Re: Police start spring initiative to combat gangs in Fairfax County
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Lyft vs Uber
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Date: May 23, 2019 12:49PM
driverer of rideshare Wrote:
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> YGLD4 Wrote:
> ---tI have had some very
> > nice Lyft drivers
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> Lyft sucks; worse than Uber
That depends on your own driver and company experience. What concerns me about Uber is their tracking, not just the 5 minutes before you get into the vehicle, but before you even request a vehicle. Two times, went to a local shopping center, someone dropped me off, but need a ride rest of the way those two evenings. So requested Uber, had 30% off offer. Next two times, in same shopping center around the same time of day, so get offers and emails on my phone from Uber. Creeepy I say, which I believe Google is selling my GPS tracking data to Uber. Uber also wastes money if do tips. So two credit card transactions, one for the fare, one for tip, and Uber allows even small tips, once did a $0.25 one for a not so good driver And on many many millions tip transactions across the US, that's a $0.30 fee plus 2-3% of the transaction Uber pays out to the credit card companies. Between that and the security tracking, Uber wastes a lot of money, giving them an excuse to raise prices. Lyft on the other hand, gives you up to 24 hours after the ride to tip, and all one credit card transaction, and easier to account for.
Lyft has forged trusted partnerships with many, Fort Meade as a trail as normally ride share vehicles not allowed on military based (believe the military is more influenced by security than contract price), GoGoGrandparent, Great Call/Jitterbug, SoberRide, and Lyft Concierge Service with many medical facilities, They do not give as many user discounts and credits as Uber, but better service on average in my experience. Their driver qualification standards are higher than Uber, newer cars even for everyday service, must be in the USA one year before can drive for them, and must have your green card or work VISA to drive for them. Unless this has recently changed, if you never have ride share driven before, their local office or one of their drivers interview you in person, whereas with Uber the entire application is all done over the Internet which drivers can hide a lot. Even with in person interviews with Lyft, as with any business hiring, here or there a bad person gets hired. Also at least if the Lyft driver does not speak English fluently, most as on the job training, they do try hard with only one or two rude exceptions over the years. I have met some sketchy Uber drivers around Vienna and Wiehle Metro stations especially, could hardly speak English or navigate even with the GPS. With Lyft, if ever a bad driver, if you rate them a 3 or below, you are automatically not paired with them again (personally, only done 1 three, a handful of 4s, but mostly 5s). With Uber, you have to manually spend time and contact them and ask you not be paired with a bad driver that you had. I have more English speaking white drivers with Lyft than with Uber, or ones from around the around who I can talk and communicate with vs. with Uber. And Lyft drivers get a better payout per ride vs. Uber with each company.