captain cab wrote:
Private Reggie wrote:
Would you agree that the Uber surging strategy discriminates between affordable and unaffordable, Ubers thinking is, it increases supply at times of high demand, I'm thinking discrimination as only those who can afford a more expensive fare will gain a higher chance of getting a cab ride, whilst those who can't afford are left behind waiting for the surge to fall back to a normal price, the Uber surge pricing is not fair, I agree more money, a higher tarrif at times of high demand is a way to encourage more drivers to work the problem hours but surely no punter should be at a disadvantage over another where pricing is concerned, an acceptable 24 hour pricing regulation should be enforced to take into account supply and demand as it currently is in most LA's throughout the UK, why should Uber be allowed to operate surging when it could be argued it discriminates at times of high demand, 3,4,5,6 times the base rate how can this price surging be clear to the customer? It's not and it's an immoral way to charge for a service that should be about reliability, service and most importantly customer safety, customer safety is even more important at times of high demand, all animals are equal an aw that.
On the, "is the Uber meter visible to punters", I say it's not in the same way as a normal taxi meter is, I say every taxi/ph journey should show a clearly visible meter, visible to driver and punter
Don't Taxis charge extra for unsocial hours?
Let's call it a Party Tarrif
Our Party Tarrif's are fixed, up here there a few day's in the year where we charge Tarrif 3&4, the rest of the year it's a straightforward Tarrif 2&3.
Uber's model can surge to unaffordable levels, it's all about creating a supply to meet demand, the problem is it's not fixed, it doesn't have a ceiling like the norm, it works on a times 2,3,4,5,6,7 of their base rate, like having a Tarrif 2,3,4,5,6,7, " oh it's extremely busy let's use Tarrif 5", it's ripping off punters at times of high demand throughout the year, they know punters just want to get from A too B and some of those punters are willing to pay above the norm, what about the punters who can't afford the surged price, pricing should be clear 24/7, up here Tarrif 1&2 is clear, punters know how much their cab is going to cost, punters can budget their taxi home, with price surging punters could turn an expensive night out to a very expensive night out.
I'd rather book a taxi at a time of high demand that charges an affordable Tarrif and one that is regulated based on affordability/acceptable to driver and punter.
Toots we are not trying to get rid of a competitor, our aim is getting that competitor to accept local and national regulation where pricing is concerned.
MR T, using the word Canute
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über may not have it all right at the minute but they will either get it right or use their seemingly endless amount of money to change it. In my humble opinion all sides of the trade should buckle up for the ride and start figuring out how to keep the loyal customers they have now. They should put their energy in to keeping the respect they've earned thus far and increasing it, but no, they have decided to jump in to bed together and collectively slate a system that the public are enjoying at the moment. Let it destroy itself, let it's drivers realise it's not the saviour it's cracked up to be and the public see it's not always as 'uber' as it first appeared. I think it's here to stay and grow and go after lots of contract work. I don't think any part of our trade is safe from über and I think it's wasted energy giving über all the free publicity but hey wtf do I know. End of rant
