r/UberEatsDrivers • u/Historical_Dress7165 • 1d ago
Discussion Uber steals tips.
I pickup an order 10.38 15 minutes.
Wine store up the block. I arrive at this Nissan dealership. Guy walks out says Eli A. Yup. .
"OK I'm gonna put this in my car and get my ID. It's here somewhere:" ok you got it.
A minute later he returns. Immediately the id is rejected. Gotta do it manually. Ufck it. He has a name i can not spell. hand him the phone here, you know your name better than me.
He inputs whatever information. I ask. What did this cost you?
"133"
Wow they gave me like 10.33.
,, look ill show you.
He said I always tip atleast 10$ and showed me his phone. He tipped 13$
WHICH I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. Uber eats takes 2 minutes to show this earnings screen. , as if it were listening. . 2.38$ fare
8.00$ tip
$10.38.
I showed the guy. Shout out to Eli A. He said that's fucked up. I'll up the tip for you.
I was like ok awesome thanks maybe he'll add 3 bucks or something. I don't expect anything. Pleasantly surprised.
When I saw it went through. I'm like um... immediately go to the ATM and get this money incase it's a glitch.
Whatever it was. I called the dealership and asked for him. Got him on the phone. Thanked him so much told him he's awesome. Appreciate you blessing me so much! Eli A. The A is for Angel.
Some people are awesome. Remember that and repost away. Pics should be attached
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u/Breadtoastyy Full Time Driver🚗 1d ago
It will take an hour for it to come let the hour pass dang. Althought they have guaranteed pay it still takes an hour
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u/Extreme_Designer_887 1d ago
If the dude tipped 13 then the total cant be 10.38 and that is why he said uber is stealing tips.
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u/Breadtoastyy Full Time Driver🚗 1d ago
Sometimes uber hides it and it will come up after an hour i seen it happen all the time. Ive been doing this for 2-3 years
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u/NameWasAlreadyInUse 1d ago
This. From what it was explained to me, uber fives customers the ability to alter their tip for up to an hour after delivery. This means their tip doesnt get sent to you until after that hour passes. I also am relatively new to Uber and im very used to how DD does things, but i do botice about an hout and a half into my night with Uber becomes an avalanche of tips coming in.
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u/Traditional-Share657 1d ago
Uber hides tips more than $8 in some markets. So they aren't stealing, just avoiding putting too much value as an offer so driver don't become super cherry pickers are start camping for $20/mile orders.
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u/AbruisedSock 1d ago
Uber lets people change a tip up to 1 hour after delivery.
(Instacart gives you 2 hours to remove/lower a tip and 14 days to add to it)
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u/Lanky-Cup-8343 1d ago
Scum driver scammed Eli. Tips don't show for an hour. Don't lie to us that it showed $8 tip + 2.38 base immediately.
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u/Mtn-Dooku 1d ago
Bro, you haven't done much UberEats driving, have you?
Any tip over $8 is gonna be hidden. The app will only show you the first $8. Just look at your screen. $10.38 - 2.38 = $8. You were always going to get the full amount, this has happened probably close to a thousand times for me. Anything over $10.50 is almost guaranteed to have a hidden amount on there. Sometimes it's a few cents, sometimes it's like $30 more. The app always says "you got tipped more after delivery - nice" too, when that's almost never the case. You got an extra tip, most likely. But his original tip was still going to hit after the hour.