Reținere eliberată vs rambursare
When you book a task or rental, your card is first authorised. Your bank shows a temporary hold but no money has actually moved. If the booking is cancelled before HandIt captures the payment, the hold is simply released — there is no "refund" because there was never a charge.
Your card is only charged when:
- The helper presents the QR code at task completion (one-shot tasks), or
- Both parties confirm the borrow handoff (rental period starts), or
- You confirm a tip — tips are captured immediately.
Once your card is charged, the only way to reverse the payment is a refund (full or partial), via the dispute system below or — in rare cases — a Stripe-initiated refund.
Când primești rambursarea automat
Aceste rambursări se întâmplă fără să trebuiască să faci ceva:
- Cancellation before capture. The hold is released. Most banks remove it within 1–3 business days; some wait until the next statement cycle.
- Auto-cancelled escrow hold. If the helper does not respond or you don't complete the booking flow within 48 hours, our system cancels the hold for you.
- Stripe-initiated reversal. If our payment processor flags a fraud signal or the connected helper account is closed, Stripe reverses the charge automatically and our records reflect the refund.
- Borrow deposit released on a clean return. When both parties confirm a clean return, the deposit hold is cancelled — no charge ever appears on your statement.
Când trebuie să soliciți
If your card was charged and the work isn't acceptable, the path is the dispute system:
- Open a dispute within 7 days of task completion (or 14 days of return for borrow rentals).
- Upload evidence — photos, messages, anything relevant.
- The helper has 48 hours to respond. If they don't, an admin reviews.
- An admin issues one of: full refund, partial refund, no refund, or split (for damage cases).
Stripe processes any approved refund automatically once the dispute resolves; the platform commission is refunded along with the helper's share.
Închirieri și depozite
Închirierile funcționează cu două autorizări separate pe cardul tău: chiria și un depozit rambursabil. Ce se întâmplă la returnare depinde de rezultat:
- Returnare curată, la timp
- Chiria rămâne la proprietar. Reținerea depozitului este anulată — nu apare nicio plată pentru depozit.
- Returnare anticipată (fără daune, fără întârziere)
- Rambursare proporțională a chiriei pentru zilele neutilizate plus partea corespunzătoare din comisionul de serviciu. Reținere depozit anulată.
- Returnare cu întârziere, fără daune
- Taxă de întârziere încasată din reținerea depozitului (limitată la suma depozitului). Chiria rămâne la proprietar.
- Daune (cu sau fără întârziere)
- Suma daunelor este încasată din reținerea depozitului (limitată la depozit). Chiria rămâne la proprietar.
Dacă sistemul nostru nu poate încasa suma daunelor off-session (de exemplu, cardul tău este refuzat), cererea intră într-o stare de „daune neplătite” și echipa noastră este notificată să dea curs.
Bacșișuri
Tips are voluntary and captured the moment you confirm them — there is no escrow. Once captured, a tip cannot be refunded through the app. Only tip after the work meets your standard. If your bank reverses a tip charge as a chargeback, our team will handle it manually.
Dreptul tău de retragere de 14 zile (consumatori UE)
Conform Directivei UE privind drepturile consumatorilor (Directiva 2011/83/UE, transpusă în România prin OUG 34/2014), consumatorii au un drept de retragere de 14 zile din contractele la distanță.
For HandIt's matching service: when you confirm a paid booking you are asked to expressly request that we begin providing the matching service immediately. Under Article 16(a) of the Directive, the right of withdrawal is lost once the service has been fully performed — i.e. once the helper completes the task or the borrow rental period starts.
For the contract between you and a helper: most helpers on HandIt are non-traders (private individuals, not businesses). EU consumer-protection rules — including the 14-day withdrawal right — apply between traders and consumers. They do not apply to a contract between two consumers. HandIt's platform protections (escrow, dispute, photo evidence) apply regardless.
Dacă vrei să-ți exerciți dreptul de retragere înainte ca prestatorul să fi început lucrul, anulează din ecranul rezervării — reținerea ta este eliberată.
Cât durează?
When a refund is issued (as opposed to a hold being released), the typical card timing is 5 to 10 business days for the money to post back to your statement. SEPA / bank-account refunds can take a few days longer.
If you don't see the refund after 10 business days, contact contact@handit.me with your receipt number and we'll investigate with Stripe.
Dacă tot nu sunt mulțumit?
If our internal dispute resolution doesn't work for you, you can escalate to ANPC SAL — Romania's out-of-court alternative dispute resolution body. Submitting a complaint there is free for consumers.
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Vrei să vorbești cu cineva?
Email contact@handit.me or open a ticket from the in-app Help screen. We aim to reply within two business days.
Soluționare alternativă a litigiilor (România)
If we cannot resolve your complaint, you may submit it to ANPC SAL — the Romanian National Authority for Consumer Protection's alternative dispute resolution body. Read more on our ANPC SAL information page.
Ultima actualizare: 3 mai 2026
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