Uber mistakenly charges riders 100 times the price on their receipts

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Uber's app has been hit with its second major glitch in as many weeks.

After sending drivers do destinations before picking up any passengers, riders complained on Twitter this week that they were being charged up to 100 times their originally quoted fare, making quick trips cost more than $1,000 in some cases.

The Washington Post first reported on the glitch, and the newspaper's social-media director chimed in to say he was also affected, despite his receipt showing a much smaller fare.

Link to tweet

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"Among the lessons: Don't link Uber to your debit card," he followed up. "That money was immediately pulled from my checking account and is still not restored. It could take more than a day for Chase to restore it."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/uber-mistakenly-charges-riders-100-times-the-price-on-their-receipts/ar-AAEw4s8?li=BBnb7Kz

[mr_lebowski]

1. Should've never put Mike Bolton in charge of your billing system, Uber! nt

[sdfernando]

2. Michael Bolton???

The singer or the developer at Initech?

[mr_lebowski]

3. The developer at Initech, of course ...

His mistake w/decimal points in their 'Superman 3' scheme is a major plot point

[sdfernando]

6. Yep.

One of my all time favorite movies.

I'm always telling people I get frustrated with "Nobody cares about your flair!"

[Wounded Bear]

4. I don't have an account that could absorb that charge...

I don't have Uber, either.

[gratuitous]

5. A "glitch" that just happens to put money in Uber's account

I wonder if this "glitch" is caught each and every time? As the late Bartcop noted, when someone makes a "mistake" that puts more money in their pockets, they'll keep making that same "mistake."

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Wow...a simply math error (incorrect placement of the decimal point) resulting in massive...

overcharges. Nice way to test new software, eh, Uber? And the owners of Uber are worth how much?