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Re: Lyft Plus

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Post by pfortuny »

prezjordan wrote: post #23
tibbon wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used both services (and others like Sidecar) they are all about the same to me. Generally, Lyft seems a little friendlier than Uber. However honestly all are light years ahead of a yellow cab- in which the drivers rarely accept cards (machine broken), refuse to use GPS, and talk on the phone nonstop (despite the laws on that).

Aren't there laws against the whole "machine broken" thing?

There are plenty of them but it seems all of them are broken -one way or the other.

Re: Lyft Plus

#32

Post by vinceguidry »

nairteashop wrote: post #14
mikeryan wrote: post #9

Is this just a straight livery service?

Looks like they're staying out of that. The plan seems to be sell these cars to their top Lyft drivers, with the promise of more ride money. From: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/8/5694720/lyft-goes-after-ube... "[Lyft is] purchasing the vehicles and having them outfitted, but then drivers have the opportunity to buy them and drive in them. The first crop of drivers given the chance to buy into that are some of the ol…

Who in their right mind would invest in one of these? You're taking a serious risk that one day you might not be able to make a living with your swank, expensive luxury SUV. Or is there so much earning potential there over the top of regular Lyft rates that it's worth rolling the dice?

Re: Lyft Plus

#33

Post by dpim »

ajaymehta wrote: post #16

Fascinating that Lyft seems to be owning and administering the actual vehicles with Plus (custom Ford Explorers). To my knowledge, none of these services do that yet.

According to the Verge article, they are selling them to drivers, with priority to current Lyft drivers by seniority and activity

Re: Lyft Plus

#34

Post by rsync »

I always thought the mustache cars were Uber. I barely even knew about lyft ... but there's the mustache and ...

Hopefully this is useful to marketing/awareness people at either Uber or Lyft ... I can't be the only one that has this completely wrong in their head.

Re: Lyft Plus

#35

Post by orky56 »

slg wrote: post #6
dchuk wrote: post #2

"We started by reimagining ridesharing." I've always viewed Lyft as Uber X with a pink furry mustache. What exactly have they "reinvented" before this announcement that wasn't already "reinvented" by Uber before them?

Seems like the only difference is they give you chocolate and let you use the driver's cell phone charger.

By controlling for the vehicle, they can guarantee the comfort (leather seats & space for 6) and the amenities (charger, which usually Lyft drivers are always happy to let you use).

Re: Lyft Plus

#36

Post by waterfowl »

prezjordan wrote: post #23
tibbon wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who has used both services (and others like Sidecar) they are all about the same to me. Generally, Lyft seems a little friendlier than Uber. However honestly all are light years ahead of a yellow cab- in which the drivers rarely accept cards (machine broken), refuse to use GPS, and talk on the phone nonstop (despite the laws on that).

Aren't there laws against the whole "machine broken" thing?

The machine seems to start working when you tell the guy to mail you an invoice.

Re: Lyft Plus

#37

Post by ereckers »

izzydata wrote: post #22

Why do so many new sites use this exact style of website? It's like it is so supposed to be new, modern and minimalist, but it is getting old already.

Do you have any thoughts as to why this style has taken off? It's a one-off single page website. I would expect anyone designing it to use the common contemporary design to quickly and cheaply get something out the door. Not sure if a 1 page announcement needs a lot of original creative thought put into it.

Re: Lyft Plus

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Post by starfishjenga »

iambateman wrote: post #30
mrbrowning wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What I wonder about Lyft is the extent to which friendliness scales. That it has scaled so far is obviously due to the fact that they can simply project that sense of friendliness and then rely on individual drivers to actually do the work of giving that impression to customers, but what if they want to expand their business into domains where friendliness is unimportant or even a downside (an example might be someth…

1. Friendliness is always important in customer interaction. 2. Chick-fil-A is an example of "friendliness" scaling up to x0,000 employees. 3. No, being nice is not a straightjacket in the making.

Yeah, super friendly - unless you're gay!
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