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Uber as an Investment
Kurious
#31 Posted : Friday, September 23, 2016 2:21:21 PM
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streetwise wrote:
Just like a kiosk, its a do it yourself business



I couldn't agree more
kaka2za
#32 Posted : Friday, September 23, 2016 2:58:39 PM
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KNM wrote:
Uber is very convenient, of that there is no doubt. But as an investment....erm...

My problem is, why would I get into an arrangement where I own almost all the liabilities. Car(depreciating asset), fuel, insurance, service(recurrent expenses) maybe a loan(interest).

Even if I am getting a bigger chunk of the revenue, I am also bearing the weight of not only more costs but the costs with greatest variability.



Stay out of business because that is the case with 99% of business ventures.
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#33 Posted : Friday, September 23, 2016 5:55:16 PM
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KNM wrote:
Uber is very convenient, of that there is no doubt. But as an investment....erm...

My problem is, why would I get into an arrangement where I own almost all the liabilities. Car(depreciating asset), fuel, insurance, service(recurrent expenses) maybe a loan(interest).

Even if I am getting a bigger chunk of the revenue, I am also bearing the weight of not only more costs but the costs with greatest variability.

Because the taxi app companies assure you of business and transparency
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gatoho
#34 Posted : Monday, September 26, 2016 4:01:53 AM
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A car in Uber nets over 60k a month. Half decent if you ask me, and that's with a hired driver
Foresight..
gatoho
#35 Posted : Monday, September 26, 2016 4:04:43 AM
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streetwise wrote:
Just like a kiosk, its a do it yourself business

No its not. There are people with fleets in uber
Foresight..
penkon
#36 Posted : Monday, September 26, 2016 9:58:43 AM
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gatoho wrote:
streetwise wrote:
Just like a kiosk, its a do it yourself business

No its not. There are people with fleets in uber


true there are people i know with like 50+
kangi
#37 Posted : Tuesday, November 15, 2016 6:43:30 PM
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penkon wrote:
gatoho wrote:
streetwise wrote:
Just like a kiosk, its a do it yourself business

No its not. There are people with fleets in uber


true there are people i know with like 50+


You only need good systems. The biz is growing. I have not one, two or three units, all do more than 60k a month.
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#38 Posted : Wednesday, November 16, 2016 9:34:21 AM
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kangi wrote:
penkon wrote:
gatoho wrote:
streetwise wrote:
Just like a kiosk, its a do it yourself business

No its not. There are people with fleets in uber


true there are people i know with like 50+


You only need good systems. The biz is growing. I have not one, two or three units, all do more than 60k a month.


whose that governor who put in 80+ uber cars on the streets? eish!
Liv
#39 Posted : Wednesday, November 16, 2016 11:29:09 AM
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Cornelius Vanderbilt wrote:
kangi wrote:
penkon wrote:
gatoho wrote:
streetwise wrote:
Just like a kiosk, its a do it yourself business

No its not. There are people with fleets in uber


true there are people i know with like 50+


You only need good systems. The biz is growing. I have not one, two or three units, all do more than 60k a month.


whose that governor who put in 80+ uber cars on the streets? eish!


Problem in Kenya is that we copy each other too much and we suffer from "grabbiosis".... Everyone now is buying vehicles to put under uber....or one of the other companies. Unless the entry is controlled we will have some oversupply soon.
Gathige
#40 Posted : Wednesday, November 16, 2016 4:04:33 PM
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Liv wrote:
Cornelius Vanderbilt wrote:
kangi wrote:
penkon wrote:
gatoho wrote:
streetwise wrote:
Just like a kiosk, its a do it yourself business

No its not. There are people with fleets in uber


true there are people i know with like 50+


You only need good systems. The biz is growing. I have not one, two or three units, all do more than 60k a month.


whose that governor who put in 80+ uber cars on the streets? eish!


Problem in Kenya is that we copy each other too much and we suffer from "grabbiosis".... Everyone now is buying vehicles to put under uber....or one of the other companies. Unless the entry is controlled we will have some oversupply soon.



But that is good for the consumer. A colleague who has a teenage Son told me of how whenever he want to go to town with his peers, they just hail an uber, and it comes, they share the cost. Taxis are now becoming easily available. I know of corporates who now want o go the uber way- Just hail and pay, without having a contracted taxi co.
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