http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Uber-Surge-Customers-Gouge-Prices-Concern-304220381.html
How very Enron of them.
The video, apparently created by a Los Angeles driver and titled "Driving for Surge," was uploaded onto YouTube and shared on an Uber driver online forum. It shows how repeatedly canceling planned pickups causes fees to increase.
On the online forum the poster said, "It would be nice if we all got on the surge bus and rode to profits together. Here's a little how to, please follow and share."
Rider Liz Price is unhappy some may be "cheating the system," especially as she has seen drivers cancel for seemingly no reason as they have been heading to pick her up in the past.
"It'll show that the car is actually moving on the screen, but it just stops and then it'll go back to the main screen," Price said.
How very Enron of them.
The video, apparently created by a Los Angeles driver and titled "Driving for Surge," was uploaded onto YouTube and shared on an Uber driver online forum. It shows how repeatedly canceling planned pickups causes fees to increase.
On the online forum the poster said, "It would be nice if we all got on the surge bus and rode to profits together. Here's a little how to, please follow and share."
Rider Liz Price is unhappy some may be "cheating the system," especially as she has seen drivers cancel for seemingly no reason as they have been heading to pick her up in the past.
"It'll show that the car is actually moving on the screen, but it just stops and then it'll go back to the main screen," Price said.
