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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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value
393
shipping
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returns
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quality
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Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Fake Uber Drivers
October 13, 2015

Filed with the police. (This company needs to check and make sure there employees are legit)

I was using Uber for the first time and I thought I was in an Uber vehicle. (They had an uber sign in the window)

The driver told me I could only use cash and he gave me a receipt from northside executive LLC

$225 to go from The airport to a hotel 11 miles away.

Be careful

Date of experience: October 13, 2015
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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In the past two weeks, I used Uber twice for one way riding same distance. The price for first time $12.00 and the second time was charged for $54.00. Next time, I rather take taxi with meter and know what you will pay for. Uber should have price quoting before pick up.
Reg.is needed to review their fare practice.

Date of experience: October 12, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Ripping drivers off
October 13, 2015

Uber went from 5% commission - 25% and now they have raised the safety fee to $1 60 per ride. So all in all if you done about $100 worth of work with Uber you are looking at about 60 bucks.

Date of experience: October 12, 2015
Mississippi
1 review
22 helpful votes
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Uber customer service is non existent. They respond with generic responses that you, ve already heard before, word for word. They let the passengers rate you when they are mad about the surge pricing and when you email them about your rating dropping, they send generic responses about the passengers privacy and not being able to disclose ratings and how the rating system is based off your last 500 rides so 1 rating shouldn't hurt you. Yeah fuk you Uber Customer Non Service. Oh and ps, I WILL NOT BE RETURNING ANY MORE LEFT BEHIND CELL PHONES OR WALLETS OR KEYS. Done it 3 times and didn't get a thank you nor compensation from Uber for going out my way to bring the rider their stuff back or for being honest.

Date of experience: October 11, 2015
Texas
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I'm visiting NYC and was attempting to get the attention of a taxi driver, and a black Lincoln Continental pulls up with a sheet taped to the right window "UBER". The driver said he could take me the 1.5 miles to my destination. I told him I'm not signed up with UBER but heard the rates are better than a taxi. After getting to my destination he told me the charge was $45 plus a tip and I said you've got to be kidding. I asked him to show me how he came up with that and he said he does this everyday and knows the rates. He refused to provide a fare estimate and said the fare was based on what he normally charge. I told him I think his practice is illegal and he started to use profanity towards me while speaking very loud and threatened to call NYC when I asked for the fare estimate.

I told my friends about the experience after meeting them and they said the driver isn't supposed to take cash for fares because they get paid through the company. Needless to say I'm extremely upset and will never ever trust this UBER invention again. However I do hope to see the car again and the middle eastern driver. In addition, I'm going to file a report with the Attorney General, BBB and other regulatory agencies.

Date of experience: October 11, 2015
California
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Used Uber to go 12 miles, simple route from my home to office. I was quoted 12.00 on the application I downloaded.
First driver shows up 10 minutes late, wants to cancel on me because he is going in other direction. OTHER DIRECTION.? I thought they were a cab service. Second driver shows up. He is driving a beat up, disgustingly smelly Nissan Sentra. I'd have sworn he sleeps in the car. He speaks zero English, drives horrible. He blew through two stop signs at which point I said, "stop the car". I got out, hailed a regular cab. At my office I read that I am charged $37.45 for the 5 mile, horrible Uber trip.
I call their office and speak to a young man named Eric, who tells me I experienced "surge" pricing. So let me get this straight. You go on the ap, get a price of $12 and then because of some Uber formula, they quadruple the rate? FRAUD.
Unfortunately for Uber, I am an attorney that practices in the field of securities and corporate fraud. I will be on the phone this Monday with my contacts at state and federal levels. This company is a fraud, CONSUMER BEWARE.

Date of experience: October 10, 2015
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I got a 7 mile ride. They charged me £32. In the past 15 yrs the most I have ever paid is £12.

The guys are modern day criminals.

Date of experience: October 10, 2015
Michigan
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Don't drive for Uber
October 10, 2015

I was a driver for them and a rider made a report i was'nt her driver and IT wasn't my vehicle so Uber cancelled allowing me to drive driving Now how is this Possiable Im not me and I was'nt driving my own vehicle which is Listed with Uber My room mate also signed up to drive and I had ask Uber in the very beginning if they could just add my room mate to my account since we both drive the same vehicles in which as I said Uber has them Both listed and Uber told me NO but their terms state differently Uber has NO RESPECT for their Drivers all they care about is the riders Because thats where Uber makes their money, on top of it all I've had riders Grab me Curse me out and not once did I give them a bad rateing I tryed my hardest to make each and every trip good but you can not make every one happy especially the drunk Rude ones!

Date of experience: October 9, 2015
India
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worst day of my life.
October 4, 2015

I had booked a uber cab and than i had received a call from driver. After comfomation i wait one houor for cab but there is not even a sigal response. When i call back Nobody was picking my call. I will never take uber cab in my life.

Date of experience: October 4, 2015
Canada
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Ripoff
October 4, 2015

I used uber for the first time last night and was quoted $41 it was going to cost me and when I got home and the driver showed me how much it cost and it was $116. The driver could not believe it and neither could I. Been fighting with uber back and forth over email. I just want to talk to someone and not this email $#*!. NEVER TAKE UBER

Date of experience: October 4, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Uber sucks
October 1, 2015

So the uber estimate said that it should cost me no more then $4. Well I went 1.94 of a mile an the lady charged me 4.85$ 85 cents more then the intended price. I went 2.2 miles an back for 4$ just a week ago. This is preposterous for 4.85$ I could have just Walked or taken the bus an it be cheaper to go to an from my location. They ripped me off I will never do uber again

Date of experience: October 1, 2015
California
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Full Of Crap!
September 30, 2015

I Live in Los Angeles, CA and used Uber for the very first time on September 11,2015 The Uber App didn't allow me to place my promo code, which I was told by family, and friends that it was ok since MY First Uber Ride Will Be Free! Wrong... I requested a ride to the Forum in Inglewood, I live in South Pasadena which is about 19 miles... My Uber Driver exited off the fwy on one of the busiest streets, during the busiest times on a Friday... I requested to be dropped off, not inside the Forum Parking Lot but in the street since I only had 10 minutes to walk across the parking lot, go through security, and find my seats... Uber charged me $121.00 for one long $#*! ride, ahhh what happened to Your First Ride Is Free... After the concert I again request Uber... Same route it cost me $16 to get home, Yes SIXTEEN DOLLARS... Next day got in touch with a rep told her my situation, she informed me that it will take a couple of days for someone to get back to me... That was on September the 12th Here I am on September 30th waiting for someone to get back to me. Yet on a Daily Basis Uber will text me to become an Uber Driver, Really? - 0 Stars

Date of experience: September 30, 2015
North Carolina
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Specifically Atl location
September 30, 2015

Will absolutely never ever use Uber in any area in or around Atlanta. Had a horrible experience with price gouging and for some strange reason 0 out of 15 drivers couldn't take a CC. Hmmm... that's BS! Was stuck in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night for Tomorrowworld and all the Uber drivers were trying to get about 200-300 for 2 people. Thought taxi cabs were $#*!s but way to go uber... you def surpassed that!

Date of experience: September 29, 2015
North Carolina
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Sucky company
September 29, 2015

Take too much for fees and they let drunks rate you. Had a dumb $#*! give me bad ratings now I could lose my job. Really Uber give me break. Just throw me in front of a firing squad. Give drunks the opportunity to rate some one.

Date of experience: September 29, 2015
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Just started using Uber during a trip to Seattle this Summer. During that trip, had a chance to use Uber about a dozen different times. Then a half dozen trips in Portland, Oregon. Just got back from a trip to New York, where I used Uber extensively, as well as a few rides on a "Yellow" cab. In every case, Uber was extremely convenient. The vehicles were always on the new side, clean and comfortable. The drivers were prompt, helpful (provided us with walking directions, information on places to check out, and warnings about areas that were "sketchy," etc). Because your ride is paid for automatically via the app, there is never any fumbling with cash, credit card reader systems, etc. Just get to your destination and go.

The iPhone app is a breeze to set up and use. It allows you to chose the type and size of vehicle you need, lets you know how long you will have to wait for your ride, and gives real-time location updates on the Uber you have requested. It also gives you the name and customer ratings of your driver before you book the ride, notifies you as soon as your Uber arrives to pick you up, and allows you to contact your driver via cell if there are any issues. You are always asked to rate your last driver before you can book a new ride, which assures that Uber has extensive customer feedback, but can slow things down a bit if you are trying to book your next ride in a hurry.

Our experience using "Yellow" cabs in many cities has not been great. By and large, have always experienced long wait times when booking a cab by phone. The standard seems to be "your cab will be there in 15 to 45 minutes." Usually, this works out to be 30 minutes plus. Have also had issues with cabbies not wanting to do business with me when my ride is only a couple of miles or less. In one case, had a cabbie whose car wouldn't start until AFTER we had gotten out of his car and jumped into another cab. The cabs always seem to be "vintage" - at least five years old - poorly maintained and on the gritty side. Our last experience with a cab ride was from La Guardia to New York's financial district. It was like the Long Beach Grand Prix meets destruction derby. Lots of jackrabbit starts, swerving in and out of traffic at high speed, slamming on brakes - all in a car that hadn't seen new shock absorbers in about a decade. My wife and I were both motion sick, but were too freaked out by our fast and furious driver to try fixing our eyes on the horizon.

All-in-all, I am sold on Uber. Highly recommend it, and personally will never use a "cab" again unless I am forced to.

Date of experience: September 27, 2015
Texas
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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In Dallas for a visit with our son, who is a student at SMU. Great Uber ride to dinner, but return from dinner a nightmare. Had two Uber trips cancel and bill me for no show, while we were waiting and with no contact from driver. Will clearly contest no show charge - finally got home with an Uber direct "off the record" as she felt sorry for the problems we'd had. Am no longer the raving fan I was - and if it happens again will give uber up for Lyft or taxis

Date of experience: September 26, 2015
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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The driver was drunk
September 26, 2015

Look out for an older gentleman in the Palm Desert area named Robert in a white nissan versa

Date of experience: September 25, 2015
California
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Price gaugers
September 20, 2015

They charged $180 for a pickup of less than 20 miles. Exorbitant cost. Estimated cost prior to pick up at $80 and charged $180. NEVER AGAIN

Date of experience: September 20, 2015
New York
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Uber drivers are amazing. However, uber as a company not so much. The app rarely gets my location correct, the spotify collaboration... doesn't work, the gps on the app sends drivers the round about way. It. Sucks. Uber I once thought you were great. Now I think... Get your $#*! together.

Date of experience: September 19, 2015
Georgia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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HORRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT!
September 19, 2015

I WAS ENVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT WITH AN UBER DRIVER TOTALED MY CAR I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH THERE INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE LAST WEEK AND THEY REFUSE TO GET ME A RENTAL CAR SAYING THAT SHOULD PAY FOR IT THEN THEY WILL REIMBURSE ME THATS BS I DID NOT ADD A RENTAL CAR INTO MY BUDGET NOW I AM STUCK IN THE HOUSE WITH NO TRANSPORTATION NOT TO MENTION MY HAND IS FRACTURED! I HAVE USED UBER AM I AM DISQGUSTED HOW THEY TREAT THE PPL THEY CAUSE INJURY TO

Date of experience: September 19, 2015