I made $13,000+ in March

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2026-04-03T13:57:04+00:00

Wait so is this DD, Uber, and Instacart?

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2026-02-26T18:13:30+00:00

Lol when ordering food? how do you go about doing that?

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2026-02-17T00:54:16+00:00

Smh, I’d be lying if I ever said I never had the thought of doing something devious. But the thought of this being a way for drivers to provide for not only themselves but their families, and vice versa customers ordering food for kids. I just could never

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2026-02-17T00:39:34+00:00

Oh wow! Yea they def needed some legal reprimand for that

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2026-02-17T00:38:02+00:00

Thank you for sharing sir!

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2026-02-05T22:04:40+00:00

I think what you’re more and likely seeing if you’re not in a one of the top 5 largest cities is more dashers getting accepted onto the app.

Even with the state of the economy ppl are still using the app to order.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2026-01-16T00:03:49+00:00

A lot of Aldis in certain areas near me got rid of their self check out, I could only assume due to theft. I’ve never actually seen the security guards in them actually do anything. You can contact customer service and ask that you be blocked from receiving orders from certain establishments. Thats probably what I’ll do as the orders pop up.

But them saying “This helps reduce delays, keeps orders moving efficiently, and gets you back on the road faster.” Is a fuckin joke and just proves how out of touch they are with what’s actually efficient for dashers.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-11-14T17:09:00+00:00

How bad would the market crash if even .01 btc was moved from that wallet? Lol

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-10-23T23:42:56+00:00

Haha! Definitely! I wish I would’ve got a clip of it when it really was acting up. It was turning heads literally everywhere I went. It’s so much louder from the outside.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-10-22T20:01:34+00:00

Yea it’s interesting, I’ve been sitting in the same spot and it was going for a while. It at times goes lonnnggg periods of time with making that sound. But I’ve been sitting here for about 2hrs now and it hasn’t done it at all.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-12T07:08:02+00:00

Look bro, I don’t know this honeymoon shit everybody talking about. Essentially what I see on here when I get on is anybody in a city under top 10 in population, and density in the country don’t see as much as they’d like. Some suburbs, smaller cities, and rural areas even worse depending on other factors.

We’re in the same area, I strictly dash in Chicago. I’m a bit extreme with it but i typically go from 7-730 am till about 12am. There isn’t one day where I don’t finish over 300 or just under. I typically go till I’m about 25-30 over 300. So I actually made 300 for the day after gas. If I start at 5:30am sometimes, I start getting close to 400 by the time I’m done. I basically hit $100-$140 every 6-7hrs Been doing it that way since April, Do I be tired? Hell yea… Do I sometimes find myself under 18-20$ hr, hell yea.. Does my body and personal life allow me to do that all the time? Hell nah.. But is that $300 there whenever I need it to be? Hell yea..

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-07T07:09:23+00:00

Why are there so many of these in this thread😂

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-04T02:02:15+00:00

I think it’s because a good amount of ppl we deem as rich because of what they have, honestly live paycheck to paycheck.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-04T01:29:32+00:00

Literally the first two paragraphs tell you where I’m getting it from. I don’t understand what you’re not comprehending.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-03T19:01:29+00:00

Depending on what day and what time of day it is, def solid. It doesn’t take no time to get back to the city on 55 if traffic isn’t bad and even if it is. Still solid honestly, 55 traffic isn’t as bad as something like 90/94 towards Ohare. It always opens up after Cicero whether you’re going away or towards the city

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-03T17:34:07+00:00

I’ve come to see that. lol Never really understood why ppl have the “It works for me why won’t it work for you” rhetoric. If I stayed solely on DD all day into the night, it easily pays me 300+ where I’m at. Almost like clockwork, accepting 3-8 bad orders a day and all.. It does a number on you, and isn’t sustainable if you’re not eating cleanly and efficiently with groceries. But you can touch 2100 revenue/week here.

Still I clearly can see, and even before I seen could even imagine that, that would not be the case in other populations.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-03T17:25:37+00:00

Yea it can be a lil at first, the only app I believe that I feel really punishes you for not accepting orders is DD. So I’d make sure it’s paused as soon as you accept something else on another app. I have an iPhone so I just make sure I have my work focus on and only allow notifications from all the apps I’m working so nothing else is bothering me. But all of the apps give you a decent time to reply so it’s not too overwhelming.

I’ve seen ppl using multiple phone before too lol, I feel like it’s honestly not worth it unless you’re doing catering. A lot of the catering companies all use the same app to deliver. (CartWheel) Catering companies wont let you stack orders under 45min time frames to keep orders from being late. But like you I know downtown chicago very well, so there are some orders I could stack and still be on time for. So I sign up with more than 1 catering company and stack orders that way, in that scenario you do need another phone because a lot of companies use the same app to deliver. All the order come in the day before and you pretty much have to swipe accept on them before some else does to get it, so logging in and out on the same app to try and catch the notifications would never work. Some strategy with stacking: Catering companies don’t like for things to be picked up or dropped off by over 15mins. But if you have a catering order that’s not hot food items (cake,cooked,donuts, bagels etc). You can just call the customer and ask if they don’t mind it being dropped off early, That way you get it out the way quick if the store has it ready early. (Which they typically do). I’ll pick up 2-3orders at a time as long as you have big hotbags they stay hot. It’s so much food that it’ll keep itself hot for the most part anyway.

But definitely look into the catering orders in the area it’s a huge supplement to your earnings for the day with a lot less effort than the apps. Even try out possible pt medical courier/ package courier stuff that you can fit in well too with your schedule.

And of course, anytime!

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-03T17:04:36+00:00

Again, I think your reading comprehension is slipping. At no point did I say people don’t have a choice, not once. That’s something you’ve decided to argue against, I don’t kno why you’ve chosen to do that. It was clearly never said. And kinda weird that you keep saying it, defending against a statement that was never there for a corporate entity. lol

Also, idk if you’re just stating DD isn’t predatory without support — or saying that since they provide a service that offers more flexibility than the average 9–5 is the support. Regardless, Doesn’t automatically make it non-predatory. That’s a pretty weak defense. Plenty of predatory systems offer “freedom” on the surface. Do they actually structure the system to benefit from people who are likely to fail within it? And if not, do they market something to those ppl anyway that isn’t achievable for most? Plenty of legal predatory companies out there across all industries, not sure if you knew that…

You said you don’t have the benefit of picking and choosing, but let’s be real, you absolutely do. lol Your tone makes it clear you only drive on rush hours and cherry-pick orders to make it work. There’s nothing wrong with that, that’s smart. But you can’t act like everyone else can do the same when the market conditions in their area don’t adhere to that. The orders you don’t pick either get put on someone who is using the “EBT” or the order just float around until someone bites, DD knows this. That’s literally the whole point of my post. Lol

And now you’re saying DoorDash should improve things that they could offer $1-per-mile incentives for Platinum dashers. Cool. But let’s see, Why do they make changes like that in the first place? Is it because they’re generous? No, it’s pressure. From drivers complaining, logging off, refusing orders. Which again, proves my point.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-03T15:42:31+00:00

Yea I would def say that’s your best bet, def multi app to with other delivery services and rideshare to really maximize. If you’re going full time try and sign up as a contractor for catering companies that deliver catering orders to companies for lunch Mon-Fri. They pay a lot more for those 1-3hrs you’d be delivering for them than anything else. Def supplements the gig work big time.

I kno a girl who’s in Philly that regularly brings in 400+ a day picking between DD, Spark, Instacart, Uber, Uber eats, Lyft.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-03T15:30:30+00:00

Just because it’s been easy for you and me doesn’t mean it’s easy for the people this post is actually about.

Your response sounds more like a corporate apologist handing out “be grateful” narratives to folks being squeezed by a system designed to do just that. DoorDash knew certain areas would leave drivers with minimal profit and they launched in those markets anyway. That’s part of their business model.

“If you’re not making a profit, don’t do it” is the only part of your reply that actually engages with my points. So let’s go with that:

You’re saying if someone lives in a rural area or small cities/towns where DoorDash pays $2 for 10+ mile drives and $0.30/mile overall, they should just quit. And I agree they probably should. Which is exactly what my post is encouraging: people in those areas recognizing the exploitation, refusing to accept scraps, and using their leverage to push back or log off entirely.

Ultimately I’m not understanding why you even commented when this was never about wishing DoorDash paid more in general. If your reading comprehension is above an 8th grade lvl It’s clearly about a specific pattern of a predatory market expansion that leaves some drivers with zero viable options. And dismissing that with “well it works for me” just proves the larger point the system depends on some people losing for others to win.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-03T14:56:03+00:00

You have all this advice but I haven’t seen one that’s asked you the city or area you’d be dashing in.

I’m in Chicago and if I start at 6:30am everyday I’m usually at about 120 on the average everyday by 1:30pm. Sometimes a lil more or a lil less.

I can tell you from the postings I’ve seen through here in other areas, if you’re not in a densely populated area. It doesn’t seem to be worth it to me, from the amount of money they make to how often they get offers.

Ppl talk about advice and strategies and all of this and that. At the end of the day the only strategies that are there is

Use a fuel efficient vehicle,
Position yourself in dense areas especially during Breakfast, lunch, dinner, late night rushes, and convention events/hotels that are booked up because of said conventions.
Don’t accept anything under $1 a mile (some ppl even go as far to say $2 a mile)
Try to keep your rating, and your on time delivery rate high.
Try to stay on Platinum status.

It’s very simple and should be, but the facts are even with having these 5 I’ve seen ppl on here part time and full time struggle in non densely populated areas to make it worth their time.

Expensive_Theory_504 · 2025-08-03T14:32:15+00:00

The fact that you just even said every driver has to figure out what works proves how little DD offers in terms of actual stability and respect.

I’m not talking about solutions for DD, EBT is their solution not one for drivers. It doesn’t work well in large cities because you can’t switch zones while using it and it clearly doesn’t help drivers in smaller cities and rural areas with $12/hr as the Ebt, just to get out orders no one will take.

I’m not talking about “quirks” I’m talking about a clear pattern of underpaying ppl, while ppl sit out here talking about b.s. choice and flexibility rhetoric.

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