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I’m in SoCal the Inland Empire. I’m Diamond Uber Eats Pro driver only. Not only does it seem like their lowballing us, they are lowballing us. I get 1 request every 2 hrs! Not to mention the price of gas here is $4.80 a gallon. I made $60 having been online for 12 hrs. 1 hr 10min active. That was just enough to fill up for what they used me for. I mean if you look at what the customer pays and what the driver gets, if we don’t get tipped, we’re actually losing money working for Uber Eats. No surges. No quests, nada. Prop 22 was actually written up by the delivery companies, and made it sound like it was for the drivers. Im literally cry sometimes because Im hurting. I have a wife and kids. Im in my mid 40s. I don’t eat many of the days and will hope and pray that I make enough to at least put food on the table for my family.

@1meilee

Жыл бұрын

Hi! I pray it’s gotten better for you and your family! 🤗

@savaget2058

11 ай бұрын

Sir, you need to get a better job please 🙏🏼

@lomalindainformer

11 ай бұрын

@@savaget2058 many jobs require the Hokey Pokey. There are not so many jobs around here. Trust me I’m looking

@JazzieRose

11 ай бұрын

Google the best places to Uber in your area. Ypu can getvextra money without delivering food If you're at a restaurant with 1, 2 or 3 orders, and it's taking too long, call Uber so that you get $4-$6 per order just for waiting. $8-$12 isn't bad for 5-6 mins work. Check your earnings to see if you were paid what was promised, if not, they will pay you the difference. I hope this helps. Good luck!

@ka8204

11 ай бұрын

I feel for you but not eating is not an option. Like my mom says food first. Every other bill can wait. You can’t even think straight when you’re hungry. Spaghetti is 89 cents a box.

I done it twice from the same person! I didn’t realize it was a lot of miles 🤦🏽‍♀️ but she gave me a cash tip that end up making it worth it! 😊

I got my first uber connect a couple of months ago. It showed $20.34 for 3.6 miles so I think man this is great. Drove to pickup it was like 2.1 miles to pickup, I'm thinking man this is going to be quick an easy. Picked up package pushed start delivery dropoff said 63 miles, crazy. That was my first and last uber connect toggled connect off.

@allpraisestoyah5033

Жыл бұрын

Damn 63 miles for 20 bucks man they screwed you bad smh

@tonytone4924

Жыл бұрын

Bro I know you didn't take that drive

@louisfrancojr.6406

Жыл бұрын

How does that even happen saying 3.6 miles and then ending up 63 miles for a delivery still off? I haven't tried Uber deliveries yet, but do they not verify delivery distances? What does Uber support say in these situations? I've had address changes with DoorDash that end up in different directions and further than originally quoted when accepting and DoorDash support notifies customer you can't make the delivery, cancels it, and gives you half pay. Does Uber do something similar?

@allpraisestoyah5033

Жыл бұрын

@@louisfrancojr.6406 Uber doesn’t pay you like that.. like doordash. U only get money sometimes when stores are closed

@JazzieRose

11 ай бұрын

You'll save a lot of time and gas if you call the customer and ask them where it's going.😅

My first connect order was a guy actually exploiting the system to get an Uber ride. The 2nd order I received was a person wanting to order food from a business that did not accept Uber eats. She wanted me to buy the food and she'd pay me back. I cancelled that and turned off the connect because all it seems to be is people exploiting.

@johnnycalderon9951

Жыл бұрын

Factsss

@giovannipantorno884

8 ай бұрын

I've made a fortune off Connect so ur bugginggggh

Sunday I had waited a while on doordash for finally a $3 order for McDonald's. The customer was a girl's name and hand it to me. The drop-off turned out to be a parking lot. Texted customer and no answer. Called customer and a male with American accent answered saying he was doordash support investigating fraud and asked me weird questions so I hung up and contacted doordash support. They couldn't contact customer and only way to get out of it was to place bag in parking lot and photo completed delivery.

@Algoo-X

Жыл бұрын

Waste of time 😞

Tuesday is always my slowest day of the week

@chazlon5061

Жыл бұрын

i would recommend coffee you'll be less slow

@YourDriverMike

Жыл бұрын

I knew it was gonna be awful 😂

@sl5946

Жыл бұрын

@@YourDriverMike Today is even slower than yesterday. I've been working for 6 hrs and I only have $75, normally I'm over $120 by this time. The summertime slowdown is real

I may have mentioned this before, I did a few connects before and Walmart pickup that wound up being far too large to fit into my Buick Regal. One connect was a metal fabricated rectangle of some sort. Wouldn't fit in my trunk or even through the doors of my car.

Yes please to the Tesla rental. I'd love to see how it goes when it's not a holiday. UE here in St Pete, FL has dropped off, too. Stay safe out there.

@YourDriverMike

Жыл бұрын

Check out week 1 and 2 under our playlist! Yes I plan on a full week either next week or the week after as the weathers nice

I've done it. It was OK. Helped out a blind customer. Felt nice to handle then getting the money out of the delivery

I had a $5.97 connect offer today on a 7.7 mile trip. That's not great, but it was towards home after I wrapped a meeting across town. It was a heavy metal (basket) for a commercial coffee maker (that holds the filter) and after dropping that off I got a $10 tip so about $16 for 7.7 miles in about 15 minutes worth of time. Then I went home.

I swear Uber eats has sent me to places for multiple orders from one restaurant , knowing one was cancelled in an attempt to get me to take the lower paying order instead

@shenaypretty

2 ай бұрын

Exactly! And if it was the first one that was cancelled, I go ahead and cancel the second one too.

@kellri35

Ай бұрын

@@shenaypretty Same , but recently ive come to find out, what we get alot of around here are drivers who steal the order and go eat it , they never confirm the pick up then just cancel the order saying the wait time was too long. When we show up the restaurant says it went out ...and we get screwed

@shenaypretty

Ай бұрын

@@kellri35 I truly do not like when that happens 😩 especially when I get more than one like that in the same day. I know you can contact support in hopes to get 3 to 5 dollars for the inconvenience.

They changed it to show hotspot restaurants on Uber eats and I’m convinced there is no more surge

Also, fair warning to anyone just getting started. This is a hard thing to get into full time if you don't have decent credit. I bought a car in February after my last car died. I've dropped over 2K, that I had to borrow from friends/family when my suspension was bad and chewed up my tires. Still have to do my front brakes. 😣

@MichelLinschoten

Ай бұрын

I just added my wife car and I use my own old POS car to do Uber 😂 Been doing that for years without any issue. I don't do passengers, used to taxi for them never again. I can't stand people 😂

Did a few Uber connect. Most just ended up being food deliveries which I assume is a way for a restaurant to bypass Uber's system. The final one I did was a 50+ item pick up from a woman and her daughter at Sam's Club. Pickup wasn't a big deal with both helping load, and she assured me her husband and sons would help with load out. You already know what really happened. Turned off Connect after that. P.S. Having Connect turned on makes the heat map not work. Turn it off, log out, then restart your phone and see.

@josiahdillard7428

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s why I never use Uber connect because it messes with the surge map

@nikidelvalle

Жыл бұрын

@@josiahdillard7428 For me it doesn't actually mess with the surge map, it's that it lets you go online even if you aren't currently able to go online with Uber Eats. I drive a lot at the edge of my service area so I often end up at the edge of my zone. It confused me the first time I turned on Connect, but after restarting the app once I moved to a location where I knew I could go online it was fine.

I just did my first one of these the other day. Picked up a plastic bag from an old woman that couldn't speak English and had to drop it off at a restaurant that was supposed to be just a few minutes away. Turned out it was more like 10+ miles away and at least triple the time it was quoted to be. Idk if I'll do another after that.

@drejohnson850

Жыл бұрын

How does this even happen? I would’ve gave her bag back and cancelled hard

@donmerrigan2362

Жыл бұрын

@@drejohnson850 according to the place I dropped it off it was a birthday present for the woman's granddaughter. But it was kinda sketchy.

Yo mike IC finally added preferred shopper feature like shipt today please review it asap!! 💯🙏

Uber Eats hasn’t had surges in a couple years about in Dallas lol evenings and lunch are decent but weekends are the best but I couldn’t make ends meet doing this full girl by February when it got sooooo slow so I’m back at my career job full time lol

I’ve done and still do Uber and doordash but Walmart spark is by far best and best paying in my area it is at least in North Carolina

It's a slow week everywhere in general. Virginia Beach area here

Different subject but hey just wanted to know your take on the new law in NYC of delivery apps must pay 17.96 hourly minimum starting next month .

@St0pTheSteal

2 ай бұрын

Get ready to find another job because you will get zero deliveries.

Mike, sign up on Delivrd and Deliver That, you are an expert of driving downtown, I am not and refuse to go downtown in my area anymore. It's EZcater orders that are so fricken easy.

I finnally got my first one the other day. Was pretty decent. Dropped off two umbrellas lol. Guy tipped well and met me at the car.

I had a uber package once...it turned out be a catering order...it paid real good

DD seems to give me an order to start that's usually in a diff part of town that I don't care for (giant apartment buildings/ complexes) and tends to keep me there, even though I prefer another area... income is about the same in both places.. short /lower orders (fast turnaround) vs higher pay orders and less orders .... miles to $ about the same....

I wish GH was busier here in PGH. I like them better than UE and DD.

People are using the connect to order food and have it delivered through connect. I have done 2 of them and they were good. But others came up that the dollar to mile ratio was not good so didn't take those. West Atlanta douglasville market. But the connect is picking up in business. Hardly get any grub hub

Yeah I call it the que you get in a never ending que of orders but if you make one wrong turn and end up not at the top or mid of an hour it kicks you out gotta wait a half hour. Uber's orders are between 25 and 35 or 55 or 05 of the hour

I'm in Lexington Ky and Grubhub does pretty well for me here. Uber Eats is a good add on. My market is saturated with dashers here so I haven't been able to get activated on door dash for a year now. I will get Amazon Flex activated soon.

I tried one uber connect delivery. They won't tell you what you are getting paid or how far the package is going. Just the distance to the package.

I'm in SoCal and I do Uber Eats. So far I've only done one Uber Eats Connect pick up and delivery for $20. Luckily, I picked up curbside at a residential address within a couple miles from my house which is where I was in the general location of. The guy loaded into my car six big boxes packed with specialty vodka. I think I had to drive something like 15 mi away. Mind you, this was about 8:00 at night. There was no traffic so it was a quick 20 minute trip to the drop off location. They were having some sort of family party and when I got there there were guys already waiting for me and they grabbed the heavy boxes out of my car. Afterward I got tipped like $3+. It was a quick $23 and I was happy with it. Depending on the time of day and the location, some of these Uber connect jobs aren't worth the money they're paying and they would have to actually pay me double or triple that to even consider going to some locations.

@ridgehilljillie9429

Жыл бұрын

I thought shipping Alcohol on Uber Connect was prohibited.

@thunderfoot27

Жыл бұрын

​@@ridgehilljillie9429Not that I'm aware of. But I am in SoCal so that might be the difference. Uber connect never reveals what's in these packages nor does the customer have to reveal what's in the packages. I picked up the boxes from a residence. The boxes showed a picture of some type of specialty vodka I've never heard of but who knows what was really in the packages. But I'm guessing it was vodka cuz they were pretty heavy sealed boxes.

Man in Phoenix AZ it's just dead no idea why but I'm hurting

Uber support is just another Indian call center 😢 there grasp on English is horrible 😂

I stopped doing Walmart deliveries..Takes 4 ever to get the packages. The customer also doesn't tip.

I’ve never done a Uber connect

Lately my days have been so slow but two weeks ago I had back to back $200 days on 100 miles.

Do it all the time - not bad except for the distance sometimes

I'm so confused I just got one from jersey to nyc and it was food. I when into the restaurant and no one knew what i was talking about . Once I saw it was nyc I canceled but no one knew what I need to do with this food. Uber said he wasn't suppose to use it for food.

GH does that a lot. GH is the best food delivery it's my main

How many times you accepted an Uber Connect order, and it turns out that you have to take a customer instead of the package? It happened twice for me

@YourDriverMike

Жыл бұрын

It did say “rider cancelled” if you check out the screenshot. My vehicle needs reinspected so 🤷🏻‍♂️

@70mile

Жыл бұрын

@@YourDriverMike oh I wasn't talking about your video. I was speaking in general. Lol

@SweetEssie

6 ай бұрын

What did you do? It seems like they were trying to get a cheaper trip.

@shenaypretty

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow, this makes me not even want to try Uber Connect. Cause I only do deliveries (people not included)😅

@kraft837

Ай бұрын

@@SweetEssie it states with Uber connect the package cannot way more than 30 pounds and it cannot be a person so we cannot transport people

Turn on Uber pets, (which seldom has any trips) if you aren't delivery only on your account... and then you should get any passenger surges pm your map, which they'll pay for a delivery. Each class has different surge maps.

@SweetEssie

6 ай бұрын

Uber Pets is so good, especially when it's from the airport. Bonus! 🎉

Wow so weird. This morning ot was slow. Got 1 order from uber eats didn't quite meet the ratios and it was 6mi out. I said I'm not doing this today..boom order comes..this happened 5 times today, made 70.00 on 6 deliveries. Sadly I tend to take just under ratio orders because I live in the 🏜. All in all, a great morning as I got multiple other things dine as well before coming to my actual job😂 Love your content..thanks for this one.

I'm about to quit. Uber has been only sending me low pay high mileage requests for a couple month now. I just noticed the service fee they charge is always higher than what i get paid to pick up and deliver. I deny low pay high mile orders and they're punishing me for it.

@lomalindainformer

11 ай бұрын

They don’t care about the best drivers

I used to do grubhub full-time then prop 22 came into play and died its so slow in Cali now

Mike I got to be real with you. you're going to want to lean in close for this.... this whole video was a snoozefest except for the very end when you started talking about the spreadsheet and actually learning stuff that was my favorite part. how do I find out more of this stuff this is what I need. and on a side note yes I want to see the Tesla experiment. Thank you for your videos and all your hard work and dedication that you bring to the KZread community you are appreciated. Dallas Texas 🍻

Yes gh and Uber both toss orders when almost at drop off… I enjoy running Uber and GH… doordash wasn’t that great

If you accept an Uber connect order you end up picking up a person sometimes, I don't know why people choose connect if it is a rider needed the ride!!!!!

@shenaypretty

2 ай бұрын

Now this would be awful for me cause I only do deliveries 😩 and would have to have a conversation with customer on why I can't give them a ride.

@kraft837

Ай бұрын

@@shenaypretty Uber connect is for packages 30 pounds or less and it says we cannot transport people so they have to call Uber rides. Tell people it states that we cannot transport people. It’s a big no-no.

That is the absolute best GrubHub order I have seen in a couple months. Every GrubHub order I get these days is paying under a dollar a mile. Uber eats has also seem to stop paying what I’m used to, not sure if others are seeing these trends.? I am in the Portland Oregon/southwest Washington market.

Uber is good for a fun side job when you are young but when it comes to providing for a family, an uber job won't do that unless you hustle like crazy

Question? I can't get on a military base but Uber eats sent me an order but being this is my first time using this app I can't tell where I'm going til I confirm pick up. HELP

@shenaypretty

2 ай бұрын

I experienced that in my city. I felt horrible not being able to deliver food to the customer. And they were located miles inside the base and couldn't come to the entrance. The visitor center was closed that night. I ended up having to get a visitor's ID later to let me on base just in case I get those orders. Some customers were very good about giving me a heads up if they were on base. Many had experienced not being able to get their food cause UberEats gave no heads up when they started allowing order request from military base.

Ive delivered over 1500 packages in NYC. I should make a video about how to really be a connect driver.

@lamarpooler7833

10 ай бұрын

When you drop off packages or food to hotels do you have to bring it to their hotel room?

@WhovisionsPhoto

10 ай бұрын

@lamarpooler7833 Food is main delivered to the hotel lobby, o ly a few hotels will allow you to go up the the guests floor. Packages are always mainly handled by the customer meeting you at the car with package in hand. If you do connects right you never have to leave the car.

I won’t even take an Uber connect. Too sketchy what if you end up delivering something illegal. No thanks.

@shenaypretty

2 ай бұрын

The more I read these comments the less I want to try it out.

Last Saturday I had a liquor delivery where first the customer gave me an expired id. Then I had to wait a long time for the customer to find a valid id.

@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure liquor is not allowed to be transported. That's what it said when I signed up.

@SweetEssie

6 ай бұрын

​@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 Where did it say that? UberEats, Doordash, and GoPuff all advertise alcohol delivery

Hey Mike! Received an Uber connect order for $16. Walmart rep indicated it was for 3 55 inch TVs. I probably could have fit them in my Alltrack but refused! The pay was way too low. Hopefully I didn’t miss out on a big tip.

@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935

Жыл бұрын

We're tjey less than 30lbs? Cuz uber said packages couldn't be more than 30lbs. Unless different areas have different rules.

Its really dead on doordash and uber on a friday clear night DD $18hr dead as a door nail at a hot spot Mc D and 7-11 both lit

So how did you get scammed again?

I don't see the pay when I get Connect Delivery offers...

I skipped out on Uber eats. Nope. The one time I drove almost 25 minutes across town for 4.00. I said no more. He did tip which made it 9.00 but Uber eats is cap. They low ball for sure.

@shenaypretty

2 ай бұрын

They do low ball. Some orders I definitely will not take. I reject, reject and reject until I get one with lower miles and higher pay.

Grubhub is horrible. Got dropped since I wasn’t accepting enough orders 😮

Peddlers using uber connect to send

@YourDriverMike

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I always think and noway to verify package contents 👀 stay safe all if anything seems suspect I’m out 😂

I'm from la but Pittsburgh is my 2nd home. HOMEWOOD CITY

The only "package" I ever did turned out to be 4 items from 7-11 ...

@SweetEssie

6 ай бұрын

I did a package and turned out to be pizza.

His dealer didn't meet you in time l o l😅

Today is super slow.

You should have just called him

They are crooks. They gave my friend $12 for a 50 min drive in traffic. The person didn't tip.

No way I would’ve accepted a package delivery to the Hill District

@YourDriverMike

Жыл бұрын

I’ve delivered all over, Mt. Oliver, Homewood, Hazelwood, Hill District - “not good areas”. If it’s during the day I’ll basically do anywhere, at night I’m more selective

whatever the guy did with the food truck cancel sounds extremely suspicious. What if he was hoping he would get a woman assigned? Tf was the point

So what was the point of having you go there just to cancel? Some sort of prank?

@gerald4535

3 ай бұрын

Realistically, Perjios(?) may be there many times and the person thought the food truck would be there that time. They may not take uber eats/grubhub/door dash orders in the traditional way so that's why it showed up as a package.

On another topic, cuz I know you review them all. I was just tip baited on Door Dash. Anyone else? Thought DD didn't do that.

@danwilhite

Жыл бұрын

Happened to me the other day! At least I think it did! Took an offer for $11 going just under 4 miles. Delivered it and was paid $3, with no tip! (On an expensive seafood order!) Called support and they said $3 was the upfront offer. Now I try to screenshot every offer. Maybe I misread it, but I really don't think so.

@bernadettesage3917

Жыл бұрын

@@danwilhite probably not your imagination. I lost money on the order. It's really horrible out there lately. Time to find something new to make money. Which is sad because I used to enjoy the job. Good luck, Dan 🙂

@BenjiPOTF

Жыл бұрын

That happened to me a month ago with a grocery and alcohol delivery, when I was confirming the id. The order changed from $21 to $10. I noted the address and will never receive orders from that punk.

I love your teeth

Did you got scammed by when the customer was vague on the directions and place also the cancellation to me that doesn’t sound like you got scammed mostly just time wasted

Today was garbage day

I just got a 16 dollar package delivery for 22 miles 💀. I have yet seen a good package delivery pay unless it's walmart. And grubhub is the save sometimes when everything is slow

Nothing good comes out of Uber

So its another day of Uber and you are showing that its not profitable to be an Uber driver or or Uber Eats delivery driver. Good luck to all the fools that think they can make a living doing Uber. Its a fools game and all you will do is run your car or truck into the ground, chase bs fares, and hope you show a profit. So can anyone show a profit, and I am talking legit profits after costs of doing business such as gas, vehicle depreciation and time and money spent and if you can I'll praise you. But in reality all that will happen as a rideshare driver will be pain, and driving your vehicle into the ground , unless compensation increases significantly, but even after the end of the day Neither Uber of Lyft are about you. They care about cooperate profits..

@That-Ninja

Жыл бұрын

I hear that.

@lomalindainformer

Жыл бұрын

True. So true

@lomalindainformer

11 ай бұрын

I got one it’s great. Cannabis cup best grower.

Uber n DoorDash is dead rn

Scammers!

Did it once and it was pretty good, just delivered feminine products to another lady, dollars to miles ratio was on point. But the market in Dallas is pretty slow during the day I usually do it evenings to early mornings as it's only profitable doing it at those hours

Uber and Grubhub do that. As I finish one I get another.

Join Curri or/ and Driaver, and review those...

For me, the package deliveries are like randonautica…

Grubhub is still me favorite.

I love grubhub they have saved me. But business is inconsistent

I’ve had some slow days like that. Last Saturday was like that.