TAKEN FOR A RIDE
Re: “,” March 16, 2017
Uber customers only pay about 40 per cent of the cost of their ride, with the loss being covered by investor money. Uber doesn’t keep their rates artificially low because they enjoy losing money, they do it to gain market share and drive competitors out of the industry. Time and time again they have unilaterally lowered prices, and hence driver wages, in an effort to bankrupt less well-funded competitors.
This predatory pricing is unethical and anti-competitive. It’s just another reason that Uber is a lousy company with a good product, but a product which is easily duplicated. Their advantages in the market are being well-funded and they are exceptionally aggressive in ignoring local laws and employment standards.
There are any number of ways that the City of Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»and the province could have worked together to expand transportation options in Vancouver. Capitulating to an unethical company like Uber is a lazy, lousy way to deal with the current lack of consumer choice and service. –Citizen Five
The current companies have no desire to get better. They are inconvenient to the users. I won’t defend Uber, but services like [Uber] are much more convenient. If I had the choice of “non-Uber ride-sharing company but with an Uber-like app” or a taxi, unless the taxi is literally stopped in front of me, I’d be pulling out my app and summoning the ride sharing company; even if the costs were the same. –B˛ą±ôłÜ°ů
THINK PINK
Re: “,” March 13, 2017 –web only
It fits the narrative of climate change, so let’s go with it! There’s no way this could just be an abnormal natural event. It’s those damn humans again...for sure. –Jay B
THE GREAT DEBATE
Re: “,” March 9, 2017 –web only
Ban the whales? How about if the federal government AND the Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»park board return Stanley Park to the real owners. First Nations. Not only would it be managed properly but it’s the start of a good will gesture for “Canada’s 150”. –Verlie McCauley
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