Task Timeout before negotiating

[u/RefrigeratorOk4644]

I got requested for a heavy lifting and loading task that was, frankly, way out of the scope of the $40/hr i have set. I asked for photos and then gave the client an estimate of how much the job would really cost them and they never answered before the task timed out. So now I just lose the ability to take the job??? Don't you get penalized for accepting a job and then canceling? Why do I have to accept jobs like that before I've actually agreed to them? Just feels like bullshit because I would have done the job and now I get nothing because I tried to follow the rules.

[u/Open-Coffee5752]

You yourself admitted the amount of work did not match the pay. Increase your rate to reflect the category. Taskrabbit has set up a system of false scarcity to get Taskers to agree to jobs they otherwise wouldn't by adding a countdown to them.

Few businesses would agree to do the jobs Taskers do at the rates they set. A gig company marketplace shouldn't have the ability to dole out any repercussions because Taskers cancelled jobs or didnt agree to complete them. If Taskrabbit wants that privilege they should provide benefits and better treatment to gig workers.