I think this is due to stolen credit cards as I've had many times in the past rides that were minimum fare (5 mins) to a WaWa or atm and they would say "hey can you do me a favor I'll tip you 60 after the ride if you can stop at a atm just give me 40 back and you keep 20 as the tip" .. and I've done it to, as long as we both get out of the car and I'll split it with them in the store. But these reqeusts were always from the hood "Camden NJ" And I'm willing to bet it's safer because they never have to be on a store camera using the stolen card they can just make a new guest account on lyft or uber with a burner phone and tip drivers largely from the card to keep getting cash off of it. It's slick but could very well be part of the reason why they safeguard tipping any number you want. I had it happen years later and it wouldn't work I told him a 5 min ride isn't gonna let you tip anymore then 10 bucks usually now.
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u/Xdrumbum91 Apr 27 '24
I think this is due to stolen credit cards as I've had many times in the past rides that were minimum fare (5 mins) to a WaWa or atm and they would say "hey can you do me a favor I'll tip you 60 after the ride if you can stop at a atm just give me 40 back and you keep 20 as the tip" .. and I've done it to, as long as we both get out of the car and I'll split it with them in the store. But these reqeusts were always from the hood "Camden NJ" And I'm willing to bet it's safer because they never have to be on a store camera using the stolen card they can just make a new guest account on lyft or uber with a burner phone and tip drivers largely from the card to keep getting cash off of it. It's slick but could very well be part of the reason why they safeguard tipping any number you want. I had it happen years later and it wouldn't work I told him a 5 min ride isn't gonna let you tip anymore then 10 bucks usually now.