Uber?

Quote: DRich

I have used Uber about 90% of the time and Lyft the other 10%. I have noticed no difference in service and it seems that lots of the drivers work for both.

Yep. Apparently Lyft has more stringent standards for what type of vehicle must be used.

There was a Pai Gow Poker dealer at NYNY who also drives for Uber. I asked him if he did Lyft too and he said his car wasn't up to their standards.

Quote: DRich

I have noticed no difference in service and it seems that lots of the drivers work for both.

You have to figure the sharp ones will since there is near-zero downside. Same as I do with party-dealing. Free agent means free agent. I did hear Uber was trying to crack down on the practice to the extent they can. IMHO Lyft will be the surviving company in the end.

Quote: ams288

Yep. Apparently Lyft has more stringent standards for what type of vehicle must be used.

We don't have Lyft here yet. We have Uber and a company called Cabify. I've used the latter only once, when I had a discount coupon that made that trip cheaper than on Uber (or on anything, really). yesterday, though, they announced all trips within Mex City worth up to 200 pesos would be free.

I wonder how that worked, seeing as how people at the office who live near or in the affected areas took hours to get home.

Typical conversation on an Uber forum:

>Is it me or has it been slower than slow lately. Heading home early more often or staying late out to try to make peanuts

>Same in my city, man. Bank account is feeling it

>Not a full time job boys.

>Easily can be for someone without kids, but yeah

>Not a full time job. But getting to the point not worth going out.

Uber/Lyft have too many cars on the road,
it dilutes the business so it's very hard for the
average driver to make money. In the cab biz,
we were very careful that our driver number met
the demand, or the drivers would find other
jobs. Uber could care less about the drivers, they're
only in it for the money, the more drivers the better.
It's also a recipe for failure of the business.

How does having too many drivers affect uber and lyft? they don't have to pay them. There is very little carrying cost. For this model, it doesn't lead to a failure of the business.

As for drivers and demand, the same thing happens - if there isn't enough demand, drivers will find other work. The remaining drivers will have more demand and more work. It manages itself.

Quote: Dalex64

As for drivers and demand, the same thing happens - if there isn't enough demand, drivers will find other work. The remaining drivers will have more demand and more work. It manages itself.

Ya see, in Bob's cab business if there were too many cabs then the unconnected cabs would be firebombed by the cabs with better connections, then supply leveled.

Quote: Dalex64

How does having too many drivers affect uber and lyft?

Reputation is everything. Uber assumes the
pit of drivers is endless, there will always
be a line of suckers out the door wanting to sit
in their cars for hours a day waiting for
penny ante fares. They're wrong, it will
bottom out eventually, it always does. Just
like every Ponzi-like scheme.

I understand this concept of the market setting demand, but there is a learning curve. People have to try these services and see how things go. Its the drivers who have to jump thru hoops to start and then have find out if there really is any money in it and how to get it. Cream skimming is fine but whether they are employees or independent contractors... the money has to be there in reality, not fantasy.

Quote: Evenbob

Reputation is everything. .

Hmm
Listen to Uber driver Aussie regarding Uber
or
The shattered rep of EB who resides in the last century and doesn't get new Tech combanies
HMM
Decisions decisions
Aussie Aussie is the winner :-)

Quote: terapined

Hmm
Listen to Uber driver Aussie regarding Uber
or
The shattered rep of EB who resides in the last century and doesn't get new Tech combanies
HMM
Decisions decisions
Aussie Aussie is the winner :-)

What, you are not siding with the guy that said he would never take an Uber (and probably still hasn't)?