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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
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4623 on: February 23, 2022, 07:39:19 PM »

@Yehudaa the deal you quote above, is it sold only in Gucci stores?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4625 on: February 23, 2022, 10:50:24 PM »
TDB
I don’t see it.

Also, apparently only 100 are being produced.
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Quotes in a signature is annoying, as it comes across as an independent post.

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« Reply #4626 on: February 24, 2022, 12:02:01 AM »
I don’t see it.
I don't know why but some deals only show on their site if you click through from their email.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4627 on: February 24, 2022, 01:34:03 AM »

This has been on their site for weeks. I'm not quite sure who can even get one.
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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« Reply #4629 on: March 04, 2022, 11:09:33 AM »
Any new bg's that have become big over the past couple of month's please pm me, i am interested in being an active buyer

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4630 on: March 06, 2022, 10:35:40 AM »
seems like its been a rough Q1 moving product, some big groups getting lousy, and one really big group going to straight scummy/scammy moves.

BE CAREFUL out there


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« Reply #4631 on: March 06, 2022, 11:02:34 AM »
seems like its been a rough Q1 moving product, some big groups getting lousy, and one really big group going to straight scummy/scammy moves.

BE CAREFUL out there

Yup. I know at least one large group that's taking upwards of 3-4 weeks to pay out. Either they're doing cash advance on the side, or they're having inflow issues.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4632 on: March 06, 2022, 12:44:44 PM »
where can i check which groups are more reliable than others?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4633 on: March 06, 2022, 12:46:14 PM »
you can contact me on whatsapp +14697088084 & I'll let you know

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4634 on: March 06, 2022, 01:07:59 PM »
seems like its been a rough Q1 moving product, some big groups getting lousy, and one really big group going to straight scummy/scammy moves.

BE CAREFUL out there

Yup. I know at least one large group that's taking upwards of 3-4 weeks to pay out. Either they're doing cash advance on the side, or they're having inflow issues.
hate to sound like a הולך רכיל but this info has to be public, if we smell one of them going down and dont let ppl know, allot of the weaker elements of society are gonna be taking a huge hit

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4635 on: March 06, 2022, 01:08:25 PM »
If you haven't got the $ to lose, don't play the game...

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4636 on: March 06, 2022, 01:12:52 PM »
I guess if you fail to make it rich in this thread, move to the next thread for tips from the tinder swindler... 🙄

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« Reply #4637 on: March 06, 2022, 03:02:30 PM »
hate to sound like a הולך רכיל but this info has to be public, if we smell one of them going down and dont let ppl know, allot of the weaker elements of society are gonna be taking a huge hit
Hate to sound like a frummy, but run it before a rabbi before naming names.
You’re probably allowed and supposed to, just can’t hurt to be safe.
Naming names is playing with fire....

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« Reply #4638 on: March 06, 2022, 04:06:36 PM »
Hate to sound like a frummy, but run it before a rabbi before naming names.
You’re probably allowed and supposed to, just can’t hurt to be safe.
Naming names is playing with fire....
A pitty you didn't say this in the C. Walder thread 😉

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4639 on: March 06, 2022, 05:13:12 PM »
If you haven't got the $ to lose, don't play the game...
and if u decide to play the game against @chevron 's advice, so u deserve to lose ur $ because someone doesnt want to warn u?
A pitty you didn't say this in the C. Walder thread 😉