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	<title>How will RIDE not get crushed?</title>
	<date filePath="/FAQs/2023-12-08/faq.xml">December 2023</date>
	<keywords topic="FAQ_Competition">ride,rideshare cooperative,ridesharecooperative,competition,uber,lyft</keywords>
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				<heading>Is this question cynical?</heading>
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				<li>Our competitors have no value in crushing us</li>
				<li>Competing over rates will hurt their earnings more than it wil ours</li>
				<li>Competition typically takes the form of service quality, and not price</li>
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			<div class="bold" style="margin: 0 0 0 20px;">Yet, we're still ready to engage if it comes down to it.</div>
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				<heading>How might they crush us?</heading>
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			<p class="bold">Deter passengers from riding with us. How?</p>
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				<li>Lower prices</li>
				<li>Better service quality</li>
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				<heading>They'll neither lower fares or enhance service</heading>
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			<p class="bold">Why?</p>
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				<li>Each of RIDE's rides covers its costs</li>
				<li>RIDE can survive very well breaking even</li>
				<li>RIDE profits at $0.60/minute with 350 full-time drivers per year</li>
				<li>Competitors need to service huge debtload and cover fixed expenses</li>
				<li>If our competitors lower prices then they are hurting themselves, not us</li>
				<li>Our drivers will ensure that our service is much better than their service</li>
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			<div class="bold" style="margin: 0;">So you see? Getting crushed is quite unlikely!</div>
			<div class="bold" style="margin: 0;">We'll simply coexist and fight over market share.</div>
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				<heading>RIDE was designed for competitive advantage</heading>
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			<div class="bold" style="margin: 0 0 0 20px;">See how we measure up competitively</div>
			<a class="block marTop10 link" style="padding: 0 0 0 20px;" href="../../expenditures.htm#comparison">Comparison: Ride vs.Competitors</a>
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				<heading>Conclusion:</heading>
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			<p class="bold">Drivers:</p>
			<ul>
				<li class="RideRed bold">Retain 90% of fares, always!</li>
				<li class="RideRed bold">Remain absolutely independent</li>
				<li class="RideRed bold">Block unwanted passengers soliciting your rides</li>
				<li class="RideRed bold">Choose whom you service, without fear of repercussions</li>
				<li class="RideRed bold">When you're ready for the service that you've been praying for:</li>
				<li>
					<a class="link" href="../../home.htm#contribute">Contribute here</a>
				</li>
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			<p class="bold">Passengers:</p>
			<ul>
				<li class="RideRed bold">Drivers need your support and encouragement</li>
				<li class="RideRed bold">Enjoy vastly improved service plus VIP offerings</li>
				<li class="RideRed bold">Your contribution will help make it happen:</li>
				<li>
					<a class="link" href="../../home.htm#contribute">Contribute here</a>
				</li>
			</ul>
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			<a class="block link marBot20" style="color: #000;" href="#btnPlay">Click the video link above for a short presentation</a>
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				<span>* Our vision presented herein is cursory, and might be implemented with some variation.</span>
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