I like what newer said, business is business, that is exactly their mind set.
Maybe comefromchina should have one category titled "Business Carpool" and change the original to "Real Carpool". 8-))
There are people considering providing carpool is a money making business. They try every means to maximize their profit, using the name carpooling. Carpooling is different from Grey hound, which has office, many employees, overheads. Carpooling means the driver finds someone to share the cost. If there is NO passengers, the driver still has to pay gas price, cost of tire, car. That is the original idea of carpooling. Unfortunately, people won't think it that way.
It is quite common now they have FOUR customers. If the round trip has gone up to 55 (from 45), that means the driver will collect 40 dollars more for round trip. I doubt the driver has to pay 40 dollars more on gas. I just drove back myself alone this Monday morning, and because my old (15 years old) car is very good on gas, I spent 28 litres for one way. You do the mathematics.
I would recommend, for every 10 cents increase in gas price (let $1.20 as starting point, and 25 as standard one way price), add one dollar as gas surcharge per one way trip. All airliners use gas surcharge now. It is ridiculous the increase is in multiple of five dollars. I don't think Grey hound has increased the fare by that percentage. Remember, Grey Hound is a company. Do you think when gas price drops below one dollar, they will reduce that back to 45? Someone of them will, but by what percentage?? I bet.
Chinese should help each other in North America. There are caucasians using carpool here, and what do you think when they read this??
Good luck MAY to your future search for carpool.
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