CheerfulGiver:
Imagine as a driver in Lagos, taking advice from an office worker in portharcourt... Are you not mad?

ReadaDream:
No way! These Apps need to do something about the pricing. I'm still seeing the old prices and it's ridiculous.

You can't survive this, its a rat race. You will suffer, your car will suffer, mechanic will cashout on you, fuel station will become richer due to your constant patronage, you will burn out, you won't have money to fix your car when it breakdown! This I have seen.

If you don't use your head, walahi, OYO.

Majority of the riders don't care. They still want to maintain old price, the ones that want to add money will offer 500 to 1k extra. Is it for garri or ewa?

I charged one 12k to airport from Sangotedo, she say no, na 8500 on the App she go pay, another one 10k to Ogudu, she say never, few minutes later the guy that needed the ride called back that I should come. That's the only trip I've managed to do today.

Chat/calling every now and then to renegotiate is exhausting, I can't keep up. They should just do the needful abeg.

northbird:
If you are on Bolt. Park the car and sit @ home today. Life transforming ideas won't hit you while sitting on the wheels.
Don't waste precious 488 fuel on evening rush traffic....

northbird:


In the immediate, this is the only solution. Park the car and observe.
For those on hp and rentals, it still boils down to the reality people tend to avoid ..

You are in a racket that if you miss work for just 5 days,you are going to feel the full impact on your income. That's why you still see a lot of drivers working. They can't miss work for 3 days. it's doom for them.

If 488/l remains and no significant fare change,this is the end of ehailing for me.

ReadaDream:
Avoid dead driving
Avoid long pickup
Avoid app price.

Ire ooooooooooooo

Welz:
victor abeg try and be calming down

Welz:
victor abeg try and be calming down

YeyeGbami:


Jami agba, wetin be the scope to renegotiate price.

BigCee0:


This thing wey dey do you nah illiteracy & low self-esteem

Living a life of comparison just feel better.

People like you won't try comparing yourself with 1M earners, because nah depression & suicidal thoughts.

Leave that illiteracy circle & meet people working remotely from home & earning 1-5M monthly.... Learn soft work (Digital skills)
Copywriters are grossing averagely 800k monthly...

Programmers & tech expert are grossing millions monthly

You dey here dey shout salary earners...
Chaii Illiteracy, you do this one ooo

northbird:


In the immediate, this is the only solution. Park the car and observe.
For those on hp and rentals, it still boils down to the reality people tend to avoid ..

You are in a racket that if you miss work for just 5 days,you are going to feel the full impact on your income. That's why you still see a lot of drivers working. They can't miss work for 3 days. it's doom for them.

If 488/l remains and no significant fare change,this is the end of ehailing for me.

northbird:


In the immediate, this is the only solution. Park the car and observe.
For those on hp and rentals, it still boils down to the reality people tend to avoid ..

You are in a racket that if you miss work for just 5 days,you are going to feel the full impact on your income. That's why you still see a lot of drivers working. They can't miss work for 3 days. it's doom for them.

If 488/l remains and no significant fare change,this is the end of ehailing for me.

CheerfulGiver:
Like I keep saying, conditions now are better than before fuel increment. You've not just seen it. I've grossed 90k in the last two days without doing any extra work apart from bidding on trips that meet my strategy.


I Divide my hour by 7k or simply do 100 naira per minute.

I have about 13 hours to work or 60mins x 13 which is 780 mins.

Each minute is 100 naira which is a potential 78,000

All I need out of the 78k is only 45k. It guides me in choosing and bidding trips.

This thing is a blessing in disguise.

Gentlelife50:

Are you earning above #500k?
Are you driving already?

TheModerator:
dav1002. Please don't be distracted by the last few pages. Retrieve your car from cheerfulgiver asap. I told you nothing but the truth earlier without prejudice.

Pearl1910:
Back to d main issue affecting ehailing drivers.

There is no doubt, this fuel price increment will affect the take home of drivers generally speaking.

It is now left for u as an individual to reason how u will manueaver ur way around it, or settle with what u get or u quit.
I will not tell u what to do, if u carry app price and it still pays u, all well and good. Bolt has doubled bonus, and if that's okay by you, that's fine by me. Indrive prices always goes up when bolt prices goes up, and people still request. That means people are willing to pay double the current rates only if the prices are fixed that way. If the app companies dont increase price, don't dull yourself.

Overall transportation business can never die, and it can never run at a lose, so use ur head. I will not tell anyone what to do.

pope191:


Please how much did you gross yesterday and today. Let's leave Tuesday and Wednesday, heaven knows I will 90 at most on those days. Right now roads are free somewhat because people are yet to recover from the shock.

CheerfulGiver:
Like I keep saying, conditions now are better than before fuel increment. You've not just seen it. I've grossed 90k in the last two days without doing any extra work apart from bidding on trips that meet my strategy.


I Divide my hour by 7k or simply do 100 naira per minute.

I have about 13 hours to work or 60mins x 13 which is 780 mins.

Each minute is 100 naira which is a potential 78,000

All I need out of the 78k is only 45k. It guides me in choosing and bidding trips.

This thing is a blessing in disguise.

northbird:


Maybe on the island.. this my area for mainland, indrive riders here don't want danfo and keke and yet they still quote funny fares.. some will even be on the same quote for 2 hours plus.. I am amazed sometimes..

CheerfulGiver:
47k

Not gone online today

ReadaDream:
Bro, permit me to ask... How much fuel did you use to gross this? And before now you gross almost same figure; how much do you use then?

CheerfulGiver:
I had fuel from day before yesterday in tank before I bought another 30l at 15k. Now I have about half tank left. Which is worth 25k.

In a week I buy 150l and always have fuel for monday

konkoabove:

The challenge is that those app companies work strictly with data and NOT the few messages drivers are sending to them to consider their plight. As long as guys continue working, to them it's business as usual and those sending messages are the lazy ones.
I was in island on Tuesday when the surge was high 2.x. Riders ran to indrive, unfortunately nobody to pick. I stayed on bolt using side eye to observe indrive. One had to request on bolt when nobody was picking.
In summary, don't be at the mercy of anybody whether individual or company. Get to the point where you can have options in your endeavor. I remembered happily resigning 2 months into a job some years back when the owner was giving me unreasonable targets.

Itsrm:
Does anyone else think this is just word salad? How much fuel did you use to make 47k. Simple question

Itsrm:
Does anyone else think this is just word salad? How much fuel did you use to make 47k. Simple question

ReadaDream:


How much will 30ltrs @#15000 gross for you now? Factoring in the old ride prices.

I'm just trying to understand how it's working for you, so I/we can adjust.

ReadaDream:
30ltrs @185 is 5550, that should gross about 35+k on a normal working condition.

How much will 30ltrs @#15000 gross for you now? Factoring in the old ride prices.

Because the way I see it, except the price of ride increases, you will still be making same 35k+ gross on 15k fuel.

I'm just trying to understand how it's working for you, so I/we can adjust.