| Comment | I've noticed recently a trend on Uber that makes me feel pretty scammed tbh.
I know the drivers are doing it to make money etc which is their prerogative, it just feels a bit dishonest.
7.20am, taxi to my work is estimated at £12, no surge.
Order taxi, the app shows me there are tons of cars around me and I have an estimated wait of 4 mins.
Watch the app go round in circles for 20 mins with no driver accepting the job.
Finally give up, check again and its £50.
The surge pricing is meant to deal with real-time demand, not allow drivers to patch all the jobs so 100 jobs get bundled together into 10 mins to cause a huge artificial surge.
The surge always seems to be at x1 or x5, with no in-between and I suspect this is the reason.
At least Glasgo cabs says their wait time is 30 mins and I can pre-book accordingly without worrying about just never getting assigned a driver without paying 500% markup |
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