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Uber does the same thing. I noticed this one time when a friend was asking for the same ride. He has a basic credit card and i have a platinum amex card. My rid

by luis8 5y ago

Uber does the same thing. I noticed this one time when a friend was asking for the same ride. He has a basic credit card and i have a platinum amex card. My ride was 40% higher for the same trip

Razengan 5y ago
How the fuck is that even legal?
- bogota 5y ago
  Because it’s likely not true or the full story.
  - luis8 5y ago
    Why would i lie? I'm pretty sure they also use my destinations to asses my income and factor that into how much i'm willing to pay for a ride
    - b0afc375b5 5y ago
      Is it possible that since multiple users requested a ride with the same source and destination that it triggered "surge" pricing?
      - luis8 5y ago
        It could but it was the other way around though. He requested after me so we used his ride instead. I guess the demand went down after I requested it? who knows
    - bogota 5y ago
      Reach out to any news organization than. They love selling uber is evil and this would be breaking news for them. I don’t believe you because I hardly believe anything i read in comment sections. People are normally under informed or being malicious.
      - luis8 5y ago
        I did a Google search and Forbes and other sites goes into this matter. I could say the same thing about you and that you deny it because you somehow benefits from it. But in any case I still use it because I find it useful regardless of this custom pricing
    - shalmanese 5y ago
      People have been accusing Uber of this ever since it started and Uber has categorically denied that it's doing this [1] "We may price routes differently based on our understanding of demand patterns, not individual riders." And this entire time, nobody has generated definitive proof that this is happening which is a photo of two phones side by side going to the same location listing different prices despite how easy such proof would be to generate. It's the same as the whole "Yelp deletes reviews if you don't buy ads" or "Facebook is listening to your microphone and serving you up ads". Proof is easy to generate and yet it never appears, only endlessly more anecdotes and speculation. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/13/uber-lyft-prices-personalized-data https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/13/uber-l...
- DoneWithAllThat 5y ago
  Why would it not be? I’m not trying to be snarky. Under what law would that be illegal? Charging different people different prices for the same thing is perfectly legal so long as it’s not due to that person being a member of a protected class (race, sex, etc.).
  - BoorishBears 5y ago
    Certain cards are very popular with certain demographics. I would not do something as stupid using cards to discriminate pricing. Now of course, we live in a society where the courts would never actually make that link, so you can argue I'd be a bad leader leaving money on the table like that... But I'd say that's more a problem with our system than anything.
    - luis8 5y ago
      I'm pretty sure it is more than that. I mentioned in a comment below this one that they probably use my destinations as a proxy to asses my income and how much I'm willing to pay for a ride
    - nikanj 5y ago
      Your legal case would pretty fast turn into bizarre hate speech: ”They’re charging people using the costco mastercard more!” ”Yeah, and?” ”Well, everyone knows that the jews love costco, and you can’t discriminate against an ethnic minority!”
      - BoorishBears 5y ago
        Why? Cash app targets underbanked people... guess what demographics are underbanked: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2021/unbanked-and-underbanked-households-breaking-down-the-myths-towards-racial-equity-in-banking https://www.bcg.com/publications/2021/unbanked-and-underbank... So guess who they market heavily to: https://trapital.co/2020/03/18/how-hip-hop-helped-cash-app-grow-faster/ https://trapital.co/2020/03/18/how-hip-hop-helped-cash-app-g... It's not racist, but it does make people look at uncomfortable truths about equality...

by luis8 5y ago

Uber does the same thing. I noticed this one time when a friend was asking for the same ride. He has a basic credit card and i have a platinum amex card. My ride was 40% higher for the same trip

Razengan 5y ago

How the fuck is that even legal?

bogota 5y ago
Because it’s likely not true or the full story.
- luis8 5y ago
  Why would i lie? I'm pretty sure they also use my destinations to asses my income and factor that into how much i'm willing to pay for a ride
  - b0afc375b5 5y ago
    Is it possible that since multiple users requested a ride with the same source and destination that it triggered "surge" pricing?
    - luis8 5y ago
      It could but it was the other way around though. He requested after me so we used his ride instead. I guess the demand went down after I requested it? who knows
  - bogota 5y ago
    Reach out to any news organization than. They love selling uber is evil and this would be breaking news for them. I don’t believe you because I hardly believe anything i read in comment sections. People are normally under informed or being malicious.
    - luis8 5y ago
      I did a Google search and Forbes and other sites goes into this matter. I could say the same thing about you and that you deny it because you somehow benefits from it. But in any case I still use it because I find it useful regardless of this custom pricing
  - shalmanese 5y ago
    People have been accusing Uber of this ever since it started and Uber has categorically denied that it's doing this [1] "We may price routes differently based on our understanding of demand patterns, not individual riders." And this entire time, nobody has generated definitive proof that this is happening which is a photo of two phones side by side going to the same location listing different prices despite how easy such proof would be to generate. It's the same as the whole "Yelp deletes reviews if you don't buy ads" or "Facebook is listening to your microphone and serving you up ads". Proof is easy to generate and yet it never appears, only endlessly more anecdotes and speculation. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/13/uber-lyft-prices-personalized-data https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/13/uber-l...
DoneWithAllThat 5y ago
Why would it not be? I’m not trying to be snarky. Under what law would that be illegal? Charging different people different prices for the same thing is perfectly legal so long as it’s not due to that person being a member of a protected class (race, sex, etc.).
- BoorishBears 5y ago
  Certain cards are very popular with certain demographics. I would not do something as stupid using cards to discriminate pricing. Now of course, we live in a society where the courts would never actually make that link, so you can argue I'd be a bad leader leaving money on the table like that... But I'd say that's more a problem with our system than anything.
  - luis8 5y ago
    I'm pretty sure it is more than that. I mentioned in a comment below this one that they probably use my destinations as a proxy to asses my income and how much I'm willing to pay for a ride
  - nikanj 5y ago
    Your legal case would pretty fast turn into bizarre hate speech: ”They’re charging people using the costco mastercard more!” ”Yeah, and?” ”Well, everyone knows that the jews love costco, and you can’t discriminate against an ethnic minority!”
    - BoorishBears 5y ago
      Why? Cash app targets underbanked people... guess what demographics are underbanked: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2021/unbanked-and-underbanked-households-breaking-down-the-myths-towards-racial-equity-in-banking https://www.bcg.com/publications/2021/unbanked-and-underbank... So guess who they market heavily to: https://trapital.co/2020/03/18/how-hip-hop-helped-cash-app-grow-faster/ https://trapital.co/2020/03/18/how-hip-hop-helped-cash-app-g... It's not racist, but it does make people look at uncomfortable truths about equality...