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David Cantrell · October 6th 15, 03:01 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 03:05:13PM +0000, y wrote:
On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 15:45:22 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
the pavement outside the venue in the pouring rain, or perhaps five
minutes earlier when they are inside in the warm and can more
comfortably use their phone to order a car to arrive in five minute's
time?
Since thats exactly how people used to order minicabs I'm wondering what
exactly is the killer selling point of Uber.

Just off the top of my head ...

When I'm in deepest darkest Peckham I don't need to know the phone
number of a minicab company in deepest darkest Peckham or even exactly
where I am, I just need to know where I want to go.

When I'm in Krakow I don't need to be able to speak Polish to get a
local minicab, or know their phone number, or make an international
phone call.

I can use my credit card.

It's cheaper than most local minicabs.

They get a car to me quicker than most local minicabs.

If the driver tries to rip me off it's easy to get a refund.

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