Uber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: ‘Oh my God. Wow.’::undefined

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Went to a concert at an arena about 3 miles from my house, to get there was about eight bucks to go home was 60.

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Yep. Went to Disneyland a year ago and the trip there was very affordable. The trip home was 3-4x higher since it was closing time.

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I mean that’s how the market works isn’t it? It’s the best way to attract more drivers to those sort of locations.

That said public transport should be in place for situations like this so we don’t have 50 cars leaving but 1 bus instead…

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It’s almost like we should regulate the industry to ensure that no one party in the deal is abusing the other. Taxis are regulated and can’t charge surge rates for a reason, when you are stuck somewhere and there are only a couple options to choose it isn’t a balanced market and therefore needs the state to ensure fairness

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Seems like they didn’t have any problem getting drivers to take them there when the fares were lower either.

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Why didn’t you walk?

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