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re: The truth about UBER
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:18 pm to lsu480
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:18 pm to lsu480
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Yup, this is from last night!
My wife takes a cab to work a few times a week.
Uber is always under $5. Cab is usually $9
A taxi van from around LSU would cost us over $30 each way to TigerLand. We took Uber XL with a huge group and it cost less than $10 to go a good bit further
This post was edited on 7/21/14 at 6:19 pm
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Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:20 pm to TigerBait1127
The OP better start sending out resumes! 
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:20 pm to LSUTigers1986
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Uber gets 20% of fares for doing absolutely nothing besides have an app. It's maybe the easiest money making scheme ever.
Well, they provide a platform, provide the customer service, do the background checks, and (most importantly) had the creativity and balls to execute on a brilliant idea.
If their model becomes outmoded, then a Lyft or Uber2.0 or someone else will come in and get 10% or 5% and undercut Uber.
Who wins? The customer.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:21 pm to dickjones
Well either dispatch or the 2nd driver had a heart and I got a free ride except for a tip. The food truck was parked right outside chelseas not down the street. Just admit your company has a horrible business model and has been butt raping customers for years. Now when I lived in BR I had about 10 drivers in my phone and would tip good and could always get a cab within 30 min on a thurs night or have one on gamedays. However, i no longer have that phone and lost all my numbers and had to use dispatch and it sucked.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:21 pm to N2cars
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You probably won't have to spend all that money repairing those always-broken credit card machines, either.
This burns my arse every time I hear it.
gonna put this in bold to make sure everyone sees it.
EVERY YELLOW CAB DRIVER IN BATON ROUGE HAS TO TAKE CREDIT CARDS. IF THEY SAY ITS BROKE TELL THEM HANG ON LET ME CALL THE OFFICE. TELL WHOEVER ANWSERS THE PHONE THAT DRIVER SAID CC MACHINE IS BROKE. IF STAND TELLS YOU YES THEN THEY ARE DOWN BUT 99.9% OF THE TIME THEY WORK. SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT YOUR RIDE IS FREE AND THE DRIVER JUST SCREWED HIMSELF OVER!!!!!!!
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:24 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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Well, they provide a platform, provide the customer service, do the background checks, and (most importantly) had the creativity and balls to execute on a brilliant idea.
Which is nothing besides some salaries. They throw people out there and say make us money. But we won't cover any of it for you.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:24 pm to dickjones
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The taxi problem in baton rouge as everyone claims that is prob 20% yellow cab fault and 80% public. I drive for yellow cab and let me tell ya I waste more time going to pick someone up who called for a cab but went back in the bar and didn't hear their phone ringing.
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The reason that is they learned that good tips lead to being picked up a more sure thing.
How reliable!
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:24 pm to dickjones
You can yell all you want, IDGAF.
99.9 % of the cab rides I've been on (and I bet everyone here will agree), they are always broken.
"Call the office"? Yeah, right.
99.9 % of the cab rides I've been on (and I bet everyone here will agree), they are always broken.
"Call the office"? Yeah, right.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:25 pm to dickjones
I never had a problem with yellow cab
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:25 pm to dickjones
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EVERY YELLOW CAB DRIVER IN BATON ROUGE HAS TO TAKE CREDIT CARDS. IF THEY SAY ITS BROKE TELL THEM HANG ON LET ME CALL THE OFFICE. TELL WHOEVER ANWSERS THE PHONE THAT DRIVER SAID CC MACHINE IS BROKE. IF STAND TELLS YOU YES THEN THEY ARE DOWN BUT 99.9% OF THE TIME THEY WORK. SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT YOUR RIDE IS FREE AND THE DRIVER JUST SCREWED HIMSELF OVER!!!!!!!
Using a credit card with yellow cab is hilarious. Such an antiquated system.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:25 pm to dickjones
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EVERY YELLOW CAB DRIVER IN BATON ROUGE HAS TO TAKE CREDIT CARDS.
Sooo, try to call dispatch and go through a 5 minute ordeal?
Quit having shady arse drivers that want to deal in all cash.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:25 pm to LSUTigers1986
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. They throw people out there and say make us money. But we won't cover any of it for you.
People don't have to drive for uber
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:26 pm to TigerBait1127
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A taxi van from around LSU would cost us over $30 each way to TigerLand. We took Uber XL with a huge group and it cost less than $10 to go a good bit further
We are only allowed to carry 4 people due to state law. It is about $12 from crown plaza hotel to tigerland.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:27 pm to Dire Wolf
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People don't have to drive for uber
That's my point..
Until they provide some better coverage.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:27 pm to TigerBait1127
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How reliable!
This jackass started off saying how Uber wasnt that good of a deal and how yellow cab is a easy rate scale.
Then turns around and said add a lot to your fare to guarantee I will come back next time.
What a freaking deal.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:27 pm to dickjones
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IF THEY SAY ITS BROKE TELL THEM HANG ON LET ME CALL THE OFFICE. TELL WHOEVER ANWSERS THE PHONE THAT DRIVER SAID CC MACHINE IS BROKE.
Last thing I wanna do when I get to my destination is hang out in the cab so I can call the office and wait to see if they confirm the CC machine is down or not in hopes of getting a free ride
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:28 pm to dickjones
So the customers should be well practiced in calling the yellow cab office every time a driver tries to frick them over? Because in case you're blind the top two BR yellow cab complaints are:
1. Wait time
2. Unable to use CC
1. Wait time
2. Unable to use CC
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:29 pm to LSUsmartass
Anytime somebody starts a thread titled "the truth about xxxx" you can bet there won't be a lick of truth in the OP.
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:29 pm to dickjones
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We are only allowed to carry 4 people due to state law. It is about $12 from crown plaza hotel to tigerland.
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A taxi van from around LSU would cost us over $30 each way to TigerLand. We took Uber XL with a huge group and it cost less than $10 to go a good bit further
Which is why we called for a van.
And it was over $30 to go from the Aster area to Freds. We did it multiple times a weekend. Could be a multiple hour wait
Posted on 7/21/14 at 6:30 pm to dickjones
Seriously all this CC crap i keep hearing pisses me off. If you don't wanna call tell the driver to call on the radio and ask if credit card machines are down. Even if the CC machines are down we have CC slips to fill out and turn in so that the office can run when they are back up. I wasn't yelling in my post I wanted everyone to see it. Watch when you ask the driver to call in on the radio to ask about CC machines. I bet his all the sudden starts working.
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