From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-27 17:22:32 +0000, danny burstein said:   
      
   > In <10ip3tn$3jso8$4@dont-email.me> Dimensional Traveler   
   >  writes:   
   >   
   >>>   
   >> So that you can turn getting a ride from a simple, consistent   
   >> transaction into a bidding war?   
   >   
   > That's pretty much the way Lyft, Uber, and possibly   
   > the handful of others work already.  The price you,   
   > as a potential customer, are quoted (make that the   
   > prices, plural) will vary dramatically from minute   
   > to minute based on, among many other criteria, the number   
   > of operators who click "yes" on their screens   
      
   I used Uber last month when my car was in the shop. I set an   
   appointment on a Friday for the following Monday and the driver showed   
   up at the location an hour early. It wasn't his fault, seems Uber   
   couldn't get the time zone straight. They kept thinking I was in the   
   hour-early time zone even though I tried to change it several times on   
   their site. Can you believe that in this day of AI and GPS, that's   
   inexcusable.   
      
   Me and the driver screwed them though, we did the deal under the table   
   and bypassed them.   
      
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