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1) Driver arrives at a pickup location, switches off the phone.
2) Driver waits for five minutes. Cancels the trip and drives away.
3) Driver makes $5.00 for a passenger no-show.
Voila! Too easy!
Driver Scam Equation - Collecting No-shows
kmcdonald1
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Posted 5 years, 8 months ago
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Discuss known or suspected scams in the rideshare industry. Share your experience here.
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kmcdonald1
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Kabe
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If the driver turned off their phone they are either going to disappear on your map or not move. In either case call them, and screen print the call while doing so.
So, they don't answer, but you have a record you called.
Now, you have two options. Cancel before five minutes passes, and reorder. You wasted some time but the driver is out of luck and missed other rides.
Wait and see if they arrive. Take a screen print of the Uber map showing the driver's locating just before five minutes. If they cancel after five minutes, take a screen print of a map with your location.
Now, protest the cancellation to Uber to get your money back, and offer the screen prints as proof the driver was scamming.
Please, please take the effort. As a driver I have two reasons for wanting bad drivers booted. One, they give us a bad rep. Two, the fewer drivers the sooner I get my next ride.😄
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If the driver turned off their phone they are either going to disappear on your map or not move. In either case call them, and screen print the call while doing so.
So, they don't answer, but you have a record you called.
Now, you have two options. Cancel before five minutes passes, and reorder. You wasted some time but the driver is out of luck and missed other rides.
Wait and see if they arrive. Take a screen print of the Uber map showing the driver's locating just before five minutes. If they cancel after five minutes, take a screen print of a map with your location.
Now, protest the cancellation to Uber to get your money back, and offer the screen prints as proof the driver was scamming.
Please, please take the effort. As a driver I have two reasons for wanting bad drivers booted. One, they give us a bad rep. Two, the fewer drivers the sooner I get my next ride.😄
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Does this really happen.
and what is this about drivers hiding out in the bushes and not letting the rider in. why is this a valid business practice?
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If you're "driving rideshare" to scam $5 ride cancellations,
seriously... YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
Unfortunately the only people who think this happens frequently are the passengers who think we're all scam artists and who have never spent a day driving in our shoes.
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Driver cancelling on you seems to happen a lot at airports. I am not sure about them turning off the phones, but they often make an excuse and tell me to cancel and request again for a quicker pickup. I am sure most riders won't ask questions and just do it, but it's rather annoying.
Are they judging our destination or something? I don't see why they do this.
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Well, except the part where the rider funds you and knocks on your window. LOL. Do you ignore that? That'd be super awkward.
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Yeah, I have had some no-show charges on my statements. I always wish I had seen the email receipt, but I rarely pay attention to those. (I guess that's my fault.) They are $5, so I usually ignore them, but perhaps reading stuff like this makes me think twice.
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