Chase pay off debt with Uber Eats

I have fully succumbed to the convenience of DoorDash and Uber Eats. If you’ve been a long time reader, you know how long I fought the convenience of tapping a few buttons and having food appear at your door. It’s just too easy. Thankfully, I have a decent grasp on prepping meals, so it’s still a treat on the weekends rather than something I do out of necessity (who knows what the future holds though).

This got me thinking about 1) how much it costs to pay for these services and 2) the debt some people rack up in the US. What if there was a way to fight debt by allowing people to pay down their balance by driving with Uber Eats?

This sounds good in theory, until you do the math. Let’s say I have $100k of credit card debt. You’d have to do roughly 1,100 deliveries just to make $100k. This doesn’t account for gas, depreciation on your vehicle, bad tippers, and other job hazards.

On one hand, I could see this being a semi-reasonable way to pay off small amounts of debt. The minute the debt goes too high though, it becomes complete unattainable.

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