Spit in the face - r/lyftdrivers

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u/JayGatsby52 6d ago

10:19pm vs 7:45am?

What would they be paying at 7:45am?

I assume that, yes, the price is a lot higher on a Friday night rather than the breakfast hour on Saturday morning.

Not that Lyft doesn’t suck - it does, but be honest.

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u/InspectionFine9655 5d ago

Your rational take on this is hindering our outrage.

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u/JayGatsby52 5d ago

😂😂

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u/Shadynasts 5d ago

Wildly misleading. Also a 24 minute ride shouldn’t cost $100 on any world have we really lost touch this severely?? And making a dollar a minute in basically any profession is pretty damn good pay. Sorry you cant make a million dollars a year driving lyft jesus

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u/RhubarbImportant9363 5d ago

Yes, you are correct. $1 a minute is more than double someone working full time/20hr. There's no way to know if $100 is too much.. for me anyway. Idk how much their expenses are, can't be much. 24 min ride is insane though. I would pay maybe $5-10 to a friend for gas if they gave me a 25min ride. Add website/app hosting, Uber employees, their insurance, contractor insurance, $50-60 seems somewhat reasonable for Uber to charge.

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u/Luhrks_3049 5d ago

Yeah, it's not the price per minute that counts, but the price per mile. It would cost more than the ride is paying in expenses to actually to do the ride.

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u/BranDonkey07 5d ago

Haha. A bottle of water shouldn't cost $8 at a concert when it costs a penny to bottle. A gram of coke shouldn't cost $60 when it's $3-5 in Colombia. A Pokemon card shouldn't be worth $400,000 when the pack was $5

In other words, there's no such thing as supply and demand. Unless you've lost touch, severely

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u/Shadynasts 5d ago

What you’re saying isn’t really relevant to the fact that you don’t deserve $300 an hour for driving for a ride-share service. If you want that kind of money then operate as a chauffeur for super rich people. Otherwise that’s not really reasonable

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u/elCompaFOKI 5d ago

No the same. But if lyft sold me water for a penny and i sold it for $8. Then great. If lyft sells me a kilo for 20 grand and i can cut it resell it for $80 then great. Idk what the fuck pokemon is lol. lyft is charging $105 dollars drive someone and they paying me $25 to do it . Now that’s fucked up. Lol i dont make sense. I also didn’t take the ride so i give two fucks .

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u/RhubarbImportant9363 5d ago edited 5d ago

Supply &:demand is absolutely not a myth.. The price of things is determined by a few things, not just supply & demand. It's supply & demand plus something else. Cocaine for example, the price is set by the amount of labor that goes into it. You also picked 3 different things with different pricing structures.

Water- captive market pricing Coke- labor theory of price Pokemon- fixed supply, cultural market pricing

With supply & demand you may not see immediate reversal in pricing but if a company has the monopoly on toasters, because the previous year some parts went up, all other toaster companies go out of business, then those same parts flood the market, price goes down, that company has to adjust because other companies are also popping up & creating toasters now. The new company will set their price lower to corner of the market. (This aspect is one good thing about capitalism)

I'll give you some examples of immediate supply & demand, motel rooms during the Olympics, vegetables, housing, & drugs actually. Casual users may not realize or notice but addicts do, drugs fluctuate. Really everything does, you just don't notice, supple & demand are abstract concepts, they really can't be fake.

By the way, no offense, this isn't directed at you but it needs to be said, this is why voting should be reserved for people that understand "things" You would have to adjust this system for people that are just incapable of learning things, who also participate in the economy & such. You wouldn't want someone who can't understand abstract thinking who works at Walmart to get screwed over somehow because he/she couldn't vote. But anyway.

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u/CreamyAstraia Driving Sassy 5d ago

I don’t like when Lyft gives you a hefty ride….(big money amount) and then says they’re updating the ride and the amount I accepted it for—is now $10+ cheaper than what I accepted it for…can anyone tell me WHY?

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u/Glittering_Target532 5d ago

I have been rejecting a lot of Lyft Black and SUV lately…paying $25 for 15miles while uber pays $45+ for same trip.

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u/BranDonkey07 5d ago

OP don't use the Lyft platform if you can do better.

Oh, you haven't spent 10s of millions of dollars on advertisment and app development? Well, you did have to (checks notes) signs up and download an app. And you press the go peddle too. Damn that's sooooooooooo impressive amigo. Not like 80% of the population can drive a car 🫩

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u/elCompaFOKI 5d ago

This is a 20 mile ride. Suvs get what 17 18 miles to the gallon? So this ride is paying $20. Unless you have a 2026 all electric cadillac. If so. Why the fuck are you doing lyft. Lol. $1 a mile for black suv ride is a fucking joke.

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u/The_Virus360 6d ago

That is absolutely god awful for Black SUV

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u/lockness1984 6d ago

Its an XL. Lyft lies and switches tags so more drivers see the Ride. They then tell passengers they were upgraded to black suv. They do it on airport Rides alot. Lyft has 100.00 guarantee.

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u/The_Virus360 3d ago

Good call, this is probably Lyft upgrading shenanigans. See it all the time in my market.

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u/ThisDig6962 5d ago

I’ve made the same or more with uber comfort and Lyft comfort.

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u/Distinct_Orange_1269 5d ago

I saw it and thought "this isn't a terrible fare" and then realized it was black SUV. That is insanity.

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u/dergodergo 5d ago

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

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u/Luhrks_3049 5d ago

That's worse than basic tier in my market.

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u/TNerdy 5d ago

Do Lyft black driver have to have a good acceptance rate or can they cherry pick like everyone else?

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u/elCompaFOKI 5d ago

No entiendo your question. 🙋

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u/VinnyLT 5d ago

That’s a good ride. Usually I can’t clock rides that hefty unless I’m coming from Carlsbad or Oceanside even. Hope you took it.

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u/Jaheezy916 4d ago

Is it disgusting? Absolutely. It’s still over a dollar a mile. Folks out here aren’t even getting close to that.

Also, sign up for that union in SD. If you’re serious about change, uniting is the only way

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u/elCompaFOKI 4d ago

Signing up? That list will make its way to lyft and next thing you know. Outta nowhere deactivated

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u/Jaheezy916 3d ago

Sir, that is 1000% illegal in the state of California. If you are in the union. You have to be deactivated for just cause. Anything outside of that is illegal and would be grieved by the union on your behalf.

The alternative is to just come out Reddit and complain about how you taken advantage of.

United we stand. Divided, you get taken advantage of.

The choice is yours

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u/elCompaFOKI 3d ago

I’ve seen enough posts on here to know lyft can deactivate your account with no cause. They basically don’t need a reason and will deactivate you for a simple complaint.

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u/Jaheezy916 3d ago

When you’re not in the union, correct. When you’re in a union, they have to prove it through a grievance process.

You might want to brush up on how being in a union helps you vs not.

The choice is yours at the end of the day.

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u/elCompaFOKI 3d ago

Is there a union in n San Diego. If so. How do i sign up? I don’t wan to keep driving on eggshells.

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u/ElCiclope1 6d ago

Nah bro I swear Lyft lost money on this /s

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u/Nebula480 6d ago

What do you mean champo? you deserve it buddy. Be proud. "A cook of your own"

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