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re: The truth about UBER
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:09 pm to wildtigercat93
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:09 pm to wildtigercat93
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It's been open for a week in a half. They need more drivers. Atleast they are completely honest and upfront about not being available instead of making you wait an hour
They need to not hire lazy drivers or ones that sleep all day. I'd be logged in right now eating cheetos at my house waiting for someone to hit me up. Not just not being logged in.
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:09 pm to bbap
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its been like 10 days, not a month.
I don't do numbers good
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:09 pm to bbap
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how do you look at the drivers in your area without actually booking a ride?
You can't look at the drivers. You request a driver then it pops up. I think you have 5 minutes or so to cancel at that point or you get a 10 dollar charge.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:10 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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Maybe. I could see someone just hopping in and saying I will give you X amount of cash to take me here.
Not maybe. They will be kicked off of Uber for doing that.
I've hailed a few and first thing they do is confirm I have to app and tell me to get on it.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:10 pm to wildtigercat93
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I would be able to look for a different way to get home, instead of "oh yeah we're on our way!" And I sit there for an hour.
but if he says it will take an hour its ok according to your previous post...you just don't like being lied to
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:11 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
i thought you were able to choose your own driver based on his rating. as long as he's near you at least.
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:11 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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I have seen some cars get waved down because they see that blue glowing U in the windshield.
Then that was not an Über ride. They would have had to pay in cash
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i thought you were able to choose your own driver based on his rating. as long as he's near you at least.
I've never been able to do that. You request what service you want and they send you the closest available driver
This post was edited on 7/22/14 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:11 pm to Cajun Revolution
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They need to not hire lazy drivers or ones that sleep all day. I'd be logged in right now eating cheetos at my house waiting for someone to hit me up. Not just not being logged in.
that's the beauty of the system. The drivers can do whatever they feel is the best for them. If they don't log in, they don't make money.
Once it's a full capacity though, there will be plenty of drivers throughout the day.
But right now, there's limited drivers and some of those have regular 8-5 jobs to go to, no one is available to pick you up. But be patient it's been 11 fricking days
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:12 pm to TheCaterpillar
How would uber catch them for doing that?
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:12 pm to TigerWise
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Yours is just really, really bad. It's like someone arguing Nickleback is better than The Beatles.
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Well that's more of a taste thing
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:12 pm to Topwater Trout
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but if he says it will take an hour its ok according to your previous post...you just don't like being lied to
Actually yes if I have an hour to wait.
If I don't, I say no.
Problem is, they NEVER say that'll be an hour and a half. They say much shorter time estimates so you agree to the ride. Most people would say "No thanks" if they gave accurate estimates.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:12 pm to bbap
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i thought you were able to choose your own driver based on his rating. as long as he's near you at least.
Well you can, as in you get the driver see his rating and can cancel if you don't like his rating/car. You can't just scroll through the drivers and pick one though.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:13 pm to Hawkeye95
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it will take a few months for them to get up to capacity. But once kids realize they can drive dad's car and make $20k/year by driving part time there will be a lot of drivers.
Uber is awesome
This just screams tons of liability issues. If you get into a wreck, does Uber assume liability? This just seems like a disaster.
The concept is good but as a parent, I'd be so pissed if my kid decided to drive. I hope they have a mandatory age limit of 21 plus.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:13 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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Well you can, as in you get the driver see his rating and can cancel if you don't like his rating/car. You can't just scroll through the drivers and pick one though.
gotcha. understood.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:13 pm to junkfunky
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So his time isn't worth anything? You sound like a selfish piece of shite.
Didn't say that. Just saying that this happens all the time customer will leave and not call and cancel. I just know that not everyone is being 100% honest in their stories. If you read back, I said we get all the info sent to our terminals. This includes the time the customer called in. We get more no shows within the 20 min time frame than any.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:14 pm to TheCaterpillar
I am just messing with him Cat 
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:14 pm to TheCaterpillar
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They will slowly add drivers
Yeah, guy that drove me Saturday night said they have roughly only 25-40 right now in BR, but they expect well into the 200's+ by the time fall comes. Hope he is right, cause the 4 times I have used it so far it's been great.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:14 pm to bbap
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Well you can, as in you get the driver see his rating and can cancel if you don't like his rating/car. You can't just scroll through the drivers and pick one though.
And with uber that will cost you $5.00
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:15 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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How would uber catch them for doing that?
They wouldn't but the passenger wouldn't be covered by Uber's insurance. They also get credit for how many rides they give and it helps when they get good ratings.
There are lots of smart people that have thought this out for years. I don't know all of it, but I do know I haven't heard of a single instance of Uber drivers doing this and my friends and I take use the service multiple times a week for 6+ months.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:15 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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How would uber catch them for doing that?
Nothing... but if something goes wrong with that ride Über won't be there to help them
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