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https://www.dansdeals.com/more/dans-commentary/dark-side-earning-credit-card-points-psa-dont-swipe-others/

https://www.mixcloud.com/zev-brenner/talkline-with-zev-brenner-on-credit-card-scams-affecting-the-orthodox-jewish-community/

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 #4860 on: August 22, 2022, 01:17:58 AM »
The chat has reps from pretty much every buying group on it and even the ones who arent there straight out have people who let them know whats happening. TDB, cnj, BFP, BFMR, MYS are all on there.
Yup, everyone is on there.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4861 on: August 28, 2022, 01:31:10 PM »
Is this true?
well their referral bonus is $10 after $5k spend so can't imagine they're growing to fast these days!
Maybe @Markmann20 can confirm.
Well at least from what I can see from their discord channel they now have 16k+ members, and most of them are active.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4862 on: September 09, 2022, 12:37:35 AM »
I wish WhatsApp was able to.have secret groups like telegram where ones number is not visible. Too much spam has been happening with people stealing numbers from public groups.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4863 on: October 06, 2022, 08:34:41 PM »
Starting new WhatsApp Group for BG discussion.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/KdDZX7kH5EE%%wDOfwrdqDB

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4864 on: October 07, 2022, 12:29:40 PM »
Starting new WhatsApp Group for BG discussion.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/KdDZX7kH5EE%%wDOfwrdqDB

Replace the %% above with a tesha b'ivrit.
Isn't there already a chat?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4865 on: October 09, 2022, 02:16:23 AM »
Starting new WhatsApp Group for BG discussion.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/KdDZX7kH5EE%%wDOfwrdqDB

Replace the %% above with a tesha b'ivrit.
links not working.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4866 on: October 09, 2022, 06:57:54 AM »
Just got this email. This happen to anyone else? Any recourse? No idea what I did wrong.

Hello, We have removed your organization from Amazon Business as we have determined that your usage of Amazon Business does not fit with the services we provide. Your business user account has been converted to a personal Amazon.com account. You can still use this account as a consumer, but you will no longer be able to access Amazon Business benefits. You can view our Amazon Business Accounts Terms and Conditions here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201613180 All other user accounts related to yours have also been converted to personal accounts. If you attempt to open a new Amazon Business account, your registration will be blocked or the account will be closed. Your current open orders will be fulfilled. Any digital content you purchased with this user account will still be available in your library, unless that content was revoked because of this violation. To access the content, click the “Manage Your Content and Devices” link on the "Your Account" menu on Amazon.com (www.amazon.com/manageyourcontentanddevices). Our Customer Service and Sales teams can only confirm that we sent this message and help you with technical issues. They cannot reverse this decision or share more details on this matter. Sincerely, Account Specialist Amazon Business

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4867 on: October 09, 2022, 10:23:43 AM »
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It works. Replace %% with a single "tesha b'ivrit"

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4868 on: October 09, 2022, 12:44:28 PM »
Just got this email. This happen to anyone else? Any recourse? No idea what I did wrong.

Hello, We have removed your organization from Amazon Business as we have determined that your usage of Amazon Business does not fit with the services we provide. Your business user account has been converted to a personal Amazon.com account. You can still use this account as a consumer, but you will no longer be able to access Amazon Business benefits. You can view our Amazon Business Accounts Terms and Conditions here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201613180 All other user accounts related to yours have also been converted to personal accounts. If you attempt to open a new Amazon Business account, your registration will be blocked or the account will be closed. Your current open orders will be fulfilled. Any digital content you purchased with this user account will still be available in your library, unless that content was revoked because of this violation. To access the content, click the “Manage Your Content and Devices” link on the "Your Account" menu on Amazon.com (www.amazon.com/manageyourcontentanddevices). Our Customer Service and Sales teams can only confirm that we sent this message and help you with technical issues. They cannot reverse this decision or share more details on this matter. Sincerely, Account Specialist Amazon Business
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4869 on: October 09, 2022, 01:39:36 PM »
*Buys 400 Kindles*
*No idea what I did wrong*

nope, thats not me. i only bought the max allowed, ranging from 1-4 per item.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4870 on: October 09, 2022, 02:18:37 PM »
nope, thats not me. i only bought the max allowed, ranging from 1-4 per item.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4871 on: October 20, 2022, 07:07:18 PM »
Anyone else has issues with CNJ lately?
If it benefits even just one fellow DDFer, its worth posting it.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4872 on: October 20, 2022, 08:06:27 PM »
Anyone else has issues with CNJ lately?
Based on the comments in the group, plenty.
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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4873 on: October 20, 2022, 10:19:14 PM »
Anyone else has issues with CNJ lately?

Yes

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4874 on: October 31, 2022, 02:21:11 PM »
Any Dp on getting ACH payments from BG to trigger checking account bonus?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4875 on: November 01, 2022, 09:41:54 PM »
Any Dp on getting ACH payments from BG to trigger checking account bonus?
Worked for me for Sofi from TDB but not from BFMR

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4876 on: November 07, 2022, 11:34:55 AM »
Any Dp on getting ACH payments from BG to trigger checking account bonus?
Will probably work for most banks.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4877 on: November 07, 2022, 01:20:44 PM »
Any Dp on getting ACH payments from BG to trigger checking account bonus?

good idea. never thought that the payments could be considered direct deposits in order meet SUB for banks.

any downside when doing this and rotating banks once SUB is reached?

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4878 on: November 15, 2022, 02:59:00 AM »
Any tips how to get WM BB  to ship to DE OR NH?
Tried new cc email phone number.
Willing to pay.
Please pm.

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Re: PSA: Don't swipe recklessly for others
« Reply #4879 on: November 25, 2022, 03:27:56 AM »
Any tips how to get WM BB  to ship to DE OR NH?
Tried new cc email phone number.
Willing to pay.
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Bump.