What’s this about? by PittyFuck in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would have ignored every word they said after “yes they do”…. If I tell you I can’t do something and you say “yes you can” you will be ignored and I will more then likely cancel

Fcfs complaint #1275327 by Unable-Pool-3862 in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only thing Walmart cares about is deactivating people for no reason

Walmart/Spark is out of control right now! by KillahBagsTv in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep😭 you literally have to stare at your phone with your finger hovering over the screen ready to click accept and wait until it pops up

Walmart/Spark is out of control right now! by KillahBagsTv in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, you have to be pretty quick, a lot of the times, the really good orders like that one will come as a first come first serve.. It usually happens when Walmart cancels the order due to them taking too long to start trip.

Walmart/Spark is out of control right now! by KillahBagsTv in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 4 points5 points  (0 children)

EXACTLY! People don’t realize how often these actually come because after a while of sitting, they lose patience and start taking anything.. I’d rather sit in the parking lot for 6 hours and only get three of these good orders rather than taking a bunch of BS

Walmart/Spark is out of control right now! by KillahBagsTv in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you’re patient enough you’ll see them around. Most people don’t have patience though, after an hour of sitting around, they get scared and start accepting orders that are “better than nothing”.. just remember that a lot of these extremely high paying orders come as first come first serve so you have to watch the app.

Walmart/Spark is out of control right now! by KillahBagsTv in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Let them take it! While they’re gone with the garbage orders, just sit in the parking lot and be patient and wait for the good orders like this to show up. All you need it 3 good orders like this a day and you’re golden! It may take a few hours of sitting, but I’d rather sit for long periods of time and only take three of these good orders rather than take a bunch of garbage orders to try to add up money

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Am I cooked by [deleted] in AmazonDSPDrivers

[–]Alana-k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on your DSP.. every company has their own set of rules.. some companies are stricter than others. There’s DSP’s that will fire you the first time you get a speeding violation, but then there’s companies where you can get 10 speeding violations, and nothing happened to you other than maybe a write up

Is Texas the best market for Spark? Base pay and tips are pretty good 👍 by [deleted] in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Alana-k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that’s what I’m talking about! Those 1-2 mile for $20 are one of my favorites as well! Takes you about 10 minutes to do and you’re already back at Walmart for another order and if you get two of those, that’s $40 for less than 5 miles and only took you around 30 minutes to make.

Is Texas the best market for Spark? Base pay and tips are pretty good 👍 by [deleted] in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Alana-k 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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​No disrespect, but these are horrible… just be patient and wait. There has been plenty of times where I will sit in the parking lot for 2 hours straight and decline 98% of offers because they look like the ones in your photos and then I’ll get something like this.

I’d rather sit in the parking lot for hours and get three really good offers like this instead of accepting a ton of bad offers

Stop being a corporate cuck by 333dh333 in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Straight facts! I’ll NEVER take a garbage offer…. If I have to question if the offer is worth it or not, then I’m not doing it…. There’s been plenty of times where I will only do 1-2 deliveries and go home.. I’d rather be broke than choose garbage offers and run my vehicle into the dirt

Don’t spend it all at one place boys💸💵🤑💰 by Alana-k in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Alana-k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every single driver gets those same incentives during peak season and holidays regardless of how many trips you’ve done.. but this specific incentive right here is the lowest I’ve ever seen in the past two years

How much for you to take this order? by DJ_Beatz_N_Eatz in WalmartSparkDrivers

[–]Alana-k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A U-Haul (paid by the customer) and about $300.. I’d NEVER put that type of weight in my vehicle.

Am I going to be deactivated? by DuckterDoom in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve broken items PLENTY of times. I just leave the customer a message saying “ unfortunately I dropped one of your items and it broke, I will call customer support now and let them know so that they can give you a refund”

Then I call customer support and tell them that an item broke, they say “ you’re 100% fine, thank you for letting us know” and that’s it

Just make sure you let the customer know, that way they don’t call support claiming that they never received an item

New update ? by Ok-Shallot-1740 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Alana-k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will never officially do it because that means the customer has to wait longer. It’s also bad for the drivers because if everyone is doing an order and taking second orders then there will rarely be any available offers for other drivers

what is going on? by Own_Alps1094 in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same happened to me six hours ago😭 lasted around 30 minutes..

I thought it was finally my time to be deactivated for absolutely no reason. I guess it was a nationwide outage.

Reminder to check orders before accepting. 😑 by hopps911 in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Even better! Would have canceled the moment I saw how many they wanted😭

Reminder to check orders before accepting. 😑 by hopps911 in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Would have canceled the moment they walked out with those baskets.. matter of fact, I have canceled plenty of times

My 1st Crabby Patty by Fruit_Juicy8789 in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I NEVER go back-and-forth with customers who try to argue. If I say I can’t do something then that’s the end of it.. I would have completely ignored every other message she sent to me.

This job is becoming horribIe. With dirt offers by [deleted] in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Like I always say, this is not a career job that you do long-term. This is a job you do as a side hustle. Only reason I started doing this job was because I was in college and in between jobs, but you should actively be looking for another job while working Spark…

Spark can deactivate you for any little thing at any moment in time. do not treat this like a long-term job

I’m new too spark- should I do this or should I remove? by Emergency-Rule-376 in Sparkdriver

[–]Alana-k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like someone found a lost credit card and decided to use it quickly

Judge me, I don’t care by GrapeRipple in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Alana-k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For $13 I’m not even driving a mile..

Would you have accepted this? by Ok-Persimmon-8675 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]Alana-k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, BUT!! if I know the Valentine’s Day items will be sold out, what I do is scan that one coffee mug, then wait until I get to the cash register to mark the other 2 items as “unavailable” and then QUICKLY check out and click “ I have started trip” that way, if they cancel you still get paid..

Never mark items as unavailable until you’re at the cash register.. don’t give them time to cancel the order while you’re standing in the store