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   From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-29 03:06:05 +0000, anim8rfsk said:   
      
   > super70s  wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Yeah, the appointment feature on Uber is just a joke.   
      
   There aren't that many Uber drivers in my city so it's hit or miss if   
   you want to be picked up right away. And some that are available only   
   want to do Uber Eats for some reason.   
      
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