I call BS

Screwdriver said:

For those who know me and those who don't .
I've been driving uber for the past 3 years , and I'm the FIRST one to about fuber wrong doings ..

But ... All the threads and speculations and calculations about hourly guarantee pay vs. medal pay ... I call BS

listen , I'm on hourly for few good weeks now .. And yes some nights are better then the other ... But there i have NO PROBLEM getting pings even though I'm on "hourly" promo ...

I drive select .. And sometimes I switch to x when it's surging or when I just feel I need a little shake n bake instead idling ... Boom I get plenty of uber x pings !!!
I mean it ... And once again ... I'd be happy to hop on the wagon of at uber ...

But all u professors are doing the wrong math !!!

Oh wait ... I'm getting stacked x pings in ... The valley ......

Ugh ... What is the lesson we learned today class ???

Pings in core la ? Nooooo
Pings elsewhere ? Yesssss

Good class , good ..

What needs to happen to make y'all understand that all u gotta do is open the damn passenger app and compare areas with ants before u head there ?

I've seen spreadsheets .. People come up here and say their friends and cousins tried to ping them blah blah ...

Guys guys guys ... Yes uber manipulate where the pings go to ... At times ... BUT it has nothing to do with the different promos !

Don't believe me ? Try it to yourself leave core la and make sure u are not surrounded by ants and u are gewd ta go !

And btw... I had few select pings this week from 10 min away ... And I immediately opened the passenger app to see if there's closer select cars to the ping and yes they were ... But I still got it ! And I'm on hourly .. Not medal ... And no my rating isn't 4.9

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daveportney said:

It sounded like most of the ping theory's came from drivers personal experiences..so when a driver doesn't get pings on hourly in the core when they normally get pings makes them jump to the assumption that the pings are manipulated. Could all be coincidence, but doesn't feel coincidental when you are in it.

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daveportney said:

I agree it feels manipulated, but the only facts we can rely on is our anecdotal evidence. As Optimus pointed out, we have too small of a sample size to have any real statistical significance. I, however , just don't do the hourly anymore b/c it feels rigged against me. My opinion of course

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tevee123 said:

As a new driver, (yesterday was my 5th day) I can honestly say that I have NEVER had to wait for a ping. Ever. Which I found strange, and still do actually, because when I first came to this forum there were a million people complaining about this. (okay maybe three).

I currently still have a 5 star rating (after only 83 lifetime rides so I'm sure this will change soon), but (and I'm going to get roasted on here right now) I ALWAYS rate riders 5 stars because I haven't had any horrible people in my car, in fact they've all been really nice. Again, I'm new and naive, I'm sure I'll be on here in a months time lamenting about my horrible riders, etc. etc.

So my point is, I was driving in core, well back and forth to west hollywood burbank, van nuys/sherman oaks area all weekend and was kept very busy, in fact half the day I was on two trips as I dropped a pax off. I should state information that should be obvious, I have no metals and no incentives.

Edit: meaning I was going from Van Nuys to Core, Core to sherman oaks, Sherman oaks back to core, etc. etc.

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