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		ec109685 on Nov 26, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Driving for Uber and Lyft The $200 Uber was charging would have been fine over the lifetime of the lease. The problem was that people were turning their car in way early and cars depreciate a lot faster early in their life than later.

SilasX on Nov 26, 2017 [–]

Still, that would mean Uber wasn’t pricing that turn-in option highly enough.

ec109685 on Nov 26, 2017 | [–]

Yeah, exactly. Hertz doesn’t have that problem given they can give you a week of a car that isn’t brand new.

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