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Comment by magic_hamster | Hacker News Reader

I don't know if this saves you money, but if it is, you are certainly working pretty hard for it.

I do the same and it's really not more work. All the steps come rather smoothly when you have the goal in mind of not benefiting the app in any way.

Exactly

all steps, like .. fiddling with virtual cards, retrying transactions, occasionally cancelling when searching for a driver ... this seems like waay too much effort.

Negligible saving for one ride, but I rely on Uber as I have no car and riding in taxis in my city is sometimes horrible, so it adds up on the long-run.

Do you have info, anecdotal or otherwise, on how much you think you save per ride in total and relative amounts? That might sound like a lot, but really I'm just wondering if you can estimate "I think I save about $X dollars on a fare that would cost $Y dollars otherwise."

By leaving the app before booking, I often get 10%-20% off (it claims rates went low, of course it's just a retention discount), not sure about others.

It doesn't work everytime btw.

Yeah, and any individual vote doesn't make a difference, so why take the time to vote?

I don't know man... saving a few bucks on the average HN 300k+ salary doesn't make a difference, but let people have their principles. Isn't that the source of the original hacker mentality and the stuff we like to celebrate here?

>> I like how people in comments are keen to change the world, but I - more realisticly - only focus on...

> but let people have their principles.

I believe I did..?

You did, I was complimenting you and threading on magic_hamster

Whoops, gotta clean my glasses.

> saving a few bucks on the average HN 300k+ salary

I’m pretty sure there are plenty of Europeans/etc. here..

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