Why you should probably get used to Uber's price-gouging

The car company has no problems disrupting your wallet

Uber, the app that connects drivers with passengers, caused some serious mental meltdowns this weekend when it boosted prices to seven or eight times normal fares during a snowstorm that blanketed the Northeast. The price-gouging, or "surge-pricing," as the company calls it, drew its fair share of complaints from customers.

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Carmel Lobello is the business editor at TheWeek.com. Previously, she was an editor at DeathandTaxesMag.com.