I thought the tip was included in the uber fare!?! Thank goodness I've only used uber a couple of times. Will remember this for future reference.

Denny

You're right, it's a cashless transaction and tips are not expected.

Instead of tipping the van driver $5 I'll take Uber and pay $3.25

Well, I don't think that's exactly true anymore.............I thought it was.

https://www.thezebra.com/insurance-n...r-uber-driver/

Denny

I didn't read the article but it looks like another I've seen. My understanding is your "rider" rating goes up if you're a good tipper. A nice rating goes a long way towards getting picked up at the airport in your commuter city for a late night ride home, when your sleeping wife doesn't REALLY want to pick you up. :p:D

Yup.............but it smacks of extortion to me.................give me a good tip or I'll give you a bad rating. Don't like the direction that is headed.

Denny

Both parties are rating each other. If the Uber driver is insisting on the tip or trying to guilt you into a tip, that should be reflected in their rating. Lyft pretty much makes it mandatory by overly enabling tipping and driver recruiting and promotions.

A lot of drivers in California have both stickers in the window but prefer making a Lyft pick up.

You don't have to tip Uber but I usually do anyway.

It still seems like an amazingly good deal the few times I've used it. I live a little off the beaten path. The other day I needed a ride from my house to somewhere 35 minutes away. Everyone else I know was working and I didn't want to wait. The guy came all the way out to my house (20 minutes from where he was on the interstate) then took me to my destination for $36. Before Uber, a taxi would have either never come out here or it would have been at least $100.

Even with the tip it was cheap. And I just got a nice raise and don't mind sharing the wealth.

It isn't the money, it's the principle of the thing and how it could easily be abused.

Denny

I understand your point. I tip Uber for multiple reasons, it's not always altruistic. In fact some of them are selfish. One of them is that I want to ensure I get picked up in out of the way locations. Another, I want priority and a good rating.