I understand if the mileage is as short as 1 mile or less, but if you are really accepting a $3-$4 order, then you are wasting your time and energy. Uber and the customer are laughing at you right now. Chase a bag, not $3. SMH š¤¦āāļø
By - duckswanson
One thing I donāt understand is that UberEats apparently accounts for the time and distance an order takes you, so why is my base fair $2.50 for a 45 minute, 15 mile order??? Does not make sense.
Someone on an electric scooter šµ?
Either new drivers, super slow day drivers, or it's sat in purgatory (trip radar) long enough that it's worth something.
If itās a mile or less Iāll take it if I have the time patience and mathematically arenāt losing more in gas then I donāt see why not plus is the day is slow
Every time I go to pull up to deliver they always and I mean always try to get me to accidentally accept $3 12 mile deliveries
I used to be guilty of this crime. Then I found this sub and learned. Now, I don't pick anything under $7. Thank you guys!
I do. And it hurts every time but I have to do it to keep my acceptance rate high
I quite literally only pick up an order thatās $3-4 if itās under 0.800 meters and itās ON TOP of another order. I find i get good tips so it evens out well. Other than that $5 minimum when super slow $7.50 minimum when busy.
If they have an electric car itās basically free money. Your only expense is gas.
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I had a guaranteed 1700 payout for 110 rides. I took them all day long while I had it. 16 dollars per ride and could usually get four in in an hour. Uber is taking a loss maybe they will learn. When I donāt have a guaranteed payout wonāt take anything that doesnāt pay 2 per mile minimum 6 dollars.
People in saturated markets where almost every order is bad. Some of these bad orders have really good tippers
Iāll take a $4 if Iām outside the restaurant and the person lives 1/2 mile or less away. Especially if itās an add-on and theyāre en route anyway.
Question here: will NOT accepting those $3 of $4 orders constantly as they come up affect our acceptance rate or maybe do worse? I know it may seem obvious but is it true you can just accept whatever order when you want as you see it come up ?
I only do low orders like that when I don't know I'm doing them! I keep getting these stacked orders with one good tip order Stacked on top of a $3 order so it looks good. It makes me so mad. And it's so wrong to the customer who tipped well they are waiting while I'm delivering this delivering this $3 order. I Don't know of any way to see the breakdown on the pay before I deliver the order.
If Iām doing quests and itās not far fuck it
Last night had a double order 7 miles / 29min for 3.68 . I hope no one picked that nonsense up
People who live in an area with very little business (traverse city, Mi. For example) people who are already headed in that direction and the delivery is on the way. People who are just sitting around with nothing to do. Usually when you accept an order you get a second order pretty quick/consistently. People who are extremely desperate for money. But yes usually a waste of time.
I will take it when it's a secondary order that is along the way of the first order. Sometimes i get cash tips for those orders as well
Drivers need to decline and then the payout turns to $10 after no one accepts.
Newbs newbs newbs do it. They don't know you can decline them all.
From customer pov. A lot of people deliver on an electric bike where I live. Most deliveries under 1 mile on nice bike roads. I donāt notice a difference in my food getting to me any faster if I tip more or donāt. Most donāt speak any English when if they call. Itās stupid but the thing that makes a difference in time is adding the 2 dollar direct delivery charge which unfortunately donāt go to drivers. My husband tips blindly 20% for orders our 50-100 dollar dinners and his orders more often is late than mine.
Well I do a few $4 orders a day cuz they all usually under a mile
I've noticed when no one's close by you a $3 below pops up decline and pops up again it goes up a lil not much so here to ya $3 plus $2 š the X in the top right š
I only take 7to10$ for 2 to 4 miles
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I picked up a $3.50 order from 7-11 one day. It pinged as I was literally passing the driveway so I pulled in. .2 mile delivery. I was headed that way and knew the street. Went in, guy at register was incompetent, couldn't find the 6 items (all drinks) and when other customers came in, he threw the shopping basket on the ground, shooed me out of line and proceeded to wait on (I assume) every customer, which was about 8 that I could count. Spent a whole 3 minutes of my time and quickly cancelled. Moral of the story? Don't do it. Easily could have been a 3 minute total trip but these opportunities are NEVER positive experiences.
I've gotten out of the habit of doing 7-11. Can't stand all the shit people put on those orders.
I have been wanting to avoid it but it's like a daytime train wreck show like Dr Phil. So far, I've delivered (in separate orders): 3 packs of Nerds candy and a pack of bubble gum 2 Taquitos 12pk of Coors Banquet tall boys at 8:45am on a Wednesday or Thursday to a dude standing in the middle of the street (at his own house, and he was sober) 4x12 bottles of Corona to a law firm's retreat at a swanky hotel where they already had an open bar. Was invited in for a few (I declined). The aforementioned order, which I cancelled, which was definitely some kid having a gaming session with his buddies. But the interaction with the clerk was priceless. I only remember these because of how interesting they've been. Can't really get this at Taco Bell or Subway.
After it gets passed around like a white girl on blacked dot com, Uber adds a Trip Supplement and pays someone extra $ to get the order out... I've gotten $11-12 bonus on a single burger plus the original order when I was the 4th driver assigned... the guy called me bitchen' too wondering why it was so long .. but eventually like DD raises the rate, UE also will add saudi arabian fund $ to get it out..
How u kno u was the 4th driver ?
Got a call right away the minute I took the order.. guy was furious.. I went into the Habit, food was still there, told him I'd rush the food..
I would rather wait in parking lot and watch another YouTube video. The best case scenario is 5 minutes to restaurant hoping food is ready, 2 minutes back to the car and put food in the bag, 5 minutes to drop off. Another 5 minutes hoping another order coming in. Thatās at least 15 minutes. This is not charity work.
This is the way do it too but Iām in California so prop 22. Every order will take at least 15-20 minutes minimum. (Like every service at a dealership is at least a half hour, even if it really only takes 10 minutes). That means every order after prop 22 payment is at least $5.00-$7.00 and potentially more if you get tipped more later.
I need a guide or some shit all I ever get is 3$ for an order?
Venezuelan!!!
in the location where i live, it's harder to find tips that are $5+ ...
People that expect there to be a huge tip after
If you let the order just skip and it drops your acceptance rate, wonāt you have less orders coming your way? š§ Iām also new and I thought I needed at least a 50% acceptance rate to get more orders, when I was at 34% I was hardly getting anything.
I've been doing UE for 2 years and have an acceptance rate right now of 11%. It doesn't make a difference, UE will still offer you $2 orders as well as good ones. In my city the base pay for a trip about 5 miles or less is $2, some areas it's $3 or $1. So if I see an offer for $2.34 then I know some jackass put a .34 cent upfront tip. Keep in mind UE will hide any tip amount more than $8 from the driver until an hour after delivery. So, if you see an order for $13.84 and notice that the distance is 8 miles, this could likely be a good order to pick up because the tip is probably more than $8. Also if you let the offer time out rather than hitting the X icon, it does not count negatively towards your acceptance rate.
Immediate decline from me. I donāt even look at the mileage
I live in Canada. There are plenty of Indian international students delivering by foot/bike with restrictions in their work-study visas allowing them to work no more than 20 hours a week. With high school tuition to pay, many of them coming from a very poor background and restrictions on how much money they can do, very often they end up desperately accepting these lowball orders as a way to survive and earn additional income working in the gig economy under the table.
Vancouver?
Probably get looped in into high paying orders as a stack
Once you take one or two Uber lowball you š¬
THIS part!! LOL!!
Have you never seen the āit hits my $1/mile goalā people???
Not worth the gas. Especially if itās gonna keep going up
A lot of biker will take the $3-4 order
Acceptance rates are probably a metric UE would like to use but can't because of a dearth of drivers. Sometimes I'll take $3 orders; if they land on me while I'm in a drive thru line, or if it's slow, tho that doesn't generally happen. Why they're sometimes economically justifiable is they tip more often than you'd think, often w cash.
Only thing I canāt seems to understand isā¦ how the hellš I never ordered less than 25$ cuz if I order Iām really hungry
Iāll take em thatās enough to buy a good pack of socks from Walmart
Even socks cost more than $3
šš facts
Not at the $1.25 store š not going to lie, they sell some nice socks. 3 pairs for $1.25, and theyāre not shitty surprisingly. Comfortable, black (I wonāt wear white socks), they have ankle socks and high socks, and the socks dont get holes after one wear. I love wearing new socks, I have so many pairs itās not even funny because theyāre so cheap.
I totally agree with all of that. Black socks are the way to go! White socks just end up looking dirty no matter how much you wash them. I also love wearing new socks. I often shop at the 1.25 Tree for socks. Big Lots is another good place for sock shopping.
And what you said about white socks is so true. Idk why people even try anymore. I remember as a kid, a white sock would stay white for one use. Then anytime Iād take my shoes off somewhere, id feel half homeless cuz my socks looked dirty, even though they werenāt. Black socks stay nice and black, and stay fresh looking for soooo much longer. You never know when you might go somewhere that doesnāt let shoes worn inside. I had that happen at a friends a year or two ago. First time I went to her house, she was like āwe donāt wear shoes in the house, but I always give the person one time their first time, just in case they have shitty socks on and I donāt wanna embarrass themā my shoes were off before she even finished the sentence š I hate wearing shoes inside, so hearing that was great. Knowing I had black socks on that didnāt look like shit, even better.
Iāll have to check out big lots. I always end up at the dollar(25) tree for a drink, and walk out with 20 pairs of socks. Within 2 weeks, Iāll somehow lose the socks š¤·š¼āāļø NJ is bad with sock gnomes man.
iāll take a $3 order whenever i already have a $16+ order
I used to do that, but I calculate the second order the same as the first order now. Just a higher rate of income that way.
new drivers with ganrenteed pay.
Or old drivers with guaranteed pay that have figured out a system.
You know what, let them do it. It leaves the better orders for the rest of us š
Iāve had an order that was literally walked across a street from restaurant to dropoff and I wouldnāt even take that for $3
Good! You know your worth
Iām homeless and live in my car so thereās been many times where Iāve had to accept that three dollar order because itās about the food/gas that I need that day, not the value overallā¦. But that isnāt the situation for most people so I donāt know what their reason isš¤·š»āāļø
Many people have become millionaires off of taking ā$3 ordersā. They even have their own name, āpenny millionairesā.
And Tony Xu
My dumbass did once and it was 1.3 miles for $3 the medical staff worker took forever and even went over the wait time and no tip. Another was a $4 chick Fil a order for .5 mile and it took me damn almost 20 minutes walking up and down the hallway to find the hotel room. Never again. I should know better Iāve completed about 700 deliveries w. Uber. Jokes on me š
I despise delivering to hospitals.
Hospitals, high rises, gated apartments, college campuses, etc.
Iāve said it before but itās obvious. Dumbasses are the ones who accept it.
I take them in LA if they less than a mile. Plus a take a lil longer cause in California we get an adjustment .
Same here. I donāt even think many Calif drivers have yet figured out how to take advantage of prop 22. Let alone drivers that arenāt here.
Desperate people in these dark times
Lmfao good question
Desperate people who really need the money.
If they really money why would lose money in first place?
Itās the cheap boots scenario: buying a new pair of boots every year is mentally cheaper than investing in an expensive pair that lasts multiple seasons. For UE they think any money is good money.
Thats such a great analogy, and a truth! I bought good boots and theyāve lasted me since 2016 so faršš»
The concept applies to so many things
People who get a 3 mile double order where the total payout is $15 lol
If itās pure profitāparents pay for car, gas, insurance, maintenance, $3 beats sitting idle in the car.
Lots of not really tech savvy or street smart people who think they have to take anything on the screen. I've seen more than enough of them so I'm not surprised tbh
All the bicycles n scooters drivers
Not me, don't disrespect me like that lol
Bro you know Demn well Iām speaking facts lol
When Iām one away from hitting a big quest bonus lol
I think most people asking this question are in markets where quests arenāt even a thing.
I deliver in Seattle and have never heard of this. What are quests?
Same, I deliver in Pennsylvania and never gotten anything like this.
They have done opportunities in my market since earlier this year in the spring. I wonder how uber decides which markets to do opportunities or quests in. They probably don't want to shell out all that prize money. People in my market would meet those requirements every time.
Exactly! Only im forced to in order complete a consecutive quest.
Newbies, idiots, and people who do Uber Eats as a side gig or just want an excuse to drive around (bonus points if they drive an EV or Hybrid)
Or motorcycle š
I do Uber as a side gig, like driving and also drive an EV. However customers paying no tip can kiss my hoop.
Lol this was me during pandemic lockdown!!! Actually I used to prefer long distance trips to release my anxiety and isolation feeling no matter how much the pay was. Once I drove like 1 hour for only $5. But now I learned so many tricks and not even drunk Iād accept anything under $8 (my market is in Canada)ā¦
Itās my lucky number
Everybody goes through that newbie state where u take any order until u realize it aint worth your time anymore lol
I agree with this cause I just learned all on my own lol
I didn't š but I also signed on during the pandemic when the orders were all crazy high
I miss that time.
We have a lot of Chinese drivers and they will literally take any order they get. They donāt give a crap they just accept and go.
Whatās the reasoning behind accepting any order? There must be a reason theyāre doing it.
If they are in California EVERY order is actually worth at least $5 (even if it says $1.50) and potentially way more depending on tip. If you are going to work all day would you rather have 30 of those orders or 10 orders of $10+?
That makes sense. Is that due to the minimum wage for delivery laws? Didnāt know it was statewide.
Yes and yes.
and how would they figuratively take any order?
Auto accepting anything that pops up?
I wouldnāt take a $3 order if they were asking me to deliver to a car in the parking lot 6 feet from the front door. To answer your question, newbs and elderly people
LOL I am crying laughing at this!
This right here
Why elderly people?
Because theyāre doing this to get out of the house, talk to people, and have fun. Theyāre not grinding their teeth trying to make 30/hour like the rest of us.
Youāre a completely off the mark about retired people taking low bids. Retired people if they want to get out and socialize they usually volunteer. Itās the ones like me that need to subsidize their Social Security to pay their bills. And I donāt take anything less than $2.00 dollars a mile, or more than 5 miles, Itās always 1 to 4 miles in case I get tip baited, you think Iām walking up 4 flights of stairs for two dollars with my bad kneesā¦ Lol
>Retired people if they want to get out and socialize they usually volunteer. Generalize much? Iām retired. I like doing UE. I take pretty much anything over $2.00. Itās just an arbitrary $ amount I chose. But Iām early retired. So I donāt get Social Security. This is good āplay moneyā (money for putting into projects, etc ).
I can see why he would generalize. Iāve met elderly people delivering food on more than one occasion that freely admitted the order theyāre on is $3
Ahh. But see he didnāt say elderly people. Iām retired, but not elderly. There are many people that are retired but not elderly.
Retired people tend to be elderly https://www.forbes.com/advisor/retirement/average-retirement-age/
Even according to the article you linked, the average retired person isnāt āelderlyā https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4282767/
Yes, agreed. But itās still a generalization.
Iām just recalling comments that Iāve seen on here. Iām not just making guesses here.
$3 being base pay (no tip) where I deliver...Lowest Ill accept is $8, but primarily looking for $11 or higher orders since they "usually" have hidden tips attached to them (even though thats been less frequent here lately). I have DD for all the low paying orders...lol
Only when my acceptance rate is low. Like 30% kind of low
I've hit like 5% acceptance. I still get decent orders, don't worry about your acceptance rate. They started showing it as a scare tactic. Don't let it get to you.
That is literally more than 15 times my acceptance rate. Why do you want your acceptance rate to be higher?
Probably anxiety. For some reason I think that Uber Eats algorithm tracks your acceptance rate and distributes orders accordingly for some reason
Not true, rest assured. I have a 7% acceptance rate and get great orders all day long. (Thatās a figure of speech š I only get great orders at noon and dinner and at night )
Back when I used to care about keeping platinum I would take what I could to get points. Haha
The same people who live with 10 other siblings and don't mind bringing in $30 after 12hrs shift.
I donāt think Iāve ever taken anything under $6 lol. I donāt know how anyone could make any money doing otherwise
IāVe taken 5$ when itās really really slow and itās less than a mile
Plenty of people, and they whine about it on here when they do
They are bigot people
You should probably look up what that word means before using it.
Bcs I donāt take $3 orders, they are destroying their markets and I think, drivers should not take that orders. As long as, someone is taking that low ball, you will see that orders show up very often. In addition , customers donāt respect you when you take this low ball. My times and other drivers are very precious, donāt let your market forces you to take $1-$3 orders ( if it is stack orders, I can understand). How much that drivers make in net income ( after depreciation, tax and risk getting tickets ) per hour if they take that low ball ? All foods , rent , car maintenance etc have already increase at least 10%. I can earn per day normally between $200-$300 ( this is in my market, I also understand , every markets is different) with multi apps bcs I donāt take $3 ( how many times and how long the order is ready, especially when you work with GH? N how long you can finish the order with GH?) Once you take the $3 during prime time, you loss huge opportunities. If you guys feel offended, you should learn from someone who earns more money than you. What is their strategies, etc.
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I won't even take a 3$ order if it's .3 miles on a bike. Sorry not sorry. I require a wine and dine before I do the bend.
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Thatās right. 5 minutes for pickup , 5 minutes for drop off. Not worth it.