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Another awesome benefit of using Uber I didn't realize until I started using it: you get a detailed invoice of each trip you take on your phone, instead of havi
by manuelflara 11y ago
Another awesome benefit of using Uber I didn't realize until I started using it: you get a detailed invoice of each trip you take on your phone, instead of having to ask for a paper one to the driver, wait for it to be printed and then actually make sure you don't lose it. And that's not all! Uber's invoice includes a map of your route, so you'd be able to see if the uber drive "tried to scam you" by taking a longer road or by making a bunch of unnecessary turns. This is incredibly useful as it's a common practice (at least in my side of the world) with taxi drivers and tourists, and of course Uber drivers won't try to pull it off as they know you'll notice, even if you're not from there. One day our driver made a bunch of mistakes (he admitted as much) driving us home and we ended up with a, say, 20% extra rate for that ride than we'd normally get. This was in Mexico City btw. On the email invoice I could clearly see the funny way we took. I replied to Uber, explained the situation, and within 48 hours they reimbursed me for a chunk of the cost of the ride. If that isn't an absolutely delightful experience overall, I don't know what is. I know Uber as a company is guilty of some predatory behavior to drivers, ignores current legislation for profit and they'll put all their drivers out of a job as soon as they can get their whole fleet to drive itself. But dammit, if they're growing so much and they have so much of support is because the user experience is bliss.
- Larrikin 11y agoWait I was under the impression that Uber and Lyft eliminated the ability to scam someone by driving around simply by making it a fixed rate to the destination once you're in the vehicle. Whats the reasoning for allowing someone to go off course?
- kctess5 11y agoIt's not a fixed rate, there's a time and distance component. The time component is presumably to account for the drivers time wasted when traffic is high.
- stickydink 11y agoYou can get an estimate easily, but the final price for an UberX is a function of distance and time, just like a taxi. I have had a few occasions where my driver's taken the wrong route. Not intentionally, I don't think, but a wrong turn here or there in a one-way system can really screw it up. Each time that's happened, I leave a not-5-star rating. Within a few hours, Uber have sent me an email. I reply to that explaining the route, they take a look at the map, and every single time I've received either the difference in cost for a regular trip (if it's one I can show I've taken multiple times), or a full refund. There are sometimes UberPool deals, where they'll offer a fixed price to go from and to anywhere within a certain region.