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https://www.dansdeals.com/more/dans-commentary/dark-side-earning-credit-card-points-psa-dont-swipe-others/

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BEFORE SWIPING FOR SOMEONE READ THIS: (first hand story)

https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=36812.msg2062371#msg2062371
https://www.dansdeals.com/more/dans-commentary/dark-side-earning-credit-card-points-psa-dont-swipe-others/#comment-1399884


Dan's warning to DDF:
I hope people realize that any buying group or anyone else that gets merchandise in advance of payment can go south at any time. That's even if you get a check at the time of delivery.
X-posting as I don't want anyone to say that I never put a warning here.

A story that ended up in court - https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/DocumentList?docketId=iRcRHuyZUdOIx69D00a5XQ==&display=all&courtType=Kings%20County%20Supreme%20Court&resultsPageNum=1


I am one of the biggest buyers for buying groups, I have done millions in transactions and have sent to every group there is over the past 3 years. Most buying groups are okay, some scan in slower than others, some pay slower than others - most will lose a few packages over the year. You can research and find which are better for you.

However there is a bigger problem now with Amazon itself.  Amazon in the past has been great with any problems always ready with a refund for lost packages even if it was thousands of dollars. Lately Amazon has clamped down and has tagged these buying groups addresses  in their systems as "freight forwarder" and now no longer will fix any problem you have whatsoever. Doesn't matter what the problem is, even if it shows the package was never delivered, amazon will not help you in any way. Their copy and paste response will always be "this item was sent to a freight forwarder and we're unable to replace or refund the item. We recommend contacting your freight forwarder for more details, as we don't have any more insight or information regarding this matter, For more information about sending items via freight forwarders, please visit our Help Pages: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201117950." As well the amazon drivers either must know this or have been increasingly bad at delivering packages because the numbers of packages missing has gone up astronomically. Previously you would have very few packages missing, now the past 3 months I have had 59 "lost" packages. I now have over $15,000 of loses and some guy in Delaware is probably living the life with all the stuff he stole from me. I will survive, I have made a lot more than $15,000 over the years however just a warning to others here that things are not as they used to be and it really is no longer worth doing buring groups with all the loses piling up

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #280 on: January 13, 2015, 04:00:55 PM »
Let's be nice to the wives here, they are not chrunable.  :)

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #281 on: February 08, 2015, 10:24:59 AM »
Is it a crime to lend money from a cc ?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #282 on: February 08, 2015, 10:57:54 AM »
Is it a crime to lend money from a cc ?
No

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #283 on: February 08, 2015, 11:51:54 AM »
No
to lend for a business is the same answer ?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #284 on: February 08, 2015, 11:54:09 AM »
to lend for a business is the same answer ?
Dunno. Can't answer that

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #285 on: February 08, 2015, 11:58:41 AM »
to lend for a business is the same answer ?
Don't think it is, as long as you realize that ultimately you are the one responsible for paying the CC company. You are basically lending your own money that you happened to borrow from a CC company...

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #286 on: February 08, 2015, 12:14:51 PM »
Don't think it is, as long as you realize that ultimately you are the one responsible for paying the CC company. You are basically lending your own money that you happened to borrow from a CC company...
+1
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #287 on: February 08, 2015, 11:30:31 PM »
I wouldn't say unknown  :'( unfortunately there are a couple people on the forums involved in this and similar scams, and are slowly killing it for the rest of us.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #288 on: September 09, 2015, 05:45:10 PM »
anyone heard of guys swiping "friends" cards so that they buy the max number of the new iphone per household/ cc and then re-sell em? i heard this is hot now in crown hts and some other places.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #289 on: September 09, 2015, 05:55:41 PM »
anyone heard of guys swiping "friends" cards so that they buy the max number of the new iphone per household/ cc and then re-sell em? i heard this is hot now in crown hts and some other places.
Discussed on forums previously. Dunno where. Paging TimT

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #290 on: September 09, 2015, 06:43:55 PM »
Discussed on forums previously. Dunno where. Paging TimT
This is from last year.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #291 on: September 09, 2015, 09:30:51 PM »
anyone heard of guys swiping "friends" cards so that they buy the max number of the new iphone per household/ cc and then re-sell em? i heard this is hot now in crown hts and some other places.
Theyeshivaworld.com had an article advertising for it
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #292 on: September 09, 2015, 09:47:21 PM »
Theyeshivaworld.com had an article advertising for it
Link to article if anybody is interested.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #293 on: December 06, 2016, 01:25:47 PM »
Boom! My friend just got screwed up...tens of thousands down the drain

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #294 on: December 06, 2016, 01:26:19 PM »
Details?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #295 on: December 06, 2016, 01:30:37 PM »
Boom! My friend just got screwed up...tens of thousands down the drain

Boom!!
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #296 on: December 06, 2016, 01:43:20 PM »
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #297 on: December 06, 2016, 02:13:47 PM »
do tell

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #298 on: December 06, 2016, 02:30:11 PM »
Boom! My friend just got screwed up...tens of thousands down the drain
Wow wow!
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #299 on: December 06, 2016, 02:38:47 PM »
Boom! My friend just got screwed up...tens of thousands down the drain

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