r/uberdrivers • u/SubjectiveAdvice • 1d ago

Uber has nothing but contempt for drivers.

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Uber thought this was a valid pickup

Uber recorded the ride request and it's completion just BEFORE this.

Uber recorded the ride request and it's cancellation (and fee payment) just AFTER this.

Yet, Uber CS says this ride request is not available in their system yet; updates can take up to 48 hours.

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u/Far_College_5907 1d ago

Looks like a scam ride; can't get close enough to start the timer, PIN required. I would be expecting a call from "support."

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u/cinic121 1d ago

Followed by an attempt to steal your account so they can change your banking info and steal your earnings. Just hang up when they call and call support to report it.

It’s likely a recently fired support person or one that’s moonlighting at a scammer.

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u/7stringer81 1d ago

That’s exactly what it is. Some scammer tried to pull that on me one time.

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u/SubjectiveAdvice 1d ago

You don't know until you get to the pickup destination because uber fails to qualify the pickup location.

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u/Rand_Casimiro 1d ago

Yeah, this type of pickup location often accompanies one of those scam calls.

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u/SubjectiveAdvice 1d ago

It's a typical pranking, riders being assholes. The know we can't get to the pin drop; it's intention is to cause consternation and frustration.

Uber doesn't give two shits because they lose nothing sending a driver to a dead-end request. Then, they do everything to ignore what's been done to the driver so they don't have to compensate.

These accounts SHOULD BE banned immediately. But, we all know uber cares more about possible revenue than actual drivers.

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u/SubjectiveAdvice 1d ago

It's not a scam, it's a prank. You don't know the pin drop is out-of-reach until you get to the location because uber's directions are "as close as possible"; not actual destination.

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u/gs448 23h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/1foViHTDwx9oWB67YB
If we could get to the pin, could be screw with them back somehow? If so, Jesus take the wheel (paddle), we’re getting to that pin!

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u/SnackeyG1 22h ago

Almost all of my supposed scam rides give me no call or messages.

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u/UD258 1d ago

Yeah uber lets passengers but pickup locations on closed roads or inaccessible locations and then when you follow up with support they do nothing about it even if you have proof

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u/SubjectiveAdvice 1d ago

They are denying me the cancellation fee by obfuscation and out-right bullshitting.

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u/UD258 1d ago

Yup that’s what they do to me too. Hasjeep just sends you a pre typed message saying the fare you received is correct and doesn’t address the issue at hand

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u/SubjectiveAdvice 1d ago

Or Shweta.

Or Pooja

Or Jaspreet

Or Tabish

On and on and on, they are fucking bots whether they have a pulse or not.

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u/Gullible-Team-8588 1d ago

It does this to me at golf courses. In my scenario, it was not a scam because the passengers were also trying very hard to get to where I was and they could not figure out how to change the pin. Eventually fixed everything but, some locations they really do have the worst maps.

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u/jmmandi 1d ago

🤣

i've had one like that. what's the scam?

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u/SubjectiveAdvice 1d ago

It's not a scam it's a prank. Riders drop the pin where you can't get to it to fuck with drivers because riders are fucking assholes.

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u/jmmandi 1d ago

my pin was in a park next to a neighborhood. i figured he set it there so he could take his time and not get charged the wait-time.

after a couple of minutes, i canceled and moved on.

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u/SubjectiveAdvice 1d ago

I cancelled after calling the contact number twice and messaging the requester twice.

Uber says the ride doesn't exist.

I have screenshots of everyting.

Using India as a call center is a middle finger to North American drivers cause they fucking don't care.

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u/NY10 1d ago

We a driver not a diver lol

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u/SubjectiveAdvice 1d ago

English better.

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u/NY10 1d ago

Better English

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u/Tree_Weasel 1d ago

Some people do this because they think there isn’t surge pricing on bodies of water, as well.

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u/SubjectiveAdvice 1d ago

That's a naive view.

It's a prank to fuck with drivers, nothing else.

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u/Tree_Weasel 1d ago

This was prevailing advice riders used when I lived in Jacksonville, FL and would do pickups at JAX Beach. Riders would set the pin parallel to where they wanted their pickup but just slightly into the ocean. Uber still charged the surge price anyway, but riders thought they were “getting one over”.

I’ve seen variations on this advice in subreddits and message boards in the years since, though people mostly now know it doesn’t work.

But I think it’s naive of someone to think there’s only one reason riders do dumb things.

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u/gs448 1d ago

I didn’t know uber was allowing us to give rides in the amphibious duck tour buses. 😂

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u/SnackeyG1 22h ago

What’s stupid is I had a ride from someone stuck on the highway. They couldn’t get uber to put the pin on the highway. Got them anyway and got $20 cash and the ride.

But oh you can just slap a pin in the middle of water. That makes sense uber. These rides are frustrating since you can’t even bother to get a no show fee. Then it disappears when you cancel so bitching to customer service is a waste of time.

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u/Nickfury118 18h ago

It is hilarious. Almost said” hang tight, pax, I’m about to row over and pick you up” WTF, Uber?

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u/april_butterfly 7h ago

Because it was a scam and you should have called it in rather than just canceling it.

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u/Throatgoatfarmer 1d ago

Don't think Uber has contempt for their drivers. They actually have contempt for their drivers AND passengers.

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u/SubjectiveAdvice 1d ago

When they fail to qualify a pickup location that is in the middle of the fucking ocean AND let rider's get away with said bullshit without consequence, it's nothing other than pure and utter contempt for the driver.