Xanthn

Xanthn OP t1_jdeevev wrote

Reply to comment by Eleven918 in Alameda passes delivery fee cap even as Uber threatens exit by Xanthn

For example in Australia with door dash. A family bundle $24.95 maccas meal costs $29.95 on door dash, say 3x these base price $74.85, approx $80 like the example given. Already the cost is $15 extra. Then it's $8.95 delivery. And then there's the random service fee which isn't a set amount and you won't know the price until the time you go to order. I've had it around 10% before, sometimes higher sometimes 0. So yes it easily and often works out even here at around $30 off additional prices to pay on a $80 order.

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Xanthn OP t1_jdbys7g wrote

Reply to comment by Romanian_ in Alameda passes delivery fee cap even as Uber threatens exit by Xanthn

I wonder if them giving bonuses to sign up drivers and the amount of money that the CEO and other execs get paid actually make a difference in the loses. I mean somehow the CEO got around $20 million in 2021, $40 million odd a few years earlier, and since a lot of that seems to be related to stock, others also would be getting millions. Something doesn't then add up, how are they not making money and still pay out this sort of money?

Edit: spelling.

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Xanthn OP t1_jdasmai wrote

Reply to comment by boganvegan in Alameda passes delivery fee cap even as Uber threatens exit by Xanthn

Of course. But even with the cap they will still profit. If they leave because it's not enough it's on them and I see it as spite. Otherwise they won't leave. There is plenty to still be made from the companies. It happens all the time, they threaten to leave, and rarely ever do. The ones that do leave blame it on being unprofitable not necessarily always the truth, sometimes they still push for deregulation and try to throw their power around. "Hey do you miss us yet? If you change back to how we want it to be, well return like nothing happened."

I'm doubtful they'll leave anyway, and stick to the belief that if they do it's not because they can't make money doing what they do, it's because they don't want to do it and are acting out of spite. Again I don't believe they'll actually leave.

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