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Uber jacked up prices 400% last night in Paris while cabs drove everyone home free. -- (link*)

Posted by budice Nov 14 '15, 07:04

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https://twitter.com/StaySafeLondon/status/665539398130343936 (twitter.com)

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I'm not saying it's not true, but I'm not finding any articles to confirm this. If it were true, I would expect the Internet outrage machine to say. -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 07:47
"Uber in Paris, driver kicks us out after loading luggage, leaving us stranded on streets w luggage and wo wifi. " -- (link) - budice Nov 14, 07:17 1
- One shitty Uber experience suggests that all Uner drivers are doing this, right? -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 07:46
There's a lot of conflicting information. Another report said Uber was suspended. I'm looking for confirmation on the surge pricing. -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 07:15
Time reporting they suspended service... -- (link) - budice Nov 14, 07:12 2
- People on Twitter are saying they had surge pricing before suspending the service. -- nm* - Krusty Nov 14, 07:13 1
  - I saw a post where Uner was denying surge pricing *and* also denying suspending its service -- nm - Mop Nov 14, 07:41
I assume that a supply/demand algorithm automatically sets up the Uber rates? -- nm - Dano Nov 14, 07:11 3
- Yes, there's a secret algorithm. Here's a recent article on it. -- (link) - Mop Nov 14, 07:43
- I also assume the outrage machine has a similiar such algorithm that ramps up automoatically in response to this happening with Uber. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 14, 07:29
- Yes and they had to go in to override it. -- nm - iSpam Nov 14, 07:22
That's awful and they're awful. -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 14, 07:07

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