Hello all...

Uber driver registration seems easy.

But if I got outstanding samans under my name, possible to start this job?

Honestly, can't pay the samans now as under financial crisis, would like to earn more with Uber...

Any advise here?

Hello all Uber drivers...

I'm a new Uber driver here and started my journey yesterday (Sun) and I drove more than 10 hours.

Got few questions wanna ask any experience driver here :-

1) I fetched 4 customers (Arabians) from KL-Sunway (fare RM24 exclude Uber fee), after a few mins, they plan to go back KL to the same location I picked them up. The question is, is it okay if I ask them whether I don't use the Uber app to drive them back to KL and charge them same rate (RM24)? Because no need pay Uber fee. Probably this is not legal from Uber point of view, right? In the end I asked them to use the apps again and I got the booking as well.

2) Did you guys experienced long-trips booking? As far as I know, we wouldn't know where is the destination once the booking is ringing in our apps, right? For example, you plan to drive around Klang Valley today, but once you picked up a customer, the destination is Melaka or Penang, what will you do? Can we set driver's route criteria for example, that we drivers only planning to drive around Klang Valley on that time?

3) For fare, some of them are using online payments but majority are using cash payment now...my question is, for example :-

SUNDAY (19/02/17)
Estimated earnings : RM150
Cash collected : RM130
Estimated bank deposit : RM20

Does this mean my credit inside Uber Driver apps (from online payment riders) is enough to pay for the Uber fee, am I right? If the "Estimated bank deposit" is negative, means Uber will charge my credit/debit card the negative amount which I've inserted in the apps, am I right?

Hope pros can help a novice here!

Hey bro, thanks so much for your reply!

1) If you say a lot of drivers do it offline, how they estimate the fares? By experience?

2) Fully understood your idea. But have you tried that far? What is the pros and cons?

Yeah dude...I'm still inexperienced and would learn more as time goes on. Actually I haven't decided to go Grab or Uber as my main part time job, any bros here sharing before the pros and cons for Grab and Uber? As far as I know, Grab charges 20% and Uber charges 25%.

Yesterday I've completed 15 trips, online for 6 hours and on-the-road with customer is 3 hours.

That's a very good point well noted!

Wow that was what I'm thinking, is Uber market much bigger than Grab? I asked many of my passengers, they said they use Uber only, not Grab. If you couldn't get a ping at these KL, Midvalley and KL Sentral area with Grab apps, it's really surprising dude!

But I shall try both and evalute, see how!

This post has been edited by greeny88: Feb 20 2017, 11:48 AM

Thank you very much for your reply again!

Bro, you prefer Grab is because the lesser fees or any other reason? So far my experience with Uber apps yesterday is kinda good, just some awkward moments when I was fetching a passenger and another ping came in for the next job and the next guy kept calling me, I was in a total mess. I kept saying sorry to my current passenger and lesson learnt

And I realized once I received the next job during my current job, the Uber and Waze apps will be "cacat" abit, like the alignment will run-off abit, I dunno anyone experience this before?

Bro if you have any whatsapp group please PM me? If you can! Thanks a lot!

This post has been edited by greeny88: Feb 20 2017, 11:53 AM

Probably it's my phone, I'm not really sure but it is off-aligned when I clicked on my job. I also dunno why lol.

1 last question, did you guys carry any weapon in the car? I mean, will the customer rob you when they ask you drive inside lorong lorong like that?

Yesterday I fetched 2 banglas with RM0.99 promotion...they asked me to go inside a dark road with no lights, I was afraid sensing something, but in the end the Banglas gave me RM4 instead LOLLLLLLL

Hey dude...sama sama like you man. But mine it didn't auto-accept, I was the one pressed it, but the Waze and Uber apps gone abit retarded (mis-aligned off the screen, etc). There was once like you, the Waze went black, so I tried to stay calm, closed it and opened it back and it was working (relieved lol).

Probably some bugs Uber need to update the apps....

This post has been edited by greeny88: Feb 20 2017, 02:08 PM

Anyone know for example, Waze goes off and can't online, can we use PAPAGO instead (key in manually the address) as an emergency?

Sometimes we go to those areas we really don't know the routes...if something happen like this will be shitty.

And did someone experience before, after you pick up your passenger, your phone data finishes or phone data malfunctioning (Maxis technical error, etc)???

AGREED! LOL

Ehh...ya meh?

I saw from their website :-

4. GrabCar will collect a 20% commission from your gross fares, including the guaranteed portion (i.e. 20% commission will apply to both your collected fares AND the top-up portion).

I just registered last week and it was clearly written there 20%.

Based on what I saw, Grab really hate Uber and want to dominate them lol.

I think I can help you...

1) Less than 10 years, ok to drive.
2) No minimum fare, unlike Grab you need to hit target for incentive, for Uber no need...but they take 25% commission (Grab take 20%)

Dear shifu, from the website it is written 10 years...but I realised Uber driver registration is very very easy, just submit documents online, the next day if after their verification ok, you can drive immediately, I was like WTF, so fast and ez.

You can but you can't control the time-frame. For example you got a ping from Subang to KL, how? You can't reach back to Subang in 1 hour, if you know what I mean.

Dear shifu, got few questions. Why your Uber commission is only 20%? For pioneers only??

And how you selective to only accept surge or boost 1.3X? I found it difficult... Fix fare means those RM0.99 promo trips??

Thanks!!

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Ya wei bro. Sometimes Uber matches us with the pick up point so far from our location. Maybe less Uber drivers nowadays? Yesterday got a ping 11 mins away and 5km to pick up (no surge), once got there, 4 people RM0.99 promo, ended the trip payout RM2.55... WTFFFFFF

I think nowadays majority of the phones GPS quite good, no worries. Battery use car charger la... But use better quality ones.

Yeah shifu I understand, what I mean is sometimes when my position is quite far from the surge area, should I offline and go to the surge area? Maybe not worth it...

But if we're in surge area, it is guaranteed we will get surge, right??

Warh before March 2016 so nice leh.....why treat new drivers like thatttttt

This post has been edited by greeny88: Feb 24 2017, 10:15 AM

Yah I know what I mean is surge area sometimes is not in our area, should we chase it? I think not worth it, right shifu?

And if we're in surge area, guaranteed we will get surge rate whatever passenger we got from there, right shifu?

Warh 3X surge haven't get before leh...maybe mostly I drive at night (weekdays)...can get 3X surge during weekends????

The ping comes during a ride is nearby your drop-off area, sometimes might need to u-turn or something, I just accept all. If the customer call, please ask them wait for few mins...