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Finally I can also "earn on my way home" thanks but no thanks
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What an absolute cracker! 
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Otherwise everyone will use it to take fates to the busiest suburbs
Its limited to stop cherry picking jobs Bob........
Twice a day, allows you to either set one to work and one home, or set two times a day to go home or anywhere basically etc.
Which is what its designed for. When you want to 'finish up' and 'head' home.
Otherwise people will use it to get long jobs ie sit in the city on a surge with the airport set as a destination etc to cherry pick a long high surge job and rise and repeat.
Twice a day, allows you to either set one to work and one home, or set two times a day to go home or anywhere basically etc.
Which is what its designed for. When you want to 'finish up' and 'head' home.
Otherwise people will use it to get long jobs ie sit in the city on a surge with the airport set as a destination etc to cherry pick a long high surge job and rise and repeat.
Last Wednesday I set the destination as the airport when I was in Richmond. I had to go to the airport to pick up a friend. So I thought I might as well be paid to go there. Could Uber be that kind?
Well I picked up a job in East Melbourne with a drop off in North Fitzroy and then nothing after that. It's the luck of the draw.
In general though it works well.
Well I picked up a job in East Melbourne with a drop off in North Fitzroy and then nothing after that. It's the luck of the draw.
In general though it works well.
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Understood why is limited
will not stop us example on busy day with lot surges in cbd if u end up in outer suburbs most of drivers will go offline and move in high density job & suge paid area
Myself if end up out suburbs on day when is lot surge in inner suburbs i will take one or two rides out suburbs if get lucky to get me back in cbd other ways i will go offline and move in high density job area
All drivers are doing this by limiting two trips this will not put stop or keep drivers stuck in low volume non surge areas
This should be unlimited u can't go against natural flow drivers will follow clients money
Again, to stop cherry picking jobs all day long. In your example, you want to 'cherry pick' the high paying city surge jobs, vs the non surge outer suburbs jobs.
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Yep we saying same thing by limiting two trips not solving the issue driver will follow the money only customer service suffers because driver will go offline to get in high paid area and passenger which want to go same direction will not get pick up
On way u cant fight against natural forces everyone trying to maximize his time and earnings
Out suburbs ping will be long plus most of them short trip to shopping or etc and a lot down time between jobs
Only way you can keep drivers longer in out suburbs if you have no surge fare price same as taxis regardless where u are price is the same saying that driver will move to high density job area again u cant fight natural flow everyone aiming for the best outcome
Doesn't solve the issue of following the money, this is true. BUT does help slow it down and drivers might stay online in the burbs rather than go offline etc.
I would think maybe 4 destinations a day would be nicer, but at the end of the day. Something is better than nothing.
The amount of times I use to go offline as I was ready to head home and having to deadhead a LONG way back without a fare. Now days I have a small chance of getting something, which is better than nothing.
I would love to see a ping ETA filter, don't show me jobs over 10 mins unless its a surge job! Now that would make me a happy man.
I would think maybe 4 destinations a day would be nicer, but at the end of the day. Something is better than nothing.
The amount of times I use to go offline as I was ready to head home and having to deadhead a LONG way back without a fare. Now days I have a small chance of getting something, which is better than nothing.
I would love to see a ping ETA filter, don't show me jobs over 10 mins unless its a surge job! Now that would make me a happy man.
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Only way you can keep drivers longer in out suburbs if you have no surge fare price same as taxis regardless where u are price is the same saying that driver will move to high density job area again u cant fight natural flow everyone aiming for the best outcome
If its not surging like crazy, then being out in the burbs isn't bad. Some people seem to hate it, but the jobs are normally longer, so while less jobs, they normally pay more so it all averages out in the end for me.
City jobs are normally short little things for me, ok when its surging but otherwise meh.
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Yep agree but most of them are with pickup with 0.5 km not 5 km which they cost lost u money
personally i don't mind out suburbs longest are max 5 min pings 10 min is long drive for short out suburban fare without surge
Cbd u may do 3 small non surge fare in hour with 20 km driven out suburbs u can only two two short trips with 30 km driven
Don't forget cbd small trip 15 min *0.32 vs 10 min *0.32
On Saturday night I started at Doncaster at 5:30pm. I picked up a 1.4 surge fare from Doncaster to Mount Waverley. Then I picked up a non-surge fare from Ashwood to Boronia. Then I picked up a non-surge fare from Boronia to South Melbourne. Those three fares totaled $99.74 for 1 hour 42 mins work. My night just kept rolling from there. Later that night I had four 2.x surge fares in a row. I had my second ever $500+ day for just under 11 hours work. By the way no destination filter required. If you want to leave the non-surge fares in the suburbs then I will take them.
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Cbd u may do 3 small non surge fare in hour with 20 km driven out suburbs u can only dwo two short trips with 30 km driven
do this on tuesday night also u did most of them with surge
Why would I work Tuesday night? Actually in the right circumstances Tuesday night can be very profitable too.
You obviously didn't read my post. I had three jobs to start Saturday night for $99.74 in an hour and 42 minutes. Two of them were suburban non-surge jobs.
If you don't like it then give it away and I will take your work.
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I did job on wed night port to dandenong south with surge 1.2 $60.98 for 50 min work then drop to dandenong and waited for job for 15 min to get train station pick up so got frustrated waiting for fare move towards city pick up in oakleigh to south yarra $18.90 so i did 3 hours $80 dollars and driven just under 100 km in city 3 hours small jobs will be around same $80 but only with 60km driven only difference is more petrol depreciation and seating in the car using internet.
U miss my point drivers will always follow money track Uber with only two directional trips per day will not stop driver moving from out suburban low density job area to high density inner city job & surge area
Week days will never be as busy as the weekends. That is a fact.
I do get your point drivers will always follow the money. Everyone knows that. So what?
What I am saying is that there will always be someone in the suburbs to do the suburban jobs. We all live in different areas. We all clock on at different times. Some of us take people from the inner suburban areas to the outer suburban areas and then stay online for the next fare hoping that it will take them back in (like it did me). Who cares if someone else clocks off and heads back to the inner city to cherry pick?
The system works. Have a look at the passenger app and there will always be drivers in the suburbs.
I do get your point drivers will always follow the money. Everyone knows that. So what?
What I am saying is that there will always be someone in the suburbs to do the suburban jobs. We all live in different areas. We all clock on at different times. Some of us take people from the inner suburban areas to the outer suburban areas and then stay online for the next fare hoping that it will take them back in (like it did me). Who cares if someone else clocks off and heads back to the inner city to cherry pick?
The system works. Have a look at the passenger app and there will always be drivers in the suburbs.
I'm somehow set to think that the filter only gives you 1 job each time regardless of how far you are from the destination still... Even with the short Eats trips that I get when my filter is up (and which I love much more than long trips), I never get more than 1 ping.
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