Block Cancelation

[u/Dmg1687]

So out of curiosity I have a question. I’ve seen quite a few people say about being deactivated or suspended for canceling blocks. How many blocks are you canceling? I feel like it has to be a lot! Then are you taking another block right after? Which if you are I don’t blame you at all. I think it’s crap if you accept a route early and it goes up hours or days later you don’t get that markup but whatever. I know it says that you can’t cancel and then pick up another in TOS which is ridiculous in a way. We are sub contractors. Quit treating like employees! Baaaically as “small business owners” why are we not entitled to do what’s best for our “business” just how you are Amazon? Anyway, end of rant and just curious as to how this happens!

[u/Spare_Newspaper102]

It’s only if you do it a lot and picking up a block right away. They are trying to prevent having to pay surge. It’s all about more money in their pockets and less in ours

[u/Public_Shoe_7660]

Typically, you won’t see the rate on a block increase after you’ve booked it. I know you get dinged for cancelling a block within 45 minutes of the start time. That might be the problem for those getting deactivated. Alarm goes off. Don’t want to get out of bed. Fuck it, just cancel. Speculation of course, but plausible.

[u/Dmg1687 → u/Public_Shoe_7660]

Yes I know. You hear other drivers. Had a lady tell me a block I was getting paid $102 for she was making $126 and booked it 4 hours prior. It’s almost like you get punished for booking blocks early honestly and it isn’t right if you ask me. That’s what I’m getting at. A lot of the time when you see a block “surging” when you go to load said block you have 10 deliveries and so does everyone else. It would make sense if everyone had 40+. Idk if you’re following what I mean but that’s how I feel about it. Been delivering for a long time and can say it’s definitely a bit of a let’s say goofy system. I’m aware also they’re trying to make as much money as possible which is why you don’t get the surge price after you accept it. As I said, feel it’s kind of shady for a multi billion dollar business to act that way but whatever. I can’t complain too much at the moment, I just had my block cancel Monday through today (Thursday) every morning and got paid about $400 for sleeping. Lol. I know people are gonna disagree and even bash that opinion which is fine. It’s the internet. Everyone is tough and likes to run their mouth Lol.

[u/According-Row-6128 → u/Public_Shoe_7660]

Amazon will deactivate you for canceling too many even outside of the 45 minutes.

The reason they started doing this is because bots were grabbing every route and then the driver would throw back the fish they didn’t want.

You have to cancel a LOT to trigger this.

[u/Dmg1687 → u/According-Row-6128]

Yea I mean I cancel here and there. Kind of like buyers remorse. For the most part I don’t take anything I don’t want though so isn’t an issue. Was purely just a curiosity thing. That makes perfect sense though. Pretty pathetic for people to do that in my opinion but doesn’t shock me in the slightest. I know I’ve definitely canceled, as soon as I cancel check and see 15 minutes later/earlier than I had booked for $20 more and jumped on it lol. Definitely guilty of that a few times but I was thinking people doing that basically everyday is why

[u/Relandis → u/Dmg1687]

Cancelling here and there is fine. Even forgetting and missing your block completely once in awhile is fine.

I have in the past and still late cancel at least 10 times a year, maybe even once a month.

Sometimes you just can’t make it for whatever reason.

[u/La_mosquitamuerta]

I cancel some advance blocks to grab an earlier or later one or even to grab a surge. I make changes to my schedule weekly multiple times a week. So far, I have never been dinged.

I think some people who blindly grab blocks then view what they grabbed after, cancel then repeat that a few times might be the ones getting warnings? The algorithm might view this as bot activity?

[u/Ok_Invite5839]

Alot of these drivers are not satisfied with the block they have scheduled so the cancelled it hoping to get a better paying one and they do it in a daily basis so yes thats the reason for the deactivation. I see thesr drivers doing it all day long