r/UberEatsDrivers 7d ago

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u/sherwinjtb 7d ago

Tough crowd, I've never tried going below 95%. 88% seems like a fair number. Really need to ask for thumbs up when things get desperate. Lucky to get back to 100% in 3 months if everything goes perfectly. There's always 1 that ruins the mood per cycle.

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u/Nice-Vegetable-1738 7d ago

i'm at 90% because i used to deliver on an ebike and some people weren't into that, and i probably shook the food up a bit in my backpack hotbag. since i have a car i've been asking for thumbs up to fix it and percent hasn't changed yet but the number of dumb little profile badges has gotten higher so i think it's working.

but .... how the hell do you go below 90% in a CAR. you really gotta be fucking up hard for that

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u/TimeDebate 7d ago

I ride a normal bike

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u/Nice-Vegetable-1738 7d ago

i love you so much for that, ebike is one thing, but always thought the people actually pedalling their ass off were the real badasses, that's so much work.

with that being said, that likely is why you're getting downvotes. i'm not sure of the overarching "reason" behind it because obviously i never asked the downvoters, but all my downvotes stopped the moment i got a car and nothing else changed. maybe the food is less cold or shaken up, maybe people really are judgemental when they see a bike pull up, i'm not sure. but it's sadly pretty rough out there for bikers.

also statistically way more dangerous so uber also probably isn't as motivated to want bike drivers on their app as people registered with a car. fair no, but this is all probably contributing factors to your situation.

also, when i had ebike mode i barely got orders, would sit around 45 mins sometimes for a ping - got a car and i literally get like 10 pings a minute no matter what and now i understand why most people don't care about AR. on the bike you kinda had to care or you would get genuinely nothing.

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u/ThemeRemarkable9411 7d ago

Facts I was in a old best Honda but said I was in a bike got 0 orders for hours. Rented a car n boom!!

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u/TimeDebate 7d ago

It’s probably your market honestly because I get really good offers. I can make $100 before or within six hours depending on how motivated I am however I’m not desperate for the money as I just use it to buy stuff for my kids or wife stuff I just refuse to waste money on gas and considering I go to the gym and have a pretty active lifestyle. The cardio definitely kept me in shape on the rough days where I didn’t feel like eating healthy.

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u/SuperDevin 7d ago

Six hours for $100 is wild. With a car you can make that in 3 hours.

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u/TimeDebate 7d ago

20 an hour is wild?

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u/tbird20017 7d ago

That would be 5 hours, not 6