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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 #4060 on: November 27, 2020, 01:45:54 AM »
:o :o
Not on any of the emails they send me!
I didn't see it either.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4061 on: November 27, 2020, 02:07:17 AM »
I found this at the bottom of the regular emails they send out

But nothing on the new deals emails
120 characters? Hmm, I wonder what I could write with 64 characters. Boy, it's gonna be hard to use up 15 characters. W-

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4062 on: November 27, 2020, 12:39:30 PM »
Anyone know if using gift cards on a tax exempt amazon account is a red flag even if shipping to ny? Or only if shipping to de on a flagged address?
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4063 on: November 28, 2020, 11:57:19 PM »
Anyone having issues with usa bg not scanning in items they committed to? Real pain in the neck
they fixed my issue
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4064 on: November 30, 2020, 08:38:49 AM »
whats w the new tracking from amazon whenever ordering to buying groups now it is TBAACY and the tracking does not update properly? Does not say out to delivery and sometimes does not track and just comes up delivered and sometimes (to often) it does not get delivered and it says on amazon u can request a replacment by a certain date....

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« Reply #4065 on: November 30, 2020, 09:38:03 AM »
whats w the new tracking from amazon whenever ordering to buying groups now it is TBAACY and the tracking does not update properly? Does not say out to delivery and sometimes does not track and just comes up delivered and sometimes (to often) it does not get delivered and it says on amazon u can request a replacement by a certain date....
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4066 on: December 01, 2020, 10:19:56 AM »
Anyone having issues with usa bg not scanning in items they committed to? Real pain in the neck
The new system is really buggy and a royal pain. Probably just going to switch BGs. It wouldn’t let me update my commit qty and now they tell me they can’t guarantee they’ll accept it.   >:(
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4067 on: December 02, 2020, 05:17:11 PM »
What's the current timeframe to receive a check from usa bg?
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4068 on: December 03, 2020, 08:54:22 AM »
What's the current timeframe to receive a check from usa bg?
usa is playing games.last weeks drop off wasn't paid yet. No checks by yesterday's either despite promising there would be. At drop off they promised same night e-checks, that didn't materialize either.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4069 on: December 07, 2020, 04:11:34 PM »
Anyone have a number or email for someone in USA buying group? (Customer service). No WhatsApp
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4070 on: December 07, 2020, 04:13:17 PM »
Anyone have a number or email for someone in USA buying group? (Customer service). No WhatsApp
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buying @ usasupplysource (dot) com

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« Reply #4071 on: December 07, 2020, 06:36:35 PM »
buying @ usasupplysource (dot) com
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4072 on: December 17, 2020, 04:28:10 AM »
whats going on with mys?
they are 2 weeks behind on checking in item

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4073 on: December 17, 2020, 06:10:44 AM »
whats going on with mys?
they are 2 weeks behind on checking in item


What are you surprised about...
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4075 on: December 17, 2020, 07:29:10 AM »
closeoutnj.com is amazing, they check in items same day, got a check 15 minutes after I requested it.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4076 on: December 17, 2020, 07:59:38 AM »
“An amazing BG” is
An oxymoronic statement.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
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What are you surprised about...
it was never this bad

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4078 on: December 17, 2020, 10:41:37 AM »
closeoutnj.com is amazing, they check in items same day, got a check 15 minutes after I requested it.
Anyone else have experience with them?
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4079 on: December 17, 2020, 10:52:21 AM »
Anyone else have experience with them?
Only dealt with them once. Great experience. Super quick service. I slowed down with them when they started asking to send Amazon to NJ
For now I'm mainly doing EMB which is great too but not as quick
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