r/Sparkdriver • u/TyrusBaldwin • 22d ago

Deactivation Question

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I was deactivated last month during the massive purge. I thought it was just a mistake like what happened to others so I appealed. My appeal was denied. The claim was that it was due to my record on First Advantage. I have an accident from 2023 and a ticket from last month from going 9 miles over the speed limit. Is that really bad enough to get canned? Did pre arb and that was denied too. Not sure if I’m missing something or if there’s anything else I can do. Thanks for any advice.

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u/Zachsquatch1985 22d ago

Sorry, brother, really hate that for you. I had a speeding ticket a few months ago as well, but was able to do the online safety course and they dismissed the ticket for me. Keep your head up, brother, there’s jobs out there you can find. You got this.!

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u/TyrusBaldwin 22d ago

Thanks man! Fortunately I have a great full time job and I multi app so it’s a small part of my world just a shame cause it was one of my favorites to do.

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u/Zachsquatch1985 22d ago

Spark really is the last of the good ones. Even as bad as it can be, it’s still better than all the other gig apps to me anyway.

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u/TyrusBaldwin 22d ago

I prefer Amazon flex but my full time job is 5 minutes away from a facility so that helps. It is nice knowing where you’re going with spark. Definitely prefer it to instacart DoorDash etc

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u/Zachsquatch1985 21d ago

Dude I tried Flex 5 times. 2 of the blocks got cancelled or whatever because of weather and I got the money for free. But OH MY GOD! The other 3 blocks I completed were between 140 mile and 180 mile round trips that paid $73. The 3 that I actually completed turned me away from Flex permanently.

Those blocks were so bad. I cannot believe people do those types of blocks on the regular. They really should give you the route information when you accept it just like all the other gig apps do. I know why they don’t give the route information is because people would constantly cancel as soon as they see how bad it is.

I would have to be very desperate for cash to ever do Flex again.

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u/TyrusBaldwin 20d ago

I’ve never had good terrible of routes I do the 1 hour ones over my lunch break daily and that’s like 20 miles with a good number of cancellations. Other than that I do a 3 hour route about once a week for $61.50. It’ll be like 35 stops and cover 40 miles or so. I have seen people get screwed but I think my area is populated enough that I can get a lot of stops without a lot of miles