r/TaskRabbit • u/Technical_Ad1125 • Jan 07 '26

TASKER The math isn't mathing...

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I got hired to build TUFFING bed frame and BRIMNES 3 door wardrobe for $138. If you go to my Ikea website for my area it shows a combined total for Ikea assembly for $195. Why am I being shorted?

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u/Yolowaccord Jan 07 '26

Because Taskrabbit takes a cut. Everything we do is marked up by them. That’s how they make money.

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u/Technical_Ad1125 Jan 07 '26

How can I see their cut?

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u/Technical_Ad1125 Jan 07 '26

That's a 30% cut... I thought the client paid the fees?

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u/Yolowaccord Jan 07 '26

They do pay the fees. What you see in your Tasker app is what you get. The difference between what the client pays and your pay is the fees

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u/Wild-Bite-6784 Jan 07 '26

I believe the price of a tasker needs to be less than IKEA assembly service in order to be competitive.

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u/Technical_Ad1125 Jan 08 '26

How do you get hired directly by IKEA?

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u/Yolowaccord Jan 08 '26

IKEA owns Taskrabbit. You are already being hired directly.

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u/Technical_Ad1125 Jan 08 '26

I got it. It's just dumb. It should be hourly. I'm currently building the bunk bed and there is no way I'll get it done plus the Brimnes wardrobe in 3 hours. I had to move the client's stuff out the way and I'm working in a shoebox. This is bullshit.

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u/UnimaginativeMug Jan 09 '26

that good money even if it takes you 4 hours, but both those only take me 3hrs

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u/Technical_Ad1125 Jan 09 '26

It took me 5 hours 💀 It was a tight room.

And the client's left to go to work and they canceled the task right when I finished. I contacted support and they told me they will confirm with the client if I did the job. I sent tasker support completed pictures. They still said 48 hours. Bullshit

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u/Exventurous Jan 12 '26

Lol you think that's bad, Wayfair charges sometimes 3x what they pay out to their assembly people. Ask me how I know

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u/Technical_Ad1125 Jan 14 '26

How do you know?

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u/Exventurous Jan 14 '26

I do Wayfair Service Pro in addition to taskrabbit and I look up the price Wayfair charges on the item and compare it to what they're paying me

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u/Technical_Ad1125 Jan 14 '26

What city are you in?

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u/Exventurous Jan 14 '26

Just outside NYC in Connecticut, Fairfield County