[BentleyK9]

Omg.. too much whining here..
Sounds like bunch of "Taxi" drivers.
Final point is it IS AGAINST Uber policy to contact and ask... "where are you going".. simple rule. Follow it, take the ping and fare, ir quit... my 2 cents.
Never asked a pax and not going to.
Only pre pickup contact I will do is find correct pickip location.

 

[Jesusdrivesuber]

You are in no way a contractor.

Make up your minds, boys.

Are we contractors or employees?

If you try to manipulate the line between both, you might as well call us slaves.

 

[Demon]

Make up your minds, boys.

Are we contractors or employees?

If you try to manipulate the line between both, you might as well call us slaves.

Contractors set their own prices.

 

[Cole Hann]

Contractors set their own prices.

You can Set Your OWN pricing, however u need a TNC that agrees.
Or develop your own App @ your own pricing

Contracting is NOT akin to a Cowboy on the 'Lone Prairies doing whatever he wants.

Contractors in EVERY Industry Throughout the World are required to follow the Company they represent, rules, period

Dont agree? There's the Door. Thousands ready to replace you

 

[Demon]

You can Set Your OWN pricing, however u need a TNC that agrees.
Or develop your own App @ your own pricing

Contracting is NOT akin to a Cowboy on the 'Lone Prairies doing whatever he wants.

Contractors in EVERY Industry Throughout the World are required to follow the Company they represent, rules, period

Dont agree? There's the Door. Thousands ready to replace you

By definition a contractor can set prices. If you can't set prices, you're not a contractor.

 

[hewlett2packard]

Time for Uber to pay fairly !

OR, it's time for drivers to shift gears, Power Up, get serious and take a REAL job with REAL earning power and benefits.
Jobs are plenty, but u got to be willing to W.O.R.K.

many feel uber drivers are lazy and get what they deserve, Low Wage for Low Skill.
Uber ain't mom & dad, they owe u Nutin!

 

[d0n]

Do you seriously expect anyone to believe that email is legit ?

Why do you trash mark's post, son?

Do you think posting your once a week statement or your best statement make up for the bullshit pay they give us?

Post an entire month showing they are all uber X rides, let's see you make 1k outside the higher rated states, with dates in the year 2016.

You know... in these forums, only 2 people have taught me anything, one was mark and the other one was crazy.

His email is not fake, why? because I have it too DIRECTLY from uber support.

 

[jonnyplastic]

If you're not cancelling a good amount of rides you are doing something wrong. No independent contractor accepts all work.

 

[gizmotheboss]

If the ride sharing company would pay a ****ing decent wage maybe you wouldn’t have that problem.

 

[gizmotheboss]

OR, it's time for drivers to shift gears, Power Up, get serious and take a REAL job with REAL earning power and benefits.
Jobs are plenty, but u got to be willing to W.O.R.K.

many feel uber drivers are lazy and get what they deserve, Low Wage for Low Skill.
Uber ain't mom & dad, they owe u Nutin!

Have you ever thought that maybe people like doing what they are doing and not getting paid fairly. Maybe no one else will hire them. Many pe0ple have many different reasons doing this job. You giving the notion the other people think drivers are lazy makes me believe that you are thinking the same thing. Many Americans are hard workers but can't get a real job for many reasons. My father once told me that " I never ask a person what kind of work they do for a living it may make the other person feel I am Pre-judging them"

 

[gizmotheboss]

I refuse to drive more than 10 minutes away for a pickup.

Myself it is 6 minutes Unless there's a surge greater than 2X

It's folks like you that give us drivers a bad name. Make everyone think that the average driver is an Uber shill with no aspirations to better themselves in life other than driving 40-60 hours a week for minimum wage and come out thinking they are on top in life and ruling the world -- very low IQ individuals.

Taxis have it better than us. But hey, who am I to judge right? Keep making your gross $1000 per week AFTER $270 in temporary promotions and as always...

Uber On!

People are so gullible

 

[Oscar Levant]

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...ber-Drivers-Stiff-Passengers-After-Finding-Out-Final-Destination-408432315.html

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Uber passengers at Washington-area airports said some ride-share drivers are refusing to pick them up, because they don't want to take the travelers where they want to go.
An Uber driver is never supposed to know the destination until the trip has started. But some drivers are said to be calling passengers in advance and finding out where the passengers want to go, which is against Uber policy.

If the driver thinks the trip isn't worth their time, because they think the trip is too short, too long or they just don't want to go to the destination, the drivers won't pick up the passengers, the passengers said.
"I just wanted to get home," Uber customer Landon Geurkink said. "We had just been traveling for a couple hours in the air. It was cold out."

Geurkink said he had to go through five separate Uber drivers before one finally picked him up at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. He said the drivers thought his relatively short trip to downtown D.C. wasn't worth the trip after calling him to find out his destination.
"He's, like, I just wanted to know where you are headed? I just said, 'Oh, downtown D.C.,'" Geurkirk said. "Another minute later, he canceled."

Other drivers may have manipulated the Uber app or used a separate app to figure out the final destination and then decided they didn't want the trip. Some Uber drivers said they knew all about this technique, and some admitted they have ended trip requests based on destination.
"I know that I have canceled drives before that I thought were too long," one driver said.

Uber released a statement about the practice.
"Ridesharing apps are changing a transportation status quo that has been unequal for generations, making it easier and more affordable for people to get around, no matter where they live and where they're going."

Per Uber's deactivation policy, each city has a maximum cancellation rate, based on the average cancellation rate in that area, after which point a driver may be barred from using the app.
Uber riders can rate their driver and provide anonymous feedback about their trip. Uber said they do take feedback seriously.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said they are looking into the practice of the Uber drivers avoiding some trips.

I never do this, because I don't believe in it, it's plain wrong.

That being said, the solution is simple. PAY US !!!!!!

If I pick up from the airport, and go downtown, which takes, in traffic, about 20 minutes, all I get is $4.60. That's it.

What bothers me is that the rider is charged a service fee, a booking fee, and an airport fee, which tags another $10 to the trip,
and so the rider is charged about $15, and I don't even get a third, and they think we're getting 75%, when we are not.

Pay us, damnit.

Please show me where in our contracts it states we are "required" to take trips that would be undesirable. Because last I checked, even Uber knows not every trip is optimal or profitable.

Here is proof...

WTF?

Have you ever thought that maybe people like doing what they are doing and not getting paid fairly. Maybe no one else will hire them. Many pe0ple have many different reasons doing this job. You giving the notion the other people think drivers are lazy makes me believe that you are thinking the same thing. Many Americans are hard workers but can't get a real job for many reasons. My father once told me that " I never ask a person what kind of work they do for a living it may make the other person feel I am Pre-judging them"

Yeah, if you are 66 years of age, and suffer from chronic fatigue, there aren't many jobs you can do.

I play the piano, but the days of piano lounges are long gone. I can tend bar, used to, anyway, but I can't stand up for more than one hour without severe back pain. My more current resume shows 15 years as a wedding photographer, 3.5 years as an Uber driver.

Not much out there for a guy like me.

But, I'm thinking of becoming a process server. They make more money, training is minimal, and the job doesn't require a sunny disposition, which I do not have much of

I'm also seriously thinking about enrolling in law school ( in CA they have cheapie schools, they won't get you a job, but I've been self-employed most of my life, anyway, so just get me
the license ).

Omg.. too much whining here..
Sounds like bunch of "Taxi" drivers.
Final point is it IS AGAINST Uber policy to contact and ask... "where are you going".. simple rule. Follow it, take the ping and fare, ir quit... my 2 cents.
Never asked a pax and not going to.
Only pre pickup contact I will do is find correct pickip location.

Hey, whining about whiners is still whining.

 

[WaveRunner1]

"I just wanted to get home,” Uber customer Landon Geurkink said. “We had just been traveling for a couple hours in the air. It was cold out."

I bet this whiney cheap ass was a Pool passenger thinking he was in a position to make demands for less than $5.

 

[gizmotheboss]

"I just wanted to get home," Uber customer Landon Geurkink said. "We had just been traveling for a couple hours in the air. It was cold out."

I bet this whiney cheap ass was a Pool passenger thinking he was in a position to make demands for less than $5.

Cheap bastard you get what you pay for next time take a taxi cab.

 

[gizmotheboss]

Hurrah for the drivers, these ****ing ride sharing companies will try to take advantage of you in anyway they can . They are robbing the poor to give to the rich.

 

[Mark Johnson]

WTF?

Photobucket (a popular photo-hosting site many use to share pictures on forums for free) recently changed their policy that requiring users pay an annual subscription in order to share photos -- which they received major backlash for.

I have re-uploaded the photos of the email I received from Uber Support confirming that they know and permit drivers to not only cancel trips to destinations they aren't comfortable with but also approved requesting the rider to make the cancellation so it doesn't affect our cancel rate.

But I believe riders can now chose to say "the driver made me cancel" as a reason for cancellation so not sure how that affects us.

 

[Mido toyota]

if passenger gets a call with the destination question tell the driver an expensive location. Driver will be salivating and burn rubber to get to you.
with passenger in car Driver Starts Trip and sees an address down the road. Then pax updates driver: "sorry Mr Meathead Driver, just got an emergency call, change of plans, I'm going 2 miles down the road, take me now or I scream for Airport Law Enforcement and You wake up tomorrow in a Cell on Guantanamo Bey Cuba"

What does airport law has to do with a passanger in my owned car, once I end or cancel the trip and you still in my car, you are on a private property, we aren't taxis, we can't be regulated. Uber isn't our employer, we are our own bosses, piss off cheapos

 

[Oscar Levant]

What does airport law has to do with a passanger in my owned car, once I end or cancel the trip and you still in my car, you are on a private property

Uh....not so sure about that. AFAIK, I believe Uber's insurance will cover any rider in a driver's car, app on of off, therefore, it's logical to assume private property statutes are a moot point as long as that is the case. Moreover, in most states, there is a licensing agency ( often called "Public Utilities Commission", or something similar ) , so, rideshares are regulated at the state level (perhaps in some cities they might play a larger regulatory role, I don't know ), though not as much as cities regulates taxis.

You can Set Your OWN pricing, however u need a TNC that agrees.
Or develop your own App @ your own pricing

Contracting is NOT akin to a Cowboy on the 'Lone Prairies doing whatever he wants.

Contractors in EVERY Industry Throughout the World are required to follow the Company they represent, rules, period

Dont agree? There's the Door. Thousands ready to replace you

Yeah, but it's a judgement call, if too many company rules, then they may or may not rule you are an employee, it's not a black and white issue. I think a lot has to do with the politics of the judge ( i.e., a dem judge might rule you as an employee a lot quicker than a republican judge -- and if it's arbritation, and UBer selected the arbiters, you can bet they are not liberals. They say their politics don't affect their rulings, but it does ).

 

[Mido toyota]

Uh....not so sure about that. AFAIK, I believe Uber's insurance will cover any rider in a driver's car, app on of off, therefore, it's logical to assume private property statutes are a moot point as long as that is the case. Moreover, in most states, there is a licensing agency ( often called "Public Utilities Commission", or something similar ) , so, rideshares are regulated at the state level (perhaps in some cities they might play a larger regulatory role, I don't know ), though not as much as cities regulates taxis.

Yeah, but it's a judgement call, if too many company rules, then they may or may not rule you are an employee, it's not a black and white issue. I think a lot has to do with the politics of the judge ( i.e., a dem judge might rule you as an employee a lot quicker than a republican judge -- and if it's arbritation, and UBer selected the arbiters, you can bet they are not liberals. They say their politics don't affect their rulings, but it does ).

Hello, uber isn't regulated at any level, and the biggest proof is that we all "Uber x rates" operate at loss, taxes wise, once you end a trip, for any whatsoever reason, your car is diffenetly, an effen private property

 

[Anjan Malapaka]

I accept everything that comes my way and make atleast $1000 a week working 40 hours so I don't need to bother being lazy and wasting time waiting for trips instead of busting ass like I do making a decent living.

You're welcome to cherry pick your way to more income.

Man i drove for 1 month and hardly made more than 50 dollars, one night at 1 am i drove a passenger for a 40 mile 1 way ride returned to orlando at 2.30 am was paid $25. God bless you for making $1000 a week you must have something special i dont.

Another occassion i took 5 people to casselberry from Sandlake rd and got paid $19 no tips nothing. I had other such trips where it was just a loss driving waste of time gas vehicle wear.
Not enough net income i now deliver food for pizza place and easily make $50 in 4 hours driving free food and cash tips.

A driver needs to now how far he is going and if it is worth before accepting.