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Too expensive. I got the app and priced a ride home from work: $37-42. I don't do discounts.

at $18-20 dollars I'd do it.

Do you have UberX in your city? They slashed prices on UberX in SF in June and it made it cheaper than a cab.

How do they afford to make it cheaper than a cab?

They don't have to buy the medallions for one thing...

UberX is may be cheaper than UberTaxi some of the time, because the latter has a mandatory 20% "tip" plus a convenience fee, but it's not cheaper than a cab.

For one, the minimum fare is more than double that of a cab in SF, but more importantly it "surges" 2x at all of the busier times.

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