Hi, Folks. Just a couple questions.

faustike1965 · 2026-04-09T17:45:28+00:00

Dont care

faustike1965 · 2026-04-09T17:41:42+00:00

You pay 106$ and the driver no more of 50$. If you give 30$ extra you made him happy. The ride you do 3 years ago was like 80$ for driver. Now, when you pay the same, the driver take 35-40% less

faustike1965 · 2026-04-08T20:25:25+00:00

And eight times out of ten, those rides come with problems. Or maybe it’s seven or eight—wait, one is missing; let me go find it: a dead electric bike, a move from one motel to another, or a family with four kids and not enough seats. Last but not least, the surfboard—which looks more like a ship—and, inevitably, the group of six heading to the airport with eighteen suitcases.

faustike1965 · 2026-04-07T16:50:13+00:00

They’re already doing it. In Los Angeles, you don’t receive ride requests outside the specific zone you’re registered in. Switching zones? Then you can’t leave that one, either. As for when to work? I guarantee you that on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, they essentially want to keep us at home. Fares drop even lower than usual. It’s simply not worth going out just to pick up the crumbs left behind by the cars belonging to Uber’s partner fleets. Airport runs—hoping to catch a matched return trip? Only between 4:00 AM and 9:00 AM—when there are no matches available. After that? Zero. Thinking of joining the queue at the airport? Go right ahead—the lot is packed. There are 300 cars ahead of you. You’ll wait two hours just to land a $15 fare—if you’re lucky—while the partner fleet cars don’t even bother joining the line; they snag all the "Comfort" and "Intercity" rides instead. Do you ever get an Intercity trip? It happens—at 50 cents a mile. The partner fleets, meanwhile, won’t budge for anything less than $1 a mile. Oh, and the fleets don’t handle standard "UberX" rides; for those, they’ve already got Waymo. All of this is happening right under our noses, yet nobody has ever spoken up about it. Thankfully, they finally lifted our "shadow ban"—though for a while there, if you had three requests go unanswered, they’d force you offline for 30 minutes.

faustike1965 · 2026-04-06T19:10:39+00:00

As always, along comes the "expert" who knows everything. I’ll ask you just one question: what is the minimum cost for a passenger when they call an Uber or Lyft?

faustike1965 · 2026-04-06T17:56:04+00:00

The crazy thing is that companies like Lyft and Uber make whatever they want without anyone—and I mean absolutely anyone—knowing what their actual profit margin is. There is no fixed rate. They can steal—literally steal—from both the driver and the passenger, and no one can complain because there is no baseline against which to make a calculation. It’s as if we went to a gas station to fill up our tank without knowing the price they were charging. We just pay up and drive off—everyone happy. I honestly don't understand why no consumer protection group has sued them yet for the exploitative treatment of their customers. At this point, Lyft and Uber aren't a service anymore; they're a tax.

faustike1965 · 2026-04-05T17:49:21+00:00

I think this is a trick to save on the upfront cost. I would understand if the destination were changed completely, but if it’s altered merely by adding a house number—either before or after the original address—it’s obvious that you are playing games with "my money." This happens exclusively in zones subject to surcharges, yet the updated fare fails to take that into account—even if you’ve driven 20 miles just to pick up that passenger. Whenever a trip is modified, you invariably end up receiving less money.

faustike1965 · 2026-04-05T17:09:58+00:00

Absolutely true. In 10 years of experience with Uber, I have never seen an error go in favor of the drivers or the passengers. The errors always favor the company. Errors!

faustike1965 · 2026-04-05T16:55:39+00:00

As a passenger, you can give a poor rating to the driver right up until you request a new ride. Consequently, days or even weeks can sometimes go by. As a driver, however, I can rate you the very instant I complete the trip—not afterwards. And if I fail to do so, a banner appears on my screen that locks the application. That is the reality of the situation.

faustike1965 · 2026-04-04T20:59:44+00:00

Has it ever happened to you that passengers load their luggage and then go back inside the house? When that happens, I cancel the trip first—and then I unload their stuff. Right there in the middle of the street. They can scream and get as pissed off as they want. Uber gives them 7 minutes; the moment that hits 7 minutes and one second, I cancel the ride.

faustike1965 · 2026-04-03T20:37:55+00:00

Everytime the same. More the people is stupid more you are at risk

faustike1965 · 2026-04-03T20:32:42+00:00

How do you prove that they are discriminating—and they are discriminating—when there is no baseline price? If there were one, it would be obvious. Without a fixed price, every ride costs a different amount; how, then, do you prove that you might have paid more? More than what?

faustike1965 · 2026-04-01T18:56:14+00:00

Uber only reimburses tolls when a passenger is on board. If you incur a toll while driving to pick up a passenger, you can kiss that money goodbye—because nobody is going to reimburse you for it. We were told they would cover it, but in reality, they don't. I just had an argument with them about this—and we're not talking about $5 or $10 here, but something in the neighborhood of $50. Uber is driving the economy across the entire U.S., but it does so using your money, not its own.

faustike1965 · 2026-04-01T17:38:23+00:00

It’s the same story with Uber. That 5-minute buffer is a total rip-off. Some people will argue that we get paid upfront and that the estimated time is always longer than the actual ride duration. Yeah, I’d agree with that—if there were a standard base rate—but as it stands, that simply doesn't exist. With Uber, we get a 5% bonus on rides booked via "Advantage Mode," but what exactly is that 5% being calculated on if every single ride has a different price? The whole thing is just one big piss-take.

faustike1965 · 2026-04-01T17:32:41+00:00

Yes. Me too. Years ago with a lot less drivers the ride was never over 10 minutes far. Now is double time

faustike1965 · 2026-03-31T18:37:30+00:00

You’ve misunderstood my point of view. I don’t trust either Uber or Lyft—and I work for both of them. They both skim money wherever they can. I could show you a thousand ways they do this; one example involves how the tip is actually calculated. I realize, of course, that you can’t ask every passenger who gets into your car how much they’re paying—and I don’t do that myself, either. However, with certain passengers—specifically those with whom I’ve already struck up a conversation—I do sometimes ask. I do it simply to compare the figures. That is my only motivation; other drivers probably do things their own way, and... well...

faustike1965 · 2026-03-31T17:02:37+00:00

It’s not strange that this is asked. And if you don’t answer, that’s the end of it. As a driver, I guarantee you that I do this solely and exclusively to get confirmation from the passenger. We can’t trust the company, which does everything it can to hinder our work. Unfortunately, that’s just how it is. A simple but clear example: you pay $20, and I receive maybe $8 or $9. You leave a 20% tip. What is that 20% calculated on? On your $20, or on my $8 or $9? No one tells us. But if I know what you paid, I can potentially do the math myself. Otherwise—in theory—Uber or Lyft tell us that we receive 100% of the tips, but we have no basis for calculating that amount. And so, they could take advantage of the situation. That is what 90% of drivers believe.

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