1 & 2 - yes, agreed. Lucky I am still under old rate, 20%.
3 - recover from ride But, monthly fluctuation on petrol price
4. - yes, accelerate maintenance frequency, used to every 4 months once, now every 2 months (and I am driving part time only, weekend)
5. - what job don't need man hours one. Of course the man hour for uber is not that great anyway.....similar to maybe junior exec pay only. Pro is the flexibility, depends how rajin u r, although you max out, also maybe senior exec level pay (have not deduct cost yet)
6. - even you don't drive, you still use it anyway. Uber Partner app and waze very low usage on data only, negligible
7. - I hardly call also. Anyway, negligible for me, mine is post paid, unlimited call and sms
8. - If you unlucky, station in those area every where got toll, can't help it. Else, you can just ignore. Lucky mine, not much these situation
9. - Yes, happened, but, not always. But, I will definitely raised a complain.
10. - Touch wood, never kena. Got to street smart lah

Conclusion - based on my 5 months driving uber, combination of part time and full time, good for flexibility, no pressure, no stress. Con is that earning not that great (as least not as what Uber want us to believe or many people say) compare to the effort put in (time). After driving for long hours (>4 hours, sometimes feel stiff, imagine sitting 4 hours with limited movement, unlike in office environment. Request is frequent, max only 5 min for toilet break). It just barely able to break-even, cover petrol, car maintenance, mobile charges, which all inclusive of personal usage, but this is at current petrol RM1.70/l. To cover for car installment, definitely NO. Full time employment NO, unless I am currently earning less than RM2k.

Well, are you sure just Uber only? I would say almost everything, so long as you work for others aka employee. Ok, maybe 90%. But, what choice do you have? When you got mouth to feed, stomach to be filled, commitment to be meet, it mere survival.....like it or not. Those expat, in return for them to live in "lesser advanced" countries, they can live like king here, with their huge income (due to currency rate advantage), accommodation fully paid, transportation covered, virtually almost everything is covered by company, their salary just for their expenses, of course they can said that lah.....some even more luckier, they have separate income back home, for their retirement, so called to matched back their "home" salary package.

Anyway, ultimately, the choice is yours......whether it is worthwhile continue driving or not, it individual choice. But, claim that driving Uber can earn a comfortable earning, that's bullshit. What I like about uber it just flexibility, and I'm tired with corporate rat race. I rather have lower income than higher stress in corporate world, even though my income had drop considerably, so long as I am able to maintain my lifestyle that I want.

Raised a complain. Technically they should not. But, i dunnolol

ios confirm don't have

lol.....so long no money out, ok lor...

raised complain if your money get deducted without your authorization

+100, with minor correction

Don't forget, uber rate is fixed, but petrol is fluctuate monthly. Any increase in petrol cost without increase in uber fare, you will gg

This post has been edited by 2feidei: May 27 2016, 02:54 PM

If you worry luggage cannot load, request uber black or uber XL.

Toll is borned by rider

No, the fixed rate from klia is to 1 destination only. Any additional drop off location, consider 2nd trip. Unless you had agreed personally with the driver first.

Well, I can't speak on behalf of all drivers, but, for me, it really give and takes, it depends how far I need to detour from the existing route, which I usually choose the shortest for the fixed rate ride, unless the shortest route is jammed and make it not economical for me to use, then, I will use fastest route. For your clarification, for fixed rate ride, we are paid by fixed rate also, not by distance nor time, thus, any detour will definitely affect our income. As someone mentioned, please do not take advantage of drivers, as what you expect we drivers do not take advantage of you (just like taxi)

Yeah, very true. Really different person will have different answer. In fact, mine was I send an email/ online help on this issue, and was told it affect. Anyway, I did not really go monitor it if really affect or not, too many trip to remember. I think even uber staff also not sure

Unfortunately, there is none. Asked already I would love to just pick up customer with credit card payment only, save the hassle, faster drop off too, especially critical in those "dangerous area" like bukit bintang, mid valley and klcc. Worst still some inconsiderate passenger insist send up to door, right in front of taxi stands and sitting behind. Usually foreigner (if you drive long enough, you will know who they come from . Dreaded accepting their ride request).

Payment by cash only happen in Malaysia (this what I heard), not in other countries. Due to uber want to fight with Grab for share of market/ share of wallet. In fact, I would say quite a lot of uber drivers decide to drop off driving altogether due to this. Personally, I found it very hassle. If passenger want pay cash, go use grab.

Have you checked? Coz I got totally opposite answer when I asked. And, too hassle and too lazy to check, tracking all my trip (as sometimes I forgot to offline before next trip come int )

mean accepted only know, not before no option not to accept cash, unless cancel ride cancel too often, get suspended. Ask customer cancel, customer rage, say uber behave like taxi

Problem with me, when saw cash, then, feel itch oledi, feel very rich, go spend, instead pump petrol or relod TnG. Pump petrol use card, got discount mar....skali credit card statement come,

Yeah, this is what I usually do, I click little bit earlier, another advantage of cash, some customer tend to more generous, usually less than RM10, say keep the change, tips lah 3-4 bucks.. may God bless all these kind soul

What is your acceptance rate? Incentive is based on acceptance rate (i.e. cannot remember, I think 90% acceptance rate,. so, if you make total of 80 trip for that week, your acceptance rate still 95%, so, you would still entitle for the incentive, but, if you only do say 20 trip, then, I don't think you entitle for incentive), not number of request you did not accept while you on trip.

Anyway, I might be wrong......I dunnolol

No, usually payment release on Wednesday

Depends lor, whether u r partners or riders.....some riders just prefer pay cash, very traditional mindset, don't trust technology....but, I personally think card had more advantage than cash, first, it speed up the process of payment, just drop and go. Then, u can review back your trip if any dispute in fare, raise a complain, uber will credited back to you immediately to your card. U pay by cash, not only u slow down the process, wait for driver to give you change, then, if any dispute in fare, u need to raise complain, dunno when u get back refund, or how refund work.

Anyway, whatever they sukak lah

Well, credit card and debit card had been in existence for long time, and people are still carrying wade of cash to buy big ticket items in shopping mall. Old habits die hard. Or, there still some bank customer insist to go bank counter to perform bank transaction, instead of using ATM, until certain bank place some staff over to manage them.

Then, there are some who blame the system, claim credit card resulted in high bankruptcy, but, in first place, it is their low financial literacy that resulted that.

And, lately, I notice more and more uber ride is being paid via cash.......

BTW, you still driving uber?

This post has been edited by 2feidei: May 31 2016, 09:53 AM

U base in KL? Do you realised or agree if I said nowadays lots of ppl quit driving uber already?

How's the demand in Ipoh? If you don't mind, can share your routine, like how long you online per day, average fare per day, average fare per trip.

Let's start with mine. I usually online on Friday night (after dinner till 1-2am, depending how sleepy I am, as I work full time mar), and weekend (after lunch till 1-2am on Saturday, depending how tired I am), and Sunday, really depends how much I earn last 2 days and what time I offline on Saturday. So pretty flexible for me IMHO, not really chasing incentive whatsoever, just drive for fun, plus some extra money.

From that routine, I would say I will get about rm250-300, yeah, pretty low, but, as I not really into money chasing, pretty tired though sitting in car long hour, although it relatively stress free (only stressed is when want to pee, and no petrol station around or passenger in car, demand is non stop ).

Usually, the most difficult part will be the first trip (where I usually start from my home), as my area is not in core service area, so, demand really erratic, happen online less than 5 min, request in, while last week, got to wait 1 hour before first request in, and the pickup distance is even longer than the ride distance. Anyway, I just take it as pinch of salt, give and take lor, u win some, u lost some lor. If happen this case, just hope next request pickup will be nearer while the ride distance longer.

Then, almost miraculously, subsequent request will be more frequent (i.e. my routine is once complete my trip, either set my gps to back home or nearest CSA, whichever nearer) as prior reached, request will come in, and until I decided to stop.

As mentioned earlier lor, uber is just like any work, u got to put in effort to earn a living lor.....if anyone buy into uber partner recruitment marketing strategy, hope earning easy money with minimal work, they will come out sorely disappointed lor. The only advantage of uber i can see is the flexibility and relatively stress free (with exception of harassment by taxi drivers), in return of trade-off in low income, i.e. comparable lah if you work in McD or KFC

Want to earn a lot with minimal effort driving Uber, I wish I know that strategy also, doubt those driver who are there willing to tell me.

This post has been edited by 2feidei: May 31 2016, 12:58 PM

Tried the surge hour (not intended, just coincidence at KL Centre which incidentally surge), personally, I do not think worth the time, as usually the area will be jammed up, u end up more time stuck in traffic trying to reach your rider, and risk rider cancelled it due to wait too long.

About incentives, well, I would say it mere marketing gimmick, due to the criteria they set, as chances are the fare will be higher than the minimum guaranteed fare per hour if you clock in certain hours, i.e. the demand is always there. Example, u min trip per hour is 1, you need to station at CSA, etc, etc.....chances are you almost certain will be get more fare than what they guarantee, even if you don't, they top it up, but, end up, you still need to work for it.

In conclusion, there is no easy way earning a lot in uber, i.e. beat the system.

GC or Uber?