Thoughts on UBER (Brazil)

Kurterino · 2022-03-16T13:59:04+01:00

Yesterday I had to take a taxi, and called an Uber. All in all, I did about 90 km, for a total price of just about 150 Reais. They were small and economic cars, I guess they would use about 7 liters per 100km, which comes to almost 50 Reais in fuel alone. Then there’s Uber’s cut, apparently 25%. So: 150R$ minus 25% = 112.50 112.50 - 45R$ for fuel = 67.50 Reais, for both ways, i.e. both drivers made about 30-35 Reais, for about an hour of driving. For this, they have to pay for the car (everything but fuel, i.e. insurance, tires, maintenance and repairs, and depreciation or leasing fees), so how much, if anything, would be their profit? I have a hard time understanding how anyone could make money at these rates, but maybe they don’t? Meaning that maybe they have to constantly recruit new drivers, because nobody does it longer than a few months, until they realize the problem? The dilemma is that, by using Uber, i help destroying the taxi business, since regular taxis , with fares that allow a driver to make a living, have a much harder time finding customers, than before Uber. But in the past I have been cheated a couple of times (classical taxi scam, with what must have been a rigged taximeter), and Uber completely eliminates this risk. The app sets the price, and you’re going to pay exactly that much. How about you ? Do you also use Uber, in spite of everything we know?

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sprealestatebrokerViP02 April 2022 21:50:03

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Here's a true story, confirmed through the source.....

Brazilian lady, planning a trip to the US with her family, and about USD 7,000 alongside the baggage.

She calls in the Driver, a Taxicab Driver, to get an estimate on a run to the GRU Airport. She resides in Sao Bernardo do Campo. Specifically Rudge Ramos Main Square by the Cathedral. The solicited upon cab driver has about 40 years on the job, a pony tail type with white hair. He quoted her, this about 2-3 years ago, BR $ 100,00.

She then calls the Uber Driver, and she gets quoted BR $80,00.

She makes her decision on price alone and takes up on the Uber Driver. Herself, family, travel tickets, USD 7,000 in cash, baggage.

The right way to go is to take the Anchieta Highway, and landing on Juntas Provisorias, to head towards

Av. Professor Luiz Ignácio Anhaia Mello by Vila Prudente. From there on, it is a straight run.

One the way over, under the excuse that route is severely clogged, he detours through the Zoo by Agua Funda. She is spooked, but swayed enough. Around the time he rolls by the Zoo, he stops and pulls a gun.

It turns out he borrowed the ride that day, logged in through his acquaintance, but was not licensed to be an Ubber Driver.

The defeated Taxicab Driver found out, after she called him from the police precint, USD 7,000 lighter, missing the flight. and needing a ride home from where she was stranded.

A R$ 30,00 savings turned out to be a R$ 35,000 ride.

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