[Driver 011001110]

Up until a few weeks ago, I've been able to consistently make about 400/week (without quests) and up to $600 (with quests). There was consistently boost of (x1.6-1.9) for dinner and late night periods. Over the past couple months, pings have been steadily declining, especially on week days. Then about a month ago, all the quests went away. Now as of last week (4-22-19), there has been no boost what so ever. Also, I've noticed over the last couple months, orders have been coming from a smaller selection of restaurants. In the past I've consistently got orders from over a dozen different restaurants. As of the last 2-3 months, most orders seem to be coming from just a handful of places, most frequently Mcdonalds, Denny's, and California Burrito. There have been lull's in the Quests before but they've always come back, but there's never been a period with no boost since I started doing this. Without boost, it simply isn't worth it, the pay is too low. I just signed up with door dash and caviar, hopefully those platforms will pay reasonably.

 

[ANT 7]

Restaurant are probably dropping UE en mass where you live, that is what is happening in my market.

I don't deliver food, just drive Uber X, but based on the delivery drivers i see, DoorDash and Skip the Dishes are the big 2 in my market.

 

[amazinghl]

UE wants 30% cut from the restaurants, I can see why the restaurant dropped UE like a hot potato.

 

[Justine?]

Uber eats not even worth it. Most orders I get now are from McDonald’s.. I get a ping while I’m avg 10 minutes from that resturant location and then most of the McDonald’s don’t even have the order ready or they act confused when I tell them I’m here to pick up Uber order for so and so.

Like if you’re gonna partner up with Uber eats .. TRAIN The employees on how to fulfill Uber orders. when I start trip................

CUSTOMER IS 0.6 miles away. Like NO!!!! ?

 

[amazinghl]

most of the McDonald's don't even have the order ready or they act confused when I tell them I'm here to pick up Uber order for so and so.

Most McD I've been to doesn't even start the order until AFTER the driver gets there.
McD know this and are doing this on purpose. I stopped going to McD.

 

[Justine?]

Most McD I've been to doesn't even start the order until AFTER the driver gets there.
McD know this and are doing this on purpose. I stopped going to McD.

I know. It's redic.

Most McD I've been to doesn't even start the order until AFTER the driver gets there.
McD know this and are doing this on purpose. I stopped going to McD.

What market are you in btw?

 

[amazinghl]

What market are you in btw?

85204
Send me PM if you want.

 

[NotanEmployee]

I'm really not familiar with UE but from what I've learned on this forum

1) I will never do UE
2) it's doomed to fail with all of the errors on delivery locations and restaurant locations.

It just seems like a losing battle for delivery and restaurants. Beyond that customers won't order again if it's set up badly so they get cold food, no food, etc.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

I'm really not familiar with UE but from what I've learned on this forum

1) I will never do UE
2) it's doomed to fail with all of the errors on delivery locations and restaurant locations.

It just seems like a losing battle for delivery and restaurants. Beyond that customers won't order again if it's set up badly so they get cold food, no food, etc.

Yes, it's doomed to fail. It has to be. They're paying us more than they get paid on a majority of deliveries. I have nights where almost every order, they're paying me more than they got from the customer and the restaurant combined. Sometimes it works out for them, especially now with the percentage fee, when someone orders $175 of sushi. But more often it's a $12 order and they pay me $10 to deliver it while charging the customer $2.

The new fees were a dramatic decrease, at least here. I can get food from my favorite restaurant delivered here for a total fee of between $2.10 and $2.30 now, for a $13 order, and I know from experience they're paying the driver around $6 for that delivery. That's basically break-even, without accounting for any expenses other than paying the driver.

They're paying us more than they're getting, and it's still barely enough to make the job worth doing, and even then, it's only worth it if for some reason you don't have to worry about what it's doing to your car.

Uber is a big scam, to defraud the people dumb enough to buy into the IPO.

 

[Rickos69]

Yes, it's doomed to fail. It has to be. They're paying us more than they get paid on a majority of deliveries. I have nights where almost every order, they're paying me more than they got from the customer and the restaurant combined. Sometimes it works out for them, especially now with the percentage fee, when someone orders $175 of sushi. But more often it's a $12 order and they pay me $10 to deliver it while charging the customer $2.

The new fees were a dramatic decrease, at least here. I can get food from my favorite restaurant delivered here for a total fee of between $2.10 and $2.30 now, for a $13 order, and I know from experience they're paying the driver around $6 for that delivery. That's basically break-even, without accounting for any expenses other than paying the driver.

They're paying us more than they're getting, and it's still barely enough to make the job worth doing, and even then, it's only worth it if for some reason you don't have to worry about what it's doing to your car.

Uber is a big scam, to defraud the people dumb enough to buy into the IPO.

So I guess buying Uber stock with your $10K is out of the question????

 

[Miteats]

I'm in Sacramento also. This week 1.9 boost came back but so slow that it is meaningless. I tried DD. It pays less but kept me busy. Lose lose sutuation....

 

[dlearl476]

Most McD I've been to doesn't even start the order until AFTER the driver gets there.
McD know this and are doing this on purpose. I stopped going to McD.

It's whats going on here, too. I think the word got out that McDs deliveries suck so they have a hard time getting drivers to pick up, consequently food gets cold, consequently they stopped making the orders until the driver arrived.

Even the one McDs that I'll still deliver for does this now. The good news is that they're fast. Rarely have time to fill the drink they always offer me before the food is ready.

This McDs is a gold mine. I'd be surprised if it doesn't make a $Million/month. Its 24/7, always busy until 1:00-2:00 in the morning, rarely has less than 5 cars, and often 10+, in the drive up and runs like friggin clockwork.

 

[Butterbeanjones]

I mostly do ubereats after 9pm and mostly busy in my area and when the inside closes at McDonald's and now Jack n the Box sometimes when I accept a ping and it's either one when I arrive and see 8-10 cars in drive thru, I cancel every time! Recently made the mistake of doing it at Jack n the Box because it was one of those drive 13-15 minutes make $11 type ping that I normally decline every time and got stuck in the drive thru for like forever. Now I'm getting lots of those drive 13-15 minute pings and no way I'm driving that far to a McDonald's or any place where I have to wait in a drive thru and many times all I get are McDonald's pings. I no longer look to see my ratings because I know they're low but who cares because over 7,000 trips I've haven't been warned or deactivated yet, also thinking of going back to doing Uber X because ubereats is becoming increasingly frustrating

 

[dgates01]

The market is too flooded with drivers, and there are too many delivery app choices that are thinning out all the jobs. The whole delivery sector right now is chaotic. Customers are getting used to delivery, so I think it will be around for a while, I just don't know in what form.

 

[Nats121]

Yes, it's doomed to fail. It has to be. They're paying us more than they get paid on a majority of deliveries. I have nights where almost every order, they're paying me more than they got from the customer and the restaurant combined. Sometimes it works out for them, especially now with the percentage fee, when someone orders $175 of sushi. But more often it's a $12 order and they pay me $10 to deliver it while charging the customer $2.

How long has Eats been in your market?

I can tell you right now that in most markets including mine in DC, $10 deliveries are not common, that's for sure. The average pay out in my market is around $5 if there are no promotions, and uber keeps cutting back on promotions. There are several markets that average around $4 or even less per delivery.

Uber Eats is making plenty of money in DC.

 

[Michael Hall]

How long has Eats been in your market?

I can tell you right now that in most markets including mine in DC, $10 deliveries are not common, that's for sure. The average pay out in my market is around $5 if there are no promotions, and uber keeps cutting back on promotions. There are several markets that average around $4 or even less per delivery.

Uber Eats is making plenty of money in DC.

Yeah in my town there use to be a 1.1x boost now there all gone, I have to travel to Toronto, Ontario to get any boosts now.

 

[Toby2]

I mostly do ubereats after 9pm and mostly busy in my area and when the inside closes at McDonald's and now Jack n the Box sometimes when I accept a ping and it's either one when I arrive and see 8-10 cars in drive thru, I cancel every time! Recently made the mistake of doing it at Jack n the Box because it was one of those drive 13-15 minutes make $11 type ping that I normally decline every time and got stuck in the drive thru for like forever. Now I'm getting lots of those drive 13-15 minute pings and no way I'm driving that far to a McDonald's or any place where I have to wait in a drive thru and many times all I get are McDonald's pings. I no longer look to see my ratings because I know they're low but who cares because over 7,000 trips I've haven't been warned or deactivated yet, also thinking of going back to doing Uber X because ubereats is becoming increasingly frustrating

We have a 24 hr MD that's very busy on weekend nights. I'm mostly in the area so not a problem getting there. If cars are waiting before the order box I'll cancel. Same MD. I get a $9 guarantee (probably declined a few times) and I'm close. Get there and only two cars at the window. 1/2 mile delivery. $4 tip. $13 for 15 minutes doesn't happen very often.

 

[AtomicBlonde]

How long has Eats been in your market?

I can tell you right now that in most markets including mine in DC, $10 deliveries are not common, that's for sure. The average pay out in my market is around $5 if there are no promotions, and uber keeps cutting back on promotions. There are several markets that average around $4 or even less per delivery.

Long enough that there are no boosts or quests, anyway.

They removed seemingly any restriction on where customers can order from. I get back-to-back double-digit-mile deliveries. And when they order from chains, I can drive past two other locations on my way to the customer, delivering food 11 miles when there is a location a mile from the customer.

Traffic here is light enough that I can bang out as many 12-mile deliveries per hour average as 2-mile ones, just with less downtime (none, really).

Sometimes I start delivery and see a 1.5-mile run and I'm very disappointed.

 

[dgates01]

A 10-minute delivery is fine as long as it puts you in another busy area for a quick pick up. It's the ones out to the boonies that or the worst. Driving back to civilization and the extra gas that it uses.