What's your Uber experience?

[Lynda2475]

Had an uber guy wanting me to pay him payid over uber once we started

I hope you declined and reported them to uber and the police. I would take a photo of the driver and the number plate.

The app takes care of the booking and payment. Never any excuse for anything else to occur.

 

[daft009]

I hope you declined and reported them to uber and the police. I would take a photo of the driver and the number plate.

The app takes care of the booking and payment. Never any excuse for anything else to occur.

He started with who was paying for the trip, me or my workplace..

I said me then he started with cash, I said no cash then he said we can do payid...

Said no 3x.. left it at that

 

[JessicaTam]

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[lovestotravel]

Had an uber guy wanting me to pay him payid over uber once we started

Happens quite a bit when 30% of the fare goes to Uber, drivers are left making $15 per hour at best.

I wish Uber rates were higher, and this rubbish would then rarely occur

 

[p--and--t]

Happens quite a bit when 30% of the fare goes to Uber, drivers are left making $15 per hour at best.

I wish Uber rates were higher, and this rubbish would then rarely occur

Its the same with online hotel bookings for smaller establishments - 30%+

In some cases pay $140 for a room and the hotel get $90ish

 

[Aeryn]

Booked an uber in Sydney last week and was very disappointed to find that it allocated me a taxi. Worse still it was dirty and the driver had offensive BO. IME Ubers are usually cleaner as the driver generally owns the car.

Very cheeky since Taxi owners got a huge pay out from the Uber class action and now are booking jobs via Uber.

The uber app is far far superior to 13 Taxis app but there doesn't seem to be a way to exclude/opt out of being assigned a Taxi. Only other place I've seen a taxi take Uber bookings is in Ireland.

 

[Rick93]

Booked an uber in Sydney last week and was very disappointed to find that it allocated me a taxi. Worse still it was dirty and the driver had offensive BO.

Very cheeky since Taxi owners got a huge pay out from the Uber class action and now are booking jobs via Uber.

The uber app is far far superior to 13 Taxis app tut there doesn't seem to be a way to exclude/opt out of being assigned a Taxi. Only other place I've seen a taxi take Uber bookings is in Ireland.

Leave Uber.
Create a DiDi account, and you will notice the difference.

 

[Saab34]

Leave Uber.
Create a DiDi, and you will notice the difference.

Don’t all DiDi drivers just bounce between the two?

 

[jase05]

Don’t all DiDi drivers just bounce between the two?

I believe so

 

[Quickstatus]

Taxi owners got a huge pay out

Not taxi drivers

there doesn't seem to be a way to exclude/opt out of being assigned a Taxi.

Just book an UberXL

 

[Rick93]

Don’t all DiDi drivers just bounce between the two?

Experienced DiDi Drivers don't touch Uber.
Sure, there are some who run both apps.
Just try DiDi for a comparison ...

 

[Aeryn]

Leave Uber.

My employer has an Uber for business account which integrates with expense system, they wont reimburse DiDi but will reimburse Uber with no extra paperwork.

 

[kookaburra75]

Don’t all DiDi drivers just bounce between the two?

I have been using both for a while. It's interesting when I'm seeing what's available, I check Uber first to see the price and then check Didi, which most of the time Didi cheaper. Although, if I go back to Uber for another check, it seems to fall to about the same as Didi. I wouldn't surprised if their algorithm is picking up people looking at what's available, and then not going ahead with a booking, and working out they might be looking at other options.

Although our most recent experience with Didi in Sydney a week ago, which was bad, left us using Uber all weekend. The Didi driver seemed to have accepted a ride with a couple, and then accepted us after that as a second ride after he had dropped off the first couple. The problem was we were all standing at the same spot at Central Station, and when he pulled up we all questioned who was his ride. When he said the other couple, and "bad luck, cancel the ride", we decided to give Uber our business.

 

[p--and--t]

I now have a preference for UBER and all the discount vouchers from DiDi expire without being used.

- UBER cars nicer, newer, cleaner, all except one occasion, driver gets out and assists with luggage both ends of journey.

- requested DiDi ride to airport during a busy part of the day, after a lengthy delay, the app came back with your driver will arrive in 47 minutes. Cancelled the ride and tried UBER, your driver will arrive in 14 minutes, a couple dollars dearer.

- requested DiDi ride and tiny little car turned up that looks like on last legs, dirty inside, driver with BO

- requested DiDi to airport driver turned up, didn't get out of his seat while I put luggage in boot, car scruffier than I am used to, didn't get out of his seat at the airport and I retrieved my luggage myself and he drove off without so much as a "see-ya".

 

[Quickstatus]

I think you get what you pay for.

UberX and DiDi "express" are the cheapest. Pay cheap get cheap.

 

[straitman]

Experienced DiDi Drivers don't touch Uber.
Sure, there are some who run both apps.
Just try DiDi for a comparison ...

I have looked at both as a comparison on a number of occasions and DiDi was considerably more expensive and less available each time.

 

[Daver6]

Does anyone really know what DiDi select cars are meant to be? They're marginally more expensive and claim to be "roomier cars with select drivers". I've used it three times and each time it's been a Corolla. Not quite what I was expecting for a roomier cars. What has other's experiences been?

 

[I love to travel]

I pesonally will never use Grab again in Bangkok. Worked a treat in KL but waited 40 minutes in the blistering sun for a driver, pick up locations are not accurate (won't accept some hotel lobbies etc) Metered taxi from now on

 

[burmans]

I have looked at both as a comparison on a number of occasions and DiDi was considerably more expensive and less available each time.

I would suggest people have both apps and check both, my experience usually is that Didi is much cheaper but also have had instances when Uber was. No obvious patterns though!

 

[TWO+TWO]

I would suggest people have both apps and check both, my experience usually is that Didi is much cheaper but also have had instances when Uber was. No obvious patterns though!

Interesting because on several occasions I had the exact oposite. But What I did notice is DIDI undercutting on price then at the end I had a bigger sum than UBER.