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No Uber service in London....who gives a sh1t?
LC5F:
old thread -
I was an early adopter of uber before the start date of this thread. As already mentioned, a vastly better experience than black cabs - plus 40% cheaper. With the ride tracking software it is great to know that you can go to any big city and be confident of good service and you wont get ripped off.
Funny this was all blown up originally by a Labour mayor saying uber were losing their licence as new drivers were using a service that was was not doing proper driver vetting.
The rub was the vetting service the drivers were using was approved by Transport for London - an organisation under the control of the mayor.
All uber were doing was provide a list of these TFL approved vetting companies during the new driver application, plus an estimate provided by the companies of how long the service would take... strangely, everyone went for the quickest service, this was the one that was not checking.
Even if they had manage to bin Uber from London, they would have just moved everyone to councils outside London that were allowed to operate in London.
I would say this was all pure political spin.
pudding:
I've never used Uber. Are they any good? Can you request a Lamborghini or Ferrari uber? That would be interesting, if a little expensive :grin:
I have seen 'Uber eats' bikes roaming around though, which got me thinking. Is there a gap in the market for delivering absolutely ANYTHING at any time, on demand? "Hey, I'm in a meeting, urgently deliver me a pack of whiteboard pens to this address" or "Yo Uber dudes, I'm kinda in the middle of it with my new bird, urgently deliver me a pack of rubbers to this address". Could be some bucks in that.
MKMike:
--- Quote from: Pudding on June 18, 2021, 11:38:37 pm ---I've never used Uber. Are they any good? Can you request a Lamborghini or Ferrari uber? That would be interesting, if a little expensive :grin:
I have seen 'Uber eats' bikes roaming around though, which got me thinking. Is there a gap in the market for delivering absolutely ANYTHING at any time, on demand? "Hey, I'm in a meeting, urgently deliver me a pack of whiteboard pens to this address" or "Yo Uber dudes, I'm kinda in the middle of it with my new bird, urgently deliver me a pack of rubbers to this address". Could be some bucks in that.
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1. Uber are amazing especially for travelling. No more getting ripped off by local cabbies.
2. You already have that with Amazon 1 hour delivery on some items. Scary how quick it all is.
pudding:
I can totally agree cabbies are a total rip! £8 for a 2 mile ride where I live.
My standard Amazon Prime deliveries are usually "Your driver might bother himself to turn up at some point between 10:00 and 21:00, dump it somewhere in your front garden, or cram it through a gap in your window, or toss it over the back fence, and scarper"
I shall keep an eye out for this 1 hour delivery epicness! I expect you have to pay handsomely for this exalted service?
DPD are the best I've experienced so far. "Your driver, Roger, will deliver your package between 10:00-11:00" and sure enough, Roger has knocked at my door at 10:30 on the dot over the last 20 or so deliveries. And what a thoroughly decent chap Roger is.
DH Hell, Yodel, Herpes, Royal Snail.....uselessness.
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