Millionaire Whines About Fees After Taking Uber From NYC To Philly—And Everyone's Making The Same Point

\u201c@martinvars That\u2019s the cost of convenience. \n\nTake the bus next time.\u201d

— Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1666645206

\u201cDidn't take the train as usual cause I had to be on zooms along the way.\u201d

— Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1666645206

\u201c@martinvars you can zoom in the bar car or basically anywhere on the acela. or schedule your calls before or later. stop whining.\u201d

— Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1666645206

\u201c@martinvars Oh, so your Uber driver had to listen to you run your mouth instead. What a fantastic guy you are, Marty.\u201d

— Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1666645206

\u201cSince over 7 million people saw this tweet and so many are asking the ride was $273.\u201d

— Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1666645206

\u201cUber just refund me $70 for having driven me on an inneficient route. Thank you @Uber for recognizing the mistake.\u201d

— Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1666645206

\u201c@martinvars Buddy you have been taken for a RIDE. Staten Island hasn't been en-route between Philly and New York since the aftermath of the Battle of Monmouth in 1777. How'd you end up there?\u201d

— Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1666645206

\u201c@phillipgara @martinvars Most of that $140 is Uber\u2019s surcharges. Like, Holland Tunnel toll doesn\u2019t cost $20. \n\nThey\u2019re basically meant to discourage intercity travel because Uber wants cars to stay in concentrated areas, but then dudes like this show up with their bottomless expense accounts \u00af\_(\u30c4)_/\u00af\u201d

— Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1666645206

\u201cSo the thing about this is, Uber ripped our good friend Martin off, not "governments." Here's the story on that: https://t.co/blMJrNtk4l\u201d

— Aaron W. Gordon (@Aaron W. Gordon) 1666720959

\u201c@A_W_Gordon All this UBER hype, its become a buzzword like "Xerox". I'm against Uber and its practices and never intend to use them. I dont know why you didnt take Amtrak instead.\u201d

— Aaron W. Gordon (@Aaron W. Gordon) 1666720959

\u201cIf they didn\u2019t discourage you from doing this the taxes weren\u2019t high enough\u201d

— Phillies Bandwagoner Kim (@Phillies Bandwagoner Kim) 1666711138

\u201c@martinvars This is pretty funny. Our society bends over backwards to coddle the investor class in every possible way, to the detriment of every other facet of society, and you've still found a weird self-inflicted edge case to complain about.\u201d

— Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1666645206

\u201c@martinvars So why not hire a private driver from a chauffeur service? Surely they have competitive rates and streamlined services compared to chancing Uber's algorithm, especially if you're on a tight schedule and may have such a need often?\u201d

— Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Martin Varsavsky \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1666645206

\u201cFirst of all, it's insane that this guy didn't just take Amtrak ($72 for NY Penn->Philly). But also this route is insane. He took the Holland Tunnel west, then south over the Bayonne Bridge to Staten Island, then the Goethals Bridge back into NJ?\u201d

— Matthew Chapman (@Matthew Chapman) 1666663537

\u201c1) Take the train or bus.\n\n2) You can do this drive for $10.49 in tolls.\n\n3) Port Authority doesn't collect tolls entering NJ. Those $20 charges aren't tolls or taxes. That's an Uber fee.\n\n4) Your Uber went NY\u27a1\ufe0fNJ\u27a1\ufe0fNY\u27a1\ufe0fNJ, turning a $20 fee into $60.\n\nBlame entrepreneurialism. \ud83d\ude43\u201d

— Max Kennerly (@Max Kennerly) 1666656174

\u201cIt warms my heart to think about how these user fees reduce congestion and are superior to distortionary taxes. \ud83e\udd70\u201d

— Alan Cole (@Alan Cole) 1666655619