This is highway robbery.
A New Jersey influencer was hitched a ride by Uber after the rideshare company handed him a surprise bill of $321 — nearly quadruple his quoted price — for a lift home from Midtown.
Sophie Green hailed an Uber XL just before midnight Saturday to take the social media stunner and her friends back to the Garden State after celebrating her birthday at Flaming Saddles Salon on West 53rd Street.
Uber quoted $89 for a ride of approximately 3.4 miles from Midtown to Weehawken via the Lincoln Tunnel. But when Green, 28, checked her app later — after a glacial, nearly two-hour crawl for 10 blocks — she was shocked to see the hefty bill.
“My jaw felt sore,” Green told The Post a few days later. rip off uber In a viral TikTok that got 1.7 million views.
“We had no control over the situation. He said, it is not that we were asking them to stop and were doing all this to slow down their travel.
Green, who typically pays for cars at night and takes public transportation due to safety concerns, said late-night trips take longer than the usual 20 minutes because of the hellish Midtown gridlock, which is likely to be limited to Lincoln. Due to partial closure of the tunnel. And the rampage of a drunken Santacon.
But when Uber sent out updates to check on its safety during the bumper-to-bumper crawl in the tunnel, it offered no warning about the triple-digit surprise to come.
“They messaged me several times saying, ‘It looks like you’ve been blocked for a while. Are you safe?’… but I wasn’t given any information about the price change,” ‘ He said.
Green immediately started trying to dispute the tab, but the ride share company didn’t relent until she posted her saga on Instagram Sunday morning. Within 30 minutes, he said, he refunded the difference to his original quoted price of $89.
“They’re probably thinking not a lot of people will notice it or … because of this time of year everyone expects it to be more expensive,” Green said.
Other riders shared their own Uber horror stories on her TikTok video, with one recalling a $250 bill for $80 on the trip. Another said Uber tried to secretly give him an extra $150 last week.
Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was shocked To hear that a reporter paid more than $52, including tip, for a 3-mile trip into Midtown for his interview.
Since the surprise bill, Green said she’s stopped hailing Uber for a ride home after hours of walking in Midtown.
He said, “Next time we need a ride I’ll definitely open Lyft.”
Uber spokesman Josh Gold said Green was one of many riders whose Uber trips were delayed due to construction on the Lincoln Tunnel and who saw their fares increase significantly due to longer trips.
“We understand riders’ frustrations and have issued a partial refund,” Gould said.
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