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Louis Lingebach (Goodideasll)
Ride Apprentice from Plattsburgh NY
Plattsburgh NY Uber Driver
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Is There A Way As An Uber Driver That I Can Refuse Trips With Multiple Stops?
Is There A Way As An Uber Driver That I Can Refuse Trips With Multiple Stops? I have been driving … -
I Am Temporarily (I Hope!) De-Activated Because Lyft Support Is Stupid! Lyft Says My Background Check Is Ongoing But If They Look - I Was APPROVED TWO MONTHS AGO!
I am temporarily (I hope!) de-activated from Lyft while they say they conduct an ongoing background check, I have been … -
Why Doesn’t Uber and Lyft Take Into Account Extreme Weather Like A Blizzard When Charging Customers For Rides?
Why doesn’t Uber and Lyft Take Into Account Extreme Weather Like A Blizzard When Charging Customers For Rides? Here’s the … -
Lyft and LyftSupport Is Not Paying Me For My Mileage For A Long Trip And Will Not Answer My Queries After Telling Me During The Trip That I WOULD Be Paid! Lyft Support Has Not Replied To Multiple Inquiries - What Should I Do Now?
Hi! 🙂Louis here from Plattsburgh , NY (way upstate- 30 minutes from Canada). Yesterday (7/24/19), I was returning from an … -
I Had A Flat Tire With A Passenger- My Car Was Out Of Service - Got No Response Nor Help From Uber - I Called For My Towing Service To Help - State Police Also Called For A TowTruck To Help- No Ubers Would Help- I Called My Wife To Take Passenger And Grandson Home - I Terminated Uber Trip - Wife Took Uber Riides Home- She Came Back And Got Me Forty Minutes Later- I Tipped Out TowTruck Drivers(2) and Went To Where They Ttok My Truck - Paid $216 For My Tow! What Should I Have Done And What Now?
Dear Gurus: I was taking a passenger and her grandson home, about a 26 mile trip, ( to the best … -
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL ESPECIALLY MOMOF4! (Sunday 5/12/19)
HAPP MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOMS! (Especially My Mom here - MOMOF4 - sometimes referred to as MOMO😊)None of us … -
I’m In Plattsburgh, NY - Do I Work Tomorrow (Wed. 5/8) - Am I Supposed To Strike - Does Anybody Know?
Am I supposed to strike tomorrow (Wed 5/8) if I am not in a major city? -
A Slow Period Is Coming Up For The Next Two Hours - What Would You Do As Drivers: Option A) Do Whatever It Is You Do Normally or B) Go Home, Lay on the Couch and Nap or Watch The Price Is Right. ????
Whenever it gets slow around here, (Plattsburgh, NY) I usually go to a good waiting spot, turn the car off … -
Uber Drivers: How Far Will You Drive To Pick-Up A Fare Not Knowing Their Destination?
Uber Drivers: How Far Will You Drive To Pick-Up A Fare Without Knowing Their Destination? Okay, here’s what happened today … -
You Know A Rider Is Gonna Give You A One-Star Review Because Of Something He or She Did - What Do You Do?
I recently received a go to the pin request for a pick-up. I went where Uber sent me! I sat … -
Refusing customers who don’t want to go the long way from Plattsburgh NY to Burlington, VT - how do I tell them nicely?
No, I do not believe that Uber or Lyft deduct credit card fees from tips that us drivers earn. That being said, Uber and Lyft take about 50 percent of most of the overall charges on our trips as their cut for their services. About 90 percent of my trips are minimum mileage trips meaning that they are less than 3 miles. For these trips I earn $3.66 per trip with Uber and $3.90 per trip with Lyft and Uber/Lyft take the other $4 that they charge for these trips. It took me a while but I have learned that we, as drivers, cannot possibly earn enough as Uber/Lyft drivers to make it worth our while. Everything I said is true, but it is only true where I work in a small town. 80 percent of my customers are college age and of that group, most NEVER tip. So, take everything I say with a grain of salt, drivers in bigger cities may make tons more money than those of us struggling in Mayberries across the globe. I hope that they do! Good Luck to All of You out in Guruland!😊
Thank You Beth! I was just curious about this. Where we live in upstate New York, we get occasional rides to the airport in Burlington, Vermont which is only about an hour away by ferry. The problem is that we are not allowed to pick up passengers over there so we are required to return home empty and we still have to pay for the ferry ($10.75 per car +$4.50 per extra passenger). Plus, Uber and Lyft make us collect the ferry money ourselves from our passengers because they do not acknowledge the ferry exists. Even after telling somebody at Uber Support this, they do not care. It always makes us seem like beggars to our passengers. I tell them that if they don’t have the cash that they can pay for the ferry by masking the payment as a tip. Anyhow, I Thank You for your answer and wish you many successes in this New Year and hopefully 2021 will be much better than its’ predecessor!😊😉😊😉
Hello. I read your post. I was wondering if any Uber driver from New Jersey can pick up riders in Pennsylvania? Where I live in New York, we are only allowed to pick up people in New York ( and we are not allowed in NYC!). Can you pick up people in any state? Thank You!
It might be nice if you said where you are and where you are going! Or something!
Hi Amy! Just saw it and e-mailed you!😊
Thank You StefanBLM! 😊I saw a great sign this week - BLACK LIVES HAVE TO MATTER NOW and then ALL LIVES CAN MATTER!😊
Hi Kris, nothing would surprise me with Lyft or Uber. In my time working for both I have not been able to figure out which is more incompetent!☹️But where we are in Plattsburgh, NY, there is a demand for Lyft rides but since COVID-19, there are only 3 or 4 drivers who drive sporadically. Before COVID there were 30 or 40,(you figure it out!). So, basically there is very little coverage. Most people just give up trying for a Lyft and go straight to Uber, at least that’s what they tell me! I have been reactivated on Lyft, but frankly, because they pissed me off for months and months, just not caring at all. I doubt I will drive for them very often, if, at all! Have A Great Day Kris ! And Happy Veterans Day To All!😊Louis😊
Hi Amy, Louis from Plattsburgh here! I do remember you and your friend (with the Polo!😊)! I am tied up all day till about 6 PM today(11/11)waiting on my wife’s car in Vermont. Then I will be home to Plattsburgh! If you like, you may e-mail me at [email protected] yahoo.com. Good Luck! Louis
I am getting the same stupidity from Lyft. My updated background check was completed inFebruary and yet they are still denying me access in September. Very frustrating dealing with Support that will only send out canned responses. Getting the same response ‘to have patience ‘ is maddening! Good Luck LS!
I think you’re right! Thanks BB!
You can’t trust anything Lyft says(I think Uber is okay!) LYFT SUCKS! Trying to talk to Lyft Support is close to impossible! I consider Lyft to almost as evil as our President (Trump)!
Sorry bsprings! My heart goes out to you ! Lyft could care less about us drivers! I hope you have found alternative means of survival because if you wait on Lyft to help you, you’re out of luck! I will say prayers for you and send out best wishes and good karma requests as well!
I guess you all care about as much as Lyft - Thanks!
Where we are in upstate NY, we get rides across the lake to Burlington Vermont. Uber does not charge the customers in the app ($15.75)and since we are not allowed to pick up in another state we have to dead head back and also pay for the $10.75 ferry toll back. I have to tell customers that they have to pay me $25 just to cover fares because Uber and Lyft do not care at all about us drivers. I have told them so many times that I have given up. Lyft cut me off from driving because my security check by CHECKR could not get a response these last 4 or 5 months so, what’s the difference? I told them my only alternative was suicide and they said, Good, Have A Great Day! And I never had less than a 5 star rating in a whole year worth of rides with Lyft!
Very sad. My condolences and thoughts and prayers go out to her family, friends and riders! Good Luck To All!
I was out and about yesterday running errands for some people who can’t get out. While doing that I was online with Uber and Lyft for almost three hours in upstate New York. Didn’t get one ping, very depressing! Nobody going anywhere! Hope Everyone out there is well, do your best to stay safe and if you can, say a little prayer for me and all of us! Thanks!😊
No Mom! You are not wrong - I think that drivers should tip MORE than our average riders. That being said, stingy tipping drivers prove that there’s lots of jackasses in all lines of work! Hope you and yours are well and you are making lots of money because you are so nice !
Hi Fux, tips are their own reward. Tips have nothing to do with your rating, but at least you can spend your tips on something/anything. Your rating gets you nothing! So, good job and buy yourself something nice!
Hi Mom! The best I have ever seen up here in Podunk, NY is $2.50! Pitiful! Hope you and yours are well!
I agree with everything you said except for the ‘gouging’ comment. ( See My thread about driving in extreme weather, please.)