Avoid using Airtasker

Thats true, luck of the draw often.

Sometimes my ads get clogged up with irrelveant comments, so i have to delete and repost

 

I wonder what you are posting for your ads to be filled with irrelevant comments.

 

its usually the same, a bit of how dare you offer that much, a bit of you wont find someone who can do that here, you need a qualified person to be able to legally hammer in a nail, to oh the offer by XXXX is no good because bla bla bla, to the bushfires are Scott Morrisions fault

I usually just delete and repaste the exact same ad and get genuine interest as the previous seem to lose their huff

 

I used airtasker the other day. The guy was super nice and done a great job - we had a few things in common and our families ended up hanging out for dinner.

Cheers

Jamie

 

I too had a super successful transaction today, (however, didnt do dinner, cos he was 1000kms away!)

got silly quotes from my agent to do a quick sweep/mop inside a 3bdr home, it was cleaned about 6 months ago but obviously since no one has lived in it, dust has accumulated,

2 quotes from the agent were $375 and $550, which were taking the ****
put an ad up for $200, got charged $15 or $20 Airtasker fee,

guy did it in 2 hours, even sprayed my windows with the hose for an extra hour

both parties happy as a pig in poo

 

just for FYI

ive put up a job for a pretty basic task today, its to replace 2 x tap heads

first offer I got was

"I charge 22% on top of my usual rate, minimum is 2 hours, do not accept any quotes that are cheap because you need be a licensed plumber for this job"

and you can undestand with a toxic environment like this, people shy away

 

These sites are ruining the trades industry like Labour hire companies are and it's letting a handyman into people's houses to have a crack at licensed trades like plumbing and electrical.

It also allows the seeker to waste people's time and go with the cheapest quote

 

Yes have heard of alot of tradie lose a lot of work. Beacuse they started out fair then slowly got greedy.

 

well, if they did a decent job, were professional, not entitled, and not greedy, they would be run off their socks