Uber cash payments a winner

[Kevin Lancaster]

Uber cash payments a winner

Uber’s GM for Sub-Saharan Africa, Alon Lits, said accepting cash has given its African operations a big boost.

 

[Chevron]

but wouldn't that just make them more of a target for criminals?

 

[Priapus]

but wouldn't that just make them more of a target for criminals?

How would criminals know which car is an Uber taxi? They aren't branded.

 

[cozinsky]

How would criminals know which car is an Uber taxi? They aren't branded.

Precisely. Besides, I think there are richer targets than an Uber driver.

 

[koeksGHT]

How would criminals know which car is an Uber taxi? They aren't branded.

Same way they beat them waiting for passengers, it's obvious with phone mounted on dash.

How does Uber get it's cut tho? Pay them monthly?

 

[Priapus]

Same way they beat them waiting for passengers, it's obvious with phone mounted on dash.

How does Uber get it's cut tho? Pay them monthly?

That's not an accurate or obvious sign that the car is an Uber Taxi. A lot of people mount their phones on the dash and not all of them are even visible from outside the car.

 

[ChocolateBadger]

How would criminals know which car is an Uber taxi? They aren't branded.

A beaten up late model Toyota Corola that is being driven poorly? Or just use the app

 

[Akasha]

I took an uber on Friday. The driver said he hates the cash option, he's not a till, he doesn't want to carry around cash

 

[koeksGHT]

That's not an accurate or obvious sign that the car is an Uber Taxi. A lot of people mount their phones on the dash and not all of them are even visible from outside the car.

So they just beat random drivers thinking they are an Uber? If you are criminal enough to use that modus operandi you better be sure he actually is an Uber collecting cash.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

So they just beat random drivers thinking they are an Uber? If you are criminal enough to use that modus operandi you better be sure he actually is an Uber collecting cash.

Order a Uber via the app to your pre-selected, quiet, ambush location, be sure to specifically indicate cash payment when you order ... then get your gun ready ...

 

[Nerfherder]

How would criminals know which car is an Uber taxi? They aren't branded.

They all use the same cars, also there is this app you can download that lets you track every UBER car around you and even trick them in to coming to your exact location.

 

[Nerfherder]

That's not an accurate or obvious sign that the car is an Uber Taxi. A lot of people mount their phones on the dash and not all of them are even visible from outside the car.

If you see a white person being driven by a black man with his phone mounted on the dash in a white car then the chances of that being an UBER is 99.99%

 

[RichardG]

but wouldn't that just make them more of a target for criminals?

If you a criminal makes it more easy to request your vehicle to come to you. If you need a BMW/Merc just request it and steal it. Uber don't do any vetting of any customer. Example each customer should take a photo of his/her and be verified. If the ID number doesn't match the users details don't accept

 

[skeptic_SA]

If you see a white person being driven by a black man with his phone mounted on the dash in a white car then the chances of that being an UBER is 99.99%

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[Napalm2880]

Same way they beat them waiting for passengers, it's obvious with phone mounted on dash.

I've heard that Uber have hired private security to protect their drivers at hotspots.