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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 #3280 on: March 07, 2019, 09:16:54 PM »
Perhaps its time to add public speaking, to the list of things yeshivas ought to teach.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3281 on: March 07, 2019, 09:27:37 PM »
Umm.. No
Was a joke, I'm sorry you didn't realize. Unfortunately with all the bashing and blaming the yeshivas/"system" get, I can see why you could think I meant it seriously.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3282 on: March 07, 2019, 09:32:36 PM »
I Only thing is though, if things go south with the feds, just please, please don't do like a Chesed Fund page to cover any legal fees.
Why?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3283 on: March 07, 2019, 09:37:45 PM »
Was a joke, I'm sorry you didn't realize. Unfortunately with all the bashing and blaming the yeshivas/"system" get, I can see why you could think I meant it seriously.

I just wanted to have an excuse to umm post

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3284 on: March 07, 2019, 09:39:20 PM »
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3285 on: March 07, 2019, 09:39:33 PM »
I just wanted to have an excuse to umm post
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3286 on: March 07, 2019, 09:59:06 PM »
How do you quote posts in wap?
I click on go to full version when I need to quote.
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 #3287 on: March 07, 2019, 09:59:38 PM »
I don't understand the issue with disputing. -When you open a dispute you can tell the bank exactly why you are disputing the transaction - you don't just tell them unauthorized - case closed. You explain to them the entire case .. Why can't you tell a bank I only authorized these transactions if I received a service - which in this case was getting paid back. Since I did not receive that service the transaction is therefore not authorized... If I order something from a store and they don't deliver it - I make the same claim I originally agreed to the sale as long as I get the product however since I did not receive the product - so the transaction was not authorized..
So you are telling the bank you lent someone money, did not get paid back, so now I want to dispute? Their answer will be, our terms do not allow others to use your cards, and you are liable for any charges on your account. Banks are not a gemach

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3288 on: March 07, 2019, 11:46:50 PM »
So you are telling the bank you lent someone money, did not get paid back, so now I want to dispute? Their answer will be, our terms do not allow others to use your cards, and you are liable for any charges on your account. Banks are not a gemach
Does it say anywhere in the T&C that if you use the card on any way other than they want you to, that you forfeit your right to dispute the charges?
 Also, there is a LAW about being dissatisfied with the goods or services if the charge is over $50 and depending on location of your home/merchant. You must try in good faith to reconcile, but when all else fails, you are not required to pay. Why can this not protect you even of you made charges against t &c?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3289 on: March 08, 2019, 12:07:33 AM »
Does it say anywhere in the T&C that if you use the card on any way other than they want you to, that you forfeit your right to dispute the charges?
 Also, there is a LAW about being dissatisfied with the goods or services if the charge is over $50 and depending on location of your home/merchant. You must try in good faith to reconcile, but when all else fails, you are not required to pay. Why can this not protect you even of you made charges against t &c?
If you bought a pair of shoes with a cc and the owner promised to take you for dinner next week and he didn't, is that grounds for dispute? It isn't because it's external to the transaction/product.

Swiping for cash, there is no product so you have nothing to even dispute or be dissatisfied with. Fella give you a tangental commitment which he didn't keep. How is CC bank responsible for that?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3290 on: March 08, 2019, 12:07:44 AM »
Did anybody who got FR'd because this fiasco . pass the FR?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3291 on: March 08, 2019, 12:49:43 AM »
The power of the internet & WhatsApp.... this was created here next door https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=101820.100
Wow... I was so involved in the other thread, and this thread kept on going totally off topic with all the 'Torah'diga aspects' discussions (all started with this denverite guy) so I completely tuned out! ... I didn't realize so many weren't following along with the ad campaign though! So now it seems that the BIG DEBATE is still 'TO DISPUTE OR NOT TO DISPUTE!' So many opposing viewpoints/opinions being shared, I don't think anyone has this figured out ... Not even the lawyer AT...
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3292 on: March 08, 2019, 01:51:21 AM »
Wow... I was so involved in the other thread, and this thread kept on going totally off topic with all the 'Torah'diga aspects' discussions (all started with this denverite guy) so I completely tuned out! ... I didn't realize so many weren't following along with the ad campaign though! So now it seems that the BIG DEBATE is still 'TO DISPUTE OR NOT TO DISPUTE!' So many opposing viewpoints/opinions being shared, I don't think anyone has this figured out ... Not even the lawyer AT...
Dispute what? Swiping cards to get interest and accumulate points to sell and lending the bank's money given to us for personal or business use? As long as all went good then, no problem. But to chargeback and dispute it will not work. My neighbor and a friend is a district attorney here in Indianapolis, I ran this by him and he said in Indiana this is a criminal offence, if the banks go after you. Not sure how this works in NY, NJ though.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3293 on: March 08, 2019, 01:57:10 AM »
Dispute what? Swiping cards to get interest and accumulate points to sell and lending the bank's money given to us for personal or business use? As long as all went good then, no problem. But to chargeback and dispute it will not work. My neighbor and a friend is a district attorney here in Indianapolis, I ran this by him and he said in Indiana this is a criminal offence, if the banks go after you. Not sure how this works in NY, NJ though.
So the overall consensus is you cannot dispute, but alot have attempted to do so anyway.... question is if it worked out for them, we haven't heard back from any of the guys who took that route, either using a professional or without...
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3294 on: March 08, 2019, 10:27:43 AM »
Did anybody who got FR'd because this fiasco . pass the FR?
as what i know they are closing down whoever swiped there even if pay'd in full

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3295 on: March 08, 2019, 12:00:10 PM »
as what i know they are closing down whoever swiped there even if pay'd in full

Paid. Some people spell it payed. But it's never pay'd.

Either way, I now quite a few people who were shut down by Chase without warning after swiping by some merchants, even merchants who always pay on time and are not running a ponzi scheme.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3296 on: March 08, 2019, 12:02:09 PM »
Paid. Some people spell it payed. But it's never pay'd.

Either way, I now quite a few people who were shut down by Chase without warning after swiping by some merchants, even merchants who always pay on time and are not running a ponzi scheme.

In English (as opposed to regular english) it's know, and at.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3297 on: March 08, 2019, 12:02:41 PM »
Paid. Some people spell it payed. But it's never pay'd.

Either way, I now quite a few people who were shut down by Chase without warning after swiping by some merchants, even merchants who always pay on time and are not running a ponzi scheme.

I thought it was PEYD

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3298 on: March 08, 2019, 12:03:04 PM »
Wow... I was so involved in the other thread, and this thread kept on going totally off topic with all the 'Torah'diga aspects' discussions (all started with this denverite guy) so I completely tuned out! ... I didn't realize so many weren't following along with the ad campaign though! So now it seems that the BIG DEBATE is still 'TO DISPUTE OR NOT TO DISPUTE!' So many opposing viewpoints/opinions being shared, I don't think anyone has this figured out ... Not even the lawyer AT...

The power of the internet & WhatsApp.... this was created here next door https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=101820.100

If any of you haven't jumped over to see what @chayal101 has achieved in this thread, it's worth taking a few minutes to do so.  He not only got ads created in English and Yiddish but has secured free ad space in numerous publications (one already running THIS week) AND even got at least one publication to stop running advertisements for credit card schemes.  A tremendous accomplishment and Kiddush Hashem and something nice to read before Shabbos!

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3299 on: March 08, 2019, 12:04:22 PM »
If any of you haven't jumped over to see what @chayal101 has achieved in this thread, it's worth taking a few minutes to do so.  He not only got ads created in English and Yiddish but has secured free ad space in numerous publications (one already running THIS week) AND even got at least one publication to stop running advertisements for credit card schemes.  A tremendous accomplishment and Kiddush Hashem and something nice to read before Shabbos!

This whole time I thought it was a she! (given the username)
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