We price dispatch on a bounded multiplier — never a surge, never a mystery. Every quote you see includes the base call-out fee, the multiplier being applied, and the plain-language reason.
Price protection at the moment of vulnerability is brand law. If you activate Encounter Mode, the call-out fee is charged at 1.00× — no matter how high demand is in your area, no matter the hour. This rule is encoded server-side and asserted on every price quote we generate.
When supply exceeds demand — most weekday mornings — we pass the discount straight through. Example: a $20 call-out becomes $17.
Weekend nights and dense demand pockets. Hard-capped at 1.5×. Example: a $20 call-out never charges more than $30.