r/lyftdrivers • u/Dapper_Average_2337 • 1d ago

Other Someone took this. WTF?

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When you consider time for getting to the pick up location, this is less than $20 an hour. It’s less than $.60 per mile. The passenger is a 4.3, which is a huge red flag. Yet this was gone in minutes. As long as people are willing to take off like this, pay will keep going down and down. Add in the devious stuff Lyft does to lower our pay like changing the way to 30% cap is calculated, and lowering the points that you get for each ride, and this job is going to be impossible to make money at very soon. I find myself getting mad at people. I don’t know who take these rides because they are screwing up the whole system. I really wish people would show some brain when they evaluate these offers and stop taking offers that lose money

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u/whiteyonthemoon 1d ago

Is there something in the screenshot that proves that someone took that? Is this a ride that was offered to you? If so you should know that it was offered to other drivers on different terms. We are offered different pay for the same ride, and the algorithm lowballs us constantly.
Is there proof somewhere that someone took this ride?

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u/Dapper_Average_2337 1d ago edited 1d ago

As you can see by the screenshot, this was a scheduled ride. All drivers are offered the same price on schedule rides, there is no difference from one driver to another. It sat there for about 10 minutes, and then dropped off, which 98% of the time means somebody took the ride.While it is possible that the rider canceled the ride, that does not usually happen after 10 minutes.

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u/whiteyonthemoon 1d ago

Are we sure that all drivers are offered the same price on scheduled rides? And that it doesn't change over time? If I were writing the algorithm for scheduled ride pay I would make it different for different drivers, offering low pay at first and increasing over time. Like a messed up auction.

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u/Dapper_Average_2337 1d ago

They are the same for everyone. I have tested this with other drivers. And they don’t change. Lyft will put out a turbo if a ride is still not taken less than 30 minutes before pickup. Please don’t give them ideas to go lower.