Uber customer gets handed $490 bill for an 18-mile ride

SmashMouth · 12-14-2015, 04:23 PM

It's something a lot of people use to travel around and get home, but an 18-mile Uber ride after Saturday's Michigan State vs. Iowa game in Indianapolis put quite a wrench in the post-game celebration for some fans from West Michigan.

An e-mail with the bill came through after they got dropped off at their hotel, informing them that they owed hundreds of dollars for that one ride.

"I thought that it had to be a huge mistake. There's no way. That's impossible," said Lenny Teske of Grand Rapids.

After speaking with Uber, they found the price was the real deal, and they were responsible for it, said Teske, a college recruiter who was in Indiana for work and the Big Ten championship football game.

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SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,550 Blog Entries: 29	Uber customer gets handed $490 bill for an 18-mile ride It's something a lot of people use to travel around and get home, but an 18-mile Uber ride after Saturday's Michigan State vs. Iowa game in Indianapolis put quite a wrench in the post-game celebration for some fans from West Michigan. An e-mail with the bill came through after they got dropped off at their hotel, informing them that they owed hundreds of dollars for that one ride. "I thought that it had to be a huge mistake. There's no way. That's impossible," said Lenny Teske of Grand Rapids. After speaking with Uber, they found the price was the real deal, and they were responsible for it, said Teske, a college recruiter who was in Indiana for work and the Big Ten championship football game. read more