Re:Uber Scam in Brazil – Drivers Have ‘Challenges’ Ending Trips
by visarga on Saturday September 29, 2018 @09:56AM
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Just yesterday, an Uber driver half way through the route started taking me away from the destination. I protested and he said his GPS froze. I don't buy that because navigation was never a problem for any taxi/Uber driver in my city before, with or without GPS. I gave him one star and Uber returned the extra fees. I think the honest display of bad reviews is all that stands in the way of abuse and enables Uber's popularity to rise.
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Re:Uber Scam in Brazil – Drivers Have ‘Challenges’ Ending Trips
by jopsen on Saturday September 29, 2018 @03:49PM
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You could also give him the benefit of the doubt.
Most uber drivers I've met have been very polite, and very concerned about bad ratings.
I had a driver who got lost once, and he just stopped the trip and took me to my destination -- because he would rather go a few miles out of pocket than risk a bad rating.
Re:Uber Scam in Brazil – Drivers Have ‘Challenges’ Ending Trips
by prostoalex on Saturday September 29, 2018 @01:26PM
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I thought Uber has diverged from per-minute per-mile billing and settled on a fixed quote based on optimal distance at the time of dispatch. The past few rides the amount I got quoted in the app was the exact amount they billed.
Is it different in various markets, perhaps?
Re:Uber Scam in Brazil – Drivers Have ‘Challenges’ Ending Trips
by xur17 on Saturday September 29, 2018 @10:08PM
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They charge the quoted fixed rate unless your ride diverges from the app's recommended path by more than a certain distance. I've annoyingly gotten hit by this a few times when my driver made a wrong turn.
Re:Uber Scam in Brazil – Drivers Have ‘Challenges’ Ending Trips
by CamperBob2 on Saturday September 29, 2018 @10:00PM
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I thought that was the whole idea behind Uber, no more taxi scams. Might as well just call a Yellow cab, if drivers are going to pull this kind of thing.