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Has been good in the past, but lately not.

Just as many others have stated, their experiences and mine were ok in the past but lately, even though my purchase power has increased and my credit score Etc., I am not being approved even for the smallest purchases and their customer service can never give you a solid reason. It can be frustrating and time confusing to shop and make a list, then get declined and not get a reason why. Customer service will always say it's system generated and they cannot give a specific reason and there's nothing they can do. I may as well use Affirm or Quadpay because Last month and now this month, I'm simply wasting my time with Klarna and I'm not getting a reason why. My account limit has increased significantly, but I can never get approved even with the smallest, minimum purchase. They just are not worth it anymore, due to having to shop first, prepare a list of items, only to be declined and not being able to know up front. It's basically misleading to state that I'm up to date "great," increase my spending limit, then decline me at the end of preparing my shopping list. No longer worth going through all that, just to be declined and not given a reason.

Developer Response ,

Hi there, we understand that this change is frustrating and we can explain. To help our users shop responsibly, we have to lend responsibly. Sometimes this means lowering the estimated amount we can lend. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Great until they’re not

Let me start off by saying I love Klarna or used to. They were the og payment app for me. I have recommended them to everyone I know even though I also use affirm, quadpay, and after pay. I have been using Klarna for a few years now and have used their app more times than I can count. Seriously, I have had a million transactions through them. I have always had on time payments and most times paying stuff off early. For some reason lately they flat out won’t approve me for anything even though I have almost everything paid off through them so far. I have borrowed over a thousand from them in one transaction before but now they won’t even let me borrow two hundred. My credit score has significantly increased since I first started using them so that can’t be considered a factor in their decision. I should be able to borrow their max amount at this point since I’ve beyond built that trust with them but lately they seem to be treating me like I’ve never used their app before. I’m just beyond frustrated with the service I’ve been getting from them recently. I have started using affirm and quadpay instead. Even though I haven’t used those two near as much as Klarna they still give me a significant spending amount and I never have an issue with being approved for what I want. I wish Klarna would function the way they used to when I first started using their app. I don’t know what has changed but they’re starting to lose a lot of loyal customers because of it.

Wrong direction

I just received an email telling me my spending power has been reduced due to the lack of activity in the last 12 months. I find this interesting, as, instead of sending out a survey to understand why, or just read the commonality amongst the people in the reviews here, this is how Klarna chooses to go about it. Yet, like so many others have stated, having to “gamble” on if the purchase is going to go through or not is too much of a headache. And now, when my purchases are declined, I don’t even bother trying to reduce my cart, I just move to another service. A service in which I got long after Klarna, and have used far less, yet however has increased to 3x the amount of spending power I have now with Klarna. And honestly, if that service allowed purchases to be made anywhere, I would’ve been closed my Klarna account. And yes, I have read the Dev responses in here stating having to decide/limit the lending that can be offered. I find this as a poor response as I am sure that at the major growth of the company, there were so many of us spending, which of course resulted in the increased spending power we all have…. Or had. I think since the release of the Klarna card, which I do also have, there’s been too many (wrong) things put in place, or too many things that made Klarna awesome, taken away. If my assumption is correct, maybe rethink the card, Klarna. The service boomed before it. The people may be happier without it.