[QUOTE=Vitrea;2740682]I also understandably reacted like you the first time it happened to me. It is, I belive a glitch in the system and not a scam but Rappi needs to fix it.
[/QUOTE]Yeah, that is what I think now too. Drivers quit calling my gal and bugging her so it seems like they got paid. CC was still charged. Still, Rappi has issues.
A 1. 3 out of 5 rating. [URL]https://www.trustpilot.com/review/rappi.com[/URL].
Unhappy drivers burning their backpacks in front of corporate offices. [URL]https://contxto.com/en/colombia/deliverers-protest-in-front-of-rappis-headquarters/[/URL].
They have a good market cap but Rappi is not making any money [URL]https://colombiareports.com/colombias-delivery-app-rappi-is-not-as-profitable-as-it-seems/[/URL].
And here is my personal favorite. [URL]https://restofworld.org/2021/rappi-unicorn-faces-competition/[/URL].
As far back as 2018, the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC), Colombia's consumer protection watchdog, revealed that Rappi had received more than 631,449 complaints and refund claims over the course of seven months. This amounted to around 2% of all orders made during that period. As far back as 2018, the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC), Colombia's consumer protection watchdog, revealed that Rappi had received more than 631,449 complaints and refund claims over the course of seven months. This amounted to around 2% of all orders made during that period. SIC ultimately slapped the maximum fine possible on Rappi: around half a million dollars the equivalent of three days' 2019 revenue.
But Viliany the V has not had any problems with Rappi so that cannot be true. He and JJBee (and Pile on Pauline before they had a falling out) love to pile on people with their supposed superior "knowledge" of Colombia but really they are doing what they always do, humping the powers that be. Colombia is great. Fauci is great. Rappi is great. And then they think that the TPTB will give them special privileges when of course TPTB have no clue who the fuck they are. It is narcissistic delusion.
With taxis, my gal handles paying for it, and I have seen a dozen times cab drivers tried to fuck her over. They will ask for 20 k and she will say 10 k, give it to them, and tell me let's go. My impression is being ripped off by a cabbie is a way of life there.
That said, my favorite part of Colombia is the people and their families. They really support each other, and they work as hard or harder than other places. Thing is they would be much wealthier if they had better government and not so many shitty business practices.
In Cartagena this time, the roads were flooded, and they were horrible. When one of my gal's relatives asked how I liked Colombia, I said I love it and my favorite part was how cheap the pools were. You just get two orange pylons, a hose, and find yourself an average pot hole to fill with water, and you can dive in. They burst out laughing.
Truth is I had a long connection in Fort Lauderdale and rented a car and was driving around when it was raining. There were not these huge puddles on the streets where your car is 2 or 3 feet submerged like Colombia. My gal's daughter sees stuff like that and so do her friends, and they want to move out. So Colombia looks to be losing their best and brightest.
So yeah, crummy roads, shady cabbies, and horrible government is the norm not just when I go but for Colombians. Yeah, Rappi is this great success story business wise but look at what shitty service they provide. In countries with higher quality standards, they would never have gotten out of the gate.
And in this case, someone asked if anyone had issues with Rappi and I said what happened to me. I think when people complain they do so out of a hope things will get better, and I have zero expectation of that. So in my mind, I am not complaining. I am just telling people how it is.
