Dasher Diary: Financing Your DoorDash Meal in Amarillo is Not New

There has been a lot of talk about this new DoorDash partnership that is happening all over including Amarillo. At first glance, I thought this was crazy. A company that is teaming up with DoorDash to help customers buy now and pay later for their meals through DoorDash.

The company is Klarna and they are making it easier for DoorDash customers to get that much-needed food delivered. I thought great to finance a food delivery through DoorDash and let the customer pay for their Whataburger in four payments. I thought that was just going to make things worse.

Is it Weird to Finance Your DoorDash Order?

Then I had to think about it another way. If they have this account to help pay for their food it is no different than any customer who has a credit card on their account to pay. I mean that is how I have mine set up.

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If you have your debit card attached to your delivery account then you have to have the money in your account to make the purchase. If you have a credit card attached then you are borrowing until you pay it back. That is the same thing that Klarna is doing.

They are there for customers who don't have a credit card in their name or have maxed-out accounts. It happens so they can still get food and pay it off in four payments or less, just like if you were using a credit card.

I do hope that this partnership is something that helps customers and does not end up putting them in further debt. I also hope that using this account also helps the customer tip a few dollars to their dasher.