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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 #1800 on: February 01, 2019, 08:47:56 AM »
There's gambling in a casino gambling in the stock market and gambling in a bad investment...
Some are crimes while others aren't
gambling isnt a crime in any of the above scenarios. its the ponzi scheme thats the crime in which case they would all be a crime
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1801 on: February 01, 2019, 08:50:12 AM »
gambling isnt a crime in any of the above scenarios. its the ponzi scheme thats the crime in which case they would all be a crime
I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure you can't take someone's money to invest and go to the casino and lose it but investing it in a terrible real estate investment would be less incriminating

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1802 on: February 01, 2019, 09:14:16 AM »
I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure you can't take someone's money to invest and go to the casino and lose it but investing it in a terrible real estate investment would be less incriminating

People invest in professional gamblers

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1803 on: February 01, 2019, 09:16:53 AM »
People invest in professional gamblers
He ain't a professional money making gambler. Just a guy with a gambling problem

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1804 on: February 01, 2019, 10:29:47 AM »
All these people from the crown heights story, they can't just dispute the charges?
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1805 on: February 01, 2019, 10:31:12 AM »
All these people from the crown heights story, they can't just dispute the charges?
Lol if only this was so simple.
What exactly after they disputing

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1806 on: February 01, 2019, 10:34:44 AM »
Lol if only this was so simple.
What exactly after they disputing
that they never received goods, products, services etc.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1807 on: February 01, 2019, 10:36:34 AM »
that they never received goods, products, services etc.
On such a large scale there will be a thorough investigation and it will not end well for those involved

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1808 on: February 01, 2019, 10:39:23 AM »
On such a large scale there will be a thorough investigation and it will not end well for those involved
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1810 on: February 01, 2019, 10:49:48 AM »
On such a large scale there will be a thorough investigation and it will not end well for those involved
How so? The activity at issue probably violated the terms of the card and I take for granted that upon a thorough investigation Amex and any other card issuer would probably close their accounts (and any points therein would probably be forfeited), but that seems like a small price to pay for removing thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1811 on: February 01, 2019, 10:51:01 AM »
How so? The activity at issue probably violated the terms of the card and I take for granted that upon a thorough investigation Amex and any other card issuer would probably close their accounts (and any points therein would probably be forfeited), but that seems like a small price to pay for removing thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges.
But if they were authorized why would Amex take the hit

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1812 on: February 01, 2019, 11:10:44 AM »
But if they were authorized why would Amex take the hit
how can he prove the last swipe was Authorized?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1813 on: February 01, 2019, 11:11:15 AM »
how can he prove the last swipe was Authorized?
The same way the last 20 were

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1814 on: February 01, 2019, 11:17:43 AM »
The same way the last 20 were
+1

"sure, the previous 20 months it was authorized, but this last one wasn't, I just lost the text message where I told him he needs to stop."


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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1815 on: February 01, 2019, 11:19:12 AM »
+1

"sure, the previous 20 months it was authorized, but this last one wasn't, I just lost the text message where I told him he needs to stop."

Yeah, sounds legit.
Well good luck with that when he finds the WhatsApp message that says go ahead and swipe

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1816 on: February 01, 2019, 11:20:15 AM »
The same way the last 20 were
if you authorized 20 swipes and after that he decided to swipe again you can still do a charge back on the last one and he will need to prove that one individually.
The fact that you gave him prior permission for the 1st one is not prove that you gave him permission for the unauthorized one.

Unless he has signed agreements with them or something like that.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1817 on: February 01, 2019, 11:21:38 AM »
Well good luck with that when he finds the WhatsApp message that says go ahead and swipe
you can still do a charge back when you authorized a swipe if the seller does not deliver goods/services.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1818 on: February 01, 2019, 11:21:54 AM »
The same way the last 20 were
Seems like a factual question subject to dispute. Additionally, all prior charges were only authorized with the expectation that the cardholder would receive the reimbursement to make the applicable credit card payments. Seems worth a shot at least before resorting to bankruptcy protection.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #1819 on: February 01, 2019, 11:22:33 AM »
you can still do a charge back when you authorized a swipe if the seller does not deliver goods/services.
Well he can prove three wasn't any goods to be given here