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This blog post is patently false. If Uber wanted to rip the riders off, or maximize revenues, they wouldn't have dropped UberX prices in every city to below ta
by steven2012 11y ago
This blog post is patently false. If Uber wanted to rip the riders off, or maximize revenues, they wouldn't have dropped UberX prices in every city to below taxi rates, and they didn't have to provide the ability to wait for surge to finish. By using the button, they are doing exactly what Uber wants, which is time-shift the demand to another point where there's enough supply to properly service the customer. It's not a trick or some secret discovery, it's exactly the point of the service!
- mistercow 11y agoAre you suggesting that Uber is doing these things out of the goodness of their hearts? Does that sound like the way a successful business acts? Exercise: can you think of explanations for why they would do these things that would help to maximize their revenue in the long run? I'll give you a hint: the article gives an explanation for one of them, which you haven't compellingly refuted.
- arielm 11y agoIt's definitely possible that this has nothing to do with revenue and everything to do with allocating limited resources better. Either way, knowing this means I don't have to pay surge pricing ;)
- mistercow 11y ago> nothing to do with revenue and everything to do with allocating limited resources better I'm not sure how you can separate those.