Uber launches in Cambodia with a killer promotion

Playboy · Post by **Playboy** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:03 pm

^ we are watching you ...

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violet · Post by **violet** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:07 pm

Yes...i felt your bloody eyes

rogerrabbit · Post by **rogerrabbit** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 12:42 am

epidemiks wrote:Still won't show me any vehicles and displays all currency in Viet dong

Did you ever put the original promo code? As far as I know, it doesn't work without it untill they launch officially.

epidemiks · Post by **epidemiks** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:40 am

rogerrabbit wrote:
epidemiks wrote:Still won't show me any vehicles and displays all currency in Viet dong
Did you ever put the original promo code? As far as I know, it doesn't work without it untill they launch officially.

I suspect so.

I had an existing account and, at the time, didn't see the point of entering promo codes when no vehicles were available.

violet · Post by **violet** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 12:40 pm

I am going to revert until there is no choice but to take car. More risky I guess but more convenient

QED · Post by **QED** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 4:31 pm

Uber drivers started charging me earlier this week - genuinely, I saw the cash figure on their phone and it also eventually showed up on mine. Then they started being free again and then yesterday I received the message about charges applying from 11.55pm. So now I am getting the 50% discount for a while. Judging by the 50% fares I am paying (for fairly short journeys) I think Uber will be more expensive than Exnet and Itsumo.
I am also finding it can take a long time for the app to work. I often have to restart it. I rarely had any such problems with Exnet or Itsumo. So the way it is looking now, I will move away from Uber once the free and discounted rides finish.
I find 711 tuktuks good for daytime short rides. Example today Psar Thmei to St 172 (Wat Ounalom) 3000 riel, great driver and really quick. Those Indian tuktuks really move.

gavinmac · Post by **gavinmac** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:55 pm

When you say drivers started charging you do you mean that you pay cash? My Uber account is linked to a credit card I assumed my fares would just be charged to the card like normal.

QED · Post by **QED** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 3:07 pm

gavinmac wrote:When you say drivers started charging you do you mean that you pay cash? My Uber account is linked to a credit card I assumed my fares would just be charged to the card like normal.

Yes I pay cash. I have not given uber my card number and neither will I, at least until I feel the system will work properly in Cambodia.

gavinmac · Post by **gavinmac** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 3:18 pm

OK. I just took a trip from the riverside to the airport. Like many of the Ubers I have gotten in Phnom Penh, it was an actual taxi.

The guy turned on the meter when we started the ride, I asked why, he said "Oh, you want Uber" and then turned it off.

On arrival at the airport a swift 28 minutes later, his app was telling him I owed $7.07.

I simultaneously got an email from Uber saying my card had been charged. I was charged $2.12 due to discounted rate.

He called a few numbers while I stood around waiting and then agreed I didn't owe anything.

bigphatt · Post by **bigphatt** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 3:29 pm

gavinmac wrote:OK. I just took a trip from the riverside to the airport. Like many of the Ubers I have gotten in Phnom Penh, it was an actual taxi.

The guy turned on the meter when we started the ride, I asked why, he said "Oh, you want Uber" and then turned it off.

On arrival at the airport a swift 28 minutes later, his app was telling him I owed $7.07.

I simultaneously got an email from Uber saying my card had been charged. I was charged $2.12 due to discounted rate.

He called a few numbers while I stood around waiting and then agreed I didn't owe anything.

Good luck with that.. They do have your CC#, right.
Of course it can be challenged with your bank but why bother with the wank?

the chicken · Post by **the chicken** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 3:48 pm

I installed this Uber thing on my app getting a taxi from Kampong cham to the Pochentong airport, there was a CAPTCHA question "are you a friend with bigphatt?" Accidentally I clicked yes and the taxi never turns up.

ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ · Post by **ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 4:06 pm

gavinmac wrote:OK. I just took a trip from the riverside to the airport. Like many of the Ubers I have gotten in Phnom Penh, it was an actual taxi.

The guy turned on the meter when we started the ride, I asked why, he said "Oh, you want Uber" and then turned it off.

On arrival at the airport a swift 28 minutes later, his app was telling him I owed $7.07.

I simultaneously got an email from Uber saying my card had been charged. I was charged $2.12 due to discounted rate.

He called a few numbers while I stood around waiting and then agreed I didn't owe anything.

But did you ever find the aircon remote?

violet · Post by **violet** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 5:44 pm

gavinmac wrote:OK. I just took a trip from the riverside to the airport. Like many of the Ubers I have gotten in Phnom Penh, it was an actual taxi.

The guy turned on the meter when we started the ride, I asked why, he said "Oh, you want Uber" and then turned it off.

On arrival at the airport a swift 28 minutes later, his app was telling him I owed $7.07.

I simultaneously got an email from Uber saying my card had been charged. I was charged $2.12 due to discounted rate.

He called a few numbers while I stood around waiting and then agreed I didn't owe anything.

We were told to be patient as the discount promotion is new for the drivers

Playboy · Post by **Playboy** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:50 pm

^ GrumpyMac does not do 'patient'

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