<story><title>Uber is experimenting with letting riders wait longer for a cheaper fare</title><url>https://qz.com/1308173/uber-is-experimenting-with-letting-riders-wait-longer-for-a-cheaper-fare/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chrisabrams</author><text>Based on my rides recently I have seen the quality of drivers plummet on both Uber and Lyft. I&amp;#x27;d be much more willing to wait (and maybe even pay) for a higher quality driver. Having a driver who cannot follow a GPS and takes you in a circle 3-4 times around the airport or does not speak English well enough to understand your request to stop on the right instead of the left like the GPS shows can be quite frustrating depending on the scenario.&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this is the first step towards offering a &amp;quot;limit&amp;quot; option. For example, where I live the average price from our house (Jersey City) to the mall is $7, but some days it jumps up to $15 or more. My wife and I usually choose to walk those days, but it would be nice to say &amp;quot;hey we want to go to the mall today, let&amp;#x27;s set a $7 limit and when that hits we&amp;#x27;ll go.&amp;quot; For the flexible consumer it&amp;#x27;s easy to wait for a better price and not need to constantly look at the phone to see what the current market price is. The limit price could help create a queue which could provide a driver with a continuous supply of rides during non-peak hours.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>scrollaway</author><text>Here in Greece, we recently lost Uber. We&amp;#x27;re back to taxis. It&amp;#x27;s incredible how bad an experience those are after going back to them.&lt;p&gt;Cars that smell like cigarette (that&amp;#x27;s if the driver isn&amp;#x27;t outright smoking in your face), don&amp;#x27;t have AC, are old, dirty and with uncomfortable ripped-up seats.&lt;p&gt;Send your lower-quality drivers my way. I miss not wanting to vomit whenever I take a cab.</text></comment>
<story><title>Uber is experimenting with letting riders wait longer for a cheaper fare</title><url>https://qz.com/1308173/uber-is-experimenting-with-letting-riders-wait-longer-for-a-cheaper-fare/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chrisabrams</author><text>Based on my rides recently I have seen the quality of drivers plummet on both Uber and Lyft. I&amp;#x27;d be much more willing to wait (and maybe even pay) for a higher quality driver. Having a driver who cannot follow a GPS and takes you in a circle 3-4 times around the airport or does not speak English well enough to understand your request to stop on the right instead of the left like the GPS shows can be quite frustrating depending on the scenario.&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this is the first step towards offering a &amp;quot;limit&amp;quot; option. For example, where I live the average price from our house (Jersey City) to the mall is $7, but some days it jumps up to $15 or more. My wife and I usually choose to walk those days, but it would be nice to say &amp;quot;hey we want to go to the mall today, let&amp;#x27;s set a $7 limit and when that hits we&amp;#x27;ll go.&amp;quot; For the flexible consumer it&amp;#x27;s easy to wait for a better price and not need to constantly look at the phone to see what the current market price is. The limit price could help create a queue which could provide a driver with a continuous supply of rides during non-peak hours.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>elvirs</author><text>well, as a weekend uber driver that drives only when prices go up I have to tell you that those 7-8 dollar trips pay us only 3 dollars and some change. Driving 7-10 minutes to pick you up and then drive for 7-10 minutes to your destination is not worth it because that comes to $10 per hour minus gas and maintenance and depreciation. Drivers have to pay for lease&amp;#x2F;finance, maintenance, insurance and still pay rent on the apt and put food on the table. 
Expect the quality of service to go down, not up, if you you think $15 is too much for a trip to the mall.</text></comment>