My car is in the shop and if I could I was going to run somewhere across town, then my wife could pick me up after work. The place is about 10 minutes away.
I pop open Uber, and type in where I need to go. 10 minute ride, but it’s priced at $25 and up from there. I was like holy shit ok I don’t need to go that bad I can wait.
A few minutes later I get a push notification that said “Prices have dropped!” I click it and it opens up the exact same route but now the fare is 9 fucking dollars.
Even looking now, it’s $11-12. I’ve worked in a mobile app company before… That shit isn’t random. They appear to be testing some “fuck you pricing” and then if you don’t bite they cut it to the normal rate. Someone at the company is currently running numbers to see if they can get wealthy people to bite on the inflated pricing.
Fuck you Uber. Not like your company has a great history in the first place, so I guess I’m partially to blame.
I think the prices change according to the demand at the moment. I have seen prices skyrocketing when the subway stopped working in my city. But you might be correct. I wouldn’t doubt that they use psychological strategies like that on custumers.
There’s definitely on demand pricing. I know that between classes at the university I’m near prices. Would skyrocket then go down. Supply and demand makes sense but the rest of that shit is absolutely scummy and I hate it