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Permanently limited and removed from search results because the client submitted a fraudulent report claiming wall damage.

I replied with photo evidence of the furniture job being complete and followed up with an email requesting permission to wear a bodycam for future jobs.

The policy team limited my account permanently. This was my only source of income.

So I accepted an IKEA furniture assembly task through TaskRabbit today and honestly I’m pretty frustrated.

The job was a massive cabinet, probably 6–7 feet tall, with a huge number of pieces and several extremely large/heavy panels. I spent about 4.5 hours assembling it and still didn’t fully finish before the clients decided they would complete the rest themselves because they had to leave.

Total payout? $41.87.

That works out to roughly $9.30/hour before travel time, gas, wear and tear on tools/body, etc. Minimum wage in Alberta is $15/hour.

To make matters worse, some parts realistically required a second person because of the size and awkwardness of the panels. One of the client’s family members had to help maneuver pieces during assembly.

Am I crazy here, or are some of these IKEA assembly jobs priced completely unrealistically unless you’ve already built the exact same model 20 times before?

Because honestly, if this is considered normal compensation for large IKEA builds, I don’t think I’ll ever accept another one.

Hey pals, I was perma limited due to asking a client to pay my $20 toll

I tried the link in the sticky but it a privacy data request

I’m looking for a link to submit a appeal for limitations to be lifted. Anyone can help a brah?

Thanks guys

Tasker?

I've been researching TaskRabbit and I'm seriously considering signing up. I'm in a major city which seems like a solid market, but I know starting from zero reviews is tough. Curious if any experienced Taskers can confirm or add to my current research:

Pricing low at first. Planning to start 10–20% below market rate to win those first jobs, then raise rates once I have reviews. Does this actually work or does it just attract bad clients?

Being hyper-responsive. I've read that response time affects your visibility in search. Is the algorithm really that sensitive to this early on?

Focusing on 2–3 categories. Leaning toward furniture assembly, mounting/hanging, and general handyman work since those seem to be high demand in a city like Chicago. Open to suggestions.

Chasing Elite status. Shooting for a 98%+ rating as a short-term goal. How long did it realistically take you to get there?

Any advice from people who've actually built a solid profile would be hugely appreciated. What do you wish you knew when you started?

I am a 5 star tasker with over 100 tasks. I do mostly landscaping. I was hired by someone to weed their front garden beds. The client was not at home when I did the task. I let them know I was done and they asked me to send photos of the completed task, so I did. Now they are saying that I dug up their perennials and tossed their mulch. I clarified with them at the beginning of the task what they wanted to keep and they didn’t mention any perennials. I also know that I did not dig up any perennials. They also claimed that I threw away their mulch. They had very sparse, if any, mulch and I didn’t throw it away but it did get mixed in with the dirt. it’s super obvious from the pictures that they provided that they are lying. They are saying the mulch was $80 and the perennials were $25 each. I know for a fact that the mulch was $20 tops and the perennials were $7/ea because I have the same mulch and perennials at my house, believe it or not.

My question is: what are my options for handling this? should I send an invoice for the 2 hours I worked and risk getting a poor review? Can I cancel the task and just take the loss of pay? What happens jf they report me to TaskRabbit? I value my rating more than the money I would make from this job.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!!

I had a task scheduled that I really needed help with and the tasker had messaged me a few days ago asking how much time to set aside for it. I shared details. I was very excited to have this task done (organization) and saw all 5 star reviews. It was supposed to be for 10am and she canceled at 8:15am. I am so upset. There’s no way for me to even leave her a review or message her now and there aren’t taskers available last minute either. The support is not being helpful at all. I am leaving town for a few weeks and needed this today which is why I scheduled it. I don’t understand how this is acceptable

I’m new to the app. I requested a task, and a tasker took it? Accepted it? I don’t know the terminology. Anyway, they then immediately changed the day. I messaged him asking why he accepted the task if he was just going to reschedule it anyway, and his response wasn’t clear, but what I sussed out is that maybe taskers are assigned tasks? And refusing them is bad?

Anyway, we are just not communicating well. It feels like he’s getting attitude with me, and I just don’t want him doing the task. Do I just cancel it? I don’t want to be a bad client right off the bat.

This would be my first time booking with taskrabbit and I’m looking to hire a tasker for my move. Truck assisted. It’s from an upstairs unit to another upstairs unit. Several large packed totes, two large dressers, a few light bookshelves, light dining table with two light benches and desk. Is one tasker with a truck for 4 hours enough? Or should I hire a second?
I’m currently 9 months pregnant so I can’t be much help with anything heavy.

I had to cancel my task just a few minutes after the tasker responded that he was available, and I wanted to tip him for his quick response and help. I didn’t realize that canceled tasks don’t show up in past tasks, so now I don’t have any way to contact him. I feel really bad and sorry 😭 Is there any way I could still tip him or apologize?

Got an email today supposedly sent out to my entire market requesting Taskers for a big corporate job assembling Ikea furniture. (the assembly list is huge, like thirty line items with multiple quantities of nearly each one).

What's notable is this note at the bottom "You will be required to track the items you have assembled each day with a simple checklist we will provide. We make this request for multiple reasons including tracking the progress of the project, ensuring the client is not missing items, verifying your payments, and more. If you are unwilling to do this while on task, you may be asked to not return."

My reading of this is instead of an even split of payments like a standard multiple Tasker job, they've implemented a way to pay you for the items you've actually assembled. Good for fast Taskers, bad for slow ones.

Is anyone else having issues with missing addresses from the task? I've had 2 in the past 2 days.

What is up with multiple appearances by the same client? I comptled 15 tasks so far this month, but there are 22 completed tasks for this month in the Past Tasks tab. There are 7 "duplicate" names and the amounts are not for always the same amount. The sum of the duplicate listings are never the actual invoiced amount. One more " broken" item that Taskrabbit cannot be bothered with correcting or even explaining.

Curious: Have any cleaners here had problems with move-out cleanings?

Every move-out cleaning has been pretty much the same: Walking in to a disaster of an apartment and being expected to clean it in two hours (and getting yelled at/mistreated if you go any longer). I almost wish that we could do a flat rate on TR for move-out cleanings rather than hourly. Because frankly, depending on the condition the apartment is left in, sometimes it takes two hours to clean it thoroughly, sometimes three or four.

I also had a client recently who claimed that I wrecked her floor while doing a move-out cleaning. I should have taken pictures of my cleaning job before I left, but I did not see any issues, and I brought it up to TR, who only told me that unless the client files a claim, they can do nothing about it. I reached out to the client and offered to return to inspect and clean for no charge, but she turned it down. I stopped short of offering to pay for damages because as a lawyer friend told me, that's an admission of guilt, even if you actually didn't do anything wrong.

I might do without move-out cleanings from now on. Too many unreasonable demands, too much mistreatment, and too much stress. Anyone deal with similar problems?

This is my first time using TaskRabbit, so apologies if this is a stupid question. I'm looking to hire a TaskRabbit to help move my stuff down five flights of stairs (moving to a different apartment within the same building) on September 1st in Boston. For those who don't know, approximately 70% of the city of Boston's rentals turn over that day, so it's complete chaos. For that reason, I would like to secure a Tasker now so I have peace of mind. I know that technically, TaskRabbit allows you to book people two weeks in advance, but would it be realistic to reach out to someone and ask them to hold September 1st for me?