I am newer to TT and do not know what the old system was, but I do not believe i want to be charged just for giving a quote. At this current moment, only 3 of my last 23 quotes have been viewed and I usuallu quote in less than five minutes after the job has been posted. I am a tax preparer and the last deadline was yesterday, so this is not a job that they were looking to have done in the next year or two. If I am charged per quote, I would like to be refunded if the quote is not viewed in a week. I don't know how an online company can make it when most of their users are mad at them and don't like the way they do things. It is also surprising the number of emails in this thread that think TT itself is behind the bogus contacts that get us charged.  I am on the fence on this issue. B   ... View more

I have not been around long enough to know what the system was like before when there were credits. My main complaint would be getting charged for replies from potential customers who aren't serious and just flake out and have their uncle prepare their tax return or go away and never come back. As of right now, 12 out of 15 people who contacted me were never serious about getting their tax returns prepared and are what I would call false leads. Either you have to slash the fee for us getting contacted so we can weather the false leads, or you could implement a new charge structure to where we only get charged when we actually get hired. Also, let the potential clients know we are getting charged before they complete their response to us. Brian   ... View more