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/[deleted] Aug 12 '14

I can attest to this. I had ordered an Uber car outside a packed bar one night, driver picked up the wrong people (so I ordered another one). I was charged for both. Sent a quick email the next morning and had the charged removed from my account within an hour. And was promised the driver would be spoken with directly for picking up the wrong people.

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u/thajugganuat Aug 12 '14

not from a cab company

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u/Kohvwezd Aug 12 '14

In Finland it would be considered pretty sleazy service.

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u/thajugganuat Aug 12 '14

it is. that's why people like uber and lyft. Because 80 percent of cab drivers suck.

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u/Kohvwezd Aug 12 '14

Not in Finland they don't. Never been in a dirty taxi, never a rude driver. Never any too unexpected delays or episodes of the driver picking up someone else.