[G0ldenState]

Started around May 2015 driving uberxl with a mint condition Honda. Have given around 700+ rides and maintained a 4.93 rating. I just got this text message and my account has been deactivated.

"Your account has been flagged a final time for having significantly more cancelations than other partners. We believe Uber may not be the right lead generation tool for you. We wish you the best, but we have decided to discontinue our partnership"

Doesnt make much sense to me considering i look at my trip history and it shows that ive had a bunch of "rider cancelations" trips and not "canceled" trips. Not gonna lie tho, I've been doing ARCO, especially on pool rides and non surge uberx rides, only because they arent profitable to me. Especially since they've been taking 25% from me.

Honestly, Uber is a great part time gig. I only drive on weekends and always cleared at least $300 on a Saturday. Any advice on what i should do?

 

[G0ldenState]

The two most important things you need to do are filing for unemployment since California considers you an employee of Uber. The second would be to file a claim with the department of labor for reimbursement on all work related expenses.

Still have my Airline job, so ill be okay. I just liked the little extra cash.

I just dont get how i get deactivated when i retained a 98% acceptance rate for the past 2 weeks and I've gotten cancelations but they were "rider cancelations" not "cancelations" that i had made.

 

[G0ldenState]

When pax cancels, they have the option to choose "driver wanted me to cancel"

Wow........ seriously?

Thats fkin bs....... pretty much no way of emailing uber taking my word that they actually did want to cancel huh?

 

[G0ldenState]

The only time a "driver cancel" shows up on your trip log is when the trip ID never ends up on another drivers trip log. When you ACRO, the trip ID eventually gets accepted by another driver, so that trip ID won't show on your log as a trip ID can't be associated with two drivers at the same time. There is however a record that you cancelled. You don't see that record anymore than you see the record of the trips you didn't accept.

Wow this is new to me. So pretty much when i ARCO there is still a record that i canceled the trip.......

 

[G0ldenState]

Could care less if you think im a troll. Just telling the truth about what happened to me.
Will possibly go to the office in my free time to see if they can reactivate my account if i promise to not ARCO anymore. Will report back on what happens.
Have learned my lesson to just take hits on my acceptance rate instead of ARCOing.

 

[G0ldenState]

Maybe I'm naive or something, but why are you cancelling rides exactly? If you don't want a ride, go off line. If you want one, go on line. It's pretty simple.

I was out all night on a Friday night - Saturday morning, about 2 miles from home around 7am. Tired, hungry, had the poops - all of that. Was about to go off line, got a call at a Dunkin Donuts. I thought for sure it was some high school dropout going home after his shift. Almost cancelled but didn't. Turned out to be a 60 mile drive to the shore, it made my night. And thankful there was a Chic fil a nearby with a clean bathroom.

Did you even read my original post? "I've been doing ARCO, especially on pool rides and non surge uberx rides, only because they arent profitable to me. Especially since they've been taking 25% from me."

Its not that i didnt want to do rides. Why would i do rides if they were unprofitable to me? With lowering rates and Uber taking 25% commission on my fares, its pretty difficult to come out ahead unless i cancel the unprofitable rides (ie. no surge uberx fares that usually end up going a couple blocks)

 

[G0ldenState]

Pool isn't in my area yet, but I don't see how that will effect your take. If I cancelled all non surge rides, I'd be out of business. About one in ten are surge pricing, and those are usually 1.5.

Pool isnt in your area yet, just wait until it does.
LOL you'd be out of business? What business? This partnership between you and uber is utter nonsense, the only one making money is Uber.
Now i primarily drove Saturday nights when i was driving uber. I would honestly say I would ARCO 20-30 rides per night. I took all XL and surge fares tho. Id still take 300+ a night after uber's cut. I decided for myself if the trips were worth taking or not, in most cases, they weren't.

 

[G0ldenState]

Is there a downside to being deactivated?

Nothing, I'm actually glad they deactivated me. I said i was gonna go to the office to try and get reactivated but then i said screw it.
Never felt better.
Now i dont have/want to drive for these bogus rates.