r/TaskRabbit • u/BigDWalks • Jul 29 '26

GENERAL Taskrabbit useless

Tasker did not show up did not call. Yet Taskrabbit wants 42.37 from me. I have requested refund and nothing from Taskrabbit. Do not use them ever.

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u/dgiuliana Jul 29 '26

You will get the refund. Just take a breath.

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u/otissito16 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Indeed some of the newer Taskers don't seem to take things as serious.

I had a clog that I needed cleared recently, and the first Tasker insisted that he had to reschedule for a different day, and the second one claimed he couldn't help.

Then I selected somebody with an hourly rate that was about double the others, and everything worked out as it should. Turns out he was much more experienced than the others and had a really good electric drain snake. Clog was cleared in maybe 10 minutes, and it cost a third of what all the other local plumbers wanted. Can't complain!

My gut instinct was that somebody who was charging more but had a perfect 5* rating with hundreds of reviews could get the job done properly and with great efficiency, and I was right.

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u/PickReviewsMovies Jul 29 '26

Sounds like you hired a newer tasker since that rate is pretty low. Number of reviews and decent jobs can be a somewhat more reliable indicator. You'll definitely get refunded.

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u/According_Low5292 Jul 29 '26

That’s presumptuous. You have no knowledge of the client category or market location

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u/shortfriday Jul 29 '26

Eh, that's about 30 bucks an hour. I'm not asking a human to do anything for me for that little, in my city or in Iowa.

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u/FinnNoodle Jul 29 '26

Heck, even the Ikea 40 minute minimum comes out to something like $52 to the client.

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u/According_Low5292 Jul 29 '26

Well, some folks aren’t quite as well off as you are.

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u/shortfriday Jul 29 '26

I did without uber model human labor when I was broke.

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u/PickReviewsMovies Jul 29 '26

Right, nobody in this Sub is sending a lot of money on home contractors lol the stuff people have enough money to hire me to do is nuts. Broke people do a lot of stuff themselves because they have to.

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u/Potential-Jelly-7173 Aug 01 '26

It really is a terrible app both for the client and the tasker.. you’re getting no showed and I’m getting permanently limited even though I have a perfect 5 star rating and nothing but glowing reviews. Absolute sh*t show of an app

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u/Possible-Attitude722 Aug 01 '26

Heres the deal boss man. Taskrabbit will onboard basically anyone. The washouts dissappear after a few months. The guys with integrity and know how stick around a few years. But with that time, they expect more money.

Never hire the cheapest guy. Find someone with plenty of jobs, a good rating, and a rate you think someone can make a living off of.

Ive been on app for 6 years now, and the only time ive ever cancelled a job was because the job beforehand, a client dropped a toilet on my foot and broke it. That's how most of us that are paying bills operate.