjoy it better when both of you are eating. 1 Like |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 12:01pm On Aug 07, 2023 |
pope191: I completely understand you. However, I was speaking of the ideal. Ideally, I should prefer to go into a relationship, business or otherwise, with someone I know am looking to build something with. It should even hold them both to a higher standard than if they had no prior relationship. It's just unfortunate that these things don't play out Like they should. 1 Like |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 4:42pm On Aug 06, 2023 |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 3:47pm On Aug 06, 2023 |
Glithronix: Going to surulere is free. Exiting, Eko bridge is closed at Alaka but you can link it via Costain and onward to the island. Took it yesterday and just did now. Much Respect Boss 3 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 5:57pm On Aug 05, 2023 |
kewelljoseph: 45k. Worst case 40. If you're exclusively handling maintenance I'd advice 45k. If he knows what he's doing your rent should be ready at close of work, Thursday. He can use the remaining days to make his "30k". The fact that you're friends should make it even better business. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 6:53am On Jul 29, 2023 |
Felicity001: This is what I was getting when I drove a Corolla. I'm not talking manufacturer ratings. 4 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 9:08am On Jul 28, 2023 |
Omoapena: Bro, your attitude towards this hustle needs to change, unless of course your not interested in doing it then I'd advice that you exit immediately FOR YOUR OWN GOOD. I'm saying this from a mental health perspective and from how the world works. You get what you put out. If you hate this gig so much, there's absolutely no way you'll be happy, it'll fvck up your whole psych, attitude, relationships etc. You need to really look out for this. Secondly, the concept of bad karma. If you put out bad energy that's what you'll get in return. For someone in the service industry it's very important and it'll impact on your growth in that industry as well as your overall well being. Nobody said it's going to be eldorado, but it's definitely not as bleak. You need to open your mind. Your car, I dare say, is part of your issues. I drive a 5 cylinder 2.4ltr engine, there's absolutely no way I should be getting better fuel economy than you. Good thing mine displays my average per 100km so there's no room for ambiguity. You need to look into the causes of the car's inefficiency. It may also be your driving style. Bottom line, I think you need to self audit. Even the "lazy" and part time drivers are doing better than you are. It's cause for introspection. 12 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 8:47am On Jul 28, 2023 |
Snrman1: I think you should read back some 20 or so pages. This question has been answered several times and broken down. This is so that you can get a proper context and from differing perspectives. 1 Like |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 12:12am On Jul 27, 2023 |
Omoapena: At 10km per litre that's 90 to 100kms from 10ltrs. Numbers don't lie bro. When next you buy fuel reset your trip counter. Divide kms accumulated by litres bought. Repeat it like 3 or 4 times to get something of an average. That should give you a heading, if you sincerely desire it. 6 Likes 2 Shares |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 12:01am On Jul 27, 2023 |
Pearl1910: Na Dem Sabi. Part of their whole doomsday lamentations is so that if they could use the car for free, they would. Any driver that can't net at least 80k a week should not be driving someone else's car. 2 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 7:23pm On Jul 26, 2023 |
sammiejr: Steering pump on it's last legs |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 7:18pm On Jul 26, 2023 |
jeff1607: First off, How much is he delivering? I'm assuming it's a rental arrangement and you're handling car maintenance. Saying they haven't reviewed prices is to enable both of you eat is a lie. If your driver knows what he's doing praying his rent should not be an issue, balablu or not. 45k is fair and easily achievable with the new price regime. 40k is you being benevolent. Anything below is no longer business but charity. Also, I'd say if you follow the prevailing thoughts on this thread you'd get a fair idea how his mind works. 2 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 10:44am On Jul 21, 2023 |
ReadaDream: Should be better for us then 3 Likes 1 Share |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 3:37pm On Jul 17, 2023 |
Pearl1910: Abi wetin I wan talk again. By the same logic it means almost everyone here too no be driver because I can't remember how many here did SOS or GoFundMe to fix their cars. 2 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 11:18pm On Jul 16, 2023 |
DonJoeSneh: Lol. I guess, going by your logic, I'm not then. 2 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 11:45am On Jul 16, 2023 |
DonJoeSneh: You can't use 1 case out of maybe 10k drivers as your parameter. That's fallacy of hasty generalization. 14 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 9:34am On Jul 15, 2023 |
[quote author=Larry1960 post=124428990][/quote] 2005 Volvo S40. UBER |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 11:34pm On Jul 14, 2023 |
Average is less than 12 hours daily. Fuel 90k Data 1k5 Credit 1k Today I started around 1, closed at 10. You don't really need to work for crazy hours like you guys think. As it stands now I'm literally done for the week. 12 Likes 1 Share
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Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 7:59pm On Jul 14, 2023 |
Jibwillz: My thoughts exactly. Hmmmm |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 7:31am On Jul 14, 2023 |
dapotemi: I started this thing in 2018. Did rental for 2 years, resumed after COVID break with my own car, Naija used 04 civic. I used it for a year, sold it and bought a Tọks car that I'm using now. January last year, I moved from Gbagada to a highbrow estate in a good part of the island. (Not Lekki 1 though) I've gone on holiday twice this year, one was in Accra. I can afford to buy 20k petrol everyday. I don't work till 4am for any reason. I start at 6 and should be on my way home by 6. The only reason I may push it is if my madam is out too. I don't travel by road anymore, unless there's no other viable means to travel to that place. I settle my different financial obligations with some ease. I'm also married to a very beautiful woman. Looking back, I know how far I've come. Quality of life for me is very ok, by Naija standards. Do you think I'm growing or not? Now, in every line of work it's the same thing. I don't know if you saw the HORRIBLE BOSSES trend on Twitter some time ago. You probably have carried several people who have either complained to you or to someone while in your car about how toxic or messed up their work place is. How unrealistic targets are choking them. Women and even men being sexually abused and emasculated but they can't leave or refuse to leave for different reasons. You know these things. Everybody is in that job to be able to afford a certain quality of life, to be able to meet up with their obligations. These experiences are not peculiar to you as a driver. You just have the experiences peculiar to drivers. This is the fundamental of human existence. It also ties in closely to your self esteem and sense of self. If you aren't meeting up with your obligations, it's likely you'll feel emasculated a lot when you have encounters with people who you believe are doing better. People in this country start earning an ok salary from manager level. Now ask yourself how many people from there up do you have. It's a pyramid my brother, it narrows as you go higher. And this makes your analogy of 52m kinda curious. The 9 to 5 guy, does he have his 3m per annum complete at the end of the year? We all try to make a life with what we have but being in the game, I don't see any reason why an Uber driver should not be able to make a relatively quality life. And use your earnings to step up. It could be starting a fleet. It could be something that's not even related. But na the same money wey Uber man make Na'im office man too go make. It's what you do with it that's the problem 15 Likes |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 1:51pm On Jul 11, 2023 |
And, if we're really talking about perception, all you really need to do is HAVE MONEY or APPEAR TO HAVE. Nobody really cares what you do, as long as it looks like you have money or you have. That's what this country worships. 16 Likes 1 Share |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 1:07pm On Jul 11, 2023 |
Me wey go even de shame to tell some riders where I live so that they can feel better about themselves. God punish low self-esteem. If you see yourself as less, that's how people will treat you. It's not my fault if any rider thinks he's better than me cos he has a desk job and I don't. That's his cup of tea. Perception is for the person who looks only at the surface. and ask yourself, do you want to be in bed with such a person? I don't because that's already a difference in principles. If I don't find you engaging, I also don't want to interact with you because we are not on the same wavelength. You may be right some of us entered this hustle because other moves no work out but, it has worked out for me big time. In December last year, my parents came to spend Christmas in Lagos. After doing over 10k to and fro gbagada to Berger, my popsy say, money de this thing O. I laughed. It's summer now, many IJB in town, you'll be shocked how many of them drive abroad but I should be ashamed of myself. God abeg 16 Likes |
Car Talk / Re: Is Lifting A Car Up Good Because Of Bad Road by XGhost: 10:11pm On Jul 07, 2023 |
After cracking my sump and subsequently transmission lines, nobody told me before I lifted mine. Also switched to 205/60/16. Fuel consumption increased slightly because of the bigger tyres but, it's a compromise I can live with |
Business / Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by XGhost: 11:40am On Jul 04, 2023 |
ReadaDream: Toh. I remember buying it around 2018 for 18k. |
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