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California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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They are the absolute worst! I finally got in touch with someone after going thru many phone numbers and the awful person, Sonja, asked for my email and said I have to respond to the fraud department like that, you can't get a real person. They suck! I have never used them and I never will.

Date of experience: May 30, 2017
Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Their online system keeps asking for pickup location, then destination, but as you fill one in, suddenly it wants you to use their locations offered, but when you select one it erases the pickup and destination info you typed in, forcing you to do this again...and again, but still screwing it up. And there is no way to contact the company. Any business that blocks customers should go belly up

Date of experience: June 5, 2023
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Zero stars
March 30, 2023

Florida traveling and Lyft picked us up from a water park. Mind you we were dry. Kids were dry. Lyft picked us up from. Water park and was ok with it. After he drops us off. 15 mins later he files a damage claims said water damage and sand and dirt damage. Got on chat with someone and they said it was humidity in the seats. The pic attached is what Lyft said he sent them. Lyft refuses to listen to me and even look at the pictures. Stay away from lift and their scam drivers.

Date of experience: March 30, 2023
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I sent my mom, a senior, a Lyft today. The driver insisted on putting her groceries in the trunk. She complained to him as the trunk and car smelled strongly of gas. He told her it was fine, and insisted. Then, when he dropped her off, he told her not to go to the trunk and he would take the groceries for her.

Once she was in the door, she realized one of her bags of groceries was missing. My mom is a low income senior, so every penny really matters.

Lyft has done nothing! And in fact, told me they would charge me an additional $15 dollars to have the bag brought back to me. That money would go to the driver who was awful to my mother and whose car reeked of gas.

After waiting about 30 hours to hear back, I was told the driver denied having her groceries, and they could do nothing further for me. Horrible treatment by driver, loss of groceries, 30 hours of inquiry with little to no follow up. Horrible service. Horrible policies.

Date of experience: January 31, 2020
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have spent the last 30 minutes trying to discover WHY I cannot schedule a ride. Instructions say this is available in Denver however attempting this gets zero results. The instructions say click on clock on the app BUT there is NO clock to click and NO reason why. I have exhausted every possible method of trying to figure this out and have zero results. You would think a company that is in direct competition would be able to tell a customer why the app is not behaving as described. If they cannot address a simple issue like this why would I even want to ride with them?

Date of experience: October 25, 2017
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I mostly enjoy taking Lyfts. They don't gauge you like Uber does when demand goes up. The bad part is that it can be really hard to get a driver sometimes. I like Lyft drivers better than Uber drivers and taxi drivers by a mile.

Date of experience: January 25, 2014
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Inconsiderate
March 30, 2023

What a nasty and most unprofessional app to work with. They played with your time and your money; 6 times they randomly just canceled my rides after I have waited x amount of time then they reassign you another driver for more money. I deleted the app already, it's not worth anything in this world.

Date of experience: March 30, 2023
Colorado
1 review
3 helpful votes
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$#*! Lyfts
June 10, 2017

Utterly terrible. Great drivers, horrible capitalist rapist company. Was charged $325 for a 25 mile ride. $#*! Lyft. I guess it was my bad- should have chosen a cab company for a solid $50. $#*!ing bull$#*!

Date of experience: June 10, 2017
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This company is a scam. This is a real human not a robot. I really rented a car with lift rental program and I really lost money doing it. I'm talking about the cost of gas and the cost of the rental. They had me working 10+ hours a day just to cover the cost of the rental and then on top of that I came out of pocket for gas money of which I didn't have. This company is a scam do not ever ever ever ever ever try to work for Lyft the riders will pay $100 for a ride and you'll get $15 if you're lucky out of it. You working for under a minimum wage, and on top of that you're paying out of pocket. The only thing you get out of it is a rental car but again no amount of work you're doing and creepy situation as you get in is not worth it don't ever do this to take my advice

Date of experience: March 27, 2023
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am disabled and the Lyft driver left me stranded. I paid for round trip but the driver dropped me off and did not return. I contacted Lyft and they refused to take responsibility. Now I know Lyft is for idiots. I will delete the app and ride with their major competitor.

Date of experience: November 4, 2023
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I needed a round trip ride to my eye doctor's office. The driver taking me to my appointment was almost 20 minutes late from my requested time of 1:00 pm. The return driver was slightly better but he declined to take a short cut l suggested. I was charged $55.00 for a 12 mile round trip. Never again!

Date of experience: August 7, 2023
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Driver took his own route and caused me to miss my flight. The flight charged us $200 to catch the next flight and the Lyft agent said as long as we got to the airport is all that mattered and refused to assist us in our money back or anything. I hate Lyft. This is why I always caught Uber. The customer service is wayyyy better.

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Date of experience: November 24, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Beware of this thief, one forgets things in his car and steals them. He checked all my things and he stole my glasses Ray-Ban and he still charges me $125 to return them to me. His name is Francisco. Be careful with him

Date of experience: March 29, 2023
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I started driving for Lyft in June. Was also promised a $300 bonus if I completed 300 rides. Of course I called them and due to the background check and the time they release you on the road, I was already 15 days into the deal before my first ride. I had no idea, followed up with them and of course no bonus. Lyft steals money from their drivers and passengers. They care more about their compensation than your effort. They have recently made it more difficult to make money with only 10 power zones now in Chicago where I would make 230 on average for 25 rides in a day to now $150 that does not include gas and oil. Lyft im glad I found employment elsewhere, YOU CAN KISS MY $#*!!

Date of experience: November 6, 2017
Maryland
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Lyft sucks!
November 8, 2016

Ok so I'm an #Uber and #Lyft customer. I honestly use Uber way more because of their pricing. I signed up for Lyft as an alternative. Today I used Lyft because they offered an Election Day special - 45% of a trip. Today I had to complain once again! It seems that every time I request a car, my bank account associated with the debit card I registered with Lyft, gets a $25 "Authorization Hold" put on. I was told it was a one time thing. Now EVERY TIME I request a car, there's a new hold. I email them an get a computer generated apology stating it for all new accounts. But over been using them for months. There is no number to call them unless there is an emergency to report. #Lyft sucks! They don't have to worry about me requesting a car any more. As soon as they release the temporary hold on my account, I will be deactivating my account.

Date of experience: November 8, 2016
Utah
1 review
0 helpful votes
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If I could give zero stars I would. You can't talk to a human, you have to go through the app on chat. I spent 45 minutes on the chat and had to explain my situation 3 times. Either the agent doesn't speak English or they didn't take the time to read my inquiry because every question they asked was written in my original reason for contacting them. In the end the agent said they couldn't help me, so I didn't get my $30 credit and I wasted 45 minutes of my time. This is a major problem with trying to have a conversation via chat or email. The agents DO NOT READ what you are telling them. I try to give as much detail and be as specific as possible to avoid this but it still happens and its incredibly frustrating. There is also no reason for them to not give me my credit. They sent me a text offering the credit and then I tried to use it they wouldn't acknowledge it. Just a horrible experience.

Date of experience: October 23, 2023
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer service
January 4, 2023

During my most recent cust. Serv. Chat, the first agent did not get back to the chat session and closed it after 24 hours without resolving the issue. The next one did not help with my simple request and ended the chat session. I submitted an issue with my 2nd ride and no one from Lyft responded. It was just generic and sometimes odd chat responses that draged out for no legitimate reason. However, my very first customer service chat was helpful, and the first ride was good. Update: All subsequent rides were good to great (as expected by a large company). Also, the app is easy to use, and the occasional discounts are okay.

Date of experience: January 4, 2023
Texas
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I travel frequently for business. I took a trip vía Lyft to PDX airport and believe my keys were accidentally left in the drivers car. I was not allowed to call the driver directly and the driver never responded to my cha messages. The customer support team was not helpful at all and just seemed to try and pacify me. The did not help me get in contact with the driver and ignored several of my chat messages initially. I will not be using Lyft in the future due to the terrible customer service.

Date of experience: February 21, 2024
California
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Ex-Lyft driver
July 21, 2016

It's one of the most injustice rideshare companies with their drivers in the world. I drove for Lyft almost for a year and I was a 4.9 driver which is considered as awesome driver, but when they realized that I asked them about my rights and earnings when they stole my fares then they deactivate my account for no reason. Even I can not use my Lyft app as a passenger. They want their drivers to be like a $#*! and say nothing even if you get harassed or molest by the drunk passengers just stay quit and keep driving. If you wanna be a Lyft $#*! go for it.

Date of experience: July 21, 2016
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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For 3 days I've been trying to get a hold of these people and all they do is send you bought crap that means nothing and doesn't even address your problem you can't even speak to a human being you're speaking to a computer which is nothing but a bunch of bull$#*!

Date of experience: February 12, 2024

Overview

Lyft has a rating of 1.4 stars from 906 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Lyft most frequently mention customer service, credit card and phone number. Lyft ranks 32nd among Car Sharing sites.

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value
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