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Uber's main selling point here was transparency. Getting a cab here feels like playing dice. You either get a honest taxi driver that takes you on the shortest
by dasc24 7y ago
Uber's main selling point here was transparency. Getting a cab here feels like playing dice. You either get a honest taxi driver that takes you on the shortest route or another one who chooses the route with the most traffic lights possible. Not mentioning that the device used to calculate the total fee is not regulated and may be altered. That is what i liked about Uber, i got to choose the route, or if i didn't know the area most drivers just used Google's Waze (which computes a good enough route) and i knew what the price was gonna be as long as there where no traffic jams.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoNo need to take a dishonest route when the taxista knows you'll pay $50+ because it's late at night, you just want to go home, and the next taxista you see if you want to wait 15min longer is colluding to also charge you $50+. It's in their best interest to just gouge you and then rush you to your destination so they can pick up the next person. This is a fundamental competitive advantage of Uber and co: I see the price upfront. And I don't need cash. Taxistas acting like they have no change to guilt you, the tourist, into just handing over the whole bill is all too common. Gets pretty old always ensuring you have small enough bills to pay for a taxi when you're just trying to stay out late and have a good time. I can't really take anyone seriously saying they prefer taxistas here in latam just because it somehow went off without a hitch on their one week visit.