I use it in Buffalo on the weekends.
I use it when I am out of town constantly.
I don’t mind it so far. Only thing that sucks is that NY has the fee so the big city type where you can jump in it and take it for $3 down the street doesn’t exist here and has a min of $7 due to the state taxes. Otherwise its pretty good and glad its finally here. Did just get a bunch of Lyft credits so maybe gonna hit up that a bunch this week.
$4 whole dollars…
It adds up lol.
Drunken Richard likes Uber. Richard also likes cold pasta salad from Braymillers. $ well spent.
Used it last night to get the family home from the airport. After picking up our bags requested an Uber around 12:40am that was 4 minutes away. Buffalo Airport has a designated rideshare pickup area now so we walked down there (past some shitty van taxis) and watched the car approach on the map. A black Chevy Captiva (which I didn’t even know was sold here) slowly rolled up. He asked if I was Jason then helped load all our crap from 2 adult 1 child week vacation in the trunk. Car was clean and clearly setup for livery duty with it’s neoprene like seat covers on the passengers and rear seats. Driver was polite, not real talkative and a great driver. Hands at 10 and 2, always signaled, never followed too close and reacted quickly when a deer popped its head out at almost 1am on North Forest. $15, gave him 5 stars and tossed in a tip via the app after he left. Love having this service here.
every time I see this thread title: “Experiences With UBRF in Buffalo?”
They closed.
I have only used Lyft so far because at midnight on the 4th the Uber app crashed. The kid we had was super nervous and not super sociable, but he got us from Ballyhoo to Founding Fathers for like $9. Considering a cabbie tried charging me more than that to get from Elmwood and Bryant to Tupper and Franklin once, I’ll call it a win. I have a lot of guests that have been using it to come to/from Billy Club/Allen St in general.
No more long route to run the meter, no more demanding cash to not run their meter, no more turning down rides when you tell them where you’re going, and most importantly no more asking my female employees for sexual favors in lieu of money for their ride home at night. Fuck Liberty Cab.
So what you’re saying is rides home are going to be more expensive for your sluttier female employees. :lol:
What part about having a girl come to work the next day super upset about her commute home including rape implications is funny?
:pop
My first uber experience was in Charlotte NC a couple weeks ago. I only had to wait one hour… awesome sauce. What made it even better was the rap music dropping the N word the whole way to my hotel.
You can see the wait time right in the app before you request the ride. Why would you select it if the wait was an hour? I’m guessing because it was some major event and the wait for a regular cab was even worse?
Uber has incredible customer service. If you have one or more legitimate complaints, which I think these could be categorized as, they will happily refund your fare and fine the driver.
My friend had a driver in Chicago using snapchat while he was driving her to the airport and she called the second she got out.
It said 7 minutes then it went to 6 minutes then back 7 minutes.
Like I said it was my first experience with uber. The airport was jammed for sure and it was a fucking Toyota along with 100 other Toyotas with uber stickers and NO FRONT PLATE in NC which made it more fun.
I was travelling last week and decided to do an experiment to see the price difference with Uber and a normal taxi.
From my house in North Buffalo to the airport is approximately 10 miles.
Uber from house to airport: $17.85
Taxi from airport to house: $31.30
Almost twice as much to take a taxi that wasn’t as clean as the Uber car. Also, I never had to take my wallet out with Uber as the entire transaction is done through the app but had to use my card with the Taxi. Why would anyone use a taxi anymore?
Old people that don’t use cell phones will still have to call a cab.
My brother and I had a uber pick us up at Crazy Jakes about 2am a few weeks back.
20 something chick picks us up in a Jeep Liberty. Says she has 3 dogs, and car stunk like it. I rode in the back there was dog hair everywhere. It actually stunk like wet dog so bad I had to open the window.
Chick was pretty cool she took us to the Mighty Taco drive-thru, but she told us not to puke in her car. Lol we weren’t that drunk at all.
The uber drivers in Austin are no better, I rode in a Toyota Yaris with a stinky dude the other day.
The guys in San Antonio near Riverwalk really step it up, they give you mints, car chargers and shit.
Can’t really bitch about a safe ride home for nine fucking dollars.
I tell all new UBER users this: Be very careful with surge pricing.
For example: I took an UBER to a concert venue, a distance of 5 miles, trip took 12 minutes. Total fare: $24.
-After the concert, took the reverse route, same distance, 12 minutes as well. Total fare: $54
Surge pricing is no joke. Many times, a taxi is MUCH cheaper.
I will say this though, my trip there was in a new 300c, with leather, and was immaculate inside. Also, there were two bottles of water in the doors, for passengers. I threw that guy a cash tip (because taxation is theft). If your UBER ride is filthy, you’re probably not going to get a tip from me.
We were just in DC for the queen concert. The uber ride down was $14 the ride back was $13. I expected to pay more but somehow was less. Almost called a cab when leaving but thought I’d see the uber price first.