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03-11-2014, 11:33 PM
Yeah you do need a tlc license. At least in New York you do.
Sure it's worth it though.
Drive around in a nice custom suit in a luxury vechile. You could end up picking up the right business owner one day and getting a chance somewhere big even. One door opens another.
My boy works for a produce distributor and the guy who owns it now got his job there by picking up the old owner at an airport and spending some time in traffic with him. He eventually convinced him to give him a job there and now he owns the place and is a multi millionaire.
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03-12-2014, 12:26 AM
Good hustle, I've read some blog posts of people taking the same idea but with Airbnb, purchasing property exclusively for AirBnB use.
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03-12-2014, 12:31 AM
Set some bigger goals for yourself fellas. Don't make this out to be any bigger than a side gig as a glorified taxi driver for a little while. Mind you the guy who started this thread (I don't care what his rep is) is getting paid to hype it up.
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03-12-2014, 01:13 AM
Any idea how much drivers are paid from the ride fare?
I'm assuming the nicer your car the more you will be compensated
Really cool thread and thanks for this info, I am going through the driver training now :o
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03-12-2014, 03:55 AM
In SF, they have something that is exactly that called Lyft.
Do they not have that in LA?
It's people with their own rides that put a big pink mustache on their dashboard or front fender and give people rides.
I thought UberX was still licensed drivers (by the state commission). At least in NYC. But I could be wrong.
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03-12-2014, 09:28 AM
I wonder why only certain cities are signed up? Closest big one to me is KC and they're not even on the list...
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03-12-2014, 12:41 PM
This comes to Miami I'm on it.
I also have a couple lowriders here I rent for music vids and movie scenes.
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03-12-2014, 01:25 PM
Good drop OP - excellent side gig.
I know Dallas area cabbies were attacking Uber for digging into their monopoly - Uber won. Don't knock the hustle.
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03-12-2014, 02:18 PM
Quote: (03-12-2014 01:25 PM)___ Wrote:
Good drop OP - excellent side gig.
I know Dallas area cabbies were attacking Uber for digging into their monopoly - Uber won. Don't knock the hustle.
Yea in Dallas, but somewhere like NY the Cab Mafia Army are the last type of people I wanna deal with pissed off ahahahha
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03-12-2014, 03:16 PM
I drove a cab for a few months between corporate jobs a few years ago. It was actually a really interesting job but I had one too many run ins with having to take customers to the bad parts of North Philly at 2am and decided to call it quits before my luck ran out and someone robbed me. Never banged any chicks but I did meet some really drunk cute chicks and was also offered a 3some from a couple of gay dudes I picked up once- I passed.
Anyway, I signed up here in my city but can't do it yet because I still have out of state tags. My cabbie experience was pre game. I think a well dressed guy with game using an entry level luxury sedan or an SUV for this could definitely pull a couple of notches per month as a driver. You're picking up tons of drunk upper middle class girls every weekend often going home without dick.
I'll drop an UberX data sheet if/when it works out.
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03-12-2014, 03:17 PM
Excellent as always Mike. Too bad I'm living in the EU. This would otherwise be te perfect sidegig for me.
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03-12-2014, 10:49 PM
Damn this would be a perfect side hustle for me.
I've been thinking about two things: 1) Getting a 1 day a week job to mix things up. 2) Perhaps getting a new car.
In addition, when I am bored I like to cruise around so Uber would be perfect.
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03-13-2014, 06:43 AM
Quote: (03-12-2014 10:49 PM)username Wrote:
In addition, when I am bored I like to cruise around so Uber would be perfect.
Exactly mind as well make some money too while your cruising.
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03-13-2014, 10:55 AM
New direction in my life, do this UberX thing, live in sunny LA, pick up Mcqueen and his bitches, get paid and laid.
Sounds like the American Dream lads.
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03-13-2014, 12:43 PM
Guys that absolutely have to buy a Land Rover in spite of all the evidence saying run away could do this to pay for their maintenance bills.
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03-14-2014, 01:37 PM
Just a warning for you guys thinking about doing this. If you get into an accident while driving a fare in Uber there is a high to guaranteed probability that your insurance company will deny the claim if you are at-fault.
Your auto policy is most likely a policy for a "private passenger automobile". These policies specifically include language that classifies driving people for fares as EXCLUDED and any loss suffered will be DENIED.
Rates in Los Angeles are quite high because of population density, the number of expensive vehicles and high number of uninsured drivers.
When you're driving that hot UCLA co-ed around and trying to run game, PAY ATTENTION TO THE ROAD. When you rear end the douchebag in his 2014 Maserati you're gonna pay the full price to repair both vehicles out of pocket, PLUS your insurance company will cancel your policy.
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03-14-2014, 03:08 PM
Here is an even longer term business plan if you are going to do the Uber thing
1. Do the gig for a while
2. Write a blog about how you did it
3. Write a book "Becoming an Uber driver for dummies"
4. Write a second book "Road Bang, how to get laid as an Uber Driver"
5. Do a podcast where you talk about your crazy taxi stories, have on other Uber lunatic drivers as well
6. Consolidate the uber employment market. Offer business services for uber drivers like accident claims referral, maintenance (emech)
7. Stop being an uber driver, do location independence, sell your business and start another one.
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03-14-2014, 03:19 PM
Quote: (03-14-2014 03:14 PM)MikeCF Wrote:
^ Yep, lots of angles.
Yep, its not the Uber thing specifically, its the timing. You could have taken the same steps if you were in early enough on Beanie Babies back in the day, comic books in the early 90s, ebay in the late 90s, pizza delivery in the early 80s. Or, game in 2005.
Uber is just starting to be more than a 'weird San Francisco thing' so the time is right.
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03-14-2014, 03:21 PM
Saw a car drive by me last night on 5th ave with the flourescent U in the window. It's moving.
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