Frankly the outrage against Uber makes me more likely to use the service. Before it became politically incorrect to mention Uber, I was entirely impartial. I'm sure that I'm not the only one.
+1 thank you uber for triggering the entertaining outrage
Uber, Mired in Corporate Scandals, Sees Uptick in Bookings
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Re: Uber, Mired in Corporate Scandals, Sees Uptick in Bookings
#12In Victorian times, people didn't mind paying more for a shirt if it meant it was child labor free. These days, nobody cares if a company is a hotbed of discrimination and shitty practices if it means cheaper rides and an easy to use app. Same goes for Facebook, Google, Amazon - nobody cares.
Are you comparing child label to a a shitty corporate environment? And where did you get "hotbed for discrimination" from?
Re: Uber, Mired in Corporate Scandals, Sees Uptick in Bookings
#13Of course Uber sees an uptick in bookings. None of the people using the service in almost 200 countries worldwide are tuned into the daily drama of Silicon Valley. Normal people want to get from point A to point B in the most comfortable, efficient, cheap way possible. If that means Uber then so be it. If that means Taxis then so be it. If that means Didi Chuxing then so be it. It just turns out that Uber is well pos…
By the same token the issues which Uber faces really have very little to do with publicity and everything to do with operating at a substantial and constant loss, all bet on a dream of automation which is probably decades away. Uber with drivers simply doesn't work as a profitable business, and the self driving cars they need are simply not going to be here in time to save them. The rest is more or less academic.
Re: Uber, Mired in Corporate Scandals, Sees Uptick in Bookings
#14Frankly the outrage against Uber makes me more likely to use the service. Before it became politically incorrect to mention Uber, I was entirely impartial. I'm sure that I'm not the only one.
Do you use this approach with everything?
"Poop tastes bad." "How PC, I'll eat some!"
Re: Uber, Mired in Corporate Scandals, Sees Uptick in Bookings
#15Of course Uber sees an uptick in bookings. None of the people using the service in almost 200 countries worldwide are tuned into the daily drama of Silicon Valley. Normal people want to get from point A to point B in the most comfortable, efficient, cheap way possible. If that means Uber then so be it. If that means Taxis then so be it. If that means Didi Chuxing then so be it. It just turns out that Uber is well pos…
So true. Most people just don't care.
I've used this to my advantage over the past few years, as soon as a "big corporate scandal" breaks the stock tends to fall. Check their financials, buy the stock if it looks good, then wait a few months for it to all blow over.
My most recent was Wells Fargo during their opening accounts scandal. Bought early Oct, Sold late Jan. 20.06% profit.
There were so many headlines calling for boycotts of Wells, and to teach them a lesson with your wallet. In the long run people just don't give a damn.
For every one person saying: "Uber is evil, don't use them" There are ten saying "Meh, its cheap and convenient."
Re: Uber, Mired in Corporate Scandals, Sees Uptick in Bookings
#16Frankly the outrage against Uber makes me more likely to use the service. Before it became politically incorrect to mention Uber, I was entirely impartial. I'm sure that I'm not the only one.
Are you more likely to use Google products now too?
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#17Here in the east bay, I've gotten 50% off in the past two weeks in Uber. So hell yeah take my business. Thanks VCs!
Same. I wonder if they timed it for this very report..
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#18Dear Lyft, you're screwing up your chance.
When Uber started to have a bunch of scandal, I tried to switch to Lyft. I really did. But, stuck at a hospital after an emergency room visit, trying to get home at 10pm, I sat there for 45 minutes, watching a driver go from 4 minutes away to 5 minutes away to 8 minutes away, then no driver, then a new driver is 4 minutes away, then 4 minutes away, then 5 minutes away, then no driver, then a new driver is 12 minutes away, then no driver...
Come on.
Raise the price if you have to, but making me wait while these drivers decided I was too far away?
Screw that, and screw you, Lyft.
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#19Here in the east bay, I've gotten 50% off in the past two weeks in Uber. So hell yeah take my business. Thanks VCs!
Yup - they've been heavily subsidizing rides recently (even more so than usual) to pull booking numbers up!
Re: Uber, Mired in Corporate Scandals, Sees Uptick in Bookings
#20Frankly the outrage against Uber makes me more likely to use the service. Before it became politically incorrect to mention Uber, I was entirely impartial. I'm sure that I'm not the only one.
You sound like someone who angrily voted for trump.