littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Doesn't matter what the reason is. The fact it's an accidental feature of their model that it will put prices up during crisis moments just goes to highlight the shit anti-human nature of this kind of model.
TfL denied Uber operator license, ride hailing service wins on appeal (Sept 2020)
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lefteri
Well-Known Member
I agree, my point was just that it's a bit more nuanced than the knee jerk 'uber are cunts'- although that remains of course the case
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
fair enough.
cybershot
Well-Known Member
I don't understand why there's a reason to increase prices regardless of the demand anyway, so basically, the same thing happens when everyone starts coming out the o2/wembley etc?
What a crock of shit.
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
Yes - this is one of the many ways in which Uber is NOT cheaper than private hire cars, nor even black cabs.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
It's to allow the wealthy to jump the queue, a cornerstone of libertarian belief - that having money allows you to trample over the heads of others for services such as transport and healthcare - see also proposals in the past for 'premium' toll lanes on motorways or boarding priority bollocks on airlines. It's 'moral' because obviously you've worked really hard for that money and not just inherited it or gained it through exploitation of others.
moochedit
Mr Mooched It
I have heard the reason they do it is because otherwise when it is a busy time the cabs would just ignore uber as easier to just pick up fairs (cash in hand) from the street. they found raising the prices at peak times means the cabbies still use uber.
maomao
普費斯
Uber drivers aren't allowed to pick up from the street and black cab drivers don't work for Uber.
Word on the street is that enough Uber drivers are rushing back to the old companies to guarantee regular surge pricing and plenty of work for all on Uber keeping those drivers who are sticking with it much happier. I guess within a couple of weeks enough passengers will be scared off by regular surging to even it all out again.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Well companies like Addison Lee are having a big recruitment drive now to try and mop up the (fucked) Uber drivers. The reason drivers worked for Uber rather than Addison Lee in the past was they got paid more of the fare.
So Addison Lee make more profit, prices go up and the driver gets less.
A bag o'shite.
So Addison Lee make more profit, prices go up and the driver gets less.
A bag o'shite.
editor
hiraethified
And Addison fucking cunting Lee are BIG supporters of the Tory party.
editor
hiraethified
Eh? I've never had an Uber fare that comes even close to the sky high charges of black cabs.
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
I was recently quoted £14 to get an Uber from my house to East Croydon station. Normally costs just over a fiver. A black cab is usually about £8.
Uber put their prices up when they are busy - that was the point being made in the post to which I was replying.
sealion
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
cybershot
Well-Known Member
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
I have, multiple times.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Oh look, the head of corporate security is no longer with Uber...
Massive fallout ahoy.
SaskiaJayne
Rural Guerrilla
Tbf there have always been minicab operators that have been total cowboy outfits so no suprises about uber really. 
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
cybershot
Well-Known Member
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Oh dear, the whole house of cards is coming down on them.
Licence renewed, though, after uber claimed Sheffield council had been sending mail to the wrong address, and answered the questions Sheffield had posed. Not sure I buy the "wrong address" excuse, but it shows they can kiss up when they need to.
cybershot
Well-Known Member
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Uber is officially a cab firm, says court
ECJ declares Uber to be a taxi company and not a technology firm.
This means that Uber has to abide by rules laid down to local taxi companies wherever they operate in the EU. Tfl's contention that Uber is not fit to have a taxi license looks much stronger now.
It's clear that Uber has lied to Tfl, taxi companies can not lie to Tfl and expect to keep their license.
As an aside, remember when Dara Khosrowshahi apoligised to London for Uber's failings and made a solemn promise to get his house in order? Whilst he was saying the words, he knew that Uber's customer database had been hacked, but chose not to inform the customers of the data breach.
ECJ declares Uber to be a taxi company and not a technology firm.
This means that Uber has to abide by rules laid down to local taxi companies wherever they operate in the EU. Tfl's contention that Uber is not fit to have a taxi license looks much stronger now.
It's clear that Uber has lied to Tfl, taxi companies can not lie to Tfl and expect to keep their license.
As an aside, remember when Dara Khosrowshahi apoligised to London for Uber's failings and made a solemn promise to get his house in order? Whilst he was saying the words, he knew that Uber's customer database had been hacked, but chose not to inform the customers of the data breach.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Do you complain about variable pricing on coach train plane transport?
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Great service and for the drivers a bigger slice of the fare than any comparable circuit.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Not such a great service if you are raped by one of their drivers who has not gone through proper checks.
cybershot
Well-Known Member
Surely everyone has complained/moaned about how complex and ridiculous rail pricing can be, planes when the kids are off.
coach, try not to use, too many smelly people.
But yeah, Suppose we should just take it on the chin.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
If they have a private hire drivers licence then Tfl do the DBS check. Not Uber.
Remember John Worberry btw?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Uber has to check the checks have been done, they haven't. And the checks are there to try and stop another cunt like Worberry from prowling the streets.
edit: last Friday night, 15th/16th December was the latest rape & murder committed by an Uber driver.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Have Uber let people work who did not have a current private hire licence? Gen question?
Worberry had no criminal record and as there is no record of London Taxi journeys, Taxi's are a danger uniquely and in a league of their own.
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