Re:Uber: A Feisty Start-Up Is Met With Regulatory Snarl
by clarkm on Monday December 03, 2012 @04:20AM
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To be fair, Uber implements the same "surge pricing" here in Boston on many busy holidays. It's their usual method of responding to increased demand -- not necessarily hurricane-specific price gouging.
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Re:Uber: A Feisty Start-Up Is Met With Regulatory Snarl
by bmohlenhoff on Monday December 03, 2012 @08:48AM
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This is true, and it isn't just holidays. They usually start surge pricing on weekends after the T (subway for non-Bostonians) shuts down for the evening (around 12:30-1AM) and it continues until demand drops. That being said, if you try to request a pickup during a surge pricing period, there's a pop-up on the app that warns you about it and it gives you the option to cancel. It isn't something they tack on at the end, so surge pricing shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody.