[Electronics-Talk] New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a Smartphone

Fri Apr 6 18:41:00 UTC 2018

As Pertains to Texas, the city of Austin has banned rideshare services.  You 
can take a rideshare service into Austin from a nearby city, but you can't 
take one when you want to return home.

Andy

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Smartphone

>A friend was just recommending this service to me.  He recently moved to
> Texas, and has had a lot of trouble finding adequate public 
> transportation.
> GoGo is serving him well.
> Tracy
>
>
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> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 6:38 AM
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> Cc: Gerald Levy
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a
> Smartphone
>
>
> Keep in mind that Uber and Lift may not be available in all areas.  In
> general, if you live in a large city and your neighborhood is not well
> served by yellow taxi cabs, it is not likely to be served by these
> ride-sharing services, either.  That's because Uber and Lift drivers tend 
> to
> concentrate where the cabs are, because that's where the business is. 
> Taxi
> cabs tend to serve rich neighborhoods and avoid poor neighborhoods.  The
> same is true of Uber and Lift.  Another dirty little secret about these
> services that many consumers are not aware of is that drivers actually 
> rate
> passengers, so that passengers that consistently receive negative ratings
> from drivers bmay not be able to book rides in the future.  So a blind
> passenger who travels with a guide dog may constantly receive negative
> ratings from drivers who dislike dogs riding in their vehicles.  To me, 
> this
> is a blatant violation of privacy rights.
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Baracco via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2018 10:25 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
> Cc: Andy Baracco
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a
> Smartphone
>
> I believe that you set up payment info when you sign up for Go Go. It is
> done with a credit card, as Uber and Lyft drivers do not accept cash, even
> though I believe that you can tip an Uber driver with cash.
>
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Russillo via Electronics-Talk" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Drew Hunthausen via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Michael Russillo" <plrussillo at comcast.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2018 6:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a
> Smartphone
>
>
>> Ah, interesting. Good idea; I'm curious as to how one pays their driver; 
>> I
>
>> understand with the smartphone app the rider sets up payment through
>> PayPal or something so the Uber or Lyft driver can be paid; I'm curious 
>> if
>
>> this'll work with this service, and how safe is it to give monetary info
>> to Gogo if one goes through them to register? Meanwhile i'll take a 
>> gander
>
>> at the site; thanks for that info; could be really helpful as I don't own
>> any smartphone and I'm not of the tapping school, but old-school physical
>> buttons.
>>
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> On 4/5/2018 9:45 PM, Drew Hunthausen via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>> So this service uses Uber and Lift drivers?
>>>
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>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a
>>> Smartphone
>>>
>>> New Way to Use Uber and Lyft Without a Smartphone:
>>> GoGo is an automated hotline that lets people use Uber and Lyft without
>>> needing a smartphone.
>>>
>>> Uber and Lyft are available nationally; when you use GoGoGrandparent,
>>> we'll
>>> send you whichever one is cheapest at the time that you make your 
>>> request
>>> for a ride. Their prices are typically up to 40 percent less than the
>>> cost
>>> of a cab.
>>>
>>> Using GoGo is simple: callers call from a number they have registered
>>> with
>>> us and hear a menu of options. They can press 1 for a car to be sent to
>>> pick
>>> them up from their home, 2 for a car to be sent to pick them up where we
>>> dropped them off last, or 0 to speak with an operator for a custom 
>>> pickup
>>> location. Once the driver arrives, they tell the driver where they want
>>> to
>>> go. When you make a request, a car shows up at your door within fifteen
>>> minutes, typically less.
>>>
>>> To register free of charge, please call (855) 464-6872 or visit
>>> <gogograndparent.com/register>.
>>>
>>>
>>>   Vince
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