How to Pay Airtasker to Pickup and and Deliver Furniture?

kanad on 21/12/2020 - 10:37
Last edited 21/12/2020 - 11:34 by 1 other user

I want to buy furniture from Gumtree or eBay. But I have a small car, no mates to help loading/unloading etc.

I see people using Airtasker with jobs like "pickup sofa from X and deliver to me place". For those who use Airtasker how do you pay for the item? The job I understand is payable through the app.

If I go to the sellers place, pay them cash and later arrange for Airtasker to pick it up there is a chance that I lose my money as the seller just fobs of the tasker. I can ask the tasker to pay from their own pocket and I will reimburse the money when they deliver. But this is risk to the tasker and in any case the tasker may not have spare $1000 lying around.

So how do I do pay for the item, how do people who use Airtasker do it?

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  JimmyF on 21/12/2020 - 10:48

  +19

  Why don't you meet at the sellers place at the same time as the airtasker, pay for the item yourself and then let the airtasker deliver it to you.

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    Porker on 21/12/2020 - 11:00

    +2

    ^ this.. It's really not rocket science.

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      bobbified on 21/12/2020 - 11:10

      It seems to be for some people.. not mentioning any names! lol

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        thatonethere on 21/12/2020 - 11:16

        Good luck trying to coordinate the airtasker and seller…

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          bobbified on 21/12/2020 - 11:20

          @thatonethere: Why would it be difficult to co-ordinate? Refer back to Porker's comment above… :p

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      kanad on 21/12/2020 - 12:21

      -1

      Hmm, this can be problem. Waiting outside someones home for extended time, I assume worst case as taskers are not punctual. Also some suburbs are quite far to drive, Melbourne is very spread out nowadays.

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        Agarwal on 21/12/2020 - 14:20

        How far away is it, couldn't you drive somewhere close, a park or something and go and play on the playground or something and ask the taskman to call you when he is also close, or even there?

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      Donaldhump on 21/12/2020 - 14:48

      holy sh*t that solution is amazing.

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    bloom on 21/12/2020 - 11:20

    +5

    I don’t like it… it’s too logical
    I’d get a second air tasker to drop off the money in a safe and only the seller has the code

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      Jolakot on 21/12/2020 - 11:31

      +1

      What if the second airtasker steals the safe? Might need a third who's security to watch over the entire deal.

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        bobbified on 21/12/2020 - 11:44

        +4

        Well, you're now getting into the "roadwork planning" territory!

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  Findmebargain on 21/12/2020 - 11:33

  PayID/ Fast Payment to Seller whilst Airtasker is present having checked the goods.

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    websterp on 21/12/2020 - 11:58

    +1

    ^This
    You can think of more than one scammer proof method to securely pay and have your furniture inspected and delivered by the Airtasker so not sure why this has become such a challenging task for the OP.
    During lockdown in Melbourne I was selling a large wardrobe and two guys with a truck (Airtaskers) turned up, inspected it and gave the buyer their opinion and sent some photos to her of a minor scratch that they've noticed, she was Ok with it and I got paid via PayID. Everyone was happy and took only 5 minutes.

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      kanad on 21/12/2020 - 12:22

      I like this idea, provided the seller agrees to it.

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  Freaksta on 21/12/2020 - 14:08

  I don't think any furniture i've sold has been collected by the person buying it. In all cases they paid for it upfront and got man with a van or airtasker to come fetch it. I took a photo of them loading it into the truck and away they went.

  Option 2 is to buy stuff and hire your own van and ask the seller if they are happy to assist with loading into the van? and then hopefully you have 1 friend who can help offload.

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    netjock on 21/12/2020 - 15:22

    Option 3: buy Ikea stuff that you can get almost flat packed and off you go.

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  Icecold5000 on 21/12/2020 - 14:33

  I can ask the tasker to pay from their own pocket and I will reimburse the money when they deliver

  Good luck with that. You sound like a scammer yourself

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  netjock on 21/12/2020 - 15:21

  +1

  It sounds so hard, it might be easier renting a van via GoGet and sorting it out.