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Show HN: Real-time Fare Estimate Comparisons for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and Taxi

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Re: Show HN: Real-time Fare Estimate Comparisons for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and Taxi

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Post by diminoten »

aetherson wrote: post #43
ma2rten wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know where you are from, but North America tipping is not optional in certain situations. A waitress in a restaurant does not get payed a salary, but lives solely from tips. I don't know if the same is true for taxi drivers (who are not the owner of the car).

Yes, I've seen Reservoir Dogs too. Without engaging the extremely shopworn discussion about how much tipping is appropriate, the fact remains that if you choose, you can tip a waiter nothing. It may be a dick move, but you can do it. You can't "tip" an Uber driver nothing. It doesn't matter how bad your service was. It doesn't matter how much you don't care about being labeled a dick. You just can't do it. Because th…

Correct, they're just removing the social requirement.

The goal here being "no cash exchanged".

Re: Show HN: Real-time Fare Estimate Comparisons for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and Taxi

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Post by jeremymcanally »

diminoten wrote: post #60

This is alarmingly inaccurate. Says it'd take $71 to take a taxi from Alexandria, VA to NE Washington, D.C. If you live in the area, you'd know that's a bold-faced lie. It'd probably cost $25-$30 bucks, the same price being quoted for Lyft and Uber.

I don't know the addresses you're looking at, but it's about $20 from Mill Rd in Alexandria to DCA (I've taken the route a ton of times), which is a much shorter distance than to NE D.C. I don't know if $71 is entirely accurate, but it's definitely more than you're quoting.

EDIT: Just quoted it. It's about $42 in light traffic, about $69 in heavy traffic (from the hotel I stay in Alexandria to an address on Oglethorpe St in NE D.C.). So they're providing the worst possible fare, whereas they should probably provide the median.

Re: Show HN: Real-time Fare Estimate Comparisons for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and Taxi

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Post by diminoten »

jeremymcanally wrote: post #62
diminoten wrote: post #60

This is alarmingly inaccurate. Says it'd take $71 to take a taxi from Alexandria, VA to NE Washington, D.C. If you live in the area, you'd know that's a bold-faced lie. It'd probably cost $25-$30 bucks, the same price being quoted for Lyft and Uber.

I don't know the addresses you're looking at, but it's about $20 from Mill Rd in Alexandria to DCA (I've taken the route a ton of times), which is a much shorter distance than to NE D.C. I don't know if $71 is entirely accurate, but it's definitely more than you're quoting. EDIT: Just quoted it. It's about $42 in light traffic, about $69 in heavy traffic (from the hotel I stay in Alexandria to an address on Oglethorp…

There is no universe in which $42-$69 is remotely possible, unless there's something along the order of $20 surcharge for airport dropoff.

I do this bimonthly, and it's ~$25, with tip.

I hate to think of the nefarious reasons for overquoting taxis like this...

Re: Show HN: Real-time Fare Estimate Comparisons for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and Taxi

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Post by jobowoo »

jacalata wrote: post #31

I just looked up the ride I took this morning and it doesn't seem to include any add-on charges, like the toll I was charged, the Uber Safety Fee or the Seattle Accessible Driving Fund. edit: oh yea, it says that in small print at the bottom of the page.

I'd imagine these would be added to all fares so as a price comparison tool it'd still be valid.

Re: Show HN: Real-time Fare Estimate Comparisons for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and Taxi

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Post by cbhl »

swang wrote: post #41
cbhl wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What two places did you try? It works for me.

Tried going to a place on Market to a restaurant in Sunset, both had addresses...

I am trying "2020 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, United States" and "1330 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122" and the site works for me.

I'm on Chrome 37.0.2062.94 on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 on a desktop.

Re: Show HN: Real-time Fare Estimate Comparisons for Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and Taxi

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Post by motocycle »

dubcanada wrote: post #59

I'm confused... if I type in San Fran to Los Ang I get $608 for Lyft and over $1K for the other two. Why is Lyft so low (like half if not more) competition makes sense, but ~400 mile trip should be more then $600.

At this range, the estimate can be wildly inaccurate. For example, there may be a maximum distance imposed, say 60 miles at about $120 http://orangecountylyftcoupons.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/how-...
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