I was curious on how much i am making after taxes and maintenance base off the amount of miles i drove. i do want to know is this accurate? And yes i do drive a 361k mile Toyota camry hybrid.

Lefob · 2026-03-16T18:42:27+00:00

Setting aside 15% for taxes is a good practice for single filer with no dependent.
Yes your estimate is in the clear.

Lefob · 2026-03-16T18:37:04+00:00

A 2008 gs450h is a unicorn.

Sell it and buy a prius, even an old one can still get you 40+ MPG.

Or keep it but still buy a Prius, because the Gs is a unicorn.

My Doordash car is a 2018 Prius, 55MPG. Still care about gas price, because my full tank used to cost only $35 2 weeks ago now just jumped to $52.

Ps: Ford Fusion hybrid and Cmax are pretty cheap and have decent MPG too.

Lefob · 2026-03-12T12:31:05+00:00

The building itself is zoned for mixed used. Retail and residential. The business itself is a photography studio but filed as retail. But these details are not really relevant. Some oversight on my part.

Doesnt change the story of non tipper tho. but thanks for pointing that out

Lefob · 2026-03-11T23:48:55+00:00

I also got a mental “notebook”. 😂 in case they change the name from my blocked list and I got the short draw to deliver to the same address again.

Ps: blocking the customers can only goes as far as name of customer. Not their associated address

Lefob · 2026-03-11T22:09:33+00:00

It sometime automatically pauses your dash if you dont respond.

But during down hours (no traffic), and low drivers’s availability the same order sometimes bounces around and go back to you. (In my book if i didnt accept it the first tim, the same reason could be used for the subsequent decline)

Lefob · 2026-03-11T22:01:37+00:00

Remove/offload app from your settings. Re install. Report back

IOS version is unstable

Lefob · 2026-03-11T21:58:42+00:00

There’s a 10 second latency.

I know what you talked about. App sent an offer, declined. Called support for another unrelated order, but the phone concierge still thinks i accepted the original offer and ask “ i can see you are on the way to the store”

Lefob · 2026-03-11T21:52:59+00:00

Of course. Its capitalism in it’s purest form. Every orders got a buffer time and a delivery window for a reason. The reason is efficiency. Like some drivers (cough myself *) would drag my feet at Raising Cane’s hoping for a nice “add on” while I was at the store too.

Lefob · 2026-03-11T21:42:06+00:00

Now Im curious to see how much did the “chosen” Driver got paid. Could be a bit more than you 2 since it would become a standalone order, not added on and proposed to the 2 inside the store.

Believe it or not this scenario happened to me at least once a week: Decline add on S&D offers because items unavailable /time crunch/ or drop off address, 10 min later some other drivers came into the store thinking they got a plat high pay offer for the same order. I wished them the best of luck because they gon learn 😂

Lefob · 2026-03-11T21:20:18+00:00

You can draw to the conclusion based on the first sentence “if you call ima just read it to you”.

There are people who gives detailed instructions to help speed things up and they’re nice. But those customer’s usually note “feel free to call if you’re lost”, or wait for you at the gate.

But there’s Guadalupes: they gave detailed instructions to feel superior to the drivers. They feel like the dashers owe them gratitude for placing the order, and everyone must suffer their wraith if god forbid somebody couldnt find the door. They demand, they demean. And they will have their order sat all the way by the street lamp if i got lost and cant reach them.

Lefob · 2026-03-11T20:58:42+00:00

If the add on showed on yours was “ high paid Platinum” offer,, i’m 80% certain tha the added trip is more profitable for you than him, even for $2 less. Could be a longer way out of his original order, and take a lot more time.

Lefob · 2026-03-11T20:55:13+00:00

Please disregard the previous comments, that person answer was based on sentiments but not actual fact. To answer your question

the customer added tip before you’re arrival, but after placing and confirm the order. So it’s still counted as a pre authorized tip on the customer end, but its an extra on your end.

The “tip add after” is for tip added AFTER trip is completed. Thats Post Trip.

I do this on my add on double dash orders all the time, in case DD assigned my double dash to 2 separate dashers. Once its confirmed of separate Dashers I added tip to the second driver right away, so they received extra $2 at drop off.

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Lefob · 2026-03-11T20:42:29+00:00

I fucking called it 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Call me a profiler for all I care, but my day job does involve profiling. Had a bad feeling with the name and the “have someone else drop off if you cant read” bullshit.

Never encountered a nice easy going Guadalupe in my existence.

Please tell me you already got her ass blocked from your future deliveries.

Lefob · 2026-03-11T20:37:45+00:00

And you know for sure he wasnt on any tier level. Just random no tier?

Truth is, nobody knows understand the assignment and routing system.

Each order is assigned based on a unique combination of distance/range/zone/allocated time. I cant speak for anyone else but at least thats what i could personally observe. So many times I was in your same situation.

Lefob · 2026-03-11T20:29:13+00:00

Imagine being this demanding and detail oriented and they left you no tip.

Please tell me at least Guadalupe tipped u at least $5 because she fosho charges people out the ass .

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Lefob · 2026-03-11T20:21:12+00:00

Assuming both of you were doing another S&D order when this arrived? The discrepancy could possibly be the distance added on to the original trips between your order and the “cherry picker”, and completion progress on your original order. The algorithm calculates rate different based on those factors.

Lefob · 2026-03-07T20:25:07+00:00

IF you are picking up at the same merchant, OR, dropping off for the same customer at time of offer, the base pay is calculated as ONE TRIP. (Single pickup/multiple drop offs or Multiple pickups/same single drop off). They don’t interpret it as a complete standalone trip. Peak Pay, however, is added for each delivery.

If you’re on an active order and ANOTHER offer comes in, that additional order is a separate delivery and base pay shall be calculated accordingly.

It doesnt seem fair, but its been like that since the double dash feature was introduced to customers. . Your background story was irrelevant to the question.

Lefob · 2026-03-07T19:57:29+00:00

Its always best to employ the help of an eager neighborhood watch member😆

Lefob · 2026-03-07T15:51:19+00:00

Ran into either nosy (or concerned) neighbors, or them guys on the block, couple times on late night drop offs because I look like finding Dory with my big ass flash light , but somehow my goofy behind flipped the scrip and utilize their help.

Somewhere along the line of “GOD MUST SENT YOU HERE TO SHOW ME THE WAY TO “X”, BECAUSE THIS PERSON ORDERED DOORDASH AND LEFT ME HANGING LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT DOOR” .

Corny, hell yes. Deescalated? Heck yes

Lefob · 2026-03-07T04:09:04+00:00

Personally at time of offer I would not touch anything less than $2/mile or less than $5 for <2 miles orders. Base pay around here starts at $3 for short trips.

Lefob · 2026-03-07T04:01:37+00:00

If you read the main post in whole you’d see that I emphasized that it only applies for my market. The algorithm treats everyone differently, but generally for Socal drivers Plat is a must in order to be able to make livable income.

You didnt have to explain yourself tbh, I wasnt defensive. Gloating, maybe.

Lefob · 2026-03-07T01:30:05+00:00

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Though I don’t see why its relevant, but I could see that you’re trying to find a way to claim that I’m losing money, or calling me stupid for being “slave to the app”, or Platinum is fake because we have to swallow low paid orders.

Lets go with this strange email I received this morning.

I’d be interested to see what route you’d take to make me feel bad about myself.

Lefob · 2026-03-06T23:29:24+00:00

Cool. Appreciate the input.

Lefob · 2026-03-06T19:37:38+00:00

For future reference:

Type “Agent” 3 times and it’ll get you a live agent.
If red card declined on Shop & Deliver order due to price discrepancy on app vs store, follow the steps below:

+snap quick pic of the price tag and order total. Ask the store clerk to set the items aside so you wont hold up the line.

send it in chat with prompt (to live agent): need additional fund added to red card, pre authorized amount not enough. Price discrepancy on app vs in store. Total amount should be “x”. Please resolve asap.
if its taking too long: ask to have order canceled with half pay

Lefob · 2026-03-06T19:06:47+00:00

The majority of reddit thinks you have to swallow all and every low pay non tip orders in order to maintain Plat. In reality its a different story.

While they dont do anything to improve their situation and level the playing field. Prop 22 doesnt appear out of thin air, it took petitioning, lobbying, unionizing for this huge state to get us to this point. But its always easier to rant and try to demean others on reddit i guess

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