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I had the misfortune to be on the receiving end of their stupid AI recently. I posted a ticket saying i was overcharged unfairly for a trip, and a bot resolved

I had the misfortune to be on the receiving end of their stupid AI recently. I posted a ticket saying i was overcharged unfairly for a trip, and a bot resolved the issue and sent a reply apologising for the incovenience and hoping i use uber again soon. I demanded to speak to a human, but got the same automated reply again! Boooooo!

volgo 9y ago
>I demanded to speak to a human, but got the same automated reply again! Why? It's a low margin business and stuff like this drives up cost for everyone. I'd rather have low cost rides than talking to human support
- jaclaz 9y ago
  >Why? It's a low margin business and stuff like this drives up cost for everyone. I'd rather have low cost rides than talking to human support To be picky, it is a negative margin business (at least until now). Still this is not a reason to have not decent customer support. The usual approach (not necessarily by Uber, almost everyone is on this - IMHO flawed - track) is the periodical announcement roughly on the lines of "our automated, automagical AI/whatever is so perfect that the service/product was so bettered that the need for support was reduced to 0.0000000000001% of customers". (which is good) Then, IF it was actually true (it usually isn't) that single request every zillion transactions/sales could be actually dealt with properly with a marginal cost by a human (possibly someone actually capable and with the powers to actually provide some form of remediation).
- divs1210 9y ago
  I want a refund, but am unable to get through the bots to actual people who might be able to help me. What would you do in my situation?
  - volgo 9y ago
    Honestly their bots are pretty good about giving back refunds - I've never had problem
skellera 9y ago
Their support is horrible. I’ve gone 100% Lyft and haven’t looked back. The drivers are happier and the support is better. My Uber incident involved my driver running out of gas on the way to the airport. Like as a PROFESSIONAL driver, knowing how much gas you have is pretty important. Even asking me to stop for some would’ve been better. Uber support told me they were sorry and only refunded that ride, not the one I had to hail and pick us up on the side of the highway at 4am(which kept directing the driver to a road along side since they don’t expect you to need a pickup on the highway, the first car gave up after driving in a circle and the second I had to explain to what was going on and he was cool though.) in freezing Seattle weather while having to rush through the airport to get our flight. Pretty much told me tough luck and it’s not their fault. I hope Uber fails.
- aisofteng 9y ago
  Well, it isn't their fault.

volgo 9y ago

>I demanded to speak to a human, but got the same automated reply again! Why? It's a low margin business and stuff like this drives up cost for everyone. I'd rather have low cost rides than talking to human support

jaclaz 9y ago
>Why? It's a low margin business and stuff like this drives up cost for everyone. I'd rather have low cost rides than talking to human support To be picky, it is a negative margin business (at least until now). Still this is not a reason to have not decent customer support. The usual approach (not necessarily by Uber, almost everyone is on this - IMHO flawed - track) is the periodical announcement roughly on the lines of "our automated, automagical AI/whatever is so perfect that the service/product was so bettered that the need for support was reduced to 0.0000000000001% of customers". (which is good) Then, IF it was actually true (it usually isn't) that single request every zillion transactions/sales could be actually dealt with properly with a marginal cost by a human (possibly someone actually capable and with the powers to actually provide some form of remediation).
divs1210 9y ago
I want a refund, but am unable to get through the bots to actual people who might be able to help me. What would you do in my situation?
- volgo 9y ago
  Honestly their bots are pretty good about giving back refunds - I've never had problem

skellera 9y ago

Their support is horrible. I’ve gone 100% Lyft and haven’t looked back. The drivers are happier and the support is better. My Uber incident involved my driver running out of gas on the way to the airport. Like as a PROFESSIONAL driver, knowing how much gas you have is pretty important. Even asking me to stop for some would’ve been better. Uber support told me they were sorry and only refunded that ride, not the one I had to hail and pick us up on the side of the highway at 4am(which kept directing the driver to a road along side since they don’t expect you to need a pickup on the highway, the first car gave up after driving in a circle and the second I had to explain to what was going on and he was cool though.) in freezing Seattle weather while having to rush through the airport to get our flight. Pretty much told me tough luck and it’s not their fault. I hope Uber fails.

aisofteng 9y ago
Well, it isn't their fault.