Taskrabbit can be hit or miss. I signed up as a taskrabbit purely because I was curious about the interface they were using for bidding on and being assigned tasks. I completed two tasks in the span of three days.
The first was a pick up/drop off job that consisted of me picking up some rental items and dropping them off about 30 minutes outside Boston ($25). The second was ordering an iced latte at Starbucks and literally delivering it a block away ($14!). Both times the mobile app failed (iPhone 4S, iOS 6) in two different ways. For the first task it failed multiple times when I tried to mark the task as complete-not such a big deal since the task was done. The fail during the second task was critical-it would not let me login to view where the drop-off location was and the email confirmation confusingly showed the start and end location as the same address (Starbucks). I had to call the person who submitted the task to verify drop-off location and explain that the app had failed. They weren't irritated but I could see why me calling might be disruptive since they made this task to avoid leaving the building and walking a block.
Those sort of really simple (meaning ~2 steps) tasks seem to be few and far between. Many tasks such as, "Go shopping for me at IKEA," turn out to be much more involved when you read the details and find out the task includes assembling the furniture on-site.
For me it was more about trying out the interface on really basic tasks than making money but perhaps more complicated tasks would be something you'd be willing to do. Another important note is that the taskrabbit application is not too quick of a turnaround. I think it took nearly two weeks before I was approved.
The first was a pick up/drop off job that consisted of me picking up some rental items and dropping them off about 30 minutes outside Boston ($25). The second was ordering an iced latte at Starbucks and literally delivering it a block away ($14!). Both times the mobile app failed (iPhone 4S, iOS 6) in two different ways. For the first task it failed multiple times when I tried to mark the task as complete-not such a big deal since the task was done. The fail during the second task was critical-it would not let me login to view where the drop-off location was and the email confirmation confusingly showed the start and end location as the same address (Starbucks). I had to call the person who submitted the task to verify drop-off location and explain that the app had failed. They weren't irritated but I could see why me calling might be disruptive since they made this task to avoid leaving the building and walking a block.
Those sort of really simple (meaning ~2 steps) tasks seem to be few and far between. Many tasks such as, "Go shopping for me at IKEA," turn out to be much more involved when you read the details and find out the task includes assembling the furniture on-site.
For me it was more about trying out the interface on really basic tasks than making money but perhaps more complicated tasks would be something you'd be willing to do. Another important note is that the taskrabbit application is not too quick of a turnaround. I think it took nearly two weeks before I was approved.