u/Big_Concentrate_7260

They put an $11 pre-tip, but while shopping they must have removed it, because suddenly, after completing the delivery, all I got was a $10 base pay and a slash through the $11 tip. People are scummy. Beware. Don't accept offers based on tips. I went nearly a year and a thousand deliveries without being baited, but this is the third or fourth time it has happened in the past six weeks.

Edit: turns out it was a system glitch (this time).

I'm not complaining. My zone makes good money, and it's not like I have to do this all day, or every day (but I do need to do it regularly to pay the bills). After taking two days off I lost all motivation to make big bank.

I've been doing this gig since last January. My first zone turned to crap, but this second one is pretty great. It's better than most 9-5 jobs, both pay wise snd the freedom it allows me. I guess I'm just tired of being known as the Spark Driver. I'll find something more in my wheelhouse eventually, but dang man, I'm tired and unmotivated right now.

It is still in the developmental period, but is fully functional. Eventually, it will be released as a mobile app.

It is still in the trial period. Eventually I will make it into a mobile app.

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt; perhaps they selected 10%, mistaking it for a $10 tip, but this ruined my day. They are now on my Do Not Service list. It seemed great: $102/25 miles/1.5 hours of work. With $30 removed it was just under $75. The base pay was high enough that it was still worth it, luckily.

To any customers reading this, if you mistakenly add a large tip, you should let it go through without changing it unless it is life-changing money for you. Spark drivers devote their time and resources to bring your groceries to you based on the total amount, including the tip. Removing it shows poor integrity on your end. You made the mistake, not the driver. If you were to look them in the face and demand your tip back--which you gave them willingly--you would feel horrible. Don't make us pay for your mistakes.

I recently spoke with a customer whose order was extremely late. They lived quite a drive from the store, and after getting her name I saw what she had ordered. It was nearly 100 items on a scheduled delivery that Walmart sent out as a Shopping order (the driver both shops and delivers it). Of course, the pay was not great, but the tip was reasonable if it was just a pickup offer. Supposedly the first driver had to return it as soon as they arrived, I presume because the perishable timer expired. It probably took them an hour to shop it, and may have taken them another hour to deliver it due to road construction. There are ways to circumvent the construction, but only if you know the roads well.

So if you are upset about your large order being late, blame Walmart. Also, I recommend not ordering 100 items to your home thirty minutes away from the store, because drivers will likely be offered it as a shop and deliver rather than pickup, all for low pay, high miles, and two hours of work.

I just saw one go up to $16, then drop to $14.50. It started at $14 a couple minutes ago. Walmart does this to scare us into thinking the price will keep dropping. Don't give in to their games. And if you're the person who took it and and happen to be reading this, do better.

Bought the truck with 190,000 miles on it, now it has 341,000. This is the third time replacing the front, but honestly, I've never felt the need to replace the rears. It was making brake noise yesterday (already had pads bought, just hadn't gotten to it yet). Today I replaced the front pads. We'll see in an hour if the noise is gone when I drive it to town, but do you think the rear pads will need replacing at this point? How long did yours last (front and rear)?

But they are welcome here.

(Not griping, not crossposting. As far as I can tell I am adhering to this sub's rules, so please don't delete this post or ban me...thanks).

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Seems like no matter what people post, the redditors downvote it and generally act nasty. Then some random post that's really pretty boring gets a crap ton of upvotes. I don't understand it.

They used to be additional earnings, basically a bonus. Now they're added into the total advertized pay. It is yet another effort by Walmart to reduce pay by making it seem like they're raising pay while actually eliminating incentives as they originally were implemented. Basically, incentives mean nothing.

Last night around 9:00pm I rejected s $42/25 mile one-way curbside offer, thinking it would pop back up with higher prices. Nope. It disappeared for good. I assumed someone else got it. Now today, just a few minutes ago it got sent to me as a JFY at $36. It's a large order (60/90), and the lady tipped $10...not a horrible tip, it could be better, but this poor lady is having to wait DAYS for her groceries because Walmart is too cheap to pay for its delivery.

Unfortunately, there is a common sentiment among "cowboys" that unless you have been there and done that, you can't wear a cowboy hat and boots, and you're never going to be a "real cowboy." There is also a sense of elitism, especially in the Mountain West, where it seems they lay claim to the Cowboy spirit and lifestyle. In truth, there are just as many, if not more "cowboys" East of the Mississippi River than out West, because the grass is greener, and population density and stocking rates are higher (more cows per acre of land). Stetson hats come from a Northeastern man. Cowboy boots are derived from the US cavalry boots of the 1800's. Most of our beef breeds come from northwestern Europe. Just because back East they push cows on foot or with a 4-wheeler it does not make their job any less "cowboy" than someone whose job is to round up cows on the cold desert ranges on horseback.

We also need to do away with acting like it's a good thing to cuss, chain smoke/chew dip, act like an arrogant a$$hole just because you rope and ride broncs, and generally act uneducated. I guarantee there are more people who act like mature adults who can do that work just fine without the vulgarities and unhealthy habits.

There is no need to glorify this job/lifestyle. Everyone is contributing to society in some shape and form, from the farmers in Illinois to fisherman in Maine, and everything in-between. Honestly, most of our beef comes from borderline Eastern states and California, places not exactly renowned for cowboy culture, so we can't act like the Western states "feed the country" any more than other states do.

Lastly, just because you have only experienced ranching style one way all your life does not make it the best or only viable way to run cattle or ride horses. Out of the hundreds of millions of acres of open land across the US and Canada, there are far more people who operate differently than you than there are those who do things the same way as you.

Sorry to run on like this in a negative light. Sometimes you just gotta get things off your chest.