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Uber launches flat fares in San Francisco through subscription

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Re: Uber launches flat fares in San Francisco through subscription

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I used Pool last night in the city. Took me from the Fidi to Inner Richmond. $2.37. It was almost cheaper than Muni. I can't imagine the drivers are making much at all .

I got something similar (though on a shorter trip, mission to TL, circuitous route). UberPool quoted $4.50, but then I only got charged half of that because of some nebulous discount.

Re: Uber launches flat fares in San Francisco through subscription

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post #7

I used Pool last night in the city. Took me from the Fidi to Inner Richmond. $2.37. It was almost cheaper than Muni. I can't imagine the drivers are making much at all .

The base cost for Uber Pool (and Lyft Line) is $4.75. You got some discount that gives half off Pool rides.

Anecdotally, I used Lyft/walked to work for a week and got a similar week of half off Pool rides in SF.

Re: Uber launches flat fares in San Francisco through subscription

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I used Pool last night in the city. Took me from the Fidi to Inner Richmond. $2.37. It was almost cheaper than Muni. I can't imagine the drivers are making much at all .

I had the same reaction when I rode UberPool from the south bay into SF (a 45 minute ride) for just under $18, and nobody else pooled with me. How could this be fair to the drivers? So I asked the driver how much he was getting for the trip. I believe he said something like $50. Fortunately, he wasn't getting shortchanged. Later, someone pointed out to me that Lyft and Uber are aggressively competing right now. It se…

>for just under $18, and nobody else pooled with me. How could this be fair to the drivers? So I asked the driver how much he was getting for the trip. I believe he said something like $50

Quite the business model. I wonder if they really believe they're earning goodwill at the rate of an Andrew Jackson per ride?

Re: Uber launches flat fares in San Francisco through subscription

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I used Pool last night in the city. Took me from the Fidi to Inner Richmond. $2.37. It was almost cheaper than Muni. I can't imagine the drivers are making much at all .

I had the same reaction when I rode UberPool from the south bay into SF (a 45 minute ride) for just under $18, and nobody else pooled with me. How could this be fair to the drivers? So I asked the driver how much he was getting for the trip. I believe he said something like $50. Fortunately, he wasn't getting shortchanged. Later, someone pointed out to me that Lyft and Uber are aggressively competing right now. It se…

This happened in china before with didi and kuaidi. User used to get discounts like 10 yuan off the first ride every day. And the result is those two companies merged. But with competition law here in US I'm curious to see what's going to happen.

Re: Uber launches flat fares in San Francisco through subscription

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I used Pool last night in the city. Took me from the Fidi to Inner Richmond. $2.37. It was almost cheaper than Muni. I can't imagine the drivers are making much at all .

I was chatting with my Uber driver last week and he said he preferred Uber, because they guarantee $1500 a week provided you accept a certain amount of rides. This is in SF.

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#17

I do not really like Uber. The company does shady stuff quite often but also their drivers seem to be bad. They do not care at all about traffic laws. Illegal u-turns, stop wherever they want, etc. I can't surely be the only one who experienced this?

Because taxis don't do this??

Re: Uber launches flat fares in San Francisco through subscription

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post #15
post #7

I used Pool last night in the city. Took me from the Fidi to Inner Richmond. $2.37. It was almost cheaper than Muni. I can't imagine the drivers are making much at all .

I was chatting with my Uber driver last week and he said he preferred Uber, because they guarantee $1500 a week provided you accept a certain amount of rides. This is in SF.

1500 is not bad

Re: Uber launches flat fares in San Francisco through subscription

#19
post #7

I used Pool last night in the city. Took me from the Fidi to Inner Richmond. $2.37. It was almost cheaper than Muni. I can't imagine the drivers are making much at all .

Check your invoice - you'll probably see the current 50% off promotion

Re: Uber launches flat fares in San Francisco through subscription

#20
post #17

I do not really like Uber. The company does shady stuff quite often but also their drivers seem to be bad. They do not care at all about traffic laws. Illegal u-turns, stop wherever they want, etc. I can't surely be the only one who experienced this?

Because taxis don't do this??

I knew this would be one of the replies! Just because others do it, it doesn't mean everyone else should be doing it.

Also, now there are not only bad taxis, but also bad Ubers!

I feel like there are a lot more Ubers in an area than there are cabs. So I will get annoyed more often by an Uber than a cab.

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