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So just used Uber for first time.
Left the football in Subi and needed to get to Leedy station.
Used the app. Job accepted immediately and flashed up the drivers name, car and reg number and also showed a gps of where I was and where the driver was.
He took 5 minutes getting to me when it should have taken 2 but small delay.
He arrived, got in, car was clean (Ford Fiesta, brand new) drove as if I would and just got on with it. Air con was on, radio was on decent station. Easy.
Got to the other end, just got out and that's it. No mucking about with eftpos, no feeing guilty for a small fair.
3 mins later got a receipt.
$6 for a normal $10-12 fair.
Brilliant and would use again.
Left the football in Subi and needed to get to Leedy station.
Used the app. Job accepted immediately and flashed up the drivers name, car and reg number and also showed a gps of where I was and where the driver was.
He took 5 minutes getting to me when it should have taken 2 but small delay.
He arrived, got in, car was clean (Ford Fiesta, brand new) drove as if I would and just got on with it. Air con was on, radio was on decent station. Easy.
Got to the other end, just got out and that's it. No mucking about with eftpos, no feeing guilty for a small fair.
3 mins later got a receipt.
$6 for a normal $10-12 fair.
Brilliant and would use again.
P.s I just got this through so make use of it helps (and its pretty good for me 
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Below is your custom Uber invite code. Each friend that signs up with your code will receive A$10 off their first Uber ride. For each person you refer that takes a ride, we'll add A$10 in Uber credit to your account
andrewk2851
)Below is your custom Uber invite code. Each friend that signs up with your code will receive A$10 off their first Uber ride. For each person you refer that takes a ride, we'll add A$10 in Uber credit to your account
andrewk2851
Interesting.
Would it work if booking a ride for someone else? I often use my company credit card to pay for colleagues taxi rides after they've taken a vehilce to shomewhere and then a taxi back to the office. Currently I just give them the card and PIN and they pay the driver. However the Uber savings seem attractive.
Does it give you a fixed price before the driver arrives?
Does it matter that the person with the app and payment card is not the same person taking the ride and is also in a different place?
Would it work if booking a ride for someone else? I often use my company credit card to pay for colleagues taxi rides after they've taken a vehilce to shomewhere and then a taxi back to the office. Currently I just give them the card and PIN and they pay the driver. However the Uber savings seem attractive.
Does it give you a fixed price before the driver arrives?
Does it matter that the person with the app and payment card is not the same person taking the ride and is also in a different place?
200bhp said:
Interesting.
Would it work if booking a ride for someone else? I often use my company credit card to pay for colleagues taxi rides after they've taken a vehilce to shomewhere and then a taxi back to the office. Currently I just give them the card and PIN and they pay the driver. However the Uber savings seem attractive.
Does it give you a fixed price before the driver arrives?
Does it matter that the person with the app and payment card is not the same person taking the ride and is also in a different place?
It wouldn't work. It used GPS, the only way I could see this working is if the original sign-up is with your card and their phone, giving them unlimited Uber at your expense. EDIT: This is incorrect and you can book rides for others by putting in the address./Would it work if booking a ride for someone else? I often use my company credit card to pay for colleagues taxi rides after they've taken a vehilce to shomewhere and then a taxi back to the office. Currently I just give them the card and PIN and they pay the driver. However the Uber savings seem attractive.
Does it give you a fixed price before the driver arrives?
Does it matter that the person with the app and payment card is not the same person taking the ride and is also in a different place?
No you don't get a fixed price, again its GPS and based on time and kms.
PG, I'm surprised at yours, I thought there was an $8 minimum.
FYI the driver doesn't know where you're going even if you enter it, until they arrive to collect you. Some folk think by not putting the destination in they're stopping drivers cherry-picking - the only thing it does is not put it in the driver's phone for directions.
Right, I'm off to do some shopping. I'll go online and see if there's anyone about while I'm at it.
Edited by Google [bot] on Tuesday 7th June 02:49
After using it in Europe (which was great as I didn't need cash, or to speak the language) I've been using it a bit more in Perth.
Half the price of a taxi, quicker from order to collection.
Actually means I've been out in the city drinking with the GF, instead of one of us drinking, and the other driving.
Half the price of a taxi, quicker from order to collection.
Actually means I've been out in the city drinking with the GF, instead of one of us drinking, and the other driving.
ajg31 said:
How does is the route determined? Just a to from location entered when asking for a lift? Thinking of doing this a few evenings a week when bored and wondered how good their navigation was. Wondered if the app was clever enough to avoid traffic and road works.
I assume they would have something like Waze rather than an Uber created app for navigation as I used to see them with 2 phones in London.I would not be without Waze when driving in London ever again, its simply awesome and navigates realtime based upon other users feed back of roads nearby, you can modify it to ignore hotspots that are brought up, if you decide to avoid said hotspot it will recalc the route in seconds.
https://www.waze.com
However I would warn you to have a spare battery or phone charger as it sucks the life out of your battery.
ajg31 said:
How does is the route determined? Just a to from location entered when asking for a lift? Thinking of doing this a few evenings a week when bored and wondered how good their navigation was. Wondered if the app was clever enough to avoid traffic and road works.
I think it's just Google Maps, so no traffic stuff. No reason you couldn't have your own GPS thing as well, as long as the Uber app is running too.Also some passengers don't put the destination in. I guess thinking in terms of cabs and stopping cherry-picking - waste of time as the driver doesn't know the destination until pick-up.
Thanks for the info.
Not sure about other states or territories, but pretty sure SA banned the use of mobile phones as navigation devices. Not heard of anyone getting done for it though. Also noticed when looking for insurance recently that some companies are offering free Uber cover.
Not sure about other states or territories, but pretty sure SA banned the use of mobile phones as navigation devices. Not heard of anyone getting done for it though. Also noticed when looking for insurance recently that some companies are offering free Uber cover.
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