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  Previously I have shared many articles on Ryde: What’s the best way to use Ryde: Maximisingthe undervalued Ryde Ryde Deep Dive - will my strategy last? How to secure the cheapest Ryde Vouchers Ryde Flash sales - at least 37% Discount [PSA] Up to 49% Discount for Ryde Vouchers It’s been a year since I’ve used this strategy, it’s time to do a review. When I first learned about Ryde vouchers, I was only aware of the 20% discount on Lazada,. Further digging on Shopee lead me to find even more discounts there. In my case, I’ve gotten a lot of help from friends and accumulated this amount of vouchers. It was a BIG risk on my part as none of them heard of Ryde and felt that could be a cash call before they file for bankruptcy like most other start-ups facing a lack of funding.  However, I’m still enjoying the discounts. PS: I’m already enjoying an 18% discount by using RydeFlash, so the 30% discount from the vouchers is a gigantic discount. Nevertheless, there are many learnin...

  Previously, there was a flash sale on Ryde Vouchers that I have posted here . I explained how we can get about 37-39% discount by having Flash discounts / Bundle Discount + Shop Discount + Platform Discount However, in the last CEE sale on 25 May, I’ve noticed a slight change in their strategy and I managed to get around 49% discount in total. The next sale is 6 Jun 23 so let’s keep our eyes open. Base item Discount During a sale, the base price of the vouchers will drop 25-26%, and the one with the best marginal discount is normally the $30 Voucher. At times there might be a bundle discount at the $100 - $120 vouchers so you need to compare first. Shop Discount There are only 2 kinds of discount, either the shopee coin cashback or direct $$ discount. The shopee coin discount will normally be better as it gives about 10% at a certain cap of about 2K coins or 3K coins This is more generous as it encourages more transactions for shopee   While dir...

  Previously in my last ride-hailing article , I explained how I could get up to 40-50% discount on rides with this strategy. However, isn’t this too good to be true? How can such a good deal exist without one talking about it? Well, we’ve come to the “Impossible Trinity” of: Low price Good service/product Availability With Ryde, we get a good price, and good service but is it readily available? Well, I’ve tried recommending this strategy to my friends and their feedback so far is that they can’t get drivers. Though there are many possible reasons for this, I’ll focus on how to get requests accepted. After which, I’ll explain more about my strategy and what are the possible scenarios that will “end” it.   Ways to get requests accepted. The main point to note is unlike grab where requests are assigned, ryde drivers pick instead. If there are no drivers in my area or the price is too low, they will not pick it up. To increase the job duration, we can sc...

I’ve been using private hires for the last 2 years to commute to work due to personal reasons and I really hate it when there are unexpected surges. So I’ve been switching around Grab, CDG (Zig), Go Jek and Ryde and here are my thoughts on them. Although I did try to use TADA, I didn’t really get any drivers and gave up.  I've also heard of GeoLah but need help to comment on it. I did come across this review  here My view of Grab / CDG (Zig) / Go Jek Apps Things I like Things I don’t like Grab Drivers are available and short waiting time.  Very competitive base price. The price surge is insane CDG (Zig) Drivers are readily available, I'm pretty much screwed when even CDG dies on me.  I get Flash  vouchers occasionally Price surges are also top-notch,. The taxi-meter option doesn’t help when there is a 10% admin charge on Credit Card Payments Go Je...