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My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Re: My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Post by rustid »

freeplatform wrote: post #113

I get that the court process is the main part of the story, but I still can't believe that you left $4k worth of equipment in the car with a stranger. I guess I'm just much more paranoid. Also, that's how I view taxi drivers as well as Uber/Lyft drivers. Sure there are some protections like background checks and tracking, but at the end of the day it is a stranger we don't know, and anything could happen, so we proba…

I won't make that mistake again. If I were giving someone a ride I would have helped them with their bags and not thought about taking them. I assumed people shared that quality.

Re: My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Post by rustid »

valuearb wrote: post #43

Really poorly written. Spends far too long in getting to the event, and really confusing about the court proceedings.

Sorry, I am not a writer by trade. I was trying to give every bit of information and I know it was longwinded but I am not good at cutting things out.

Re: My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Post by lathiat »

balls187 wrote: post #181
dbcurtis wrote: post #160

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Certainly in California you must represent yourself. But you can consult an attorney. They will point out the counter-arguments that you need to be prepared for, which is a very valuable service.

Any idea of the ball park costs for such consultation? I'm looking at taking two parties to small claims court, over ~$1,000 USD, and wonder if it's worth the fees to seek legal guidance.

Seems unlikely, at least in Australia it's common for lawyers to be $400+/h; even for a relatively simple case I was looking to have a lawyer review an employment contract.

Re: My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Post by lathiat »

gamblor956 wrote: post #65
matthewowen wrote: post #55

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This is a tired argument. Yes, it's harder with a taxi. Less proof / information about exactly which taxi you were in. But Uber doesn't get to simultaneously claim to be safer than taxis because of the data being tracked whilst also not using that data to help prevent and prosecute crimes.

It's much easier with a taxi. Taxi receipts helpfully include the taxi cab number, as required by law in most big cities. Taxi drivers usually have more downtime between rides, especially in hotel/airport queues, so they are more likely to discover left-behind items that would otherwise be found and taken by the next Uber/lyft passenger. And finally, taxi companies also have centralized locations for storing lost ite…

And you think a dishonest taxi cab driver is going to issue you with such a receipt?

Most people don't want them or throw them away, I'm sure they'd be happy to offer to trash it for you. :)

Re: My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Post by lathiat »

codedokode wrote: post #204

So in the end Uber got away with obstructing justice and the driver got away with theft. It is surprising that police cannot find the thief even knowing his identity.

That's the most ridiculous part;

in theory you could have discovery to actually get the drivers details and then take the driver to small claims.

in practice even for $4000 you're stretching it being worth it in many jurisdictions.

Re: My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Post by ticviking »

rm445 wrote: post #159
notheguyouthink wrote: post #88

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I'm curious how far this line goes, too. If I go to Subway and a worker stabs me, does Subway owe me millions? I'm really confused how Uber is responsible here.. it just seems, odd, to me. Now, if Uber as a company promoted (in one way or another) reckless speeding for the sake of fast drop-offs, and I get hit by an Uber driver, yes I think Uber is at fault (and the driver) . However, why does it sound like Uber is r…

I agree on the oddness. In my mind, the story about a highly-tracked webapp-facilitated worker committing a crime goes something like: Crime committed -> worker details go to police -> criminal conviction | current mechanisms for direct financial restitution from criminals to crime victims. Or maybe in the case of no criminal conviction, Crime committed -> (messing about with police) | John Doe lawsuit against Uber -…

Yeah that... did the driver get arrested?

Re: My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Post by jldugger »

hsod wrote: post #177
FireBeyond wrote: post #153

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Because it meant that the narrative at the first trial was that he was making it up. "Awfully fishy how you have all this evidence of the existence of something and then it was immediately stolen", "and we don't even have a record of a trip or driver matching that". Which lead to them only being found 50% liable the first time.

That's not true at all, in the narrative of the first trial the author makes it very clear that Uber did not deny that the trip or theft happened: "The one good thing that he did was he did not deny the contents or existence of my backpack." "One point the Uber rep gave was that I should have heard the car driving away and chased after him." "The Uber representative said that their drivers are independent contractors…

Wonder if the other passenger was also stolen from, which would have led Uber to amend a report after the hearing.

Re: My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Post by jldugger »

0xfeba wrote: post #149
wutbrodo wrote: post #140

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Given that the driver did this intentionally, is there anything preventing the driver from taking off with an open trunk? Hell, from the video footage in this article, even an open door wouldn't have done much. He could easily drive a block in a residential area with an open door and then pull over and quickly close the door.

Nope. Take off strong enough and the doors close shut, some trunks too.

And good news, an EV has constant torque!

Re: My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Post by valuearb »

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #155
valuearb wrote: post #45

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I can believe they aren't up to Apple's standards for their laptops.

I don't have a USB-C Mac, but but Apple's $80 MagSafe chargers aren't actually very good. They don't have basic strain relief sleeves on the cables, so they get kinked at the ends and fray/melt/stop working after a year or two of regular use. This has been a problem for more than 10 years and Apple's never done anything about it. I can only imagine it's because they think the strain relief is ugly, which is one of th…

I've only had a half dozen MagSafe chargers, and never had one fail.

Re: My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won

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Post by PhasmaFelis »

valuearb wrote: post #239
PhasmaFelis wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't have a USB-C Mac, but but Apple's $80 MagSafe chargers aren't actually very good. They don't have basic strain relief sleeves on the cables, so they get kinked at the ends and fray/melt/stop working after a year or two of regular use. This has been a problem for more than 10 years and Apple's never done anything about it. I can only imagine it's because they think the strain relief is ugly, which is one of th…

I've only had a half dozen MagSafe chargers, and never had one fail.

I've had at least four, and never had one not fail.

It may depend on the conditions you use them in; keeping it on your desk most of the time is probably better than carrying it around and using it in coffee shops and so forth. But that's a standard use case for laptops; there's no excuse for not being able to survive that.

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