Shebah

I tested Shebah as a rider once. It failed miserably. There are so few drivers that you cannot rely on them. Customer service is almost nonexistent. I believe all the negative reviews from other riders. My one experience was enough to show me this service is broken. But the real disappointment came as a shareholder. I invested $500 through their equity crowdfunding campaign years ago. Since then, they have completely ghosted all shareholders. No annual reports. No shareholder meetings. No replies to emails. They took our money and disappeared. The worst part is they refuse to declare bankruptcy or be deregistered. This means we cannot even claim a capital loss on our tax returns. We are stuck holding worthless shares in a company that openly ignores its own investors while continuing to operate like nothing is wrong. The annual reports show the operating company is insolvent with 644,000 dollars in debts and just 35,000 dollars in assets. Our shares are worth zero. But they will not officially close down, so we cannot move on and claim the loss. This was such a promising idea and so badly needed in Australia. Safe transport for women and children is a real issue. But poor administration made it fail miserably. Despite the crowdfunding and cash injections they sourced a few years ago, the money was wasted and shareholders have been left in the dark. Avoid this company completely.

After one too many creepy Uber drivers, I decided to download Sheba and delete Uber. I read the reviews and am confused why people would say the app is terrible. It works. You don’t have to enter your credit card details to just test it. Plenty of rides around for me, but I live in the city. So it’s probably easier for me to get a ride on any app. I can’t speak to the issue of there being no rides outside of the centres - hopefully that changes soon. Some reviews here seem a little fake - especially with a user name that sounds like it was made up just to leave this review. It seems like some people have a problem with rides that exclude CIS males. But it seems to me these people don’t know how it feels to be grilled by an Uber driver about their relationship status, whether they live alone, whether they’re a “party girl who likes to stay up late and have fun” for 15 minutes straight while they make up answers about their fake boyfriend just to be safe. An Uber driver who knows where you live because he’s driving you home. And then report him to Uber just to have them say they’ll look into it if other people also make a report but for now, all they can do is not have him drive you again. Which means there’s no guarantee that you won’t get another creep. So before you leave a fake review, maybe try to empathise a little. Of course there will be some who don’t enjoy the app. That’s only natural. But this app is not about excluding CIS males, this app is about our safety.

I had to request a booking a few times before getting a car, I cancelled the booking a few times on the app as it was taking too long to connect me with a driver. If it doesn’t work straight away keep trying, I guess there aren’t enough drivers yet. Looking forward to trying it out as I love the idea.