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Uber Reviews Summary

Uber's reputation is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily stemming from a perceived lack of reliable customer service and transparency in pricing. Many customers express frustration over unexpected charges, inadequate support during issues, and poor communication from drivers and the company itself. Positive feedback is scarce, with some drivers noting satisfactory earnings and enjoyable interactions with passengers. However, the overwhelming sentiment highlights a need for improved customer care and accountability, as many users report feeling abandoned and undervalued, leading to a growing trend of customers seeking alternatives to Uber's services.

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New Jersey
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Driver never showed and had the audacity to charge me for the full ride. I paid for it, was left with no ride and super late for my event. I finally called a cab - yes a CAB which showed up, more than I can say for MARIO, Jersey City driver from hell. If you see Mario as your ride, cancel it asap. He charged me 100%, for a ride I never took. Never saw him, ever. Uber refused to credit my account, after 4 requests. So here is how they do business: Charge you whatever they want, and never even have to pick you up or be accountable for leaving you stranded. I WILL NEVER USE UBER AGAIN! By the way, how about common courtesy for a customer who was been a loyal passenger for years, this is how they treat people. BE warned, until you face it, you won't believe it. NO CUSTOMER SERVICE whatsover. I boycott Uber and will pass the word along as many times as I can

Date of experience: April 21, 2017
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Thief
April 21, 2017

This annoying uber company keeps charging my account for trips i didnt book. They charge a non existing trip when all my family members were at home over the weekend. When nobody went anywhere, they came up with a trip charge. It was very annoying there is nobody to complain to. I was charged for a trip when I wasn't in the country for heaven sake. Many charges on my account to Uber company are pretty questionable. Once your bank details are loaded, you can't delete, this means they have access to your money anytime. Uber is a fraudulent company, I will continue to seek for justice until I see it.

Date of experience: April 21, 2017
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I waited for almost 1 hour, every time I looked the app kept giving different time updates so I waited since it was rush hour after all in Atlanta. After 1 hour I contacted the driver and he claimed to not have any record of my request and that he had already picked someone else. He kept putting me on hold and told me to take up with Uber. I will NOT use this company again, the app has been removed from my phone!

Date of experience: April 20, 2017
Germany
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I referred a friend to Uber and got a free ride. I made a ride and my free ride didn't work. When I asked Uber to reimburse me they said they'd block my account for some violation they couldn't explain. I asked questions and tried to clarify the case, and they sent me 5 (!) absolutely similar emails with NO answer to any of my questions. So this is how Uber support works and this is what you get for referring friends.

Date of experience: April 19, 2017
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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They charging unfair money for the trips! I had 3 miles trip which is about 15 minutes and they charged me £15.41 pounds! When they showing how much would cost your trip on the app, it was from £5 to £7 pounds, but they charged £15.41! Liars and thieves!

Date of experience: April 19, 2017
Sweden
1 review
2 helpful votes
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App was showing me cab is 5 minutes away. By the time I come down from my building and reach my society gate. The cab was there but drive didn't allow me to seat. He said I have cancelled ur ride. He didn't even call me before canceling it. It was quite rude. Never expected such kind of experience with uber.

Date of experience: April 19, 2017
India
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Fek offers
April 18, 2017

I am using uber for more than a year
Never got disappointed...
Now uber is offering me 25% off, 75% off that is totally fek! I never got discounts...
I have used lots of coupons by inviting my frds with my promo code
But now! While I enter my promo code. Uber says invalid... Though I can book a cab but not getting promotion benefits and the fek summer offers..

Date of experience: April 18, 2017
Minnesota
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Why the driver have to give to Uber personal information of private bank account, l my sure they don't give company bank account information

Date of experience: April 18, 2017
Arizona
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Sucks
April 17, 2017

I will no longer use uber tried 4 times today 4 times to request ride it kept telling me to confirm my payment which it did 5 count them 5times EXTREMELY UNPROFESSIONAL GIVE DRIVER STUPID DIRECTION AS a company menat to serve the people IT DOES JUST THE OPPOSITE WHILE CABS A MORE EXPESIVE THEY DO NOT ON a daily basis screw up like uber does

Date of experience: April 16, 2017
California
6 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Uber has wonderful drivers who speak English fluently, they're always around so I don't have to wait long and I've never been in a car that wasn't sparkling clean.

Date of experience: April 14, 2017
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Uber in saudi arabia
April 14, 2017

I book hotel to airport. I booked for 48sar and finally it costs 84sar when I received the email. This is more expensive than a normal cab. This is more expensive than the official cab which I took when I did the single trip from airport to hotel. Uber, you messed up, you start to be like Ryan Air!

Date of experience: April 14, 2017
Nevada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Do not use
April 10, 2017

Requestrd a Uber lift in Santa Monica via their app and waitrd outside Hotel. No driver to be seen. Driver cancelled and chargeme 5 dollars via PayPal. A scam!

Date of experience: April 9, 2017
Massachusetts
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I am in Boston on business. Today, I send for Uber to pick me up after lunch at Roxy's Grilled Cheese. The first driver, accepts then 2 minutes later he cancels. The 2nd guy drives right past the restaurant. I text him to tell him he just passed by, then he cancels. The 3rd person, I text to tell her in advance that I am standing in front of Roxy's Grill. She calls and says she's there. I tell her she'e not because I'm standing outside the door (in the cold rain this whole time mind you). She says okay she'll be right there and cancels. I go back in the restaurant to tell the guy behind the counter what's going on. Recommends that I walk down to Walgreens and get Uber from there which I do after being very frustrated. Finally, someone by named Moses arrive. I tell him the story and he's very apologetic. I get back to my hotel and see that I have been charged $5 for each cancellation. I email Uber and informing them of what happened and they are refusing to credit my account. Welcome to Boston!

Date of experience: April 4, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It has happened to me 3 times in a row that I had scheduled a ride and the drivers never showed up.
One driver never showed up called me stating that he missed an exit both times I missed my flight to the airport. You guys have bunch of fags working for you guys can't tech on time Uber is not reliable at all because they are making so much money they don't care about their customers I submitted a complain last time no one responded me don't have any number that you can call they are just app based and have a horrible service! Driver name was NABIN driving TOYOTA VENZA plate# T*******C don't trust this driver charged me money and never gave it back. Very upset about this situation

Date of experience: April 3, 2017
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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We are going on vacation soon and it was suggested by our resort that uber would be less costly than a taxi. I set up an uber account. Because I did not want to store a card number that was attached to my account or use a credit card that has thousands of dollars available to use I purchased a my vanilla visa debit card. I talked to my vanilla and ask them if this would be a card I could use with uber. They assured me of the cards available this card would be the one to use.

I tried several times to set up the uber account using this card and they would not take it. Not only that but the customer service people totally suck at their job. Basically I was told to bad so sad - and at no time did anyone investigate if there was a reason why you can not use this type of card. They just said sometimes they just don't work use a credit card. This type of card is used by many to receive direct deposit of payroll instead of having a checking account. One would think that uber would do some investigation to find out why there is a problem. So if you want to try and protect yourself by using this type of card don't expect uber to try and help figure it out. Worst service I've ever received. Given all the other bad things I've seen in the news lately about uber workers and the CEO this should not surprise me.

Date of experience: April 3, 2017
Massachusetts
1 review
3 helpful votes
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So I recently decided to give this $#*!ty business and app a try. First let me say there is no one to call when you have issues. Anyway, I download my app set up my account and begin to get a driver now first, I use my debit doesn't let me no explanation just unable to use try different payment. Okay credit card. NOPE! Okay create my pay pal. Again unable to use payment try different form of payment. What! Fix your $#*!! I even bought a *******@kng gift card and couldn't use that piece of crap. O and by the by the way all this time had me so damn late because I had to now take the train which if you don't know not all trains on Nj transit stop at the same locations so which an urber 25 min tops with traffic turned into 2 hours and 17 minutes. I had to get a cab which to the train from my place 20$ where the whole urber ride was 13$ then round trip ticket 16$ then another 16 more for cab from train to appt back to train. Did I mention when I got back to train from appt. Yep you guessed had to wait 51 minutes for train then over 25 min on the ride when back to Dover instead of paying for another cab I waited yep 35 more minutes for my girl to pick me up. Thanks Urber could have been dropped off at station in the morning right on time then wouldn't havre been late and after appt got picked up on time from station. But instead of using train was going to take urber because it was the same price. So I say again when your working it's great but it always has some sort of issue and no one to call you suck! Get your broken $#*! together and fix your issues for the future customers because you will need them you just lost one today I give you 2 middle fingers up for your performance!

Date of experience: March 31, 2017
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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No more Uber for me!
March 30, 2017

Called and Uber black car to get my husband and me to DFW airport. The estimate for the premium black car was $91.00 but we decided to go for it this one time. We went the 20 miles from downtown Dallas to DFW in about 40 minutes since it was 7:00 in the morning. When I got settled on our plane I checked my account to see that they had charged me $152.00! I have been going back and forth with them for a week now and all I get is "The fare you were charged is within our estimate for a trip from your pickup location to destination. As a result, the fare was not adjusted." Even though I have told them it was NOT what they estimated, I continued to get the same reply 4 different times. I finally just cancelled my account. There was no other recourse except to now tell my story so someone else won't get ripped off like I was! By the way, the taxi ride back during evening rush hour was $50.00!

Date of experience: March 29, 2017
Nevada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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HONEST DRIVER AT UBER
March 28, 2017

I left my holiday present in the Uber ride and Elaine brought to back to me. Hooray for Uber and Elaine!

Date of experience: March 28, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I received a ride that was 13 miles and took less than 30 minutes. My original estimated coast was $27 the initial charge was $25.
24 hours later, I received an email stating the driver adjusted destination and my fee was adjusted to $160. I disputed the charge stating the original destination was correct. I Provided screen shot of google maps and pick up and drop addresses. After multiple emails back and forth, still no luck of Uber correcting the, what I call a, "fraudulent charge". Customer service is less than desirable to say the least. I have been giving the runaround. I have asked for a contact number to speak with someone live but no such luck. I am now forced to dispute the charge with my credit card company and will being filing a complaint with the better business bureau. I understand mistakes happen but failure to correct mistakes is in enexcusable. Uber not only lost a routine customer today but also gained poor advertisement from a dissatisfied customer. I will warn friends and coworkers against using Uber. To many other options.

Date of experience: March 25, 2017
Nevada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Horrific experience
March 25, 2017

Horrific experience I waited for an Uber driver for 30 minutes stupid me! He kept saying he be there in 2 to 3 minute he never showed up! Uber had a nerve to charge me for the ride I tried to get in contact with customer service they were nothing but rude

Date of experience: March 25, 2017