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Uber is testing a service that lets you hire drivers for chores
(www.theverge.com)
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That may explain something about why Uber succeeded in the US. I have no idea what a pickup area is. Isn't the point of calling a taxi that they pick you up where you are? Ring the doorbell? And if one dispatcher service is no good, why not use another?