My husband was deactivated a few minutes after doing the selfie verification yesterday. It's bullshit. They should stop making anyone verify until the bug or glitch or whatever it is is fixed. He was legit but all of the scammers are still going strong. If 1 of their stolen accounts is deactivated they have 20 others to go on. It won't stop them. It just punishes the legit drivers that use this and other gigs as their main source of income.
I'm so glad I only do gig work part-time. I'm retired and don't care if I make $50 or $500 a week. But I feel bad for the people who hustle on gig apps full time. These companies need to treat people right, but I doubt they ever will.
@@thunderstormvideos6460 the way the world is going many w2 employees will be on the apps. I’ve seen a lot of w2 employees, retirees doing it full time due to either being laid off or ssi isn’t enough to survive off of. It’s sickening to see elderly people out there doing it
Wow man what b.s. I did the verify thing yesterday too, but still active. I am sick of the gig apps treating us like disposable napkins. I guess they do because they can. Hopefully you get your account back soon.
I got the Dreaded ID verification earlier today but Instead of just doing it I went to settings and logged out completely then logged back in and did the ID verification so far nothings happened but I'm so stressed and worried when I get ready to work in the morning 😢😢 I do this full time 7 days a week... Hopefully everyone who Has been deactivated for no reason will get back up and running...
Same thing happened to me yesterday. I did the identity check, said I was good with a thumbs up. I hit spark now and said I was deactivated for no reason. Just crazy.
They know about it. It's a big bug yet instead of turning off the id verification. They still force it onto us. I did the scan on Monday before all this happened. Hopefully they don't randomly force me to scan anymore this week. I'm still on the platform.
Weird how after I type this. I got ID check. Not only that it a new style. I had to scan my driver's license and also do a face scan. I had no issue and I'm currently working now. I don't see the usual migrant workers sitting around. Nvm there they are.
@@stoneybaker4404 Same here I’m thinking about you. Let this be a lesson in time though don’t put your eggs in one basket with these gig companies. They’ll kick you to the curb no matter how hard or well you work
My heart goes out to you.. That's why I am deciding to utilize DoorDash and Uber Eats and Instacart. I never used them before because I really like the sparks driving. This is so sad and i feel worse for you since its your only income. I do work a full time job from home in customer service but sparking got me through a rough patch. I wish you the best and hope we can be back up and running soon , especially you my friend.
Confirmed, the scammers are still here but that makes sense because they have multiple accounts (some may be banned,they have backups and backups for their backups)
Their bots improved they are driving from the other Walmart to the Walmart where I wait in the parking lot and snatch away orders. All Venezuelans. Spark Reddit has banned my account and banned the word vinnie and Venezuelan I think Walmart corporate is controlling that page as well
I was deactivated 3 months ago. Their website was down and I couldn’t update my car insurance so I did it via phone with customer service (even have the email verification). I was deactivated for supposedly falsifying car insurance information (which I did not). I’ve appealed 4 times and everytime I’ve said I can provide any documentation needed to prove this is a mistake and everytime I get a message saying we stand by our decision.
Dashing Across America hasn't been hit yet. So strange, I remember about a year ago similar happened on Uber but people were reactivated in a few days.
Same happened to me Wednesday morning for the selfie bs. 3 yrs strong on spark over 4k deliveries 4.7 CR 40% AR other 100% appealed and it is what it is. I do other apps too so as well as a custom biz
@@samanthamccoy6201 it’s all good I just look at it as a blessing in disguise. Not my main gig though. I’m a stone cold multiapper so it is all good. All I have to say is just that every good thing comes to an end. I look at it the same as w2 work. You got this. Keep pushing 😉
@@samanthamccoy6201I had deleted the app and something told me yday to go back just to see but I forgot about it. Did just now and it says needs attention identity verification. I haven’t done it yet bc I’m still in bed lol
Gm from Texas Aaron I’m sorry to hear about your deactivated from sparks. I was deactivated last week for no apparent reason.I’ll go drive by the Walmart just to see what drives are up there driving and its a few of them that I’ve personally caught with 3 cell phone doing three different shopping orders but they’re still doing deliveries but me as the honest one has been deactivated.Ive appealed it but only time will tell.
This happened to a married couple here in the North GA mountains day before yesterday and happened to me yesterday morning. I’ve been sparking two years and a week. Today the message from Spark said it was due to fraudulent activity like I have 2 accounts etc. Which is not true!
I wonder if your account (as well as others) has been hacked by the scammers, to where they are using your account, or maybe just to eliminate the competition?
Mine was deactivated as well! The app glitched out in the middle of a 2 person shop. I went to check out and it started glitching on the exit pass! Got out the door, and to the parking lot and app froze and shut down. I reopened it had to do an id check then it gave a thumbs up and crashed again. I opened the app again and I was deactivated in the middle of my delivery! Called support they had to cancel my trip, and do a return for me, told me to appeal it and also they let the security department know, I filed the appeal and two days later now I was told the deactivation is being upheld! I don't understand what is going on! This was my job! Right before rent and bills due! My sister is in the hospital with cancer and I was trying to make my money to get to her in Georgia! Now I don't know what to do!!
I am so so sorry for your situation. As of today its 10 days deactivated but yet 6 BUSINESS days. I got the same message as you, deactivation upheld. Let hope the glitch works itself out and we get back up soon. My thoughts and prayers are with you, your family and Sister.
@@carlakeaton9184 thank you so much! My prayers are with you as well!! I saw that some people are just calling support and saying they are part of the mass deactivation and getting back on, so I'm going to make that call today. Hopefully we will be back on before the 1st!
My car is being fixed, so I haven't tried to log in during this mess. But my brother did, and he also got deactivated after verifying his picture. It may well be some kind of low effort purge to combat fraud. I'm still seeing people who work in teams running through the store sharing a cart and a phone against the terms of service. I delivered to a woman who had a team of 4 people get out a car and deliver her groceries the previous time she ordered.
I have a theory I think the only way to combat the scammers is to deactivate all the drivers on the platform but they have to do it bunches because if they deactivate everyone it would be total chaos. They know that only the legit drivers are going to fight for their accounts back and the scammers won't because they know they can't prove it's their accounts. It's so out of control that that's the only way they can do it at this point. Just a theory but to me makes perfect sense.
I don’t see how though. They need the cheap labor with how bad things are economically. The legit drivers deserve to be paid well especially for the value we provide but they also use the Gig Platforms as a lever to lower prices because there’s no laws protecting you when you’re 1099. I get the whole trying to be more efficient and productive but when the experience gets so bad and is where it is now this isn’t even just a tiny pay cut we’re talking about a 35-60% reduction in pay. That is absolutely massive
@@KayleeSavesMoney We’ll see. Hey if that does happen great. I just don’t believe it. And even if they do it would have to really be better for a month or two to even confirm this has been fixed
@@KayleeSavesMoney I go this video suggested randomly, so I know nothing about how this works, but... Don't the drivers have to pick up the deliveries from the stores where there are employees who can check their faces against a photo shown on their screens (and can check an ID if there's something sus)? Wouldn't that be a very easy way to make sure account and person match? It's not like uber eats where the drivers visit any number of random restaurants for pickup...
Spark is going Crazy!!! They threaten to deactivate me because I would not deliver an alcohol batch to a customer the did not have ID and they ask me to try and complete the delivery 3 times!!
They can force complete it just ask the customer to pretend their irate and their gonna have to call the police because they need their groceries for their starving children.
My account got deactivated because they kept doing background checks every other day with the facescan or ID of my license. And they deactivated me because of a text and drive charge thats a minor misdemeanor smdh. I from what I'm reading from certain videos looks like i wont have much getting reactivated. Im up shyts creek with no paddle. Im also banned from Door Dash,Grub Hub,Uber Eats etc smdh. I think im done doing these side gig for good smdh
Passed the verification but it doesn’t matter bc all the Venezuelans take all the good orders anyways. Funny how only alcohol or crappy orders are the only ones available
I just tested my account. I haven't Sparked in months. It had me verify and I'm able to spark now and pick a time to end. Still active in the Kansas City area.
Ive been on spark for 16 months no id verification lsst few days. Waiting on it. Hope dont get deactivated ,at least got other apps. Its been very slow on spark in my zones now.
What the fuck!!!! That sucks. I am so sorry. Hopefully it is just a glitch but damn...you have the worst luck with these apps. Sending good thoughts and vibes.
This has literally just happened to me as well I filled a reactivation request but the deactivation was upheld again my metrics are all in the green and I have been professional as far as being on time and delivering everything as requested by customers but was given zero reason why I was deactivated smh sad but idk what to do about it at this time unfortunately there’s no help to fix this issue it seems like. 🤷
And to add about 5 months ago a employee a manager to be exact said that Walmart is fixing to make their own delivery fleet to compete with Amazon and fed ex so I wonder if this is the beginning of them cutting back! Smh
They are in the process of letting only the workers do the deliveries They can’t just cut it off but what they will do is send an email to all the drivers and let them know when our last day will be It’s already happening in several states I was deactivated after my facial recognition but it’s ok I have instacart for almost seven years and I have no problems with instacart and you get all your money and tips the same day
Mine was deactivated on Wednesday night. Did a facial scan. Was told I was good. Went to a store to wait for more offers. And deactivated 3 minutes from the store. After this I submitted that request and got a response 24hrs later as to why. Supposed fraud/account sharing. I do not have more than one account. I had a password issue a few weeks ago. And had a message saying my spark account was on another phone. My old phone that my 5yr old plays on. It was removed from that phone that day. Now I'm in pre-arbitration waiting for my call back. Drove by today and all new cars I didn't recognize at all. I think they cleared us out in my area 😢
That appeal doesn't work especially if they deactivated your account and the reason given is"a store or customer reported someone else using your account or shared"the pre-arbitration doesn't work..at least for me it hasn't worked..next step requesting an arbitration meet for myself . I've deactivated since 05/02/24
They said sharing accounts, using another persons account, or activating multiple accounts. I'm using my own account lol never needed multiple accounts and not sharing because I'm not sharing any of my money with someone else 😅😅😅
There is something weird going on with this. I used to see the scammers all day.. I only saw one guy that I swear gets like every single order on the hour for months. I used to notice specifically a Black Acura SUV of one guy that brought people to shop with him.. others have come and gone. For all I know, they are there right now . But I don't know how they do it, nor why this is happening. I find it hard to believe they would be gone but I wouldn't mind it....
I’m sorry this happened to you. The past couple of days, I have had to scan my license and it takes ten minutes for them to approve it. It usually does not accept the absolutely clear photos of my valid license and has to be reviewed.
It's always a rumor, some places actually do it but the store needs to make a lot of money. It's also really difficult to set up. As a spark driver you basically need the planets to align to actually experience a reasonably productive day and not sit around doing nothing. They are understaffed, most people don't take their jobs seriously and call off all the time. They'll have all those problems to deal with, even if they put a driver in a van and pay them $2 more an hour.
Sorry to hear you got deactivated. Hope you get your account back. They don’t care about ppl they will just bring in new drivers rather than fix their wrongdoing it seems.
They don't have to many drivers using the platform. They have to many fake account users that make up half the platform.... It's sad that the legit drivers are the ones paying the price
I did the face scan yesterday morning and by mid afternoon I received a notification I was deactivated. I did the appeal process, but don’t have much hope with that.. Spark is giving everyone the same lame excuse for deactivating their accounts
That's why I would rather multi app whenever you do too much with one app that hides the risk of your ratings being hit people trying to scam saying they didn't get stuff spread it out
I'm glad you two got your accounts back. Did you all get an explanation? A driver in my zone got deactivated last week. I have the dreaded "confirm Identity" on my screen now & I'm afraid to confirm. Any advice?
The problem is is they don’t have a number for the technical department. I called the support number no help….chatted several times then first time was told it was a known issue and when I have said that in chats since the…they said do you know the name of the person that told you that…as if he had done something wrong. Very fishy.
Had you ever had to do ID (not selfie) verification before? I have personally never seen the ID verification screen. Due to advice from reddit, I turned the app off until the weekend. If you want some help filing for formal arbitration, I can assist. I have been through that before, but you might have to first wait the 45 days to get pre-arbitration conference.
I just received an email for phone arbitration in 30-45 days. I was denied appeal 4 times. Sucks man, waiting just sucks. Hope you get back as quick as possible.
