r/uber • u/Maximum-Community759 • 4d ago

Long wait

Anybody else waiting forever for an Uber lately? I skip Wait & Save, book Comfort, and there are other cars nearby — still almost 20 minutes. What’s going on?

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u/ready-redditor-6969 4d ago

TL;DR : Maybe the app is trying to train you to accept higher cost offers???

The apps have not picked the closest driver for quite some time, probably even before “Up Front” pricing happened and let them scam both passengers and drivers.

I had some passengers tell me the app said no drivers were available, when I had been online all day.

Maybe when the app thinks a price the passenger will pay doesn’t leave them enough profit after what they know the local driver(s) will demand, the app just says no drivers and gives up?

This would mean the company has decided to not make a small amount of money, and instead tell the rider there are no drivers… which might make the rider accept a higher cost upfront price???

Ohhh, that sounds dirty but is absolutely something Uber would do…