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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday September 20 2017, @03:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the always-read-the-fine-print dept.

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Uber is fighting a proposed class-action lawsuit that says it secretly over charges riders and under pays drivers. In its defense, the ride-hailing service claims that nobody is being defrauded in its "upfront" rider fare pricing model.

The fares charged to riders don't have to match up with the fares paid to drivers, Uber said, because that's what a driver's "agreement" allows.

"Plaintiff's allegations are premised on the notion that, once Uber implemented Upfront Pricing for riders, it was required under the terms of the Agreement to change how the Fare was calculated for Drivers," Uber said (PDF) in a recent court filing seeking to have the class-action tossed. "This conclusion rests on a misinterpretation of the Agreement."

The suit claims that, when a rider uses Uber's app to hail a ride, the fare the app immediately shows the passenger is based on a slower and longer route compared to the one displayed to the driver. The rider pays the higher fee, and the driver's commission is paid from the cheaper, faster route, according to the lawsuit.

Uber claims the disparity between rider and driver fares "was hardly a secret."

"Drivers," Uber told a federal judge, "could have simply asked a User how much he or she paid for the trip to learn of any discrepancy."

Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/uber-driver-pay-plan-puts-a-significant-risk-on-ride-hailing-service/


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 20 2017, @04:56PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 20 2017, @04:56PM (#570706) Journal

    "I imagine most riders would rather think everything's fine between the driver and Uber."

    Yeah, and I imagine that dragons and unicorns live all over the earth.

    Don't you think that "most riders" have to work for a living? And, most of those riders are well aware that management is out to screw the working man, as often as not?

    Now, back to dragons and unicorns - why can't I find them living anywhere near my home? Is it because of pollution? Lack of living space? Noisy kids? Maybe light pollution - they probably have a hard time sleeping with all the lights burning every night!

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by frojack on Wednesday September 20 2017, @05:32PM

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday September 20 2017, @05:32PM (#570729) Journal

    why can't I find them living anywhere near my home?

    Because nobody audited your neighborhood development plat.

    The developer was specifically required to provide a unicorn herd.
    Instead he sold them to Disney, and pocketed the money.

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