[Lissetti]

Seen her in your backseat? She spent A LOT OF TIME on UP! Can you guess who???

Pretty woman and talented writer. Say hi to Hoda!

 

[New2This]

Seen her in your backseat? She spent A LOT OF TIME on UP! Can you guess who???

Pretty sure I Shuffled her a time or two

 

[makeitupinvolume]

so this "expert" rode 5000+ miles but didn't bother to sign up, drive for 1, get $2 after costs like its 1971 & do any actual real reasearch, just anecdotal drivers many who lie for tips or out of desperation to keep their jobs?

 

[heynow321]

so this "expert" rode 5000+ miles but didn't bother to sign up, drive for 1, get $2 after costs like its 1971 & do any actual real reasearch, just anecdotal drivers many who lie for tips or out of desperation to keep their jobs?

Yes that sounds about right

 

[emdeplam]

so this "expert" rode 5000+ miles but didn't bother to sign up, drive for 1, get $2 after costs like its 1971 & do any actual real reasearch, just anecdotal drivers many who lie for tips or out of desperation to keep their jobs?

I have it on shaky authority that she vomited multiple times in Ubers and Lyfts to test the system

 

[Lissetti]

I have it on shaky authority that she vomited multiple times in Ubers and Lyfts to test the system

LMAO! What better way to get a very accurate and no filter response. Another way would be to spout the glories of Uber to the driver so he/she educates the rider on the reality as the drivers see it.

 

[Danny3xd]

so this "expert" rode 5000+ miles but didn't bother to sign up, drive for 1, get $2 after costs like its 1971 & do any actual real reasearch, just anecdotal drivers many who lie for tips or out of desperation to keep their jobs?

Great point, M.

 

[Amsoil Uber Connect]

As they say, follow the money trail.

As of this writing / date. Since uber raised there mininum trip fare and per minute. It would be wiser of me to uber only in OC and LA counties. Lyft only in the IE. Other areas, YMMV.

Yeah, they just don't get it.

Of all the children who attempt to get rides with me, 90% of them come through on the Lyft app. That is another reason why Lyft is garbage... obviously when you get a minor you can't just cancel the ride otherwise it counts as a driver cancellation which leads to you getting a threatening message or email that you'll be fired if "there are further incidents of this behaviour". @@@@ off, Lyft; I'm not 8 years old. And now, waiting 5:00 to no show the pax often doesn't work - when I press the "Call" button in the app nothing happens and when the "No Show" button finally appears, the cancellation is not treated as a no show but a driver cancellation which again leads to the passive aggressive threat from Lyft against my account.

So now what I do is call Lyft support at each underage pax pickup attempt and have them remove the ride from my screen and pay me the $5 cancellation. This is again a pain in the arse because it takes 15 - 20 minutes on hold, then you may get a moron who doesn not know how to remove an active ride, claiming that they cannot do that, so you have to repeat the process.

You can't easily cancel rides from minors, you can't phone or text ahead to have them verify their age etc etc. All these constraints and restrictions, all this very tight control yet Lyft claims we are not their employees.... they really do suck balls. Much worse than Uber now.

Seems there ought a be a lawsuit on this alone.

 

[YourPrivateDriver]

She rode over 5k miles, but only states facts that are easily researchable. Lyft acts like they are the good guys. In reality they are worse than uber because uber will atleast tell you what they are doing. No commerical accounts on lyft so no booking fee and no airport fee. No primetime at the airport only around it to lure drivers in. Send pickups 30+ minutes away. Advertises on bus stops. The list goes on why lyft is worse than uber

 

[JimKE]

To me, the main difference in driver treatment between companies are these:

• Uber tells the truth in a straightforward manner, and doesn't care whether you like it or not. Lyft lies to drivers, and tries to bully them, like they are elementary school kids. ("Your acceptance rate is LOW!" when it's 100%.)
• Uber's rare promotions are legit. Lyft's are 90% sucker bets...and that's being kind. You have to really read Lyft promotions to realize they are designed to pay zero.
• Uber is much busier than Lyft in my market. If I have a week of 5:1 Uber:Lyft -- Lyft has had a banner week. Usually it's more like 8-10 to 1 in Uber's favor. When it's busy, I just turn Lyft off -- sometimes for weeks at a time.
• In my market, most Lyft pax are locals. The vast majority of my tourist/business pax use Uber.

I'm sure the most important differences (to drivers) between Uber and Lyft are primarily market-based. One company may be stronger than another in certain markets. Here, Lyft has neither the pax base nor driver saturation that Uber has. Therefore, pickup times are often too long to accept, and cancellations are very frequent.

 

[Danny3xd]

Well said, Jim. Here its 7 or 8 to one. Uber's favor.

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The more I think about the article, kinda POed. Its anecdotal bias, me thinks. If she prefers Lyft and took 300 lyft's and 200 miles worth of uber, not exactly scientific. But more importantly. Most folks will say they like who they work for. Sounds bad to complain.

Did the article say what the ratio was?

LoL. Considering this crowd. That we are sticking up for uber? That's telling.

 

[emdeplam]

Selling a story/ book

Once again YOU are the product

 

[The Gift of Fish]

DF''s that take us way out of our way and often don't even get us halfway to our destination.

There are only two times that the Lyft DF might be effective.

1) You are parked at the North Pole and want to head south.
2) You are parked at the South Pole and want to head north.

I say might because Lyft would send you in the right direction to begin with, but after that you could obviously be sent anywhere.

The worst DF I have had from Lyft was when they diverted me 2 miles off the freeway to some dweeb who requested a multistop wait-and-return shopping trip to the local 7-Eleven. @@@ off.

 

[JimKE]

Well said, Jim. Here its 7 or 8 to one. Uber's favor.

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The more I think about the article, kinda POed. Its anecdotal bias, me thinks. If she prefers Lyft and took 300 lyft's and 200 miles worth of uber, not exactly scientific. But more importantly. Most folks will say they like who they work for. Sounds bad to complain.

Did the article say what the ratio was?

LoL. Considering this crowd. That we are sticking up for uber? That's telling.

The article said she took a lot more Uber rides than Lyft.

But what does that mean? That she got a lot more complaints about Uber than Lyft when she asked drivers? Of course she did.

The part that always gets me with these stories is the tipping thing. They always make a big deal out of Lyft offering in-app tipping from the start.

But there are only three relevant facts today, in 2018: 1) both companies offer in-app tipping today, 2) neither Uber nor Lyft pax tip frequently enough to matter, and 3) driver revenue is based on ride payouts -- not tips.

So how busy it is on an app is much more important than whether or not the app offers seldom-used in-app tipping.

 

[SurgeMasterMN]

Seen her in your backseat? She spent A LOT OF TIME on UP! Can you guess who???

Who is this dude again?

 

[Amsoil Uber Connect]

What I want to know is,... What was / is the total amount paid for all of those 5000 trips ? Then who paid for all of them ?

 

[JimKE]

What I want to know is,... What was / is the total amount paid for all of those 5000 trips ? Then who paid for all of them ?

5,000 miles...not trips.

 

[Gung-Ho]

Proof
Although the trachea area of the throat is somewhat suspect.
Still pretty.

Thats not an Adams apple thats an Adams Pineapple

 

[Amsoil Uber Connect]

5,000 miles...not trips.

Pffttt,... My question still stands.

 

[Steelersnut]

What I want to know is,... What was / is the total amount paid for all of those 5000 trips ? Then who paid for all of them ?

Did she tip?