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Isn't that the whole point of surge pricing? It's attempting to balance supply and demand. On the supply side it's trying to get more drivers where there's more
by viscanti 11y ago
Isn't that the whole point of surge pricing? It's attempting to balance supply and demand. On the supply side it's trying to get more drivers where there's more demand. On the demand side, it's trying to see if you really need a ride, or if you can walk a couple blocks or if you can wait a few minutes.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoIf surge pricing is enabled in order to temper demand until supply can catch up, it promotes supply from places Uber may not like (Lyft). No app yet to query Lyft and Uber, see who is cheaper at the moment, and launch the cheaper provider?
- jimkri 11y agoHere is a website that does the comparison between the 2, but you have to manually enter the surge percentage, http://www.whatsthefare.com/ http://www.whatsthefare.com/ I think someone mentioned it at least a year ago in a discussion about Uber vs. Lyft.
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