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#88 · (Edited)
TwoFiddyMile said:
Then you are donating the equity from your car back to Uber for nothing or almost nothing.
Not smart.
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I'm not planning on selling it unless repairs become costly. By the way, I have never had any major repairs...and it's got 76k miles now. It's only worth less than $10k now mostly due to its age. I have freely admitted I used it as an ATM a bit, but I only put a few thousand Uber miles on it, part time, until I could afford to buy another car. I have put WAAAAAY more miles on it commuting to and from Milwaukee and Madison.

See my avatar? I drive a used Hyundai and the Bimmer stays in the driveway/garage most of the time.

You mean to tell me you didn't read every single one of my posts before commenting? ;)
 
#90 ·
MadTownUberD said:
I'm not planning on selling it unless repairs become costly. By the way, I have never had any major repairs...and it's got 76k miles now. It's only worth less than $10k now mostly due to its age. I have freely admitted I used it as an ATM a bit, but I only put a few thousand Uber miles on it, part time, until I could afford to buy another car. I have put WAAAAAY more miles on it commuting to and from Milwaukee and Madison.

See my avatar? I drive a used Hyundai and the Bimmer stays in the driveway/garage most of the time.

You mean to tell me you didn't read every single one of my posts before commenting? ;)
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You're not that important.
 
#91 ·
goneubering said:
Not sure what your issue is but if you read this forum and pay attention to the smart drivers you will quickly learn that some people do well Ubering full time.
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Ahhh. A self defeater. Exactly what Uber wants. How do you like your company sponsored health insurance plan? Dental is great too. The Vision plan rocks. How do you like Uber taking more than 50 percent on many rides? Don't you love how Uber pays for your gas? I think it's great that Uber rents your car from you to make money. Lyft too. They're so awesome. The paid time off is second to none. What a fabulous full time gig.
 
#93 ·
Buddywannarideagain said:
Ahhh. A self defeater. Exactly what Uber wants. How do you like your company sponsored health insurance plan? Dental is great too. The Vision plan rocks. How do you like Uber taking more than 50 percent on many rides? Don't you love how Uber pays for your gas? I think it's great that Uber rents your car from you to make money. Lyft too. They're so awesome. The paid time off is second to none. What a fabulous full time gig.
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Sorry you're so bitter. Uber works for me but it's not a good fit for some people.
 
#96 ·
So you have a valid concern IMO. A lot of "part time gig work" like home inspections, real estate, plumbing, electrical etc require insurance and licenses which squeezed out part timers and forced people to either do it full time and made it too expensive to do part time. So uber falls into one of these gig things where if regulations made it too expensive to do it part time, people would quit. But the thing with uber is, its already an expensive gig with the insane % they take out which we all have grown to accept as normal. but its not normal. compare it to credit cards who take a very small % compared to uber yet still offer tons of benefits and perks to use the card. uber just allows us to use their software and insures us per rider. its actually a very expensive commission they take. So if you want uber to make it more expensive as such to squeeze out part timers, you will effectively accomplish nothing. Sure you will get more rides but you will be paying more to get more rides. You have to admit uber has set up a rather nice gig for themselves.
 
#97 ·
There are some that Invest in the Stock Market as a 'hobby' - which has zero impact on the DOW Jones.

Don't worry about the very occasional hobbyist Uber driver...they barely make a dent. Be more concerned about the thousands upon thousands of Ants that need the money, but drive without any real understanding of how this all works.
 
#98 ·
The hobbyists are the only ones using Uber correctly.

It's the desperate, math-stupid full timers who are screwing everything up.

You're the ones over-saturating, you're the ones allowing Uber/Lyft to treat drivers poorly because you'll drive regardless (because you need it). You're the ones enabling bad pax and their behavior, because you need the gig and you'll put up with it. You're the reason there's pool, and no bonuses, and low pay. You're the ones making it unprofitable, you're the ones signaling to the rideshare companies that the drivers are too stupid to treat ethically. You're the ones sitting in queues earning nothing because you're desperate.

Yes. You.

If you didn't need Uber, you'd do it for fun or extra cash and the INSTANT it became a bad deal or unprofitable, you'd bail and Uber would be forced to do better because they couldn't put enough people in a market to operate efficiently. They even tell you it's a side gig, but you foolishly threw all in instead of getting a real job...now you're trapped by a bad financial decision, and double down on it. Some of you are so stupid you lease cars through Uber, or buy a new one on a hefty note just to do this job.

You don't need a union or 180 days if you can walk away freely and without issue. But, you can't, because you're desperate.

You're the problem.

Sorry, truth hurts.
 
#99 ·
Avb said:
This is recurring in my car every other day. I pick up Pax from outer affluent suburbs and hear they talk about how "they did two trips and it was fun" or "sometimes I have nothing to do so this is fun to make a few dollars"

Part time, hobby drivers are the virus that drag down rates and keep surge down. Rookies who have time to waste and pick up every single pool. Don't get me wrong I stand by the part timers who actually need the money. Those who have no choice but to work Uber because any other job would not work with their full time job schedule. Anyone working this for fun, can suck it.

Earlier today this guy in a brand new grey $80k+ Audi A8L pulled next to me. Maybe I'm assuming but he had people in the rear seats and GPS in the front so I figure it was a ride share vehicle. The reason I'm assuming it's because I saw Teslas and BMW 7-Series with Uber stickers before that were not "livery" vehicles.

So the reason I hate and despise these people is that they're taking the business away from drivers who work full time. If you're driving a $80k car, how is $50 on Friday night going to help you? You can bash me all you want for posting this but this is common sense. Get a hobby, go have a drink, be with your family..
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I'm not sure why you are trying to make a gig job a full time endeavor?
 
#100 ·
swingset said:
The hobbyists are the only ones using Uber correctly.

It's the desperate, math-stupid full timers who are screwing everything up.

You're the ones over-saturating, you're the ones allowing Uber/Lyft to treat drivers poorly because you'll drive regardless (because you need it). You're the ones enabling bad pax and their behavior, because you need the gig and you'll put up with it. You're the reason there's pool, and no bonuses, and low pay. You're the ones making it unprofitable, you're the ones signaling to the rideshare companies that the drivers are too stupid to treat ethically. You're the ones sitting in queues earning nothing because you're desperate.

Yes. You.

If you didn't need Uber, you'd do it for fun or extra cash and the INSTANT it became a bad deal or unprofitable, you'd bail and Uber would be forced to do better because they couldn't put enough people in a market to operate efficiently. They even tell you it's a side gig, but you foolishly threw all in instead of getting a real job...now you're trapped by a bad financial decision, and double down on it. Some of you are so stupid you lease cars through Uber, or buy a new one on a hefty note just to do this job.

You don't need a union or 180 days if you can walk away freely and without issue. But, you can't, because you're desperate.

You're the problem.

Sorry, truth hurts.
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This is kind of what I was trying to say in that other thread we won't mention...
 
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