07/22 - Scintillating Saturday!

[lil queen trashmouth]

Good morning/evening @turker! How's your day been?

 

[catnapped]

Got "Mike" 's email too...no clue who he is

 

[lil queen trashmouth]

Got "Mike" 's email too...no clue who he is

 

[Deleted member 526]

Good morning/evening @turker! How's your day been?

great got a new phone and ingredients to try making cranberry bread how has your day been?

 

[lil queen trashmouth]

great got a new phone and ingredients to try making cranberry bread how has your day been?

Ooooh that is a good day. Nice chill day, no 5s but a thunderstorm so that was nice

 

[C to the J]

Sounds like this Mike is using a set of cheap HITs to harvest IDs, and then solicit more doubtful work. Sorta like sending an email to a Graigslister just to get a return email to add to the harvested email list. No doubt all for sale somewhere...this must be against TOS, as if MTurk cares..

I remember a similar email and set up earlier this year.
He was trying to buy fake Angie's List reviews.

 

[Deleted member 526]

Ooooh that is a good day. Nice chill day, no 5s but a thunderstorm so that was nice

 

[Lana Del Rey]

Welp I shoulda checked here before responding to mike

Oh well. Newbie lesson learned.

 

[lil queen trashmouth]

Yesss use those little legs buddy, dream big!

 

[Deleted member 526]

what are you guys having for dinner? probably sandwich here.

 

[sudilly]

great got a new phone and ingredients to try making cranberry bread how has your day been?

Save a slice for me!

 

[WalkingEmphasis]

Frugal MTC shoppers who frequently buy through Amazon, I just found out about a really awesome Chrome extension called "Keepa - Amazon Price Tracker". It lists complete price history of every single item immediately under the product picture. So, you can keep track of trends and when things go on sale. It will also notify you of your desired price when you tell it to. It works on all of the major Amazon sites, including Europe and Asia.

I wanted to add that I also just learned that there is a version for Firefox as well, for those of you who don't use Chrome.

 

[mboone73]

Welp I shoulda checked here before responding to mike

Oh well. Newbie lesson learned.

Mturk is a constant learning process it seems.

 

[alk69]

Cranberry bread! Hummm...hey I've got flour, I've got yeast and butter, I've got cranberries. I've even got a bread machine(smartest mobile device I ever bought). And I've got the best recipe to try out.... All I lack is the will power to go into the kitchen and dump the ingredients in the machine and turn it on. I might be a trifle lazy today.

 

[Deleted member 526]

Cranberry bread! Hummm...hey I've got flour, I've got yeast and butter, I've got cranberries. I've even got a bread machine(smartest mobile device I ever bought). And I've got the best recipe to try out.... All I lack is the will power to go into the kitchen and dump the ingredients in the machine and turn it on. I might be a trifle lazy today.

you can do it!!!

 

[Desertdarlene]

Did anyone get an email from someone named "Mike" about a $5 hit that was sent through the Mturk system? The thing is that he didn't leave a title or a link, so there's no way I can find it.

 

[WalkingEmphasis]

Did anyone get an email from someone named "Mike" about a $5 hit that was sent through the Mturk system? The thing is that he didn't leave a title or a link, so there's no way I can find it.

Lots of us, yeah. I replied and asked him what it was about, and he wants people to leave fake reviews. So don't bother.

 

[electrolyte]

Did anyone get an email from someone named "Mike" about a $5 hit that was sent through the Mturk system? The thing is that he didn't leave a title or a link, so there's no way I can find it.

Yup, scroll up the last few pages. It's a scam.

 

[Desertdarlene]

Lots of us, yeah. I replied and asked him what it was about, and he wants people to leave fake reviews. So don't bother.

Thanks. It sounded shady when I read the email.

 

[sudilly]

Title: Motivation and Decision Making (16-18 minutes) | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Heather Korn [A3CIOJ0FPJHLPK] (Contact) TO 1: [Pay: 4.00] [Fast: 0.00] [Comm: 0.00] [Fair: 0.00] [Reviews: 1] [ToS: 0] TO 2: [Rate: $6.89/hr] [Pen: -- days] [Res: -- of 0] [Rec: -- of 0] [Rej: 0] [ToS: 0] [Brk: 0] Description: This survey will take 16-18 minutes to complete. You will be asked to read and evaluate basic economic information, along with answering questions about demographic, background, and personality assessment. Time: 1 hour HITs Available: 43 Reward: $1.75 Qualifications: Masters Exists ; Location EqualTo US;