Posted on 09/20/2015 11:28:50 PM PDT by Vision Thing
Southern Nevada Uber customers got their first taste of "surge" pricing over the weekend.
And for most, it left a bitter aftertaste.
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A ride from Sahara Avenue and Arville Street to the SLS Las Vegas, a distance of about 2.7 miles, cost $26; a trip from the Embassy Suites Convention Center on Paradise Road to the Palms, a distance of about 3.8 miles, cost $44...
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those rates are at least twice as high as what it would cost to take a taxi. Cabs have set rates on cab meters and are prohibited from charging more during busy periods.
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...lots of buses in Las Vegas too. I don’t believe that they have surge pricing.
Use the app to call an Uber driver...
What rubbish. The Uber app lets you pre-check what the ride from point A to B will cost at the current moment before you make a ride pickup request. Price seems to high? Take a cab.
The Uber apps brilliance is the Uber driver and ride are both known to the Uber system, and each other. There are no anonymous pickups. This helps protect both parties.
This is what happens when government tries to muck up natural laws. The true price for anything is dictated by the demand, not by government bureaucrats. The bureaucrats may be able to tinker about the fringes, but in the long run logic will prevail.
I disagree.
The surge will last way beyond our lifetimes.
There are certain laws, the economic ones for example, which will always be enforced.
What’s to stop any cabbie (or his/her friend...) from signing up with Uber? A fake name will probably suffice as well. If 30 million Mexicans can scam the US gov, how difficult can it be.
A customer signup requires a valid credit card, so riders are identified. Signing up as an Uber driver requires proof of vehicle insurance, registration, inspection, and a background check.
A cabbie or livery driver can signup, but they will be a known entity. Plus with every ride Uber provides for a driver rating and offers a feedback if there is a problem.
Because documents and credentials have never been faked. Ever. And some stupid app is on top of it. Got it.
What do the insurance companies say about using your personal vehicle as a business? I have wondered about this since I first heard of Uber.
What do the insurance companies say about using your personal vehicle as a business? I have wondered about this since I first heard of Uber.
Not sure how it is with your auto insurance renewal. With my own auto insurance company, one of the renewal questions asks if your vehicle is used in a business. I’m sure the rate is adjusted if so.
Not sure what the rules are in rest of country.
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