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Originally Posted by David (Post 10614675)

I think you can call the driver which I would do in this situation.

You can call the driver when they are on their way. But once the app thinks you're in the car that option goes away.

Wouldn't the app know you're not in the car? It does use your GPS...

I wonder if the person that took your Uber ride even know they were in the wrong car. The fault is probably with the GPS that Uber uses.

I've had similar experiences in a less serious way with Noah's Bagels. Some dick head picks up my order and takes off with it. There's probably some sloppy mistakes and I think there's some genuine food theft. Annoying to find out minutes later that your order is gone and has to be remade. Now I place my orders with my last name instead and that seems to cut down on the problem a lot.

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Originally Posted by TimT (Post 10614866)

Yes you can do that..I'm sure if you check the app and saw the status of the ride, you could call and mention its not you in the car... We actually had an Uber driver call us once, because my GF had her cat as her avatar... the driver said cute cat, but who are you?...

I use Uber a lot when I'm in NYC, and have in San Diego, Philly and a few other places,its really convenient and at a lesser cost than car service or taxi..

Really? The level of snobbery knows no bounds on Pelican.....

I work with a young man..who is in the Masters program at Colombia University for Mechanical Engineering.

He drives for Uber and Lyft between classes on weekends, when he isn't helping in his parents Shwarma stand, or working part time for NYSDOT...

He is a very smart driven young man..

And of course being a sample of one..

In the many ride shares I've used every "independent operator" has been, a clean car, and a driver that was at least semi-engaging

So far, every Uber ride that I've taken (10-15) has been better than any taxi that I ever remember taking. THere's been a couple that weren't great, one was a woman with too much perfume. I think one guy had a little BO, not horrible, but not great either.

I've had several that were really good, whether they just drove me to where I was going with minimal chit chat in a clean vehicle or they were actually chatty. I've had a couple of old retired guys that were great. I've had a young kid that was super chatty but interesting and good, and several others that just got me where I needed to be in a clean car.

I don't remember having any bad experiences.

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Originally Posted by wildthing (Post 10615098)

Wouldn't the app know you're not in the car? It does use your GPS...

I assume it does, and maybe why my refund request was initially denied since we took the same route to the same place but in a Lyft.

The driver should be notified if their location and the customers don't match while the ride is in progress.