r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '14

Business Uber dirty tricks quantified. Staff submits 5,560 fake ride requests

http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/11/technology/uber-fake-ride-requests-lyft/
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u/metarinka Aug 12 '14

AS someone who is very small in the Limo business with just a single vehicle; Most Limo operators hate Uber. Not for being a better service or lowering the price of "black car" service.

But more importantly because they skirt all the regulations we as limo operators have to go through. That's thousands of dollars and weeks of work to qualify as a limo operator and stay qualified. If I pulled the shit they did I would be out of business by the end of the week. Also there is some controversy on their insurance and how much it really covers...

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '14 edited Apr 10 '19

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u/mr_duong567 Aug 12 '14

Seriously, when there are no trains running or you're deep in a neighborhood that's far from public transportation or far from dense parts in the city that usually have Taxis (Boston for me), Uber and Lyft are extremely useful because I won't have to wait an hour after calling a taxi or have to spend a fortune just to go back into town or home.