Lime Scooters - Lime Juicer life

[SniperJ]

I just signed up to be a "lime juicer" - anyone on here do this and is it worth it? I see these dead scooters around my neighbourhood so I figured I would try to make a few bucks by picking them up and charging them.

If you are a juicer, what are the hidden drawbacks you found out after you start doing it, any?

[Muta]

Originally Posted by SniperJ

If you are a juicer, what are the hidden drawbacks you found out after you start doing it, any?

You get really muscular, but your upper back gets covered in acne and you go through some crazy bouts of rage from time to time.

[Nufy]

Originally Posted by Muta

You get really muscular, but your upper back gets covered in acne and you go through some crazy bouts of rage from time to time.

And you start using the word "bro" a lot...

[CaptainCrunch]

So you have to buy the chargers, and have a truck to race around and pick up these scooters while competing with other juicers?


And when I read up on it you get paid about 5 to 10 bucks a night per scooter, and you're using your own electricity and gas right?



I don't know, to me it sounds like a weird gig.

[PepsiFree]

It’s the worst. You’ll hate it. It’s just awful.

But if you do it anyway then stay off my turf.

[nik-]

https://www.instagram.com/birdgraveyard/

This is probably the better route.

[Ducay]

Saw a lady struggling top put one into her small hatchback outside Discovery Pointe this afternoon on my way home. Assume she was a juicer, but she seemed to have no idea how to handle the scooter or even load it. Guarantee she's not making any money at that rate.

That or she's the world worst thief.

[lazypucker]

This type of job is similar to SkipTheDishes drivers. After vehicle expenses, you are probably making less than minimum wage driving around delivering food.

[burn_this_city]

There’s youtube videos on the bird scooters in LA. The guy made basically nothing and was up all night collecting, charging, and putting them back out by 5am.

[woob]

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/15/1...sting-business

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

How does it work? Do you actually have a quota? Or can you just sign up and do it whenever you happen to be driving around and see one that's convenient to pick up?

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by woob

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/15/1...sting-business

"criminals have used scooters to lure enterprising freelancers into unsafe areas to rob them or worse, according to sources. "


criminals can be clever. anytime a new tech comes along, they're quick to use it for villainy

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by SniperJ

I just signed up to be a "lime juicer" - anyone on here do this and is it worth it? I see these dead scooters around my neighbourhood so I figured I would try to make a few bucks by picking them up and charging them.

If you are a juicer, what are the hidden drawbacks you found out after you start doing it, any?

how much does all the charging stuff cost you?

[SniperJ]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

How does it work? Do you actually have a quota? Or can you just sign up and do it whenever you happen to be driving around and see one that's convenient to pick up?

The email I got says you can pick up as many as you want to but I was limited to getting two chargers at the start. I have to prove myself within the next 7 days and then I will be eligible to get more chargers to make more money. You have to pick them up, charge them and put them back in "zones" before 7AM to get full payment.

[SniperJ]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

how much does all the charging stuff cost you?

$19 per charger

[CaptainCrunch]

I'm just not seeing the model where there's a lot of money to be made.


and maybe some one can help me with that.



You have to buy the chargers


You have to use your own electricity and pay that



If you're using a vehicle to "Capture them" that's gas costs unless there are tons in your neighbor hood.


There is sweat equity in capturing and returning them


You get paid I read between 5 and 20 bucks for a night of charging, the higher dollar ones take more effort.


This seems like a really tough way to make a few bucks to me.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Wouldn't it be far more practical to give these juicers battery packs that they could charge at home, then just swap new batteries into the dead scooters?

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Wouldn't it be far more practical to give these juicers battery packs that they could charge at home, then just swap new batteries into the dead scooters?

Probably not. This isn't an easily removable battery, if it was people would just steal them.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

Probably not. This isn't an easily removable battery, if it was people would just steal them.

Make it easily replaceable with a special key that you give the juicers, like a wheel lock. The whole point of these things is to provide people with a clean method of inner city travel, having people drive around in large trucks to collect and then return all of these scooters seems to nullify that. With battery packs you could have some guy on a bike and a backpack running around instead to recharge the scooters

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

You have to buy the chargers


You have to use your own electricity and pay that

See, I was thinking, I could just have one charging in my office overnight, and then put it outside again when I get in in the morning. But are they collapsible (like the Segway ones are) or do you have to lug them around in their normal extended mode?

EDIT: This appears to suggest they are not... so much for that idea.