01/19 - Trekking Through Thursday!

Discussion in 'Daily mTurk HITs Threads' started by TissueHime, Jan 19, 2017.

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  1. Randomacts

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    The script is the only thing that made it passable at 5 cents.
     
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    exactly this.
     
  3. Kayrad

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    i swear i used to have pi qual so weird
     
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    The script has been out forever. This is just them simply paying less.
     
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  5. geniuscrackhead

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    That really adds up, although I will.

    So whenever we declare a PE, someone needs to make a script that automatically deducts 15% from your earnings -- that is, sadly, your true PE(again, assuming Amazon is reporting the info and sending in a 1099 form)

    I'm just wondering if the issue is that because we make so little, does the IRS have a policy of not going after people who are earning low wages?
     
  6. Kayrad

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    fuck the irs i read somewhere theres no law that says you really have to pay an income tax
     
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    I earn $0 this is actually my cats account :behindsofa:
     
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  8. ChrisTurk

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    No. Ive met folks nailed through PayPal over as little as 2k.
     
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    They will pull your qual if your answers don't align with what they want. They pulled mine last year. I emailed them asking what I had one wrong and if I could retake the test. They said that I didn't do anything "wrong" and that they are subjective hits. "I wasn't the kind of subjective they were looking for." They gave me my qual back after 30 days wait but said it they take it again then it's gone for good. I only do the home improvement ones now. I passed that one on first try and it took me near 10 tries on the regular ones.
     
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    If you worked at a del taco it would be the same thing only your employer deals with it... as far as I understand.. I haven't ever actually had a 'real job' besides mturk

    [​IMG]

    Then you should have used your cat's social and not your own for the account.. Pity that...

    Actually are you admitting to sharing your account with your cat? That is against the TOS and will get your account closed. :lama:
     
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    You don't HAVE to pay income tax. This is true.
    Ask my Uncle Ray. He didn't pay income taxes for 20 years.
    He is now in prison.
     
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    Yeah and for that is always why i just tell folks to ask a tax professional. Like for example on instaGC they 1099 me each year for $600 and up so I play it safe with Turk and report w/e it is I made and then of course I go "buy" a new computer for oddly enough about that same amount
     
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    I honestly am not happy about it, since it takes already low wages and makes them lower and I wasn't planning on paying this large chunk of money. I know, civic duty, etc etc, but a lot of the money goes to fund causes or policies that I wouldn't want to support, such as bringing people from far away lands into the country and equpping them with welfare, food, shelter, etc. But yeah, it seems like it should be applied to the wealthy, if applied at all

    Please explain! What happened?
     
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    ohhh i think it was the home improvement one i got it my first try like my first week on turk
     
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    I grabbed 15 before I noticed the pay. Yuck.
     
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    I did the same and after about 10 said "dafuq I just see a 3??"
     
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    Fines & penalties. pretty banal stuff.
     
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    Title: Product to Interest Audit (single yes/no per HIT) | PANDA
    Requester: Amazon Requester Inc. - Customer Interests [A225CX8SZ86ADP] (Contact)
    TO: [Pay: 3.37] [Fair: 5.00] [Comm: N/A] [Fast: 4.60] [Reviews: 22] [ToS: 0]
    Description:
    Confirm labeling of products with interest (e.g. 'batman', 'sailing' etc). Single yes/no per HIT, average estimated time < 5 seconds.
    Time: 5 minutes
    HITs Available: 382
    Reward: $0.01
    Qualifications: Total approved HITs is not less than 1000; Location is one of: CA, US; HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 98;

    HIT exported from Mturk Suite v1.2.1
    do these instead of pies
     
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    I agree and after all these years of paying in to them I still have not been given a 7 eleven, liquor store or a gas station :angryfire:
     
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    first thing I saw when they popped up was 3 cent, have not touched them.
     
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