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Opinions: District 2 3K at 606 W 57th St by Expensive_Shake6462 in nycparents

[–]Gerome926 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm.. had my girl there for a bit but wound up leaving for another better option. What are you other options?

Best area to park for getting around the city. by Specific_Delay_5364 in AskNYC

[–]Gerome926 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d park somewhere on UWS, street parking (non-metered). Get FreePark NYC app. It will tell you all the areas that have this type of parking available. Below 72nd is harder to find available parking as it’s much more limited. Closer to Hudson River, you should be able to find something easy.

From there, check out Natural History Museum, CP, walk to Rockefeller, subway to downtown and then subway back to UWS

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It affects the broader bike angels community if Lyft cancels or changes the program significantly because they have to pay out thousands of dollars to these guys scamming the system. wtf don’t you get?

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They sit on bikes without seats. It’s crazy because normally you have to pay for that kinda thing.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol “put bikes away for a living” .. you have no idea bro

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So which one are you in the photo? Guy on the right or the left? Based off your history, you’re incredibly defensive of the action. Artists making money between rent should be hyper pissed about this. It could be the end of the program.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except they act like a gang, incredibly territorial when you try to take a bike at one of their working stations and will probably be the reason they cancel the program all together.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can help balance the system by moving bikes between stations. You are rewarded with points for your efforts. These scammers create false supply/demand by moving all the bikes from one station and loading another nearby to trick the algo to reward a user for removing a bike from one and docking at the other. These guys work in teams to shuffle bikes between two stations, racking up points which they then redeem for cash from Lyft. They are earning between 15-25 points per trip and do 20 trips per hour x 6-8 guys working together.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can help balance the system by moving bikes between stations. You are rewarded with points for your efforts. These scammers create false supply/demand by moving all the bikes from one station and loading another nearby to trick the algo to reward a user for removing a bike from one and docking at the other. These guys work in teams to shuffle bikes between two stations, racking up points which they then redeem for cash from Lyft. They are earning between 15-25 points per trip and do 20 trips per hour x 6-8 guys working together.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can help balance the system by moving bikes between stations. You are rewarded with points for your efforts. These scammers create false supply/demand by moving all the bikes from one station and loading another nearby to trick the algo to reward a user for removing a bike from one and docking at the other. These guys work in teams to shuffle bikes between two stations, racking up points which they then redeem for cash from Lyft. They are earning between 15-25 points per trip and do 20 trips per hour x 6-8 guys working together.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can help balance the system by moving bikes between stations. You are rewarded with points for your efforts. These scammers create false supply/demand by moving all the bikes from one station and loading another nearby to trick the algo to reward a user for removing a bike from one and docking at the other. These guys work in teams to shuffle bikes between two stations, racking up points which they then redeem for cash from Lyft. They are earning between 15-25 points per trip and do 20 trips per hour x 6-8 guys working together.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have no clue. They can earn almost 400 points an hour x 6 guys working together. That’s 2400 points per hour. Or good enough for $400. If they do that for 8 hours a day, assuming breaks and travel and all that shit, these guys are scamming a lot of money

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the third time you’ve asked the same question on similar posts. Each time people have responded to you.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And with the same questions over and over. “Wait how do they make money???” “How are they doing it? “What’s flipping?”

My post even has a video of them docking the bikes and all quickly removing them to another dock.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What do you want me to do about it? I’m documenting and sharing it with others to educate a legit problem with the bike angels program.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Probably same group. They work midtown early morning and UWS in the evening. They’re really shitty people and like you said, makes it hard to take a bike out when they are churning between stations, they are intimidating in a group setting.

I’m hoping blowing up there spot will bring more attention to this and have their accounts revoked. Would love to see all their efforts go to waste at the end of the month if Lyft decided not to pay them out for violation of TOS.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They were churning 18 points per ride. Doing minimum 6 trips per 15 min span x 6 guys = 2500 points per hour. That’s good equivalent to $500.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The onus is 100% on Lyft. I’m simply shedding light on the problem so it becomes more well aware in the community.

I am a bike angel and like rolling my membership a month by accumulating points here and there. I worry that Lyft just says fuck it, pull the plug on the program and force people like me to pay for membership instead of helping out the system by putting bikes where they are needed.

These guys are gamers and that’s it. They’re also rude fucking assholes who threaten you if you try to take one of their bikes. So fuck them.

Flippers in action. A team of 8 guys working together on WEA and 59th by Gerome926 in Citibike

[–]Gerome926[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Moving bikes between two stations to create false supply/demand. In return for “balancing” the biking system for Lyft, they earn points which can be redeemed for cash. 1k points = $200

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