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Re:Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them... by dawnerd on Saturday September 02, 2017 @07:05PM (#15158725)
Just to add another pain point, in Orlando drivers hire out immigrants to drive for them. I've had many rides where the person driving speaks no English and doesn't match the profile pic despite the car plates matching and having the lyft/Uber app open with my details. Many complaints to Lyft and Uber and nothing has been done so far as I can tell. And as you'd expect those drivers don't obey the laws at all. Last driver I had ran every single red light and stop sign.
Re:Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them... by bdcravens on Saturday September 02, 2017 @07:25PM (#15158794)
I had a similar experience in San Diego. Driver had only been in town 2 days; we had to give him directions (I was there for a conference and had never been to San Diego before!)
Re:Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them... by Operyl on Saturday September 02, 2017 @11:51PM (#15159592)
Recently Uber will randomly select drivers to submit a picture before the app will let the go online. So it seems someone somewhere is trying now, shrug.
Re:Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them... by edoceo on Saturday September 02, 2017 @11:40PM (#15159564)
Cabs do this all the time, since the dawn of time
Re:Homeowners faced an Airbnb nightmare as renters left them... by randycupertino on Sunday September 03, 2017 @04:48PM (#15163820)
The same drivers for Uber are the same cabbies. It's all the same people, running the same tricks. Uber didn't disrupt anything, just moved the platform and added a new middleman.