Depends on the deal but sometimes $500+ per order.

Total MSed with GC on that account?

False. Just because you have not had any issues so far doesn’t mean it’s not true. Where the GCs are sourced, amount, and frequency of use also matters.

Plenty of people have lost thousands of dollars when Amazon shut down their account and confiscated their gift card balance. Having said that, some have gone to a small claims court and won.

OK, I was just reporting my experience.

Confiscated? OMG, That's flat out stealing! Damn Bezos [SailorJoe shakes fist angrily]

I would also recommend UEarnPoints.com.

I would recommend using UEarnPoints.com - fastest payouts and deals you won't find on any other groups.

I would also recommend using UEarnPoints, pretty swear deals and fast payouts going out 1-2 times a week like clockwork :)

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If any of you are ramping up spend with this method I'd highly recommend BuyingGroupPro.com. It makes the whole process a lot easier.

You can always send to tax exepmt locations, most groups have locations in DE or NJ where there's no sales tax. You can also receive a re-seller certification from your state and send to FL for example, that way you'll get the sales tax exemption.

Which location in NJ does not have sales tax assessed?

NJ is a bit of a weird bird, since they have what is called Urban Enterprise Zones or UEZs in which they have either no sales tax or a reduced sales tax of ~3-4%. As Buying Groups are concerned they all (or at least a vast majority of them) have warehouses in DE which has no sales tax at all. So if you have an option to send to DE or NJ, DE always wins, that way you know for sure you won't pay any sales tax.

I would recommend using UEarnPoints since on that regard the group pays on a weekly basis, sometimes twice a week so if your items were scanned let's say on Monday and a receipt was sent to you, the groups will pay you on Wednsday. Full disclosure, I manage the group so it might seem like self promotion, but we do have an excellent reputation online when it comes to different groups out there. Another big plus is that we're the only onces who do direct manufacturer deals (i.e. Lenovo, Dell, HP etc.) and that way you can really ramp up your cashback game, for example during the Prime Day Rakuten had 16% cashback on Lenovo computers, we also never did and will never do below deals since we want our buyers to enjoy their full savings, it's a Win-Win for everyone and the reason we're organically growing all the time :) So feel free to try us out or reach out if you have any questions.

That's great and all, but what you don't mention is that you bake in offers into your prices. You say you don't offer below cost deals, but are currently offering $225 on a $249.99 Dell deal that requires you to have a 10% off coupon. You don't "want your buyers to enjoy their full savings" nor are you the only group who does direct manufacturer deals.

I understand what you are saying, but this is not a "below cost" deal since we pay the full price after the discount.

Some items are lucrative enought for us to maintain the original price even though there's a discount, I will give you two examples:

1. Let's say there's an item costing $200 and it has a discount coupon of 10%, in addition we know as a business that we can keep a healthy margin with the $200 cost, we would still pay $200 even thought technically we know buyers get it at $180 and we have plenty of deals like that, we don't mind letting the buyers enjoy savings as long as we also enjoy healthy margins.

2. Let's say on the other hand there's the same item at a cost of $200, it has the same coupon of 10%, but I know that at $200 we as a business won't be able to make good margin on it, so we would ask of you to use the 10% discount and we would pay the $180 price. We still offer the buyers full price, not a cent below, but with the coupon utilized since the alternative is us not buying the item at all and the buyers not getting any benefit from it.

Please understand that we are a business and it's our purpose to buy as low as possible without hurting our buyers, I truly understand you about the 10% discount, but for the buyers as well it's better to make a profit on a $180 vs. not making any profit at all.