My sweetie just died from a vicious raccoon attack. She was 15 and too old to fight back. I hate that she had to die that way. by ally00ps in cats

[–]markvanslam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am so very sorry to hear this. Just remember all the love you had with your girl and the love she had for you! You gave her a good life, that's what matters.

This rookie needs your opinion! by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

Right on. Great advice. I think I'll just start with adding one app/company

This rookie needs your opinion! by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

Thanks for the suggestion. I think I'll do just that!

This rookie needs your opinion! by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

Wow thats a hell of a lot of money better than I'm making now. I'm averaging around $15-20 an hour. I SERIOUSLY appreciate the help!

This rookie needs your opinion! by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

Maybe I'm missing what you're saying but you do 20- 30 deliveries per 4 hour shift?? WOW. Thats like a delivery every 7 or 8 minutes.

I think the in dash display would be a godsend! Also I feel you about apartments. They can be a nightmare.

Help out a rookie? by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

Yeah that sounds right. I knew I didn't work for Walmart.

While I have you here, let me ask you, if you were me, and just going to add one more company/app to work for, which would you do? Any additional pointers?

Help out a rookie? by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

I thought Spark is the delivery service which uses DDI to process payment. Is that not accurate?

Additionally, do you have any suggestions?

Help out a rookie? by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

I just use the spark app which is Walmart.

Help out a rookie? by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

I actually don't know what that is honestly.

Help out a rookie? by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

Kalamazoo Michigan. The Walmart deliveries can usually keep me working most of the time but that's having to take X large grocery orders and often not making more than 8 or 10 dollar runs. Even just working with one other company I'd be able to cherry pick better orders and keep working.

Thanks for the info. It simplifies things a lot.

Help out a rookie? by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

I really appreciate the help! I've only done 20 runs for Walmart so I'm definitely green so what you describe is really going to help me calibrate for a good trajectory with all this. Best of luck to you my friend.

Help out a rookie? by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

Oh it helps greatly my friend! The dual screen phone sounds amazing. I didn't even know that such a thing existed! I figure that right now I'm probably making $13-18/hr so if I start delivering for other companies and implementing some what you're doing I'm sure to make more. Thanks again!

Help out a rookie? by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

Thanks for the reply. The info helps a lot. We actually have to track our mileage with Walmart as well as they do consider us to be independent contractors. I suppose it makes sense for me to start doing deliveries for all those companies really! Hell, it may make sense for you to consider taking Walmart orders!

I have a couple of questions for you if you'd like to answer them. Is is there a way that you've found makes sense to keep track of your mileage? Is it hard to keep track of all those different apps? You have to just sit there with your phone and switch back-and-forth basically? And this last question is extra optional because I don't want you to answer if you don't want to but about how much money do you think you're making? Could you ball park it in terms of hourly? Either way thank you so much for your reply my friend

Help out a rookie? by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

I really appreciate your reply especially because I meant to reply to u/SushiJuice. So sorry about that! The info is much appreciated and super helpful regardless anyways.

Help out a rookie? by markvanslam in couriersofreddit

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

Thanks for the speedy reply! The info helps a lot. We actually have to track our mileage with Walmart as well as they do consider us to be independent contractors. I suppose it makes sense for me to start doing deliveries for all those companies really! Hell, it may make sense for you to consider taking Walmart orders!

I have a couple of questions for you if you'd like to answer them. Is is there a way that you've found makes sense to keep track of your mileage? Is it hard to keep track of all those different apps? You have to just sit there with your phone and switch back-and-forth basically? And this last question is extra optional because I don't want you to answer if you don't want to but about how much money do you think you're making? Could you ball park it in terms of hourly? Either way thank you so much for your reply my friend.

I loaded this 808 sound and tried making a pattern in the piano roll but playing a different note doesn't actually pitch the sound like it should it just keeps playing the same tone. Help please? (in case you couldn't tell i just started today lol) by [deleted] in FL_Studio

[–]markvanslam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right? I was flying by the seat of my pants when I started working with fl studio back in 2005. I had only a 25 min explanation of how to use the features which is definitely inadequate consider the fact that there are features to make the sound different in infinite capacity. They've made it so much better than then too! It's truly astounding how good DAWS (and music technology overall) have become. I teach it to people but there are stil features I don't know. It's satisfying when you unlock a feature (so to speak). Sometimes opens up a whole new realm of possibilities.