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Uber Is Testing a Massive Merchant Delivery Program

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Re: Uber Is Testing a Massive Merchant Delivery Program

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Post by jacquesm »

leaveyou wrote: post #5
jacquesm wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could I borrow your crystal ball?

Jaquesm, let me firmly remind you that this is not reddit ! :)

Remind me all you want but forward looking statements made with certitude about brand new services require at a minimum something that allows you to look into the future. Either that or they are premature at best and possibly quite wrong.

Re: Uber Is Testing a Massive Merchant Delivery Program

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Post by codecamper »

dylanjermiah wrote: post #18
sschueller wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the backs of 1099 workers. Uber needs to be work on some social responsibility. Do we really want a country where the majority are struggling to serve the few?

They're free to work for whoever they want. No one is forcing anyone to drive for Uber, they're doing it voluntarily. Why forcibly stop consensual behaviour?

what is your point? you are saying that they are not forced into it and so therefore everything is A OK?

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Post by ghaff »

sschueller wrote: post #14
JohnLen wrote: post #2

This will be an ideal service that many are looking forward to. Fast and convenient.

On the backs of 1099 workers. Uber needs to be work on some social responsibility. Do we really want a country where the majority are struggling to serve the few?

One can simultaneously support allowing most consensual behavior such as matching buyers and sellers of services through technology while also being somewhat uncomfortable with the fact that many of the seller jobs being created are relatively low-paid contractors while the buyers are more often than not urban professionals. At some level, this is nothing new--dog walkers anyone?--but it's the focus of a lot of these new businesses. (All the while, trying to simply automate away as many of those jobs as possible.)

Re: Uber Is Testing a Massive Merchant Delivery Program

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Post by leaveyou »

jacquesm wrote: post #21
leaveyou wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jaquesm, let me firmly remind you that this is not reddit ! :)

Remind me all you want but forward looking statements made with certitude about brand new services require at a minimum something that allows you to look into the future. Either that or they are premature at best and possibly quite wrong.

First, I wasn't the one who downvoted you (I was only having fun that you were being downvoted for what appeared to be a sarcastic remark). Second, I think JohnLen expressed a reasonable opinion and you should have made more effort (arguments) if you wanted to question it. But that's just me.

Re: Uber Is Testing a Massive Merchant Delivery Program

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Post by a2tech »

codecamper wrote: post #22
feefie wrote: post #13

In Canada, today only, Uber is delivering puppies for 15 minutes of playtime cuteness: http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/uber-to-offer-puppies-on-dema...

And then what do they do with the puppies after the 15 minutes are up?

http://www.willitblend.com

Re: Uber Is Testing a Massive Merchant Delivery Program

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Post by mfringel »

dylanjermiah wrote: post #18
sschueller wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the backs of 1099 workers. Uber needs to be work on some social responsibility. Do we really want a country where the majority are struggling to serve the few?

They're free to work for whoever they want. No one is forcing anyone to drive for Uber, they're doing it voluntarily. Why forcibly stop consensual behaviour?

Assertion. Platitude, assertion. Rhetorical question.

Re: Uber Is Testing a Massive Merchant Delivery Program

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Post by calinet6 »

I'm just thinking of SimCopter, where as a copter pilot you could get missions of all kinds popping up on the screen, and you could choose to take a delivery, passenger, fight a fire, and more stuff I can't remember.

Not a bad model really. Uber is a distributed worker service.

Re: Uber Is Testing a Massive Merchant Delivery Program

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Post by dzlobin »

codecamper wrote: post #22
feefie wrote: post #13

In Canada, today only, Uber is delivering puppies for 15 minutes of playtime cuteness: http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/uber-to-offer-puppies-on-dema...

And then what do they do with the puppies after the 15 minutes are up?

They are puppies from local shelters that they encourage people to adopt.
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