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A comment on Can Uber Ever Deliver? Even After 4Q Cost Cuts, Uber Lost $4.5B in 2017. Parent comment

Re:Can Uber Ever Deliver? Even After 4Q Cost Cuts, Uber Lost... by apike on Friday February 16, 2018 @02:01PM (#16394889)
According to the article they are not only doing what you describe, but if due to an error or customer service reason they refund the ride later that day, they still count it as $100 of revenue.
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Re:Can Uber Ever Deliver? Even After 4Q Cost Cuts, Uber Lost... by sgwealti on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:15PM (#16395682)
Couldn't they "double" their revenue by doubling their prices and giving everyone a 50% discount?
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