Applications for the sale of second-hand products increasingly offer more secure means of payment, but can you pay by hand on Wallapop? Many people are still not used to making payments from their mobile phones or prefer not to link their bank information to this type of application, preferring to make a cash payment directly to purchase a product.
The reality is that in Wallapop you can make an appointment with the seller of an item and pay in hand, something very useful when both users are from the same city or live relatively close, but this payment method has some contraindications that can make that is not the most suitable to make a 100% secure purchase.
When making a payment in hand, there is no record in the application that the exchange has been made with a certain amount , even if the terms of the agreement have been written in the Wallapop chat . Only if the payment occurs while someone is recording it can it be considered as proof that a specific amount of money has been paid for the item, something that is very rare in practice.
In this way, if the item is defective or does not meet the agreed description, it will be quite difficult to make a claim . Yes, the buyer can always give the seller a negative score so that the rest of the Wallapop users do not see him as a reliable person, but that will not prevent him from being scammed.
HOW TO PAY ON WALLAPOP WITHOUT SHIPPING
Knowing this, many users are wondering how to pay on Wallapop without shipping . The platform has recently enabled the option to charge face to face with your app wallet instead of cash. In order to access your wallet, in the lower menu bar click on ‘You’ and then go to ‘Your wallet’. There you can manage the purchases you make in person without money in hand.
The buyer will have to click on the ‘Pay’ option when they have reserved an item and have made an appointment with the seller, generating a QR code. The seller, for his part, will have to scan said code and the set amount will appear in his wallet. In this way, in the event that the buyer later checks that the item does not meet the description and wants to open a dispute, he will have greater protection by having made the transaction within the application and not directly.
IS IT SAFE TO PAY FOR WALLAPOP?
Reticence towards online commerce is still common currency. Is it safe to pay for Wallapop? Second-hand trading platforms tend to be more prone to scams due to the greater number of sellers that are part of it, but Wallapop has not stopped increasing its security measures to guarantee maximum security for its users.
Previously, the only way to make payments within the platform was through Wallapop Envoys , which meant including an intermediary such as Correos or SEUR, which made the transaction more expensive. With the addition of ‘Your purse’ to the application, payments are made within its environment with greater control and guarantees for the buyer in case they want to make a claim.
Wallapop users can also transfer that money from ‘Your wallet’ to their bank account , so it is not money that can be used exclusively within the app. Although the transfer of money from the application to the bank account is not automatic (it usually takes a few days), Wallapop’s solvency is more than proven, making it safer every day to purchase products without the risk of being scammed by other sellers.