Swappa Reviews 37,008

TrustScore 5 out of 5

4.8

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Review summary

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Reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the platform for its excellent products, user-friendly experience, and well-designed website. Many people appreciate the high quality of items available and the very reasonable prices, making it their preferred choice for buying and selling tech. The buying process is often described as easy and efficient, with items arriving promptly and as described. However, some customers also noted issues with seller protection. A few other people also felt that item conditions were sometimes misrepresented, or that they received products that were locked or defective despite being advertised otherwise.

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Website

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Swappa is sublime! Charming independent marketplace to buy and sell devices (esp. tech, phones). Bought a used phone at a great price (payment thru PayPal), arrived safely within a few days (and as de... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The whole process went very smoothly. I really appreciate how the website verifies the quality of devices, encourages easy communication with the seller, and helps you find phones at very reasonable p... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I used Swappa to purchase a replacement phone for my wife's failing Pixel 8. Once again we received an excellent phone at a nice discount in "Mint" condition. The seller shipped quickly and the phon... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Got great phone from seller. Exterior condition and battery health better than expected. Unfortunately WiFi had funky, intermittent issues that seller was not able to detect. Apple store did internal... See more


Company details

  1. Electronics store
  2. Mobile Phone Shop
  3. Computer Shop
  4. Internet shop
  5. Online marketplace
  6. Second-hand Computer Shop

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Swappa makes it safe and easy to buy and sell gently used technology, including smartphones, cameras, video games, tablets, laptops, watches, VR, electronics and more.

Buy and sell newish tech on Swappa

Written by the company

Safe, friendly marketplace with less fees
On Swappa you buy and sell directly with other users. Cutting out the middleman means you join a community market with the best prices and highest value.

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4.8

Excellent

TrustScore 5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is a complete scam

This is a complete scam. I made my first purchase and my account was suddenly blocked with no explanation. The seller kept the money and has not issued any refund. Instead, they falsely marked the item as “shipped” without providing any tracking information.
Now I’m forced to wait for PayPal to step in and resolve the issue. I have already sent three emails and received no response at all.
Absolutely terrible experience — zero customer service, no accountability, and very untrustworthy. I would strongly advise others to stay away.

Update: After more than a week of dealing with this situation, I’m still without my money and it has been nothing but a headache. I’ve sent multiple emails to help@swappa and also used their internal support form, but I’ve been completely ignored — no responses at all.
It’s especially frustrating because they claim to respond within 20 minutes or less, which is clearly not true in my case. At this point, I’ve basically been left on my own to deal with the PayPal dispute, without any support from Swappa.
To make things worse, the seller has now marked the item as shipped and provided a tracking number that is going to a completely different address, which clearly raises serious concerns about bad faith and potential fraud.
Very disappointing customer service and overall experience.

9 April 2026
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Reply from Swappa

This user's account was banned after our support team noticed it was connected to 5 previously banned accounts.

This latest account was removed from Swappa, and any future accounts will also be closed if/when discovered.

The user has been informed about this ban.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Garbage

Garbage. Swappa has no real ability to hold sellers accountable. Their response is file with PayPal. Garbage never coming back as had 2 out of 3 recent transactions were problematic and Swappa was no help

4 April 2026

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