Uber Report

[TacoHell]

Rawai to Hilton Karon 379THB. Safe Professional Driver, free bottled water for 3 passengers. Camry.

[insertcoins]

Thats pretty good. What was their response time?

[TacoHell]

Thats pretty good. What was their response time?

5 minutes in Rawai, 2 minutes on the return from Karon. Saved 3 Baht on return Fare breakdown below.

฿376.00

Map + to/from

09:33pm

Thanon Patak, Tambon Karon, Amphoe Mueang Phuket, Chang Wat Phuket 83100, Thailand

09:47pm

Rural Road 4009 Phuket, Tambon Rawai, Amphoe Mueang Phuket, Chang Wat Phuket 83100, Thailand

CAR

Uber

KILOMETERS

10.07

TRIP TIME

00:13:52

Fare details

FARE BREAKDOWN

Base Fare

140.00

Distance

201.45

Time

34.67

Subtotal

฿376.12

Rounding Down

-0.12

CHARGED

฿376.00

Edited November 20, 2014 by TacoHell

[Somtamnication]

Wait, what? The mafiosos driving on the island will file defamation charges against Uber and the ICT will block it. This is too good to last and not acceptable.

[stevenl]

Good to hear it's working and reasonable.

[Sharp]

Going to use this service next month hopefully so will others..... Might be the only way to defeat the other scum balls

[eezergood]

wow!! Will give it a shot

[NamKangMan]

Going to use this service next month hopefully so will others..... Might be the only way to defeat the other scum balls

"Might be the only way to defeat the other scum balls" - aren't Uber using existing Phuket "Limo" drivers, but with a negotiated Uber price structure?

[Sharp]

Ok good point, let me rephrase... Scum ball service and attitude....

[NamKangMan]

Ok good point, let me rephrase... Scum ball service and attitude....

I think most would rather a "reprice" - rather than a "rephrase."

Anyway, same "scumball and attitude" - just at an Uber price.

[TacoHell]

Ok good point, let me rephrase... Scum ball service and attitude....

Anyway, same "scumball and attitude" - just at an Uber price.

No it's not. Uber works on customer feedback about each driver. They receive enough negative feedback = They don't work with Uber any longer,

[Sharp]

That's what I thought TH

[NamKangMan]

Ok good point, let me rephrase... Scum ball service and attitude....

Anyway, same "scumball and attitude" - just at an Uber price.

No it's not. Uber works on customer feedback about each driver. They receive enough negative feedback = They don't work with Uber any longer,

Ok, so, we may cull a few Phuket "limo" Uber drivers for bad feedback - so what????

Uber is only using Phuket "limo" drivers - for obvious reasons, well discussed on this forum, many times, and at length. Mostly related to violence against anyone who dare offer an alternative service.

Doesn't matter how much poor feedback Uber gets, the Phuket "limo" drivers are Uber's only option to get into Phuket, and that means, "THE ASSOCIATION" gets their cut, further entrenching their grip on transport here.

It has to stop. There needs to be a free market for transport here, like elsewhere in Thailand.

The Thai Army smashed up the beach enroachment racket - why not the transport racket????

It's not about the driver - it's about the price.

Edited November 21, 2014 by NamKangMan

[Sharp]

I concur HKM...

[Old Croc]

Has anybody costed them for an airport run from the south to get a comparison with the regulars?

[Valentine]

Can you order through Uber to pick you up at the airport?

[stevenl]

Can you order through Uber to pick you up at the airport?

According to earlier media releases you can, yes. But I think the price was the same, if not more expensive, than the other options.

[TacoHell]

Ok good point, let me rephrase... Scum ball service and attitude....

Anyway, same "scumball and attitude" - just at an Uber price.

No it's not. Uber works on customer feedback about each driver. They receive enough negative feedback = They don't work with Uber any longer,

Uber is only using Phuket "limo" drivers - for obvious reasons, well discussed on this forum, many times, and at length. Mostly related to violence against anyone who dare offer an alternative service.

Uber is now recruiting UberX drivers un Phuket. Since you seem to be to inept to do any research https://partners.uber.com/signup/phuket/

[Valentine]

Does anyone know if you can use a debit card with Uber or does it have to be a credit card?

[NamKangMan]

@ TacoHell

This was the article I was referring to in my post.

http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-business/Uber-taps-Phuket-taxi-cash-flow/39444#ad-image-0

This is the relative paragraph, in the article:

"The Uber application for smartphones allows members to track Uber-approved drivers in the area – who are registered legal taxi drivers in Phuket already – as well as hail drivers with the tap of the screen."

At the time of that post, this was the information I relied upon.

If Uber are now recruiting drivers who are not "registered legal taxi drivers" - things could get interesting. Especially due to many spending considerable money to become legal, recently.