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by ArnoldP 3725 days ago
All other things being equal I'll go with the service that gives more to the person doing the actual labour.
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redthrowaway 3725 days ago
Buy anything from Amazon? Because they're infamous for treating their non-engineer employees terribly, yet I and most people I know still buy from them because they're cheap and have great customer service.
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ArnoldP 3725 days ago
No, I don't. But I'm not in the US and Amazon doesn't really present that great a deal once you factor in shipping, taxes, duty etc.

I don't shop at Walmart though, because of their poor track record treating their employees well.

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fjolthor 3725 days ago
> All other things being equal.
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Laaw 3725 days ago
But all things are most certainly not going to be equal, least of all cost and availability.
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ArnoldP 3725 days ago
There's atleast 15% wiggle room on each journey, seeing as Uber takes 20% off the top. Aside from their expenses promoting and competing with other 'ride sharing' services I don't see where that cash is going.
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Laaw 3725 days ago
> There's atleast 15% wiggle room on each journey, seeing as Uber takes 20% off the top.

Seems like a number pulled from nowhere.

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