On Halloween night Gabrielle Wathen paid $362.57 for a 20-minute Uber ride, thanks to Uber's "surge pricing." You can avoid Wathen's fate with SurgeProtector, a free app that finds locations nearby with cheaper Uber prices and sends a car to that spot. [via]

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