UBER Drivers Continue to ARTIFICIALLY INCREASE Fares

UBER. The old problem with the manipulation of fares does not seem to have disappeared for the ridesharing platform, and this is because the drivers continue to artificially increase the prices for the customers who use the company's services. We are talking about an old problem, which has been discussed before, and which is now coming back to the attention of the whole world, after several UBER drivers from the USA admitted that they generate artificial price increases for the trips made in American cities.

UBER. It all started with incidents reported by customers at an airport in the US, with ridesharing platform drivers manipulating prices in such a way that the company was forced to publicly deny the fact that there was a problem. After this happened, UBER drivers from various other US cities admitted that they have a habit of collaborating to artificially increase the prices of rides requested by customers through the ridesharing platform.

UBER Drivers Continue to ARTIFICIALLY INCREASE Fares

UBER. The price manipulation method is the classic one, drivers simultaneously closing the application through which they take the rides, and reopening it a few minutes later, creating "surge pricing". For those of you who don't know what this means, well it's about price increases when demand exceeds the number of available cars, drivers leaving the platform at the same time to create the impression that there are not enough cars available for customer requests, and when they are active again, they take more money.

"Drivers manipulate the fares by turning off their rideshare apps at the same time. Then, when they turn the app back on, the drivers all get a surge. The Uber drivers showed ABC7 just how fast they can spike the fare by $10 or $20. Now, other rideshare drivers nationwide are not liking that their secret is getting out. Many of the drivers told ABC7 they don't want to do the artificial surge, but they feel forced to do it after three years of pay cuts. After expenses, many of the drivers say they are making only $5 or $6."

UBER. Prices for rides increase by 10-20 dollars per ride, which is a lot considering that it can be as much as 50% of the total price of the ride that the client initially wanted to do. The problem is so old that it is unlikely that any UBER driver does not know about it, and it cannot really be solved, but in order to work it is necessary for the drivers to know each other, and to coordinate in order to generate the increase of prices.

UBER. The drivers justify their actions by the fact that they end up earning very little money for the rides they do, but of course that does not justify the fact that they cheat the customers they transport.