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Curious; are Uber or Lyft drivers penalized at all for canceling? I had a Lyft driver a few weeks back call me and ask where I was, which is odd since the app t
by Negative1 10y ago
Curious; are Uber or Lyft drivers penalized at all for canceling? I had a Lyft driver a few weeks back call me and ask where I was, which is odd since the app tells him. Turns out he was on the wrong side of the street. Instead of just turning around, he just says "bye", hangs up and cancels the trip. Was annoying for me since I had been waiting for 10 minutes at this point but it seemed like a real poor choice on his part.
- lavezzi 10y agoApparently not. We had a driver the other day in Park City, UT who told us that Uber drivers are no longer held to a minimum trip acceptance rate. Whether this is true or not he said Uber lost a lawsuit and could no longer apply the rule. He then proceeded to tell us with great glee that his trick was to go offline in-between trips until the surge price hit at least a 5-6x multiplier. He would then go back online and pick a fare that suited him. It explained why all of the Ubers and Lyfts there were insanely expensive. I've never seen anyone so happy to tell me to my face that he was ripping me off, and he even had the cheek to ask for a 5* rating at the end of the trip.
- Spooky23 10y agoWhy would you be upset? It's just a participant in the free market playing the game. After all you just can hang around for a few hours for the surge to end.
- lavezzi 10y agoMy point is that there is no end to the surge because they are all doing it. If the drivers are artificially limiting supply at all times then why wouldn't I be upset that I'm getting ripped off? Not once during my four day stay did I see the surge price go under 2x.