I’m officially done with Uber

[Anonymous]

I live in Frederick where there aren’t that many places that deliver. We rarely order out, but we wanted Chinese tonight so we ordered through Uber eats. I got the receipt from the restaurant. Our total was $40.50 with tax. However, Uber apparently sets their own prices for restaurants (not the restaurant themselves) so Uber total came to $49.40. With fees it was 61.20. Of course I tipped so it was well over $70.

I understand that they need to make money, but $22 on a $40 order, that’s 50 percent. And they pay their drivers shit!!! I’m constantly reading on Facebook how people don’t tip drivers. I always do, of course and well, but I’m going to start urging everyone to stop tipping!!! Uber needs to start paying their drivers a fair wage.

They also created a monopoly with car rides and now they are super unreliable. However they hurt the taxi drivers to the point that they couldn’t keep up so they stopped taxiing. F this corporate greed. I’m over it. I’ll pick my own damn food.

If I’m getting any of this wrong let me know.

[Anonymous]

I've always preferred Lyft, but for food, I physically go and pick up.

[Anonymous]

This isn't news.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, Uber Eats is always sending me discount codes like 50 percent off up to $25, but with the higher food cost and their fees, it’s still cheaper for me to order from a restaurant and pick it up or have the restaurant deliver it.

[Anonymous]

This is news to you?
They all do this, Door Fash, Grub Hub. Where have you been?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is news to you?
They all do this, Door Fash, Grub Hub. Where have you been?

Yes it’s news to me. Apparently I’m slow or just don’t order out very much. Either way, now that I know better I won’t use any of them. Maybe someone else who also didn’t know about this can learn from my mistake?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is news to you?
They all do this, Door Fash, Grub Hub. Where have you been?

Yes it’s news to me. Apparently I’m slow or just don’t order out very much. Either way, now that I know better I won’t use any of them. Maybe someone else who also didn’t know about this can learn from my mistake?

I don't understand. You write about it like it's a conspiracy. The prices are pretty clear on their website. If you have another option, like driving to pick it up, then use it, but I'm not sure what your mistake was. Not reading the prices before you ordered?

[Anonymous]

I'm confused how you didn't know this before?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused how you didn't know this before?

I’m confused as to why that matters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is news to you?
They all do this, Door Fash, Grub Hub. Where have you been?

Yes it’s news to me. Apparently I’m slow or just don’t order out very much. Either way, now that I know better I won’t use any of them. Maybe someone else who also didn’t know about this can learn from my mistake?

I don't understand. You write about it like it's a conspiracy. The prices are pretty clear on their website. If you have another option, like driving to pick it up, then use it, but I'm not sure what your mistake was. Not reading the prices before you ordered?

No, I didn’t write about it like it’s a conspiracy. I wrote about it like it’s greed which it is. That’s all. I will be picking up my own food on the rare occasions that we want to order take out, as I stated already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is news to you?
They all do this, Door Fash, Grub Hub. Where have you been?

Yes it’s news to me. Apparently I’m slow or just don’t order out very much. Either way, now that I know better I won’t use any of them. Maybe someone else who also didn’t know about this can learn from my mistake?

I don't understand. You write about it like it's a conspiracy. The prices are pretty clear on their website. If you have another option, like driving to pick it up, then use it, but I'm not sure what your mistake was. Not reading the prices before you ordered?

No, I didn’t write about it like it’s a conspiracy. I wrote about it like it’s greed which it is. That’s all. I will be picking up my own food on the rare occasions that we want to order take out, as I stated already.

You wrote about it like it's hidden. But it's very clear on the website how much you're paying before you purchase. There are plenty of things I don't buy because they cost too much, that's totally fine. But to announce that you're "officially done" with someone and that "now I know better" implies that they somehow deceived you.

[Anonymous]

Or you could just, you know, go pick it up yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is news to you?
They all do this, Door Fash, Grub Hub. Where have you been?

Yes it’s news to me. Apparently I’m slow or just don’t order out very much. Either way, now that I know better I won’t use any of them. Maybe someone else who also didn’t know about this can learn from my mistake?

I don't understand. You write about it like it's a conspiracy. The prices are pretty clear on their website. If you have another option, like driving to pick it up, then use it, but I'm not sure what your mistake was. Not reading the prices before you ordered?

No, I didn’t write about it like it’s a conspiracy. I wrote about it like it’s greed which it is. That’s all. I will be picking up my own food on the rare occasions that we want to order take out, as I stated already.

You wrote about it like it's hidden. But it's very clear on the website how much you're paying before you purchase. There are plenty of things I don't buy because they cost too much, that's totally fine. But to announce that you're "officially done" with someone and that "now I know better" implies that they somehow deceived you.

If you bothered to read carefully you’d see that Uber charges their own, higher price than the restaurant. That part is most certainly not displayed at all much less clearly. I only noticed it when I got the receipt from the restaurant with the food. That was an extra $10 on top of $10 in fees which doubles their profit. But you are too busy arguing for no reason at all in a typical DCUM fashion to actually read carefully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or you could just, you know, go pick it up yourself.

Or you could just, you know, read the whole thing before responding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused how you didn't know this before?

I’m confused as to why that matters?

Its been all over the news and everywhere about all the extra charges. OP choose to do it anyway and now complaining?