This is highway robbery.
A New Jersey influencer was given a shocking $321 bill from a ride-sharing company for an elevator ride from Midtown to her home, nearly four times the asking price, and was given an Uber ride.
After celebrating her birthday at Flaming Saddles Saloon on West 53rd Street, Sophie Green called an Uber XL just before midnight Saturday to take her and her friends to the Garden State, drawing attention from the social media world. I took him.
Uber estimated the 5.4-mile ride from Midtown to Weehawken via the Lincoln Tunnel at $89. But when Green, 28, later checked the app after spending nearly two hours crawling down 10 blocks during the glacial period, he was shocked to see the hefty bill.
“My jaw just dropped,” Green told the Post a few days later. rip an uber on a viral TikTok that has racked up 1.7 million views.
“We had no control over the situation. We did not tell him to stop and do all these things to delay their travel,” she added.
Green typically goes car shopping at night rather than using public transportation due to safety concerns, but the late-night trip takes longer than the usual 20 minutes due to Midtown's hellish traffic. I pointed out that it took much longer than the sprint. This is likely due to the partial closure of the Lincoln Tunnel and the chaos of the drunken Santa Con.
But while Uber sent out safety updates during the bumper-to-bumper crawl to the tunnel, it gave no warning of the triple-digit surprise to come.
“They kept emailing me and saying, 'Looks like you've been shut down for a while. Are you okay?'…But they didn't let me know about any price changes,” she said.
Green immediately began challenging the tab, but the rideshare company didn't act until she posted her story on Instagram Sunday morning. Within 30 minutes, she said, she was refunded the difference from the original price quote of $89.
“Maybe they think a lot of people won't notice, or they think it's this time of year so everyone expects it to be more expensive,” Green said.
Other passengers have shared their own Uber horror experiences in her TikTok videos, with one person recalling being hit with a $250 bill for an $80 trip. Another said Uber secretly tried to push her an extra $150 last week.
Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi charged a journalist more than $52, including tip, to travel three miles across Midtown to an interview. I was shocked to hear that.
Since the surprise bill, Green said she has put the brakes on calling Ubers after-hours in Midtown.
“The next time I needed a ride, I always opened up Lyft,” she said.
Uber spokesman Josh Gold said Green was one of several passengers whose Uber rides were delayed due to construction in the Lincoln Tunnel, and whose fares were significantly increased due to longer rides. He said he was one of the.
“We understand the passenger's frustration and have issued a partial refund,” Gold said.
