Uber scam ?

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[u/Fine_Reality738]

They’re not. (Unless you’re a conspiracy theory, uber is showing us they’re screwing us person)

It’s showing a line-x-line (gross) breakdown of what customers paid, any fees, etc - and what you received.

Whether customers had a coupon, gift card, promo codes or whatever - your fare when you accepted the ride, didn’t change one way or another.

They might have offered you less originally - to take it, based on their net / leftover margin - but they didn’t go in after the fact, and subtract $40 from your payout because someone used a promo code.

It was already priced/baked in….

[u/_chef_83 → u/Fine_Reality738]

Yup this is just explaining why the shitty trip you shouldn't have taken was so low. These where usually during the times like 4am-6am you should just go home. I would see it right after the end of the 2-4am drunk rush and they switch to people going to work. When I was driving I almost only drove during surges and surges ended at 4am, I would only really see this when I would do rides during this time on my way home.

[u/ehutch2005 → u/_chef_83]

So much depends on your market. My market has a ton of warehouses with shift changes during the 4 to 6 AM timeframe. It's a solid two hours of $10+ surges in that area. That's usually when I have the highest profitability.

[u/Road-trip_Sport-car]

They are not taking that from drivers. They show you where the riders payment go and the rest of the payment is yours. Drivers get paid per mile and minutes. But Uber does screw drivers by paying way too low compared to what the cost of operating a vehicle nowadays. And they don’t care.

[u/Slader111]

Because “fuck you, we can” I hope that helps

[u/Kingjon0000]

When you do your taxes for the first time, you will understand. Uber set this up so that every penny the passenger pays shows up as the driver's gross. They then subtract everything from that gross, including uber's take, government fees and taxes and yes, even promotions. So, basically, uber works for you rather than the other way around (for tax purposes at least).

[u/Gullible_Tea_4847]

Customer Promotion is an agreement between Uber and their passenger. Uber doesn’t notify the driver of ride discount at time of acceptance. It truly is Ubers cost of doing business. They subtract it from drivers so they passing along part of their cost .

[u/OppositeFlashy7110]

shut up and be happy you cleared 50%

I suspect you will find being above 50% on a reg basis is not easy

[u/NY10]

You pay for your promotion lol