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From Uber website: "Get a ride that matches your style and budget" In the low budget/style area, they are competing with the public transportation system? Do t
by gtirloni 12y ago
From Uber website: "Get a ride that matches your style and budget"
In the low budget/style area, they are competing with the public transportation system? Do they have all this financial/momentum muscle?
And in the high budget/style, they are competing with rich people who can own their own BMW/Ferrari with a private driver?
Who "needs a ride" and chooses an expensive "SUV". How could this thing make a difference in anyone's life? "Oh sure, today I want to go to work in a fancy car, wheew!". Perhaps Barney Stinson?
It seems there is a lot of opportunity in NOT solving the real problem (public transportation). Good for Uber.
- rxaxm 12y agothere are a lot of rich people without cars (a lot of manhattan). i know tons of people who hate cabs and can't really justify a full-time driver--these people take a lot of ubers. also, cabs can only take 4 people at a time. the ability to call a large car when going out has a made a huge difference.
- xbeta 12y agoI would like to know how 'many' people are in this pool, and $ per user for Uber.
- badusername 12y agoI know several people in the SF Area that take Uber almost everyday, multiple trips. It's not unreasonable to think that $/user in such cases is a few thousands.