I joined Mechanical Turk about three months ago. The experience is GREAT!!! I get to make some spare money to fatten my too-empty pocket. I get to raise my Amazon.com gift certificate balance from time to time. The great thing about MTurk is that sometimes I got to earn $1 just for clicking a few things. Many people might say this is way lower than minimum wage but it is fun. It seems easier just clicking things than actually doing a job. My most memorable experience is when I got a HIT that asked me to do a review on my cell phone. That HIT was one of the first few I did in the first week after I joined MTurk. I was like: “Oh Yeah! I finally find a venue to express what I feel about my cell phone and get paid for it!” So I proceeded to write several lines about my cell phone and took a couple pictures of it. I only expected to earn $1 on it. But to my surprise, I actually made more than $2! The requester gave me a bonus for taking great pictures (and they weren’t really great in my opinion)! It was such a great encouragement for me to continue on with MTurk. I just can’t give up now. I am addicted to it! Right now, I am aiming for the MP4 player I found on Amazon.com which costs about $47. I have earned $45.89 now and I am sure I will be able to make it within one month.