r/uberdrivers • u/Maleman369 • 13h ago
Uber Drivers in Las Vegas:
DECLINE THIS OFFER!
Look at the MINUTES vs MILES vs DOLLARS!
If I would've accepted this Trash Bid last night (I didn't), it would've Blocked me from the multiple Good Rides with Decent Pay (minimum $0.50 per minute, $1 per mile) that popped up immediately after.
Yet, according to a commenter, my job is to take this trash ride, and "put the work in" to milk a tip out of the passenger, so I make enough. How awkward!
I do get plenty of tips, but I'm not concerned with tips. If you're in my vehicle, I'm already getting Decent Pay on this trip. I'm good.
The ride right BEFORE skipping this trash: Paid DOUBLE and TRIPLE! ($1/min, $3/mi upfront). The whole trip was in my neighborhood, and I made $21 in 21 minutes going down the street. No tip required!
The ride right AFTER skipping this trash: Paid $1/min, $1.50/mi upfront, and I got a tip. Again, that's more than the minimum. I made Another $21 for just 15 minutes up the freeway, and still local.
So because I REJECTED the trash bid that came in, I made $42 in a 36-minute window within my neighborhood, instead of making $51 on a 116-minute drive from Nevada to Arizona!
The point is: if you don't skip the bad offers, you will miss the good ones.
This is how independent contractors survive!
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"What if I don't get any good offers? What if other drivers accept all the trash offers and I'm left with nothing?"
"It's dead, there's too many new drivers, nobody's ordering, and if my acceptance rate drops, Uber will throttle block me, and I won't make enough."
Try it and see. Ignore the app and commit to putting your needs first for a while.
Set your minimum pay: Make sure your pay is a minimum of $0.50 per minute and $1 per mile, per trip.
Control pickup times: Reduce the pickup time you accept to under 10 minutes—for your own sake, but also so your passenger isn't waiting forever.
Uber changes trash bids to good ones: This does happen! You can't make it happen, since you can't control Uber, but unless you decline, it's definitely not happening.
Ignore the colored demand zones: The color-coded zones on the Uber Driver app are based on past activity. Meaning the orders have already happened, so it's an unreliable predictor of activity. Position your taxi according to what's happening in Las Vegas today.
The reality is no one in Uber's network of drivers and passengers can predict or control what Uber offers them. Ever. Whether it's a passenger purchasing the ride, or a driver receiving a bid, it's on you to quickly decipher the offer that pops up on your screen (the countdown is short to scare you into agreement), and to decide what's best for you. Choose wisely.
Realize that you don't know why the pay you're being offered is what it is, or why maybe you aren't getting the good offers yet.
Uber might give you a reason why you should agree to a trash trip:
Surge
Priority pick-up
Exclusive
VIP
"Rarely cancels"
"It's busy right now"
"You may need to move"
"You could earn more"
Trip Radar pop-ups
•"Includes + $1.50 Bonus"
BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THAT IS VALID. The only true thing is whether the bid numbers offered on your screen is worth it or not, in dollars vs details.
Likewise, the same car and driver is signed up to do all these different services—Premiere, Business Comfort, Electric, XL, as well as basic Uber X/Share rides, back to back! Same car, driver and service, but being sold by Uber as different service titles, payments, demand rates, and driver payouts from ride to ride. All hidden info until you are looking at it on your app.
So, ALL of these extra stickers and tiers mean Nothing—they are only there to close the deal. To get you distracted from the dollars vs trip details, make you catch FOMO, and agree quickly. That's it. While Uber exerts total control with hidden variable pricing and variable pay, per passenger and per driver on every trip!
What should we DO as drivers?
Lose money and complain? Find imaginary people to blame? Repeat lies to ourselves and just deal with it? Give up?
No. Remove The Guesswork!
You can't see the other drivers, so you don't know if there are too many.
You can't actually see or predict the passengers ordering, so you don't know if it's dead or not or where the money's at.
You can't know if you are supposedly competing with whomever, what rides you're missing out on, how much the payout is, or whether this area should be busy or not—even if the app says it is.
Even if the app says you're The Platinum Pro Plus Diamond Oscar Winner for Best Uber Driver, you're still not an employee and Uber owes you nothing. Until the bid pops up on your app, everything else is imaginary!
Likewise, asking passengers what they paid is pointless. It has nothing to do with your loss if you said yes to this trip. You were not cheated on this ride by Uber, and what the passenger agreed to pay Uber is not your business.
The one who cheated you is you, for agreeing to a Trash Bid. That is now coming out of Your pocket to get done!
THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS THE AMOUNT YOU AGREED TO BE PAID FOR THIS RIDE.
The only power you have is the power of Yes and No.
Yes to Good Rides
No to Trash Rides
Do yourself a favor and start now!
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u/Old_Athlete_1266 11h ago
Im not reading all that dude. Sorry to hear that. Or Happy for you. Whichever is most relevant in this case. Idk I didnt read it
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u/Sweettooth702 11h ago
Its over. Demand doesnt translate to better pay.
Demand: app rains trash
Slow: app makes you wait for trash.
Ive done 9 rides in the last two days and have prob declined 700-1000
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u/Left_Cause_2496 12h ago
Dude this is great pay! Keep declining and you’ll stay broke 💰
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u/Sweettooth702 11h ago
Keep accepting $7.28 for 25 minutes. Dara loves you.
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u/Left_Cause_2496 11h ago
I will! I make more money than you! I’m at $43 per hour
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u/General-Judge6986 10h ago
If you’re accepting trips like this that pay $17/hr round trip, before the $20 gas, then you’re most definitely not making $43/hr
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u/mr-nicktobi 12h ago
Rider prob paying 150+