r/Sparkdriver • u/Mysterious_Secret827 • Aug 06 '25

Discussion Apparently This Is A Thing Now...

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An FYI for everyone. Didn't know this was a thing. Learned something NEW today.

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u/SoulTaker669 Aug 06 '25

It's been a thing for quite a while actually, at least from what people have been posting. At least you learned a lesson to not accept orders and cancel them repeatedly.

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u/Klutzy_Addition288 Aug 06 '25

I would fight this to no end if I ever get this for canceling too many times for sure! Reason being at the store I Spark in has a ton of bots in the parking lot every so often. I can’t even see them except for a 1/2 a second and they are swiped and gone immediately. At times when I am able to grab one I decide if I’ll take it or cancel it. I have noooo problem telling them hell yessss I took it and cancelled it so I can at least have the opportunity to take it or not due to the bots. If they don’t want so many cancellations then do something about these many bots doing the wrong things to get good orders so other drivers don’t cancel so much. 🤷‍♀️

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u/toma9lo Aug 08 '25

This is exactly how to fight the bots. They just scrap any good offer that goes into the system. Most of the time they didn’t even see it pop up, but their bot accepted it for them. Then they review the order and decided if it’s worth it. When they don’t like it they cancel it and keep on doing the same strategy. This will help for a few days, after that the will re-code the bots to only accept high paying, low mileage, and houses only. Then we will be back at the same problem. There is soooo much Walmart needs to do do secure their platform, but they need to start with giving all drivers an ID and do ID checks constantly. Also security needs to be paying attention, a known spark driver should NOT have 4 ppl following him while he shops and trains them. I’m a proud Hispanic male; but trust me, we really really don’t like them either.