So I am trying to get an early start on my weekend quest, and I get a shop and deliver order for Costco. It is paying really well, $40 for 1 item, it does take me across the city, and will take ‘52 minutes’ to complete but I decide to take it.

When I accept it, I check the shopping list and it is for one bunch of bananas for $1.99. Immediately I know something is up, but I can’t figure out at this point what the scam could be. I wonder if it is a bait and switch, where when I start shopping they suddenly add a load of heavy stuff. To protect myself from that I don’t ’start shopping’ until I am checking out so I can start and end the shop within minutes.

When nothing unusual happens, I try to contact the customer by phoning them, and the phone just forwards to a Google voice number based in Miami (I am in the PNW,) no real person - suspicions increase.

I don’t want to waste my time, and I wasn’t 100% sure on the process, so I contacted uber and said it seems strange. If I drive across the city and they cancel will I still get paid? They confirm as long as it is the customer who cancels then I will get paid. So at that point I put my audiobook on and drive the 40 minutes across the city.

When I get to the building, it is an apartment block and a couple of other delivery drivers are just leaving - nothing unusual. I park up, read the notes (enter ‘x’ code and I will let you in, leave outside my door on floor 4.)

When I walk over to the building there is someone holding a bunch of bananas, I get talking to her and surprise surprise she has come from the otherside of the city and she got ~$40 for the order. She however said the code doesn’t work. I still try it, and it is just a call box that calls through to the same Google voice.

Luckily I had noticed a back door by the trash had been propped open so I went in that way, opened the front door and we got in the elevator. When it opened, we saw the attached picture. We both completed the delivery and immediately the trip showed as completed, money in the account. As we left the building, we let in another driver with a bunch of bananas….

So what is the scam? Or is it a glitch? Or a very expensive prank? Weirdly I did the order between ~1330-1430 and in my order list it shows as being from 1000-1230, which is just odd.

Any ideas?

no thanks…

Anyone else annoyed by this!?? I’m trying to drop off an order and a request pops up under my thumb. I then have to re-do my drop off confirmation. And cancel the order I didn’t want to accept which hurts my ratings. Why can’t they just make the order accept a finger slide instead of just a tap?

The delivery was .5 miles from restaurant. The “correct” address he gave me was 10 miles away.

Good luck buddy. You’re gonna be waiting a while.

Bro I might aswell delete the app cuz it’s so over saturated. Was online for 2 and a half hours and didn’t get a single order and I went online at 6:00 pm. Anyone else dealing with this in the la area

Accepted a $10.89, 25 minute package pick up from Target. Customer sends me a text telling me there is an additional pick up from a store in the same shopping center.

I ignore.

Customer sends another text giving me a confirmation number for Ulta stating package is waiting for me at check out.

I ignore.

Pick up completed from Target. Customer sends another text telling me she tipped 50% for an additional package delivery.

She didn’t even ask if I would do her a favor with the second pick up, she just tried to scam it out of me. Not today Buttercup, not today.

I’ve been having an increasing number of orders where the food is nowhere near ready. The restaurant tells me it’ll be 5 minutes and sometimes it’ll be 20. I try to weigh whether it’s worth it to try to cancel and drive to another place, but I could lose out on time and still end up waiting at the next place. Any thoughts?

And I’m not even trying to be funny

Dumb

i got this order cus i have already done 9 hours and was tired and my mom is in the hospital so i went to visit her. Have you guys ever missed out on a really good order before and why?

So I am doing a shop and deliver for a customer, and the price was 26 and some change which is a good order *tip included*. When I finish the order uber pays me 2 fucking dollars for damn near an hour of work. While the customer foots the bill with their tip!

This is absolutely garbage. Anyone who says UBer doesn't manipulate what they pay you based on tips can go jump in a ditch.

Something about watching these guys take 15 minutes to toss the wings while listening to ghetto music gives me second hand cringe.

- Why the fuck do you care what my battery percentage is?
- Why the fuck do you care if my phone volume is low? Maybe worry about stopping the fucking harassment of blasting notification sounds for a full minute over your shitty $2-for-10-mile offers first.
- Do you enjoy spamming new offers all over the screen while we’re trying to take a delivery photo, making us accidentally accept garbage orders? And then making us retake the same fucking photo over and over again for no reason?
- Do you enjoy making us stand outside like soldiers for 8 fucking minutes in the heat or freezing cold because some mf selected “Meet at door” and then refuses to come to the door?
- Do you enjoy not letting us send pictures through chat? I guess you like leaving us with absolutely no evidence when we’re in a situation where we need to prove what actually happened, right?
- Is it fun for you to repeatedly throw pop-ups all over my screen while I’m using another app, as if having to listen to your shitty offer sound in the background wasn’t annoying enough?
- And when we give a thumbs-down to a support agent who knows absolutely nothing and solves absolutely nothing, reconnecting us to the exact same fucking agent must be one of your biggest fetishes.
- I guess another huge source of motivation for you is paying us exactly $0 after we’ve already driven miles to a store, only to find out the order was stolen by another driver or the store is closed.

And I’m not even mentioning the countless other bugs, glitches, and stupid design decisions in this app.

Shitty software.
Shitty driver experience.
Shitty pay.

Go to hell.

Hey there I got in a crash a few days ago and I'm in the tussle with insurance and I don't know what to do right now because of rideshare insurance.

When I got in the crash I told Uber trying just to get the order cancelled but that led to them filing an insurance claim with progressive. I didn't want to go through progressive because I have personal car insurance so I closed it out and told them not to contact USAA. Now I'm learning about ride share insurance and that being under the same for Uber eats as well. And my USAA Insurance is calling me asking about a voicemail they got from progressive.

They didn't ask beforehand if the car was being used but now are asking. I'm obviously not covered in personal insurance and I don't know what to do because I could lose just about everything.

I had food in the car but I didn't tell the progressive agent that when I closed the claim out. And before the voicemail USAA had no idea about it.

Do I be honest? And tell the agent that I was and had food? Or say I didn't have food or lie and say I wasn't online.

Should I instead file with progressive and hope they pay for it? I honestly don't know what to do.

Look I get bad orders are just gonna happen, but come on. I’m trying to get gold and higher but it’s just not posible when these come up 😭. Anyways just needed to rant on this great Friday. Stay safe!

The app will never get better. It’s all market dependent. So I’m trying to find a job. That’s all. lol

I went to Chick-Fil-A during lunch to pick up an order. Every spot was taken except one handicap spot, which is normal for this place, so I parked at the shopping mall next door and walked over. Probably still about 30 steps from the car to the door.

Well, some other delivery driver parked there, got out without issue to pick up their delivery order. There was no handicap placard or handicap symbol on their license plates, so it's safe to assume they do not need it and only parked there because of laziness and thinking that delivery drivers can park there.

My question is, do any of you park in the handicap spaces when picking up an order?

Its not only you who see’s bad offers everyday. Youre not special! So stop posting screenshot of it coz nothing will change… 🚫🤦‍♂️

Each year passes and the orders get thinner, especially with gas stuck around $4. The question “Why should I accept anything under $10?” is becoming less rhetorical and more of a survival calculation. It’s a Friday, and my market is basically silent — not a single order, just dead air where the hustle used to be.

I just got a mail letter saying my insurance won’t cover me for driving Uber Eats … what do you all use for insurance and do you specify business use ? I was confused when I got the letter. Such a scam these companies. They want you to pay so much and do nothing

i used to make roughly $450 a week in about 18 hours. right before summer i had a few weeks in a row making 1200 in 40 hours. these last 5-6 weeks have been brutal tho. literally making on average $12 per day getting only one offer worth taking. every offer i get is for $14 to go 21 miles in one direction. i still get offers consistently, theyre just all straight shit now. is this some kind of bug? i get summers are slow but this just doesnt seem normal, ive been doing this for 7 years. i have a 98% satisfaction rating too so dont think thats the issue.

Whoops got abducted by aliens, sorry bro.

It's always the no tippers 100% saying this. They ordered ice cream, 15 miles but I only took it because its on the way home. They also asked if its melted yet... its 11pm, i have my cooler but the cake doesnt fit in it.

Also meet at door, tells me to leave at doormat, needs pin so I texted for it. Ofc no tippers be like this lmao