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re: My experience with Uber Baton Rouge
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:03 am to mikelbr
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:03 am to mikelbr
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There needs to be some middle ground here. All this "ohh it's the free market" bullshite is gonna drive Uber into the ground in Baton Rouge.
Yeah, the surge pricing is horseshite. Last time I rode Uber, it was $35 dollars to go 2 miles.
I could have gotten halfway to New Orleans in a cab for that.
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Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:07 am to TheWhizzinator
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That's what I got Saturday night trying to leave Tigerland around midnight and I was just going to Capital Heights. I was at Fred's 5 minutes and just knew that if I stayed that yesterday would have been a rough day. Decided to just try to walk instead. Got to the LSU lakes on Stanford and there was no traffic anymore so I called my wife to come pick me up as I was too exhausted to walk any further.
Yeah, we walked from Stadium to Fred's..stayed at Fred's an hour.. then to Mellow Mushroom.. then to LSU Avenue/Lakes.
Had a 71 year old with us for all of this.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:12 am to wadewilson
You folks are acting like Uber is a public service subsidized by the government using tax payer money...what the hell did you guys do before Uber? If you don't want to pay whatever surge is taking place, do whatever you did before Uber came along.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:13 am to LSUsmartass
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.what the hell did you guys do before Uber?
Drove drunk most likely.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:14 am to mikelbr
quote:But people are using it despite the surge pricing. If people stop using it, they will change their pricing system.
All this "ohh it's the free market" bullshite is gonna drive Uber into the ground in Baton Rouge.
More drivers in town would probably help a lot.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:14 am to bbap
One of my friends was charged $56 to get to the stadium from downtown and the ride back cost $107.
Another couple was charged $148 on friday night to go from Mestizo's to their hotel on siegan. And couldn't find a uber ride at all saturday morning at 9am to take them to the stadium so they called a cab. After the game they abandoned hope of cabs and uber and tried to hitchhike. Coach Pevato picked them up and brought them to the hotel. Good man!
Another couple was charged $148 on friday night to go from Mestizo's to their hotel on siegan. And couldn't find a uber ride at all saturday morning at 9am to take them to the stadium so they called a cab. After the game they abandoned hope of cabs and uber and tried to hitchhike. Coach Pevato picked them up and brought them to the hotel. Good man!
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:17 am to iluvdatiger
i knew by the second home game that while on option, uber isnt a great option on saturday night of a home game. really nothing new.
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 11:17 am
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:19 am to bbap
i don't understand why people are so surprised by the high prices on a saturday night after a home game.
people are expecting too much from uber.
people are expecting too much from uber.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:25 am to LSUsmartass
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what the hell did you guys do before Uber?
Drove drunk and hit as many pedestrians as I could.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:30 am to terd ferguson
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:33 am to reb13
To the OP, did you respond to the email you received with your receipt? or take a different customer service to get this refund because the same thing happened to me.
$105 for a 14 minute ride....
$105 for a 14 minute ride....
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:34 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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i don't understand why people are so surprised by the high prices on a saturday night after a home game.
Not only is there common sense, but it tells you about 4 times before you can request an Uber ride how much the surge is going to be...not only does it tell you the surge amount and what the rates are per mile and minure...you also have to manually enter the surge amount on a confirmation screen to make sure you understand there is a surge.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:36 am to BackInBlackTiger
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To the OP, did you respond to the email you received with your receipt? or take a different customer service to get this refund because the same thing happened to me.
$105 for a 14 minute ride....
You had two drivers cancel on you while there was no surge?
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:36 am to LSUsmartass
What is the justification for charging 6 times the normal rate?
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:37 am to wadewilson
quote:people will pay it
What is the justification for charging 6 times the normal rate?
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:41 am to LSUsmartass
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Not only is there common sense, but it tells you about 4 times before you can request an Uber ride how much the surge is going to be...not only does it tell you the surge amount and what the rates are per mile and minure...you also have to manually enter the surge amount on a confirmation screen to make sure you understand there is a surge.
Now lets think about this: Who uses Uber?
Sure this is legal and drunks should be more responsible but it's a credit card. And drunk people are very susceptible to the "out of sight out of mind" and "worry about it tomorrow" motto. It's no doubt a shitty way to extort money from a 'demographic'.
Now remember when Apple let that Smurfberries shitshow happen until enough backlash from parents?
Sure drunks are minority compared to parents of kids inadvertently buying $100 worth of shite in a game mere seconds after mama enters in her appleID, but just cuz it's legal don't make it right. This will not turn out good for UBER unless they fix this predatory model.
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people will pay it
No motherfricker. DRUNK people will pay it.
That's what's going to bite them in the arse b/c, just like Apple and it's Smurfberries did a 180 and refunded the shite out of people then they started complaining, they'll have to fix this.
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 11:51 am
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:46 am to mikelbr
I've been trying to tell y'all about these uber nazis.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:48 am to TigerWise
your schtick was never funny. not its just embarassing.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:49 am to TigerWise
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I've been trying to tell y'all about these uber nazis.
The whole damned sector is FUBAR.
Let's just up the bac to .13 in the city limits and let people drive a little more buzzed.
That's progressive thinking.
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 11:50 am
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:51 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:
people will pay it
Greed, plain and simple.
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