Thumbtack Thumbtack creates bogus leads Internet

I run a pet care business and I have noticed some very unusual thing with Thumbtack leads, and I think the leads must be fake. For example, in my 27 years experience running my petcare business, it has been my observation that cat owners never ask for two visits a day. Cats are usually fine with one visit per day. But every single Thumbtack lead I've EVER gotten for cat sitting had requested two visits per day. That just doesn't match up with my 27 years of experience in the pet sitting business. In the real world, cat owners don't ever ask for two visits per day. But in Thumbtack's world of fake leads, cats owners always request two visits per day. When I get a REAL request through my website,

I ALWAYS get hired. But, after using Thumbtack for the past year, out of the 70 leads I responded to, I have only been contacted by ONE of those leads, and I was hired by that contact. Here's the REALLY fishy part: When I first signed on with Thumbtack, I purchased a large block of credits, and since that initial purchase, I have been receiving between 3-10 Thumbtack leads each week. BUT, after I used up all my credits about 10 days ago, I re-purchased a small number of credits in order to give Thumbtack another try. Now here's the fishy part: In the 10 days since I bought my new credits, I have recieved NO new leads. I went from up to TEN leads a week, to ZERO leads. I believe Thumbtack has been sending fake leads all along, waiting for me to use up all of last years lower priced credits. Once I ran out of my credits, they sold me a new batch of much higher priced credits. Once they got my money, the leads dried up from 10 per week to ZERO. Take my advice and DON'T fall for this scam. 99% of their leads are fake, guaranteed!