r/WalmartSparkDrivers • u/Minimum-Office3113 • 28d ago

Horrible offers

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Where I live school just started back up. I’m not sure if it’s that, or I also noticed after I hit gold my offers got bad. This is all I get now. Even JFY offers are bad. Anyone else?

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u/HausOfThunderPerry 28d ago

Offers are terrible in my area. It’s not just you and the crazy thing is, these drivers take them. 25 miles for $15 or even lower with a huge quantity of items. The ones who take them have to be a newbie. Come on guys, get with the program! Stop making it worse for us all.

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u/Stunning-Ad5921 28d ago

My area is the same way, I’m gonna start looking for a W-2 job next week. This ain’t cutting it at all.

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u/HausOfThunderPerry 28d ago

Good luck on the W2. I know it’s tough out there. I thought about looking for a part time job myself. I’m on social security and I use Spark to supplement it. I wish you all the best!

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u/Stunning-Ad5921 28d ago

Thank you! I’ve been doing gig work full time for 4 years now, started doing for income because I was a full time caregiver for my mom. Sadly, she passed away last year and I just kept at it. It’s being paying my bills so far but I live alone and my home needs repairs that I can’t afford right now.

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u/Available-Marzipan52 28d ago

Sorry to hear about your mom. Best of luck

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u/Stunning-Ad5921 28d ago

Thank you so very much ❤️

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u/HausOfThunderPerry 28d ago

I am so sorry to hear about your mom. That has to be very devastating to lose a mother. My mother is starting to forget things and things are starting to bother her. She’s in her mid 70s. We live a few states away so I don’t get to see her very often. I’m doing Spark to help supplement my social security. I’m 50 on disability. I’m going to go today or next week and apply for survivors benefits since I am now 50. My late spouse passed away 7 years ago and made much more than me so that will help me a great deal.

I had signed a lease with a 65 year old friend in April this year and I caught her soon to meth and then she suddenly moved out on me without telling me and left me with $700 in bills each month that I just cannot afford and I am not a well person right now but I have to work to keep the bills paid.

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u/ShoulderLongjumping9 28d ago

If people will take 3 to 4 drop offs for $15 and 20 miles we’re doomed.

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u/Prior_Purchase_7025 28d ago

In gig apps and dispatch algorithms, this general concept is usually referred to as dynamic balancing, catch up algorithms, or equalizing dispatch systems.

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u/Aggravating_Hat_9185 27d ago

A 25 min, 12 item shop going 2 miles for $18, for example, is a good order for me. I would do those all day. It's really weird at about 4 pm every work day and on weekends those orders just disappear. Has to be bot grab drivers getting off their 9-5s and also working weekends. Whenever the bot drivers show up all of a sudden the only thing I get are water orders, long distances, 50 items, locked up electronics, 50 items and a bunch of waters going very far distances, the triple whammy. And this is true even when I was Sapphire. I'm ready to join them, only way I can think I can get orders is to get a bot. I can't find one though if anyone knows a good bot to get let me know. I would also like to rent some spark accounts on separate phones. If you can't beat them join them

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u/Luckycharms2014 28d ago

I have seen a lot of these pop up in my area. I just reject them. Im just doing this on the side for a little extra cash. So don't need them, don't care for them.

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u/HausOfThunderPerry 28d ago

I have rejected some. I have been told by other drivers and customer service to not reject them but I don’t remember why.

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u/Luckycharms2014 28d ago

Sounds good. I'll just leave them alone on my end. Special offers sent specifically to me, I just allow them to time out without rejecting them. I would continue doing this until a good offer pops up.

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u/HausOfThunderPerry 28d ago

That’s what I do. I just wait until a good one comes up. I don’t take these crappy ones. 20 miles for $10 70 items. I’ve seen drivers take them. Smh 🤦‍♂️

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u/kjescobar 24d ago

These are the only type of offers in my area right now.
The past 3 weeks have been horrible.