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> they are absolutely top notch. It's easy to be top notch when you don't have to pay all the expenses you incur. By offloading all of their infrastructure cos
by Kluny 8y ago
> they are absolutely top notch.
It's easy to be top notch when you don't have to pay all the expenses you incur. By offloading all of their infrastructure costs onto their employees (that is, the cars and the phones), they can operate very cheaply. But it's not because the service is cheaper, it's because they're avoiding their bills.
- icebraining 8y agoWhat are you comparing to? In NYC, for example, these cost were always offloaded to the drivers - they had to pay to rent the car/medallion for the shift: "The average rate a cabbie paid to take a taxi out for a 12-hour shift climbed 11 percent, to about $85, between 1990 and 1993, based on the most recent figures available from the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission." ($85 in '93 is about $150 today) https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/nyregion/driving-a-taxi-difficult-in-best-of-times-gets-tougher.html https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/nyregion/driving-a-taxi-d...
- Kluny 8y agoThe question is whether cab drivers get paid enough more than Uber drivers to offset that.