New Yorkers Can Now Get Unlimited UberPool in Manhattan for $200

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Post by micaeloliveira » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 2:23 PM UTC

New Yorkers Can Now Get Unlimited UberPool in Manhattan for $200
forbes.com

Re: New Yorkers Can Now Get Unlimited UberPool in Manhattan for $200

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Post by koolba » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 2:36 PM UTC

Note that this is uber pool and is limited to a section of Manhattan (below 125th street). It's $100 for two weeks or $200 for a month.

Business idea! Sign up for unlimited uber rides and resell them for cash. Just stand on a corner where people are waiting for cabs, charge them $5 in cash to go where they want, and then call an uber pool for them.

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 2:37 PM UTC

The page comes up blank for me, likely due to my content blockers. Alternate link: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/you-can-buy-unlimited-u...

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Post by johnnymonster » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 2:38 PM UTC

laff, forbes won't let me use their site with an ad blocker.

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Post by technofiend » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 2:39 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #3

The page comes up blank for me, likely due to my content blockers. Alternate link: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/you-can-buy-unlimited-u...

We need a site ban for forbes.com due to their actively filtering people with ad blocking and history of serving up malware-laden ads. Thank you for the alternate link.

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Post by new299 » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 2:40 PM UTC

johnnymonster wrote: post #4

laff, forbes won't let me use their site with an ad blocker.

You're lucky. You also get to avoid the autoplaying video with audio. I'd recommend the mods switch to the timeout link.

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Post by spyspy » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 2:41 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #2

Note that this is uber pool and is limited to a section of Manhattan (below 125th street). It's $100 for two weeks or $200 for a month. Business idea! Sign up for unlimited uber rides and resell them for cash. Just stand on a corner where people are waiting for cabs, charge them $5 in cash to go where they want, and then call an uber pool for them.

Those people could just use Via for the exact same thing.

Re: New Yorkers Can Now Get Unlimited UberPool in Manhattan for $200

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Post by technofiend » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 2:41 PM UTC

My median San Francisco uberpool fare was (rounded) $3. Assuming similar per-mile rates it doesn't take long to break even.

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Post by jessriedel » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 2:41 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #2

Note that this is uber pool and is limited to a section of Manhattan (below 125th street). It's $100 for two weeks or $200 for a month. Business idea! Sign up for unlimited uber rides and resell them for cash. Just stand on a corner where people are waiting for cabs, charge them $5 in cash to go where they want, and then call an uber pool for them.

Below 125th street is something like 80% of Manhattan's area and probably 90% of the population (including half of Harlem), so it's really not particularly limited. They just are cutting off the outskirts since there likely isn't a high enough density of UberPool users up there for it to make sense.

Re: New Yorkers Can Now Get Unlimited UberPool in Manhattan for $200

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Post by whenwillitstop » Thu, Sep 29, 2016, 2:43 PM UTC

I live in Manhattan. This is a rip off. The Uber Pool rides can take up to an hour sometimes, they drop off and pick up up to five people on your way. Uber if you are reading this, everyone in NYC realizes what a waste of time Uber Pool is.