Uber Surge Pricing on New Year's Eve Ignites Social Media Maelstrom
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/Uber-Surge-Pricing-on-New-Years-Eve-Sparks-Social-Media-Maelstorm-364005661.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_BAYBrand
Disgruntled Uber customers lashed out on social media Friday
after being hit with what they believe are exceptionally high
rates on New Year's Eve, with some users claiming that surge
pricing, as it is called, benefits from people trying to drink
and get home responsibly ... However, in some places, New
Year's Eve surge pricing led to rates nine times the normal
price - and customers were not pleased ... One Facebook user
even went so far as to call the company the "the Martin Shkreli
of taxi services." Shkreli - who has been arrested for
securities fraud - has been widely criticized for his decision
to charge $750 for a tablet that AIDS patients rely on and
previously paid $13.50 for.
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Yes, it's price gouging. Period.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
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