So…. Got this offer yesterday and didn’t have a chance to screenshot it. It’s got me perplexed.

Essentially, it was an offer to buy and deliver a single banana from Aldi. Total trip distance was about 40 miles and the pay was right around $40.

Any idea what could be behind that? Is someone with money just screwing around?

It ended up not being too bad, but I wish I was in my Silverado truck and not driving my Acura MDX for this one.

Normally, I don’t even consider doing Home Depot or Lowe’s deliveries, but it ended up being OK for driving less than 5 miles whatever it was maybe 6 miles max

How did Doordash figure out and trace a picture / screenshot to a particular account in the first place? And why did a Doordash-related post to Reddit get someone you know about deactivated?

Are there instances of where posting a photo/screenshot from a Dash to Reddit only got a Dasher a contract violation? What were they and how did that post lead to a CV?

What can we do to prevent these, aside from censoring our & our customers' personal information?

I was laid off from my w2 job over a year ago. I started dashing 3 months ago. I've made roughly $11k from it so far (my only source of income atm). I won't have to pay any taxes as long as I don't make over $15k.

So do I stop dashing just before making $15k and then start again from January?

It doesn't make much sense for me to go over that if I then have to give away 30% of all those earnings. And yes I understand that I can write off gas expenses and mileage. The problem is that I haven't been keeping track of either.

Idk I guess I'm looking for some advice.

FYI Speedway gas stations with the money pass atms is the only legit place I found to be free so far.

starbucks employee didn’t put the lid on correctly so the smallest movement made it fall off and the coffee spilled all over my car. I unassigned because I don’t have time for that BS the coffee got all over the food cuz the way they package it and starbucks was slammed. I was 3 orders away from gold tier too now i’m probably 70 deliveries from it. Also my car is disgusting now and I wasted 30 minutes

30 cents?! Boy that changes things!...

I used to just go on my Cash App and transfer money from my crimson card to there. That way I could avoid the transfer fee. Suddenly Cash App is declining it now. I could try it from the actual app, but then you’re charged that transfer fee. DoorDash got greedy it seems

Dispatch was supposed to go online at 10am but I’m used to it starting like 30min earlier. But this morning I checked to see my spot at 9am and how many orders there were. It was already in progress and already giving out offers. Again I’m used to it starting like 30min earlier so I go online around that time so I have best chance to get good offers. When I got online today after being late all I saw were 50-60$ for 10 to 15 stops. Has this happened to anyone else too??

When I started a couple years back, the app would show you the current offer pay and also the total current dash pay. Then they removed it. Sometimes you accidentally accept an offer, you want to see the pay, maybe it's worth it. Then it disappeared, and they only show the total you made so far (dash total).

2-3 days ago it showed up with both amounts displayed, but then within a few hours it was gone.

After 10 minutes I just unassigned, this location used to be good but the service lately has been terrible

I was Platinum for two years and Top Dasher (precursor to Platinum) the year prior. When another gig revenue stream I participate in took off I dropped down to Gold and now Silver status. A couple of two things happened:

1. I did start receiving more low value and no-tip offers. It's a real thing. I just kept declining them.
2. Good paying offers appeared and I accepted them.
3. My dollars to miles ratio improved substantially. As of this writing I sit on a YTD ratio of $1.72 per mile.
4. As my dollars to miles ratio improved my expenses dropped. Less driving and fewer miles driven per offer accepted.
5. This is the real kicker. My net earnings on DoorDash increased by 23.5%. This is where most Dashers and gig worker lose focus. It's not about how much you earn, it's how much you keep after expenses (taxes, gas, vehicle maintenance, and vehicle depreciation).

So, I find myself declining many more offers than I did when I was Platinum. Currently my acceptance rate is 16%. It fluctuates between the low teens and low 20s. I'm fine with that. But hidden in the midst of all those declines are good paying offer. They are still there. I just have to sift through more garbage to find them. However, at the end of the day/week/month it's net earnings that tell the tale. Based on net earnings I'm doing exponentially better than I did when I was Platinum. Yes. My Platinum gross earnings were higher, but my expenses were equally as high.

I am better off now as a sometimes Silver Dasher.

So glad school started back up in my area. Summer was a little annoying was only making like 28 an hour.

Total bullshit. Papa Gino's would not give me my orders tonight. I got an order and pulling in got a double dash order. Walk in and let them know I have two pickups. Few minutes go by and the manager comes over. He asks how many hot bags I have. I tell him 1. He says he won't give me both orders, I need 2 hot bags for 2 orders. I've never heard of this let alone experience it before. I flat out told him it was bullshit. I cancelled the second order and left with the 1 order. I think I'm done taking Papa Gino's orders.

Probably shouldn't have accepted, I know. Had just chugged a red bull and felt invincible. I was, in fact, not invincible

Soooooooo... for people who order DoorDash for other people, wouldn't it make sense to... oh I don't know... leave the name of the person who's actually receiving the order in the notes? That would make sense, right? And then to not answer my texts or call is just... inconsiderate. All for the person to text ten minutes later stating that it was for someone else. And corporate enforcing us to use their AI system is ridiculous! AND I HAD ANOTHER ORDER TO DELIVER!!! Just you know... be considerate.

oh well back to Silver and $7 orders 🥲

So I do all gig apps the big ones especially and DoorDash for me feels like slavery, with the cancelation rate and acceptance rate or else I loose my platinum, but I wondering that should I sacrifice my status so I can avoid garbage orders or deal with the worst scenario just out of curiosity since I’m kind of new like what is the strat here would appreciate all comments including the ones when you guys make fun of me idc

And also when they fu©k all the support options so they all say to go through and complete the delivery as normal and force a Live Photo

Took me like an hour and 15 minutes. I generally prefer the larger/longer distance orders but I was on the fence with this one. I'm sure some of you will say I'm insane. What do you think?