Why I don't believe in Uber's Success

Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by spraak on Thursday January 19, 2017 @04:23PM (#13439616)

I lived a short while in Chiang Mai Thailand. At the time Uber was just getting started and Grab was WAY better than Uber. I really wanted to like Uber there, but after about 5 times of the drivers 1. not finding me (yes, even with GPS), 2. not showing up at all after a long time waiting, or 3. not knowing where they were going.. I gave up. It seemed that they lacked training and that they were mostly trying to get the bonus that Uber was offering in the introductory period. Grab was much more established and worked really well.

That said, the past few times I've landed in an airport and need a ride to my hotel, I didn't bother with Uber or Grab (in Thailand and various US states), because it was just so much more convenient to walk to the curb where the taxi mafia was congregated, tell them my hotel, and be on the way.

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Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by curun1r on Thursday January 19, 2017 @10:16PM (#13441514)

I was in Chiang Mai for most of December and I wonder how Uber can be successful there. The songthaews and tuktuks are so cheap that I almost always took those. The only time I took Uber was to go to the airport, since I carefully planned my money so that I wouldn't have any cash left over and Uber would charge my credit card and all the other options would require a variable amount of cash.

That said, the Uber was reasonably cheap, quick and friendly, so their service seems to have improved there.

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Re:Why I don't believe in Uber's Success by spraak on Thursday January 19, 2017 @10:30PM (#13441557)

That's weird, I was there from October through just a few days ago. So we had a much different experience with Uber.

But yes, I loved the songthaews there.

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