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  [Deactivated] on 09/07/2018 - 13:27

  Another Airtasker, meh

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  [Deactivated] on 09/07/2018 - 13:34

  +6

  HIA is a ripoff to tradies who are then forced to pass on the costs to the customer. Let them die off.

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    donga100 on 09/07/2018 - 13:46

    +1

    That explains why the quotes were always so high.

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    follow on 09/07/2018 - 14:07

    Interesting as I used it once and got a guy cheaper than all the quotes I had previously.

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    [Deactivated] on 09/07/2018 - 16:41

    So its the ubereats of the tradies world? Ubereats demands 30% from the restaurant please don't use them!

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  karmduit on 09/07/2018 - 13:52

  +2

  Too right.

  They charge huge amounts to the tradies just to get your contact details so that tradies can turn up to quote. Some kind of rich middleman!

  Pick up the phone and call a tradie yourself!

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  Arnor on 09/07/2018 - 14:39

  +9

  I use hipages as a tradie and while Ive had some good jobs out of it, I really dislike paying them to get the contact to do a quote. Its $300+ per year then $25 to answer an ad. Alot of people then do not respond so its just a waste of $25. They also auto renewed my yearly without notifying me 1st, I kicked up a stink but they just say that sent out then reminder.
  I would prefer getting jobs the old way, getting a call from a potential client.
  Let them die off

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    furythree on 09/07/2018 - 17:16

    +1

    i think the concept is valid (centralised job posting site)
    as a customer i dont want to flip throught whitepages, call number of an emergency plumber whose going to overcharge me. I just want to post an ad or do a quick search through a database and find what i need

    its the fees that are a rort

    if gumtree promoted the job side of their website it would work better given their fee structure, especially since theyre a knockoff of craigslist anyway

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  nietzsche bargain on 09/07/2018 - 16:19

  +1

  I did quite a bit of research into hipages and tried using it as a customer. Their business model is around ripping off tradies, hence there's actually very low focus on making sure the customer gets what they are after. I wouldn't try them again - stick to airtasker.

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    furythree on 09/07/2018 - 17:22

    can you find alot of tradies on airtasker though