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Lyft PPZ (personal power zones) Is it a scam to steal more money from the driver?

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Uberserge
1300 Rider Driver
 Posted 5 years, 6 months ago
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Sergio Avedian (Uberserge)
1300 Rider Driver
Ride Apprentice from Los Angeles, CA

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    Uberserge
    OP 1300 Rider Driver
     5 years ago

    It's a scam, the other day I did a ride on Lyft where I was paid a 10 dollar bonus from LAX to downtown Los Angeles at 11pm, it's a 17 mile ride and took less than half an hour, I got paid a total of $25 and the pax was charged over $60, so they're charging the pax prine time but paying the driver a lousy $10 bonus, it would have been much worse in rush hour traffic.

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    MolGoldberg
    29
     5 years ago

    Does this at least save costs for the riders. No, I don’t know what this is. LOL

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      OP 1300 Rider Driver
       5 years ago

      No it doesn't, it's green light for Lyft to screw the passenger and the driver.

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    AnitaBAnthony
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     5 years ago

    It’s a way to make it super obscure so no one understands how much they are getting paid. 

    Learning from the best, Uber. 

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      OP 1300 Rider Driver
       5 years ago

      Yeah exactly Uber the evil empire and Lyft the dysfunctional little sister 😆

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    outlandish
    205 Rider Driver
     5 years ago

    It seems as though, Lyft’s personal power zones are derived from the roulette wheel in Las Vegas. The longer you watch it go around the more endorphins are released in your brain, the more mesmerized you are by the numbers flying by and then figure what euphoria you'll experience if your number hits.

    It's this 100%. And it's completely intentional. Lyft and Uber know exactly what they are doing with strategies like this.

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      OP 1300 Rider Driver
       5 years ago

      I'm glad you're with me, since I wrote that I may have a better version, hybrid game of Pokemon Go and Wheel of Fortune. First you'll have to find the Pokemon, the pink box, then the Wheel of Fortune starts, then adding pennies to the bonus every few seconds. What do you think? 😆

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        outlandish
        205 Rider Driver
         5 years ago

        Hey that's a great idea. I mean, all the kids are playing pokemon already, might as well put them in cars to drive people around...

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          Uberserge
          OP 1300 Rider Driver
           5 years ago

          Yep, let's give that a try, immediate deactivation. 😆😂

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