Might not be for every market, but Lyft is completely dead in the Tampa Bay area. Using both apps, I probably make about $6 on Lyft for every $100 I make on Uber. I don't even shut the app off, anymore, I just accept ANYONE who pings me on Lyft and make them wait until I'm done with my Uber passenger.
In any case, I started on Lyft in 2017 as a referral. After about 2 days, I realized I couldn't survive by sitting in my car for an hour waiting for a ping. I quickly added Uber to my apps and I drove for both ever since. Lyft never paid as well, but I wasn't going to cut off my nose to spite my face, it used to fill in the gaps between Uber rides.
I like to call it Lilyff', because of the quality of people who use the platform. Mostly trashy white and black people who would otherwise be using public transportation, who smell like a mixture of cheap laundry detergent, pot, cigarettes, and 5 pets that have never been washed (the smell of poor). Don't expect a tip because I am a bus service to them and they are literally going to the extents of a minimum fare. They've probably come across a free ride promo and are on their 5th free ride by borrowing their uncle's, sister's, dad's, brother's credit card.
I don't necessarily shuffle someone, unless I'm picking up from a grocery store or kwik-e-mart, but I've made a habit of accepting rides that are way too far and waiting until that fella on the other end gets the hint that I'm not coming. If they still can't take the hint, I'll cancel and say it's too far. My acceptance/cancel rates are in the toilet and somehow I've never had more than a sternly worded email. I'm almost under the impression that I am THE Lyft driver in my area and Lyft can't afford to lose me.
In any case, I've recently taken a break from Lyft because of the Driver verification. It requires me to enter my ENTIRE social security # just to prove it's me and go online. I'm willing to enter the last 4, even the last 6, but I don't really have the desire to submit my social security number into the abyss, every time I plan to drive. They can F themselves.
It doesn't seem to me that Lyft is able to keep customers or drivers.
In any case, I started on Lyft in 2017 as a referral. After about 2 days, I realized I couldn't survive by sitting in my car for an hour waiting for a ping. I quickly added Uber to my apps and I drove for both ever since. Lyft never paid as well, but I wasn't going to cut off my nose to spite my face, it used to fill in the gaps between Uber rides.
I like to call it Lilyff', because of the quality of people who use the platform. Mostly trashy white and black people who would otherwise be using public transportation, who smell like a mixture of cheap laundry detergent, pot, cigarettes, and 5 pets that have never been washed (the smell of poor). Don't expect a tip because I am a bus service to them and they are literally going to the extents of a minimum fare. They've probably come across a free ride promo and are on their 5th free ride by borrowing their uncle's, sister's, dad's, brother's credit card.
I don't necessarily shuffle someone, unless I'm picking up from a grocery store or kwik-e-mart, but I've made a habit of accepting rides that are way too far and waiting until that fella on the other end gets the hint that I'm not coming. If they still can't take the hint, I'll cancel and say it's too far. My acceptance/cancel rates are in the toilet and somehow I've never had more than a sternly worded email. I'm almost under the impression that I am THE Lyft driver in my area and Lyft can't afford to lose me.
In any case, I've recently taken a break from Lyft because of the Driver verification. It requires me to enter my ENTIRE social security # just to prove it's me and go online. I'm willing to enter the last 4, even the last 6, but I don't really have the desire to submit my social security number into the abyss, every time I plan to drive. They can F themselves.
It doesn't seem to me that Lyft is able to keep customers or drivers.