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Money came out of your wallet - some went to the restaurant - some went to Uber Eats - some went to you. How is that a hack?
1) It might just be humor.
2) The question is about the net after fees money leaving your wallet. The restaurant does pay Uber a fee, and Uber does pay the driver a fee as well. Does 100% of all such fees ultimately come out of the wallet of the consumer? That's an interesting question of economics, mostly determined by the slopes of the demand-curve and supply-curve (also referred to as the price-elasticity of demand and the price-elasticity of supply.) It isn't clear. Because the Uber Eats model represents a different market segment with different price-elasticities, it is conceivable to draw the supply and demand curves in such a way that they intersect at a different price point -- that's why you see, for example, ketchup bottles on tables in diners that have a label that says "not for retail sale." The stuff inside the bottle is identical to the stuff inside a bottle in the grocery store, but the manufacturer is responding to different supply/demand elasticities when setting prices. Under this theory, some of the restaurant's fees to Uber go to the driver, while setting a lower price point for the goods.
3) Or, as mentioned in #1 above, it might just be humor.
Most Uber-Eats drivers who I have encountered in real life do NOT have a good understanding of basic math.
I was watching a YouTube video of a UE driver in Bethesda, MD. She did a video of her 11 hour day where she grossed a little over $100 after UE's cut. She took the amount that she earned that day and subtracted out the gas she bought and stated that she made $70 that day.
I offered her, pro-bono, to lay out all of her expenses to allow her to calculate what her true earnings. I included auto depreciation, auto maintenance, self-employment tax and other expenses. With all of that included, she made about $30-35 that day which was well under the minimum wage. I noted that the restaurant staff in that area were making over $15 and many had real benefits.
A few weeks later, she decided that UE was not a good deal and found another job.
Money came out of your wallet - some went to the restaurant - some went to Uber Eats - some went to you. How is that a hack?
While this is silly, there's certainly ways to get ahead with Uber Eats by stacking deals and promos... and you'd be limited to only a select few restaurants that offer the right kind of deals that are able to stack with promos. As long as the deal+promo discount is greater than the cost of food directly from the restaurant and the fees that Uber adds, you're good to go.
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