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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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http://podcast.headlinesbook.com/e/31616-credit-card-miles-and-points-swiping-for-rewards-buying-and-selling-miles-is-it-assur-and-a-chillul-hashem-or-a-great-way-for-a-side-parnassah/



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 #3300 on: March 08, 2019, 12:04:59 PM »
In English (as opposed to regular english) it's know, and at.

Ah, but that was a typo, not a spelling error.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3301 on: March 08, 2019, 12:06:33 PM »
This whole time I thought it was a she! (given the username)
It is a she. She said on another thread she would ask her husband.

Of course it can also be a gay man, but what are the odds :p

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3302 on: March 08, 2019, 12:06:35 PM »
This whole time I thought it was a she! (given the username)
And here I drew the opposite conclusion from the same source.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3303 on: March 08, 2019, 12:07:23 PM »
Ah, but that was a typo, not a spelling error.
I never knew that regular english has any spelling rules, which would allow for any errors? Though I can't really figure how a typo would turn AT to BY?  ;)
I've been waiting over 5 years with bated breath for someone to say that!
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3304 on: March 08, 2019, 12:07:58 PM »
This whole time I thought it was a she! (given the username)
And here I drew the opposite conclusion from the same source.
It can be Chaya L or חייל

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3305 on: March 08, 2019, 12:08:43 PM »
And here I drew the opposite conclusion from the same source.

Well, in some circles Chayal implies חסיד, ירא-שמים, ולמדן. So it's likely to be a he. Is that where you drew your conclusion from?
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3306 on: March 08, 2019, 12:10:04 PM »
It can be Chaya L 101 or חייל 101

The boys around here (myself included) are far too lazy to get the ads done and make the calls. Yet another clue that it’s a she.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3307 on: March 08, 2019, 12:11:49 PM »
This whole time I thought it was a she! (given the username)
lol thanks @denverite It's a she... That's why I had no interest in all these Meforshim/Halachos analyzations on this thread...
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3308 on: March 08, 2019, 12:13:15 PM »
I never knew that regular english has any spelling rules, which would allow for any errors? Though I can't really figure how a typo would turn AT to BY?  ;)

Don’t want to get this thread off topic, but I was referring to the fact that a “k” was missing from the word “know”.

At vs by is a deeper grammatical error.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3309 on: March 08, 2019, 12:16:25 PM »
lol thanks @Denverite It's a she... That's why I had no interest in all these Meforshim/Halachos analyzations on this thread...

That's hilarious because I totally read it as Chayal meaning soldier and I'm a she too! LOL...ok now I truly am taking this thread off topic and don't want @Dan to ban me plus I gotta work!  ;D

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3310 on: March 08, 2019, 12:18:59 PM »
And here I drew the opposite conclusion from the same source.

That's hilarious because I totally read it as Chayal meaning soldier and I'm a she too! LOL...ok now I truly am taking this thread off topic and don't want @Dan to ban me plus I gotta work!  ;D

I have a chaya in my life so i instinctively see chaya and think girl and the l and 1 right next to each other kinda get blurred together.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3311 on: March 08, 2019, 12:27:38 PM »
"JS [is] a fetid cesspool of unvarnished linguistic manure, with lots of useless drivel and post-padding." -Moishebatchy

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3312 on: March 08, 2019, 12:32:59 PM »
That's hilarious because I totally read it as Chayal meaning soldier and I'm a she too! LOL...ok now I truly am taking this thread off topic and don't want @Dan to ban me plus I gotta work!  ;D
I think she called you a guy too, so it's all good :-D

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3314 on: March 08, 2019, 01:05:52 PM »
It’s relevant because as a she, she will actually collaborate with others and get the job done, as opposed to ego getting in the way of a product that reflects the collective wisdom of everyone, so it’s worth putting the effort into helping her get it done. Said by a he, from experience....

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« Reply #3315 on: March 08, 2019, 01:10:57 PM »
It’s relevant because as a she, she will actually collaborate with others and get the job done, as opposed to ego getting in the way of a product that reflects the collective wisdom of everyone, so it’s worth putting the effort into helping her get it done. Said by a he, from experience....
Feminist much? 😛
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« Reply #3316 on: March 08, 2019, 01:14:12 PM »
Feminist much? 😛
No, I think men do a whole lot of things much better. Collaboration isn’t one of them.

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« Reply #3317 on: March 08, 2019, 01:15:12 PM »
No, I think men do a whole lot of things much better. Collaboration isn’t one of them.
No no, you got it wrong, men and women are equal and exactly the same.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3318 on: March 08, 2019, 05:05:16 PM »
...and this week's podcasts drops.. and it's not it

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #3319 on: March 08, 2019, 05:06:19 PM »
...and this week's podcasts drops.. and it's not it
If it's like my interviews with El Al, they'll never see the light of day  ;D
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