Are there any old school Ubers left?
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I am just over a year, but trying like hell to get out.
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I quit when rates hit .90 cents
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Going on two years here. I snagged a $60 net surge run to Rowlett at bar close last night but considering the risks of taking drunks was barely worth it. Otherwise I've been using the driver destination feature quite a bit. If not for that and guarantees, I'm sure surge would happen a lot more than it does now.
Uber even advertised destinations in a promo email last week as a great way to "pay for the car during your commute to work." So in two years Uber marketing has gone from making $30 and $40/hr to just covering the cost of driving to another job. Nice!
How they manage to successfully sell the Xchange leasing program at current income levels is beyond me. It's basically just selling the "luxury" of having a car, not making money.
Uber even advertised destinations in a promo email last week as a great way to "pay for the car during your commute to work." So in two years Uber marketing has gone from making $30 and $40/hr to just covering the cost of driving to another job. Nice!
How they manage to successfully sell the Xchange leasing program at current income levels is beyond me. It's basically just selling the "luxury" of having a car, not making money.
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16+ months, about 4,000 trips.
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Almost 2 years now. Close to 6.000 trips. Not what is used to be, but once my car zoomed past 100,000 miles I considered myself in the sweet spot. My 20k dollar ride is basically worth zero. Approaching 200,000 miles now. I made a living through hard work. I never see my family and have pushed it as hard as 60, 70, even 80 hours a week. Sometimes I burn out and barely drive so I can recharge my batteries. I used to do 100 to 150 trips a month, but now I do up to 100 a week and make the same money as the old days. My health has gotten worse and this lifestyle has no future. On the bright side, the work does provide a person a way to stay afloat. I am worried about the new drivers jumping onboard and not realizing the long hours Uber requires . Some one is going to die and it's all because Uber wants to keep rates low and make it's partners work long and hard to keep up with life's expenses. Uber doesn't value veteran drivers in my opinion. We are all just one email or complaint away from being deactivated.
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With the incentives I will make $35 per hour today but my real take home was around $15 before expenses. Not a real good day. Once these incentives go away I'll have to find another way to make a living and these incentives can't last forever. I would rather they dump the incentives and just raise the rate per mile. It's funny, one of their major selling points to drivers is that a driver/partner can work when and where he wants. But that is only partly true since we really have to work where and when they offer incentives otherwise we don't make very much money.
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Could be a new line for an anti Uber commercial
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New drivers coming in now wouldn't know any better. What's sad is back in the day that $30-$40/hr was just plain old fares, you could make that driving with no incentives.Could be a new line for an anti Uber commercial
Uber is suppressing the market because even if prices were higher, people would pay it. Well, maybe not the DART crowd and grocery store shoppers. But overall Dallas demand supports prices way above what they are now.
It only works at $0.85/mi because Uber keeps pumping it up with subsidies and guarantees.
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Hats off to those of you still fighting the good fight. I wanted to quit when rates hit $1.20, but I kept driving anyway. Now I turn on the app on occasion just to see if there are any new "terms" I need to read. Turning on the app for even a second kills my self respect. It's not just Uber, it's the Uber passengers as well. I honestly miss driving. It was fun when it was profitable. Now it's a grind.
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Damn, Dave. That's longer than me. What keeps you motivated? Playing the guarantee game?
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Been with Uber since April of 2015. I'm pretty much done driving. I've replaced Uber with door dash
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What keeps me motivated? Well I stay away from the politics of drivers complaining because the fairs keeps dropping. I've actually negotiated my own rates with Uber (It's hard as hell to do but it's possible) I treat this as my own business. I like the networking opportunities with the difference pax I meet. I stay far away as I can from what I call the Saturday night 8PM - 3AM croud. I have not chased a surge in three years. I don't do the gurantees either.
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Sounds like the exact path I've taken. Uber from April 2015 until January 2016 (maybe a few odd rides after); DoorDash pretty solidly since February 2016. Working much better for me.
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Interesting on the negotiated rates bit, good that you've been able to work with Uber to find a solution that works for you. I would certainly have put more effort into Uber if the rates were fair for me.
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