Posted on 10/14/2015 7:51:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The next time you order a burrito, it may be delivered by an Uber driver.
On Wednesday, Uber is graduating its Uber Rush pilot from an experiment to a business.
First launched in 2014, the Uber Rush trial let users hail a courier from the company's app, as you would a regular Uber ride, and track the approaching messenger.
When Business Insider tried the New York City pilot, a reporter had a raincoat she forgot at a meeting picked up and dropped off within 20 minutes for $11.
That was an extraneous and frivolous use, however — most individuals don't need bike messengers in their everyday life, forgotten raincoat or keys aside.
The real customer for Uber turned out to be businesses.
Why Uber will deliver your burrito now
The key difference between the new Uber Rush and a lot of its competitors like Postmates is that Uber Rush is designed to be only your delivery driver — not the app where you place your order.
When users open the Uber app, selecting the Uber Rush button won't pull up a list of restaurants or stores that have guaranteed delivery within an hour. (Postmates, on the other hand, displays its delivery partners including Chipotle and McDonald's and lets users pick from a menu of items.) The only Uber Rush function for customers using the Uber app will remain the same as the trial — you can request a personal courier for those moments when you need your raincoat delivered.
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People want things done and are willing to pay money to GET them done. Sounds fine to me!
How long before the drug dealers catch on to that safer delivery method?
Uber does not. Until they do, Fedex and UPS are saying, "Ho hum".
Ubers founders are kind of libertarian
But still libtards trust me
They publicly embrace obamacare
And are San Francisco peoples
RE: But still libtards trust me
Yep, until the city governments try to stop them by trying to protect the taxi medallions.
Great point
Wonder what a NYC medallion is now
They were 25-50k in my day to buy one from another holder in the 80s
Israelis were really into it
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