Once again one of the two major rideshare companies is making a big flap about taking nothing and making it seem like it's something. How many of these offers for amazing stuff have we seen that end up being nothing?
Remember when they were both offering free healthcare? But it turned out not to be free healthcare at all. In fact, it wasn't even healthcare. It was just a free signup to a site (that was already FREE!) that would help you find a healthcare plan. And apparently it didn't matter to anybody that you can already do that by going to healthcare.gov - for free!
Oh and remember when Uber offered free gas? Well, except that it turned out to only be discounted gas. But you'd only get the discount at the most expensive stations, like Exxon Mobil, Shell... you know all the name brands. Does Texaco still exist? Oh yes, they do - I see the nearest one to me is 1,746 miles away.
So if you used the Uber debit card you'd get a $0.02 a gallon discount - only if you went to a station that changed $0.75 a gallon more than every other station nearby. Some discount.
Anyway, that's how the rideshare premium offers have pretty much gone.
Now Lyft is throwing in FREE BANK ACCOUNTS!! Whoo Hooo! Oh wait... I already have a free bank account. As long as I never go below $50 a month. So maybe Lyft could just make sure I always have 50 bucks in there.
And along with free bank accounts, they're touting FREE DEBIT CARDS!!!! Yahoo! (oh wait... yahoo... that's another company entirely). But I don't believe I've ever seen a debit card that you have to pay for. So, what is it again exactly that they're offering?
And why do they keep promoting these insane offers that sound a lot more like they're just shouting out to the world that their DRIVERS ARE STOOPID!?
Remember when they were both offering free healthcare? But it turned out not to be free healthcare at all. In fact, it wasn't even healthcare. It was just a free signup to a site (that was already FREE!) that would help you find a healthcare plan. And apparently it didn't matter to anybody that you can already do that by going to healthcare.gov - for free!
Oh and remember when Uber offered free gas? Well, except that it turned out to only be discounted gas. But you'd only get the discount at the most expensive stations, like Exxon Mobil, Shell... you know all the name brands. Does Texaco still exist? Oh yes, they do - I see the nearest one to me is 1,746 miles away.
So if you used the Uber debit card you'd get a $0.02 a gallon discount - only if you went to a station that changed $0.75 a gallon more than every other station nearby. Some discount.
Anyway, that's how the rideshare premium offers have pretty much gone.
Now Lyft is throwing in FREE BANK ACCOUNTS!! Whoo Hooo! Oh wait... I already have a free bank account. As long as I never go below $50 a month. So maybe Lyft could just make sure I always have 50 bucks in there.
And along with free bank accounts, they're touting FREE DEBIT CARDS!!!! Yahoo! (oh wait... yahoo... that's another company entirely). But I don't believe I've ever seen a debit card that you have to pay for. So, what is it again exactly that they're offering?
And why do they keep promoting these insane offers that sound a lot more like they're just shouting out to the world that their DRIVERS ARE STOOPID!?
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