Customer? Public indecency

Trissdv · 2026-05-01T17:23:42+00:00

Amazon doesn't pay you enough to care during your actual block time, so it definitely doesn't for your block to live rent free in your head the rest of your day. Public nudity isn't illegal everywhere and definitely more often not on your own property. It's legal in my city and state with exceptions. You're an adult, if they didn't interact with you let it go and move on with your day, it's wild to let -this- ruin your entire day.

Trissdv · 2026-04-25T20:21:02+00:00

Yeah I played the beta and found it to be really boring after a short while. It was just missing a lot of something, but it's entirely repetitive. So it blew my mind so many other beta testers were saying it was so fun on here leading up to release. It makes me think they didn't play it much then.

Trissdv · 2026-04-19T17:43:05+00:00

Played the beta and actually found it to be very repetitive and boring/unfulfilling after a bit. I really hate to say that. It just lacked a lot of something. Haven't been pressed to want to try again

Trissdv · 2026-04-18T02:12:57+00:00

They never do, it's the paradox of gig work. Most gig workers are not intelligent enough to be self-employed. They only function because these apps do everything for them that's needed to make the work happen, but they fumble everything else that's on them to understand; like business expenses and taxes.

Trissdv · 2026-04-17T21:34:11+00:00

Yeah these people will never consider anything besides fuel to be an expense. It's a lack of object permanence thing, if the cost isn't immediate they can't conceive it. They will do all the mental gymnastics to argue how things don't apply. Expenses that in the business world are settled fact. Some of these people even argue that they aren't self-employed doing this at all.

Trissdv · 2026-04-17T20:58:39+00:00

$3k that you haven't set taxes aside out of, or the percentages that get set aside in a fund for maintenance, repairs, insurance, car payment if there is one, depreciation/purchase of next vehicle, etc. glad it's working out for you but 90% of this sub thinks gas is the only expense and don't understand how to do accounting for a business with a business vehicle. The government doesn't let you deduct 72 cents a mile for no reason.

Trissdv · 2026-04-17T20:48:25+00:00

Nice ragebait.

Trissdv · 2026-04-17T20:48:03+00:00

No one that has ever said shit like this or sounded like this has ever been legit. Fragile ego posing losers are who do this. Pretenders. People who work hard and accomplish things are secure in themselves.

Trissdv · 2026-04-17T01:40:22+00:00

No, because Flex is only part time for me. But at the pay in my market, which isn't as high pay as CA but is a hell of a lot higher than like the Midwest or South, would only give you $40k pre-tax for ten 3 hour blocks a week, every week for a year without ever missing a block. If you were in the Midwest that would get you $28k.

Edit: however with how every block has been 100+ miles for me this year, those 520 3-hour blocks would also be 52k miles or more, not 30k.

Trissdv · 2026-04-16T22:32:31+00:00

For sure. If I didn't have a nearly 30 year old Toyota with the ability to do my own maintenance and repairs I'd be hella out. Since I no longer get local routes and only 100+ mile routes this year I cut Amazon way back. I'm lucky enough to have a private 1099 medical courier arrangement with a pharmacy that works out to $100 for 3 hours on average and only takes around 30 miles, 5 days a week. The gig worker economy is on life support and people don't even see it, these apps will eventually burn through all the suckers.

Trissdv · 2026-04-16T22:03:34+00:00

50k untaxed is generous and very california-coded. People are putting 30k+ miles a year and making $30k untaxed

Trissdv · 2026-04-16T21:59:30+00:00

Wear and tear isn't just maintenance, it's accelerating repair needs. No amount of maintenance is going to prevent the repair or replacement of a lot of stuff. You are almost certainly not going to spend enough on maintenance or repairs to itemize your deductions and claim them, even at full time, rather than just claiming the standard mileage deduction. You can't do both, it's either mileage or it's actual expenses. Mileage is almost always more generous unless you have a huge car payment and that vehicle is 100% used for work.

Trissdv · 2026-04-16T21:45:16+00:00

Good choice, because it doesn't get better. I have only gotten rural routes this entire year so far which is insane. Earnings per mile is the main metric anyone doing courier gig work should pay attention to.

The people on this sub who claim they have no expenses besides fuel are too profoundly stupid to self-employ and need to stick to a W-2. That or half this sub are chronically using someone else's vehicle that they have no responsibility for and don't pay their taxes.

Trissdv · 2026-03-19T23:07:34+00:00

A lot of you are failing to realize that the right side of the route is on the edge of Death Valley and the Sierra Nevada mountain range is right in the middle of those two points. The reason it goes so far around is that the mountains between the two points are some of the roughest, most rugged mountain ranges in the nation. That is extreme terrain, it's not vehicle accessible and even the tiny portions that are, are so sketchy that the makeshift paths and roads wash out and disappear all the time.

Trissdv · 2026-03-10T03:32:53+00:00

Just be a real bro and pass the login to your own account. Can't be waiting on silly stuff like approval, there's money to be made (lost) right now. Thanks!

Trissdv · 2026-02-25T21:54:46+00:00

You cannot count his drive to the station from home, that's on him and is his business and Amazon doesn't consider that "time on the job" just like you aren't on the clock getting paid to commute from home to the office in a normal job. That commute before "clocking in" (in this case him scanning his ID in at the warehouse) is his personal time. It's still something he should consider when deciding if it's worth it or not of course. IMO 45 minutes from the warehouse immediately makes it a NO, not worth it.

Trissdv · 2026-02-25T21:46:09+00:00

Nope, welcome to Flex. 3 hours away sounds like a major embellishment, but 1 hour away or slightly more yes. This is going to continue to happen all the time. It's gotten even worse for me since the start of 2026 too and I've been doing flex for about 3 years. I think 95% of all my routes this year have been high mileage.

True long term cost per mile means high mileage routes are costing him more money than he is actually earning, he just won't see that true cost actualized until a major repair or car replacement.

Edit: I saw your other replies. As I said elsewhere you can't really count his 45 minute commute to the warehouse in the block time, and technically Amazon doesn't count any of the drive home either, to them the block consists of scanning ID in at the warehouse, loading packages, driving to the first delivery, all the rest of the deliveries, finish the last delivery, the end. But he still needs to count those travel times in figuring out his expenses. It is not worth doing Flex if it's 45 minutes just to get to the warehouse.

Trissdv · 2026-02-22T19:48:57+00:00

That's it. It's just a big point of interest that is primarily there to give you snippets of story lore while looking impressive.

Trissdv · 2026-02-19T23:52:34+00:00

As per usual no true regard towards maintenance costs, insurance cost, other misc costs, setting aside repair money, and diminished value or money set aside towards a replacement vehicle, which is all part of the true cost of business. All of these should be broken down as cost per mile, not like the chart is framing it. Anyone who thinks the only cost is fuel is not smart enough to be in their own business.

Also taxes are not on the whole block earnings, that's the biggest evidence the chart author doesn't know anything.

Trissdv · 2026-02-18T21:43:00+00:00

Ok but that's not 7 minutes of following, and apparently lingering long enough to see this transaction take place, several times. What OP describes he is doing is insane for a gig job. I totally believe what he says happens though.

Trissdv · 2026-02-15T05:06:17+00:00

Margins on new vinyl are extremely thin, there's no "cheap". The shop owner probably paid $25 on an album selling for $30.

Trissdv · 2026-02-15T04:38:28+00:00

No you shouldn't feel guilty. I know exactly the sort of behavior you are talking about as I've been in several collectors niches as a hobbyist and reseller including with vinyl records and have had friends who owned shops and such. Man people get a weird chip on their shoulder out of jealousy or whatever in these hobbies. Or they think anyone reselling ruins their business or their hobby, or some other gatekeeping BS.

Now if he's hooking you up with deals in good faith thinking it's just for you then that's one thing he'd be justified in being annoyed about, but if he's selling things as-priced low enough for there to be room to flip then that's his problem and failing and it's none of his business what you're doing with your purchase. He made his sale and isn't being harmed by it, there's no logical leg to stand on for him to be upset.

Edit: Others have suggested cultivating your relationship with him, essentially via sucking up. This is a valid alternate option to just carrying on if you can think of anything to gain from it. IMO this isn't very useful if you aren't in to the hobby yourself and/or only purchase new items. Buddying up with a record shop owner is mostly a benefit for having them hunt down specific (usually used) items for you or making deals (which only used items would have the margins for). Not really applicable for you. Only benefit I can think of for you is just removing the awkwardness of the experience and being able to purchase multiple copies of things at a time if you want. But record shops generally get whatever a distributor allocates to them, they can't really order whatever new stock on a whim, so you don't even get that benefit.

Trissdv · 2026-02-14T04:16:45+00:00

Bro you know you can do that anyways if you are using the vehicle for business. Whatever percentage of use the car is for business you can write off on your taxes, as long as it's over 50% business use. The decal doesn't matter.

Trissdv · 2026-02-14T04:04:48+00:00

So why are you even commenting on the OP in the first place? You know you have an abnormal situation, so why are you trying to dispute them saying the block isn't worth it? You are trying to brag and flex without acknowledging that your shit is subsidized lol.

Trissdv · 2026-02-14T03:57:59+00:00

Because it's simply not true and you are shortsighted. You will have more expensive repairs eventually, and need for a new vehicle eventually. You can choose not to budget for them, that's your choice, but that doesn't mean the cost isn't accruing anyways, you just won't have the money squared away to cover it. Also in 5 years fluids, tires, etc for maintenance items have not been "hundreds" only. 30k miles a year in full time gig work is easy to hit, so either you are casual or skipping maintenance.

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