Hello all,
I've read several posts here but would like to ask some questions:

- It seems these buying groups are mostly wholesalers that probably sell outside the USA. Why would they require others to purchase, ship to a common address, and pay in cash? Why can't they have multiple credit cards and purchase themselves from the stores they ask us to purchase from? I still don't understand why they need regular people to make the purchases.
- Why eBay and other stores would ban an account for shopping to a buying group? I understand if manufacturer prohibit retailers to sell to distributors, so maybe they could restrict specific products... but why ban a whole customer from buying from their store? It seems they might consider it criminal?
- I was thinking about joining USA Buying Group. Mostly to help rank up some points and/or hit the minimum spent for a recently opened credit card. Is this group doing OK? Any better group for what I would like to do?
- This thread seem pretty active, is there any other group (Facebook, Reddit, etc.) that it's good to follow? I understand that we, customers paying for these items, need to be in close contact since there is always the risk of not being paid by the group administrator.

Thank you!