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Tennessee
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Im a driver and lyft could care less about helping me out after a customer leaves feces in my front seat. They only gave me $150 for the damage and after 4 days of me trying to get immediate help they tell me they cant help me anymore and wont give me the customers personal information so I can file a civil suit against him. I also had taken my car into the dealership the next morning and they emailed lyft a quote for my seat to be replaced and to get a car rental but lyft just ignores me. I cant stand how lyft supports us drivers or customers. They are very inconsiderate. Let me poop in their car and have it get stuck in the little holes of my leather front seat. And see how it feels.

Date of experience: August 29, 2017
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I order a ride with lyft the driver doesnt say your in the car. U take your ride in under 5 mins and your still charged a extra fee and your already at your home. I disputed it for them to still charge me. My boyfriend uses lyft for work and at least once a week they charge him for a extra ride and never give him his money back. You all need a person to take complaints and we want all out money back you all steal extra fees based off your drivers saying we are still in the vehicle or we took linger then the 5 mins to return back to the car. Bad business all the way you need to fix this problem. Tired of being charged extra off your drivers inability to say we in and out there vehicles to be paid more.

Date of experience: January 3, 2024
California
1 review
12 helpful votes
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I signed up to be a driver in hoped of getting a $1,000 bonus. I applied minutes after receiving the invitation, and I was able to log into the system as a driver and was approved hours to drive on the afternoon of March 5th. Mysteriously I was not "approved" to drive until the 7th, got a welcome email, picked up my first ride. Minutes later the email came through that I didn't qualify for the promo. Of course, they never intended to pay. It was all a sham. I will not deal with such a company that would stoop to this level. They know background checks take time and organized this whole thing so they would pay very few drivers. I will stick to Uber, who can keep a promise!

Date of experience: March 7, 2015
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Disappointed!
March 4, 2023

I had a ride with a driver less than five minutes from my home. The driver lied and said my mother and I damaged his vehicle. He put my mother's walker in and out of his vehicle do how did we damage his vehicle. The driver knows how much he was getting before he picked us up, if it was less than what he wanted he should have not taken the ride. Scamming customers is not the way to go. I have reached out to Lyft about getting information about the damage and no one has reached back out. Giving someone money because they say so is not professional! I deserve my money back because if they look at the records they can see that no driver has ever claimed I damaged their vehicle! Please check your payments before giving your stars.

Date of experience: March 4, 2023
Arizona
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bad bad company
February 25, 2020

Where do I start? First, more times than not. The driver is always across the street or down the road. Everywhere but where Im waiting. It's not my service I live in a big city near main criss streets second I've never used luxury service through lyft but yet get charged or somehow charged it. I find as many miscellaneous charges as real charges. Mainly though you can never reach a real person. I've sent many emails only to get ignored. So if I had it to do over I would never ever use lyft again. Whoever these people are. They are crooks. I'm not even sure it's anything more than computerized. Like I said no one has proven different. #stayaway$

Date of experience: February 24, 2020
District of Columbia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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If you like having your money stolen and not returned - this is the company for you.
Bunch of greedy grinches who like to illegally retain funds auto-refilled (despite cancellation). Pieces of excrement... the kind you'll throw out a pair of shoes over after mistepping.
Managers are also unwilling to sort such issues.

Date of experience: November 25, 2022
Oregon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No show
August 30, 2023

After 20 mins of the app saying the driver was 1 min away, I rec'd a text saying there were no available drivers. Dissatisfied, of course, that they didn't show up, but I lost 20 mins while the app lied to me.

Date of experience: August 30, 2023
Illinois
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Lyft scam
July 23, 2017

Bonus is a scam. They ask you to sign up then enroll you in the 30 day bonus. Guess what? After you sign up, it takes 120+ days to go through the background check that they make you go through. Even after the sign up and everything you can delete your account accidentally by trying to add a new phone number to your account! Which means you will be deactivated with their service and can no longer drive until the background check clears again which can take another 4 months plus! It's not worth driving for Lyft.

Date of experience: July 23, 2017
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bad service
June 11, 2023

I was left stranded in sfo airport by Lyft. Followed their instructions (door 4, international terminal, area 14, second curbe) just to see the driver heading for the national arrivals and insisting I was not there (no I was not, I was on the point they requested). In a second call my ride was transferred three times for different drivers (and we are talking about a $130 ride). At that point I just called Uber.

Date of experience: June 11, 2023
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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3 years down the drain!
January 18, 2020

Lfyt refuse to give me back my refund after I cancel after literally 2 mins. I've called four times to reconcile the issues. They say it was refunded... oh really!? I have notifications set up with my bank. I didnt receive no notifications. So sad I've been using lfyt for 3 years and spend at least 15 dollars a month. But I'm done they can keep that money... I'm going with uber which is a better company set up. Check the reviews and stats

Date of experience: January 18, 2020
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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After scheduling my Lyft ride for today at 9:15 last night. I waited outside for 45 minutes just to have them text me and tell me that they don't have a ride or anything area. So I missed my flight at LaGuardia and now I have to wait 10 hours for another flight. Not only did it cost me an extra hundred dollars to try and take a taxi to get there on time but now I have to sit in the airport for 10 hours never again would never ever use them.!

Date of experience: August 14, 2023
Tennessee
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Last night was New Year's Eve. We caught a lyft to our concert so we wouldn't be drinking and driving. Paid $24.74 which was responsible. After New Year's I went to select someone to take us home and the price had jumped to over $96. They should feel ashamed of themselves for doing that to people. I've deleted the app and will never use it again. People trying to do the right thing shouldn't be gouged like that. I understand bumping the price but not almost four times. Horrible company and I hope they go out of business.

Date of experience: January 1, 2020
New Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Many riders and drivers say the app randomly cancels trips while drivers are on the way or at the destination. This morning they cancelled 5 drivers on me. I was late when I reserved a ride 5 hours prior. I decided to try Uber and got a ride instantly.

Date of experience: July 29, 2023
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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May 6, 2016

I started using lyft because i thought it would be cheaper from my house to my job usually it would cost me $8.50 with uber which is fine with me. When i started using lyft they started charging me $17.50 from my house to my job thats crazy! My work place isn't far away 15 mins to be exact. Sometimes i have people that can't get to my destination and when i call them to give them directions they get mad and give me this attitude. Not my fault you don't know how to follow your GPS. Lyft SUCKS and i will most definitely not use this app anymore. DELETED!

Date of experience: May 6, 2016
Texas
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I have used Uber and Lyft until this past year. In my opinion, Uber is a far better option. Its always cheaper (although often not by much). In my area there are dozens of drivers available within minutes with Uber while Lyft, having fewer drivers takes at least 15 minutes to arrive. The Uber drivers have nicer cars, Lyft is a toss up. Most are nice, many are notand you have no choice about your ride until it arrives. Twice I have gotten stuck with Lyft cars that wreak of cigarette smoke and dozens of times my driver does not speak ANY English. I live in Texas! Furthermore, Lyft drivers have dropped my ride because they cant find mewhich means I have a new driver and start my wait all over again. Thats frustrating, to say the least. Lastly, Lyft is constantly sending me offers. I mean, daily until I adjusted my mail settings. The offers sound good, but they rarely are what they seem. Customer Service is terrible. The Lyft drivers expect a tip on top of pay.

Date of experience: July 13, 2017
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I would never use or recommend Lyft to anyone. I have been trying to recoup my monies since Sept. 2016. Lyft illegally charged my account 177.00 for rides I never used. I was in possession of my card. I shut it down immediately card and lyft. Lyft has nor been helpful in resolving this problem.

Date of experience: October 23, 2016
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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GPS maps
February 8, 2024

The maps always take a turn when there's a straight away street. Regardless if it's navigating through traffic or road work. It's a lot faster to take the route without the detour. This is Texas there is traffic everywhere taking a turn from traffic leads you into more traffic just to get back to the same traffic 🤯

Date of experience: February 8, 2024
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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App asks for backup payment. Entered and it takes cards. Added bank account. Fine done. Go to book a ride asks for backup payment method again and again and again. Fed up took Uber. Works every time with Uber. Lyft app broken. No problems with Lyft until this week. Lyft customer service pathetic!

Date of experience: July 9, 2023
Georgia
2 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Stealing money
November 17, 2015

Lyft is stealing my money through holds. They charge a hold and then don't give it back. I use Lyft everyday and can't afford the charges they charge and after they inconvenience me they don't give me credits to help cover the money they stole. They have been keeping the money they hold on my account and I'm not OK with that. It is stealing.

Date of experience: November 17, 2015
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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What a bunch of cowboys. Sorry that is an insult to the hard working cowboys and cowgirls.
1. They cancel a ride. But you have no reconciliation. You cancel a ride and 'bam' you are charged. Even if they cannot provide a for the time you requested.
2. You book in advance and 'bam' again. A ride that used to cost me 12-15 dollars now charged at 25 dollars plus.
Switched to Uber after three months of using them everyday and they started pulling fast ones.

Date of experience: May 1, 2022

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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