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re: 19 mile trip home from concert via UBER costs woman $443
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:41 pm to TigerWise
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:41 pm to TigerWise
quote:
Still cheaper than Uber.
Really? I live in Houston and Ubers are consistently cheaper than taxis here...think I tried getting an Uber when I was in Nola and there weren't any
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Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:42 pm to thesoccerfanjax
quote:Coddling stupid people is the cool thing to do nowadays.
That stupid people don't want to be held accountable for paying a price they agreed four separate times to pay?
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:43 pm to CAD703X
At least in Houston, it's not even fair...
Uber is
-cheaper
-more convenient
-quicker
-more professional/less sketchy drivers and cars
Uber is
-cheaper
-more convenient
-quicker
-more professional/less sketchy drivers and cars
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:43 pm to Scruffy
So of that $443 charge, what does the driver get?
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:43 pm to CAD703X
quote:
what justification does uber have for this? gas suddenly quintuple in price after the concert?
Ever notice how flights are more expensive on certain days? Crazy concept I know.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:43 pm to Scruffy
Well I can certainly see why an admitted cab driver would want to coddle aloof, ignorant potential customers who think nothing of a $100 cab ride.
This post was edited on 9/24/14 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:44 pm to Scruffy
quote:
Well, then these people should've called a taxi.
Uber isn't the only service available.
This.
For that $$, I'd have rented a private car for the night.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:44 pm to CAD703X
This thread is 
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:45 pm to Waffle House
quote:
Ever notice how flights are more expensive on certain days? Crazy concept I know.
Even crazier that he still doesn't get it
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:46 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:50 pm to redbaron
UberX to the airport for me is half the price of a Cab
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:51 pm to redbaron
I was catching a car at the Seattle airport this week and the person in front of me got a black car from Seattle to Southern Oregon - $1,250.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:52 pm to CAD703X
quote:
taxi services do this as well? oh yeah, they're not allowed to by law.
You are right, they can't adjust based on supply or demand and the result is that very few people get rides.
Just like nobody can get gas after a hurricane. It doesn't benefit the business to offer the product so they don't.
I'm no uber fan but this is about letting the free market operate.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:53 pm to Wooly
quote:
Does uber not tell you up front the price? I feel like it says how much it will cost per mile and minute. .. seems like she just didn't look and might be bad at math.
Never used uber... could be completely wrong
The problem isn't that she didn't know the cost before getting in the cab.
But that she traveled by Über to go there and was "trapped" in using it to go back.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:54 pm to Volvagia
quote:
But that she traveled by Über to go there and was "trapped" in using it to go back.
wat
Posted on 9/24/14 at 3:59 pm to CAD703X
You start a thread thinking you're going to bash Uber, people call the woman out in the article for what she is, an idiot, the thread isn't going how you thought it would so now you resort to bashing everybody
Posted on 9/24/14 at 4:01 pm to crankbait
UBER can't expect women to do math on the fly
Posted on 9/24/14 at 4:02 pm to CAD703X
While I fricking hate surge pricing, Uber is pretty up front about it. Use your noodle woman.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 4:03 pm to UpToPar
quote:
Does anyone know if there is typically surge pricing in BR on a thursday night?
So far.....no.
Posted on 9/24/14 at 4:03 pm to Volvagia
quote:So, no cabs exist there?
But that she traveled by Über to go there and was "trapped" in using it to go back.
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