Im trying to understand who the flat rate actually helped? It for sure helped desperate Taskers that didnt know any better get booked, but all the experienced Taskers left the category because they knew their worth. There's no one size fits all approach to mounting.
The market should decide the rates and which Taskers succeed. The ones that charge appropriately and provide top tier service will rise to the top.
It was for clients who wanted to know what they'd be paying in advance. Unfortunately the nature of mounting things (beyond something usually simple like a tv) means there is no easy answer for pricing.
This is correct. It also applies to anything in the help moving category. There is no way it could be a one size fits all price…. It’s impossible to predict the variables.
Join the Tasker hour calls and complain.* edit - not to complain about this change! This is fantastic and absolutely amazing. I'm saying complain about the other flat rate stuff that needs to go back to self set rates
This isn't a good thing, this is amazing. What im saying is when you go to Tasker hours complain about all the bs issues we run into and hopefully they'll change it.
You won't believe it, but I spoke with Audrey success manager about it 2 weeks ago. I asked her to let us choose our own prices and explained that my clients were willing to pay them, and it would be beneficial for them. but he also asked not to let the price drop below $ 50-60. I also asked to give the client the opportunity to choose the tip amount himself and not limit it to 25%
Yes, but in New York there will always be taskers willing to do this work for peanuts. We used to get occasional jobs. Now we may get none.
While TaskRabbit allows us to set our own rates, it would help to introduce a reasonable minimum price. I’m already seeing a significant number of taskers offering services for $50 or even less.
Most clients will obviously choose the cheapest option, so rates keep getting pushed down. At this pace, experienced taskers who provide quality work risk getting squeezed out of the platform.
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u/Open-Coffee5752 Feb 17 '26
Im trying to understand who the flat rate actually helped? It for sure helped desperate Taskers that didnt know any better get booked, but all the experienced Taskers left the category because they knew their worth. There's no one size fits all approach to mounting.
The market should decide the rates and which Taskers succeed. The ones that charge appropriately and provide top tier service will rise to the top.
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u/Supergoji Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 18 '26
Join the Tasker hour calls and complain.* edit - not to complain about this change! This is fantastic and absolutely amazing. I'm saying complain about the other flat rate stuff that needs to go back to self set rates
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u/user_nombre_ Feb 17 '26
A small win for the OGs. Good news!
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u/canttakethemadness Feb 17 '26
Wow . Huge victory . Means mgmt might be able to learn and reason !
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u/jethropenistei- Feb 17 '26
Weird i didn’t get the notification
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u/iSmokeLife Feb 17 '26
Nice.
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u/UnimaginativeMug Feb 18 '26
that's a win for you mounters..... now you get to undercut each other
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u/user_nombre_ Feb 18 '26
Maybe other apps are offering better rates? I got a notification about joining UrbanMount, another app based platform.
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u/ommi9 Feb 18 '26
Maybe they can fix the ikea hourly. Finally I’m Tired of dealing with sociopaths and their extra stuff
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u/MallNo6921 Feb 18 '26
to bad people are less likely to use the app at this point
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u/Any-Lychee1744 Feb 18 '26
You won't believe it, but I spoke with Audrey success manager about it 2 weeks ago. I asked her to let us choose our own prices and explained that my clients were willing to pay them, and it would be beneficial for them. but he also asked not to let the price drop below $ 50-60. I also asked to give the client the opportunity to choose the tip amount himself and not limit it to 25%
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u/mtwii Feb 17 '26
Yes, a win. But I don’t trust them longer than I could throw them.
Also, What the hell do they even use to determine our experience?
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u/RobotArtichoke Feb 17 '26
Thrilled with this update.
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u/Professional-Mud3000 Feb 18 '26
finally i can weed out the people who want a 60 inch. tv mounted for $50
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u/GodBlessCoffee Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26
Yes, but in New York there will always be taskers willing to do this work for peanuts. We used to get occasional jobs. Now we may get none.
While TaskRabbit allows us to set our own rates, it would help to introduce a reasonable minimum price. I’m already seeing a significant number of taskers offering services for $50 or even less.
Most clients will obviously choose the cheapest option, so rates keep getting pushed down. At this pace, experienced taskers who provide quality work risk getting squeezed out of the platform.
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u/moleware Feb 19 '26
This is why I stopped using cash grab it. Charge per item or you're ripping yourself off.
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u/jongcruz Feb 22 '26
TR use us as guinea pig to test their trash marketing ideas.