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I would pay extra because I don't want the cognitive load of haggling on the cost. When I want/need A ride, it's because I'm either overloaded, away from home, or drunk. These are three times that I didn't want to bother with any more nonsense.


Having used it in Mexico, they usually have a suggested price that you can just pitch with, and usually people would accept that or add a tiny amount on it.


Its not that much. And you can just bypass it by accepting the first offer you get


In a system where you are expected to haggle taking the opening price puts a pretty heavy tax on everything. It's more work to get to a vaguely similar equilibrium distributed slightly less evenly when you look at big markets for similar things.


In a system where fees reach 50%, you are starting with a heavy tax no matter the starting price.


haggling when drunk is super fun


but haggling with drunks is not


I’d sooner drink with hags.


However, wouldn’t you want to be able to set a higher price is someone is obviously drunk (in a bad way).


your uber driver better not be drunk, so that's not a passenger problem, but only a driver problem


Also Hegel enjoyed a drink!


and Aristotle




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