We can just check the rate card come Thursday.
New minimum fare starting Thursday with UP
In most cities minimum fare has gone up around 20-30% with upfront pricing change
Some threads in different cities have said some of the minimum fares went up more than $1
If that were to happen in Vegas, we would finally cross the $5 mark for minimum fare on Uber X
Let’s hope it does happen. We will see on Thursday. Anyone who gets some non surge shorties on the strip, please report what you are getting as the seemingly new “minimum fare”
Some threads in different cities have said some of the minimum fares went up more than $1
If that were to happen in Vegas, we would finally cross the $5 mark for minimum fare on Uber X
Let’s hope it does happen. We will see on Thursday. Anyone who gets some non surge shorties on the strip, please report what you are getting as the seemingly new “minimum fare”
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If we get radar, and we clearly will...im curious if the rate card looks significantly different pre vs post upfront pricing. Have yet to see anyone from those markets that already have it, post the new rate card for their market. Like will it still show amounts for base fare, time and distance, or will it all say “variable”? OR…are those lines eliminated from the new rate card completely?
Like you mentioned, I guess we will find out come Thursday
The only way they'll stop is if State's Attorneys General start suing them in states where they actually violate state laws/rules.
The problem, of course, is that Uber/Lyft had a hand in writing those rules. Lol
Again, for many of us, radar won't affect what rides we take, but it will affect our acceptance rates (if that sort of thing matters to you - which, unless you were trying for gold+ it shouldn't have, but under the radar model, it really should not. Like at all.).
It will also likely reduce our overall number of rides - as morons take radar rides that they will lose money on, so it never gets to a price we'd be willing to accept it at OR dropped as a regular "ping".
I think there's going to be a lot of "wait and see" here, as well as a steep learning curve for the idiots.
Hopefully, as I said before, it's going to weed out the idiots quicker when they find out that accepting these rides is a net loss.
They will either learn and stop taking them OR bankrupt themselves. Either way, will be good for the herd. So to speak.
Yes, if you have enough drivers who know what they're doing.I don't understand Upfront Pricing. If we get all the info ahead of time, then our acceptance rate doesn't mean anything anymore. So who keeps taking the crappy trips? Doesn't this just switch Uber to the DoorDash model where a ton of people never get their food (trips)?
The problem is, there are a ton of idiots out there and Uber/Lyft know it.
I get what you're saying, but...That additional ( wait and see) time sitting still or cruising around for the right trip and grabbing that trip before other drivers that concerns me . Waiting time equals wasted time especially if you figure that time as your hourly earnings.
Being self employed my entire adult life, I've never worried about "hourly earnings" to determine my profitability. (Saying that, I've always done fine by that metric too.)
Generally, I don't drive around, I stage.
There's always been downtime for XL+ drivers.
I'm quite content to read, listen to podcasts, watch TV/movies, play games, etc...
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