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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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Arizona
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Uber is nothing more than a scam. American Corporate Greed at it's Finest! Trust me I know... I drive for Uber! They say that Uber pricing "surges" (increases up to 10 times) based on supply (number of cars) and demand (number of request). I can tell you it's all BS! Uber raises prices when... it wants to! Doubt me? Take out your rider app... look at a area that is surging and see how many cars are in the area... now watch as more cars show up and maybe at best a small percentage of drivers get riders. I've literally seen Uber raise price up to 4.8 times normal rate and saw one out of ten drivers in the surge area get a ride. It's all BS and I have over 2,000 screenshots to prove it! Rider and driver apps!

Date of experience: November 29, 2015
New York
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Uber's instructions for a ride are deficient. There is no destination bar under the pickup bar. There are no instructions how to cancel a ride. There is NO PHONE Contact info. How can you order if there is no way to insert the address of your destination. I want to cancel this whole arrangement but there is no way to do that. Do not charge my credit card. When I am able I will appear at your headquarters in Boston in person. I the meantime I will relay my experience to Cambridge MA authorities.

Barbara Anthony, former Undersecretary of Consumer Affairs - MA

Date of experience: November 27, 2015
Florida
11 reviews
21 helpful votes
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What a waste
November 27, 2015

The meager savings you get are not worth the hassle of trying to use this stupid system.
Take a real cab or shuttle.

Date of experience: November 27, 2015
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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It is a scam
November 26, 2015

Thay will try to suck u in with a little cheap rates thin one waaaam got charged 1000 dollars for the same ride beware of this app

Date of experience: November 26, 2015
Virginia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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WARNING, WARNING, WARNING
November 23, 2015

SI USTED QUIERE, QUIERE SENTIRSE HUMILLADO, QUIERE ACABAR SU CARRO ponerle millas, llantas combustible, y danos en general Y NO SER RESPALDADO POR UNA EMPRESA A LA CUAL LE ENTREGAS TODO... ENTONCES REGALATE A UBER, el poco dinero que te queda luego de trabajar mucho y poner todo para esta empresa, te quieren sacar dinero para que recibas clases dictadas por choferes, esta empresa no cuenta ni con servicio de costumer services. PIENSALO DOS VECES ANTES DE REGALAR TODO HASTA TUPERSONA A UNA EMPRESA QUE ESTA HACIENDO DINERO CON LA NESECIDAD DE TRABAJAR DE MUCHAS PERSONAS QUE ENTREGAN TODO CONVENCIDOS DE QUE SERAN GRATIFICADOS...

Date of experience: November 23, 2015
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Won't use Uber again
November 22, 2015

Yesterday was the first and last time I use Uber.
Our first driver kept asking us where to go even though he had his gps telling him where to go. Our second driver last night could not find us and kept telling me that I gave him a wrong address when in fact he too could not use gps as well. After 20 min of directing him to us we finally began the trip home. Again we had to direct him all the way because he could not read his gps. WOW! Then came the charge... more than double what we paid for the first ride. Nothing I hate more than having to pay someone to do their job. Good riddens to Uber!

Date of experience: November 21, 2015
New Jersey
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Long distance
November 21, 2015

Do not use Uber for long distance, they are totally over rated, I believe the drivers understand time is a portion of the rate, not going to say they slowed down, but it sure look like. You could take a ride in a Limo from the airport, I dare say it will cost $180.00 I cancelled my account and the customer service people does not know the difference between a complaint and a request. Cab folks in Chicago you probably have nothing to worry about, this may be just a flash. Service will win out.

Date of experience: November 21, 2015
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bad experiences with uber
November 23, 2015

Uber started become like taxi cap services. I'm an ex uber driver and passenger. I left Uber due to unprofessional how the uber company operates. Now. I join lyft as a driver
And passenger. I'm happy with lyft even though lyft takes little more time
To get customers and sometime rides
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Date of experience: November 21, 2015
Virginia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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We had a need to move a driver from our lot to the shop to bring buses back (after repair). It seemed feasible to use Uber so noone had to drive the driver back and forth and waste time. First time we use Uber, we were charged $19 for 6 miles distance (18 minutes drive). Next time we were charged $15 for same mileage, same time. Third time we were charged $36 for the same distance same time of travel. We reached out to Uber to find out why and their reply was because a BLACK car showed up. We had no idea about the scam they are running. They sent a black car and doubled the price when we all needed was the cheapest ride from point A to point B. This company is a rip off/scammer. We will never use their services again and we do not recommend them either. It would have been cheaper to just take a taxi for such close distance.

Date of experience: November 16, 2015
California
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Stay away
November 14, 2015

Get $50 in ride credits from Lyft for those that need to get to voting stations in any city. No excuse not to be able to get to voting stations. https://www.lyft.com/invited/1WORLD

Date of experience: November 14, 2015
Florida
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Terrible Experience
November 12, 2015

I used UBER to take me from MIA to my home in Miami Beach, the car took 35 mins to arrive to the terminal.

The driver that showed up was probably around 21, dressed in shorts, sandals and reeked of marijuana (did not smell it until a few minutes into ride - he had sprayed something in the car just before we got in), he got lost even though he was using a mapping APP and I was directing him.

The car he was driving was a Chrysler 300, it had huge ghetto rims, I was seriously mortified being dropped off at my house. The car also had a huge speaker in the trunk, thank God I only had a small case otherwise it would not have fit and I would have needed to call a regular cab.

I will not use them again, I did not feel safe and it was just a few bucks cheaper than a regular cab or car service.

Date of experience: November 12, 2015
Louisiana
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Seriously a Scam
November 12, 2015

Uber was wonderful when it entered the market offering an option to the not so exciting cab rides in our city. But since its arrival so many things have become apparent regarding their scam!

Cabbies are using this as their sole income- I've heard of maybe 1 successful uber driver who stayed longer than 6 months and wasn't doing it part time.

Cabbies never surge charged (though if Uber fails this may be a unwanted result to even the playing field between the two)- unfortunately there were enough cabbies that did stupid things but many are not trying to scam you- especially now that competition has put them back where they need to be.

Most reputable cab companies have strict vehicle regulations- I haven't meet many share riding drivers who even know how to change their own oil- and I'm hoping into their "maintained vehicle."

Take a risk where you want. Saving a buck per mile isn't worth hoping into some strangers seat whose company is not held responsible for their actions as it has so frequently flaunted.

Date of experience: November 12, 2015
Australia
1 review
13 helpful votes
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UBER Warning!
BE WARNED! UNAUTHORISED CHARGE TO CREDIT CARD! We did a quote for a trip in Brisbane $35! When we booked they ADDED $50 EXTRA to the bill without advising us. The charge just went straight to our Credit Card. So a $35 trip was charged at $95... $45 for the trip (higher than quoted) $50 surge charge. NO phone number to call so we emailed them and they said SORRY NO REFUND! They can charge anything they want to your credit card. They call it a SUrge Charge... a charge they can add when they are busy. They say they tell you but the drive avoided the question when asked what the cost would be... Its such a pity as it would be an awesome service but you cant be sure what they will charge. JUSt BE WARNED!

Date of experience: November 9, 2015
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Exceeded Expectations
November 8, 2015

Definitely the best ground transportation service in Arizona! Tonight, I requested a pick up to and and a return from an Arizona Coyote game. Both drivers, Thomas and Daniel arrived within 5 minutes of my requests. Thomas picked me up in Scottsdale and brought me to the Arena and Daniel drove me back to Scottsdale.

Both drivers were extremely professional and polite. Their cars were very clean. All around, this was an excellent experience. The best part of all was the price, as I have taken many cabs and I believe Uber is by far the best priced company for what you get. Also, I did not smell like a cab when I exited their vehicles.

I will never use another company for a local ride.

Just wanted to say thank you for your great service and nice drivers!

Date of experience: November 7, 2015
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I waited 40 mins and no taxi, I had to get another but uber still charged me for a ride never took. They are thieves

Date of experience: November 7, 2015
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Look out!
November 7, 2015

Drivers have hidden cameras that they use for their own personal gains and you might end up on worldstar or YouTube for making some silly comment that you made while you were drunk. Sucky company for drivers too.

Date of experience: November 7, 2015
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Here are issues not all know the average pay for a driver who drives 600 miles a week is less then you think works out to be $400.00 a week after taxes insurance fuel net is $85.00 a week Break down the price for a trip of 4 miles safe ride fee $1.75 to uber provides nothing for the driver trip is $4.00-$1.75-20%= $2.40 to the driver so stop complaining and start hearing. The Driver app does not work for a tech company there not very smart. Learn

Date of experience: November 6, 2015
Washington
1 review
7 helpful votes
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$579 for an SUV to take us 20 minutes down the road. Find alternate transportation! Not to mention their customer service is the worst customer service I have seen in a "customer service based" company! WHAT A JOKE!

Date of experience: November 5, 2015
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I had a very unsatisfactory experience attempting to connect with an uberX driver in downtown Boston yesterday. Frustrated and mad, I called the driver and cancelled. A cancellation fee showed up. I explained my complaint about the fee in writing on line to Uber and received an astonishingly prompt Uber response to my satisfaction. I appreciate the response and expect to remain a frequent user.

Date of experience: November 5, 2015
Illinois
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Uber won't pick me up
November 4, 2015

I tried to use the Uber app to schedule a pickup at the EWR Marriott hotel in NJ. The app REFUSED to pick me up at the hotel and wanted me to hike all the way to the terminal for a pickup. Why bother with Uber; I can just get the hotel to call a taxi that will pick me up at the door.

Date of experience: November 3, 2015