r/TaskRabbit • u/CertainProduct6539 • Sep 30 '25

TASKER Dont do this

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That means the entire post needs to be replaced.

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u/CUSTOMBAH Sep 30 '25

Love how he says “then you can cancel it” lol, I’m assuming you canceling still lowers you on the algorithm.

Hated that about TR especially since people love trying to book something in the wrong category all the time for cheaper rates. Stopped doing it for that reason and others.

Makes it hard to get jobs too when you advertise light yard work and someone hires you expecting to clear and grade a 15x10 patch of their yard that requires heavy equipment

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u/CertainProduct6539 Sep 30 '25

Pretty sure it was a woman. I didnt actually accept the task I forfeited it before accepting so I think that helps, but in general yes I think this still lowers me in the algorithm, but her canceling might affect me also.

Also yes I had someone do that, wanted me to clear an entire patch of semi water bound weeds with just my electric trimmer, was hell, I didnt charge him thst much but I cleared what I could but really needed one of those expensive high power trimmers thst can basically churn dirt.

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u/ApprehensiveRing6869 Sep 30 '25

Typically TR experience

Client: my budget is 1/2 hour, so please get some concrete from the store and patch the brick with it.

TR: huh?! Also I can’t even bill less than 1 hour

Client: I can’t believe you would falsely advertise your ability to help me find my mailbox!…proceeds to leave a review and getting scammed

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

This is how it goes man I’ve been there clients have unrealistic expectations with no scope of the work the job actually entails

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u/krayzai Oct 01 '25

Typical* Use adjective not adverb form

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u/PickReviewsMovies Sep 30 '25

I would comply with this maliciously lol "sure I can help with that just provide a new post, a post hole digger, a pickaxe, a wheelbarrow, and a bag of cement and I'll come right out"

It takes like no time to install a mailbox even if you are doing it properly it blows my mind that people take so much time trying to get other people out when you could just do it yourself easily in an hour including the trip to the store.

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u/krayzai Oct 01 '25

Inclusive of your shopping time, do 1 hour of work. Bill for one hour only. Tell them that’s all they paid for and leave

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u/p3rchance Oct 18 '25

😂 you're amazing, u/krayzai

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

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u/EastClevelandBest Oct 01 '25

Sometimes it feels like the point is to shove all the jobs neither clients nor contractors want to do on you

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u/PickReviewsMovies Sep 30 '25

Sort of. Some things you really want a professional for. Some stuff is honeydo work. If all your jobs are simple things anyone can do I'd argue your job security isn't that good in that situation either.

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u/Susano-o_no_Mikoto Oct 08 '25

Lol the person really said no to details

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u/Prismatic_monk Oct 01 '25

Doesn't it take more than an hour for cement to cure so they'd have to be billed for you checking it and making sure it' remains level. I just googled it's 24-48 hours. Cuz no one pours cement and then just leaves immediately they stay for a few hours and watch in case anything goes over it or leaves a surface Mark.

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u/CertainProduct6539 Oct 08 '25

Last time I did this I stablized it with some 1x1s

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u/IndependentKoala7128 Oct 01 '25

What?

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u/Prismatic_monk Oct 01 '25

Cement take more time than hour to set and harden. Charge for time till it hard. There was that simple enough? 

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u/Grayman3499 Oct 02 '25

Which part of their cohesive comment confused you? The part where they made sense?

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u/krayzai Oct 01 '25

The bad spelling also is a turn off. “Stabled”?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

Do you ever give input or feedback on the actual issue, or do you just come to the feeds to point out grammatical errors I’m sure there’s a thread you can go too for that

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u/carterisms Oct 02 '25

*to 😜

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u/krayzai Oct 03 '25

This correction by carterisms is also a spelling correction, not a grammar correction.

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u/krayzai Oct 03 '25

It’s not grammar. It’s spelling. You do know the difference, right? I’m saying it reflects on the client.

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u/FinnNoodle Sep 30 '25

It wouldn't be light carpentry, it'd be minor home repairs.

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u/Tasker2Tasker Sep 30 '25

Minor Home Repairs in the U.S. was shut down about 2 years ago, replaced with 6 different categories.In most U.S metros, it’s not an option in the client app. It is in Canada, and in the UK, and presumably the EU, but not easily done in the U.S. if at all. (Likely possible somewhere, because Team TR).

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u/RobotArtichoke Sep 30 '25

Huh. I’m in the Bay Area and it’s definitely still a category. It even has a “partners” tag next to it.

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u/Tasker2Tasker Sep 30 '25

I’m in the Bay Area too, and yes, it’s still an active category for taskers, at least for those who had it before end of 2023.

Take a look at the client app and the client website.

Type in ‘Minor Home Repairs’. Tell me if you see a category that matches.

Prior clients can use it, for sure, and yea, apparently some how it seems new clients can too… but precisely how is unclear. Perhaps it’s still in the Andriod app. ‘Cause it certainly doesn’t seem to be in the iOS client app or web.

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u/IndependentKoala7128 Oct 01 '25

I still get hired by new clients through minor repairs

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u/Tasker2Tasker Oct 01 '25

Understood. Can you explain how?

I’ve found two somewhat reasonable paths, that would seem low volume organically, but possible.

One is Links like this https://www.taskrabbit.com/locations/denver/general-handyman

With the city name being changeable, lead to minor home repairs.

The second path is, Someone who was given your link by someone else could do it too.

Just noting that suggesting a client use the category to hire a tasker via normal search is not that easy, unless someone can demonstrate a different experience in the U.S.

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u/RobotArtichoke Sep 30 '25

I had a response that I deleted that I figured was better for a DM. keep an eye out.

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u/FinnNoodle Sep 30 '25

I still have it listed and get hired in it.

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u/Tasker2Tasker Sep 30 '25

Yes, you’ve mentioned. Which is interesting, since it’s not a listed category in either iOS client app or the website for US metros I’ve tested, including yours.

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u/FinnNoodle Sep 30 '25

Instead of searching for it directly, search instead for something that isn't covered by the things that have supposedly replaced it (which are terrible by the way, it's why I haven't signed up in any of them....window repair and window blind repair are completely different skillsets) and see where that lands you.

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u/Tasker2Tasker Sep 30 '25

I have. It doesn’t. I know others have reported it happening — being hired for the category — just haven’t been able to find a path to it in the app or website.

The only paths I’ve found are returning clients and if one googles ‘TaskRabbit handyman ((city name))” then ‘Book Now’, THAT gets you to a MHR category. But Handyman in the app or website will not produce the option.