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Uber is going to get hammered in a lot of venues shortly. In order to comply, they're going to try to pass on these "fees" that they should have been paying in the first place.
That way they can blame the "evil legislators".
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Or, when you get a driver that makes you fear for your life because they are spending more time paying attention to their three GPS devices instead of traffic, do you get a $1 refund for the un"safe" ride?
And when the driver demands that I guide his entire journey from my own smartphone, do I get a partial refund for my navigation consulting fee?
We're adding safety checks into our process for UberX drivers. In order to do this, we're increasing the base cost by $1. [Click here] for an explanation of how we're going to improve your safety.
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Agreed. Maybe I should offer a "free rides" app, but charge a gas fee, a driver fee, and an administrative fee. It's not even clear exactly what this fee is supposed to be covering
It's probably fine to advertise is as "free rides" with an asterisk "* surcharges and fees may apply". Here are a list of fees you can tack on: - driver fee - passenger fee - initiation fee (1st time rider) - healthy sf fee - tax recovery fee - safe driver fee
They want to assure you that their amateur drivers are very professional.
This is a pretty big bet on their part that they've locked drivers into the Uber platform through enough volume/earnings.
[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2014/04/18/did-uber... [2] http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/01/09/uber-cuts-price-on-so...