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Then I should be thanking you for the info, Mari Bel!

Apart from what Wish2BeAnonymous said, I would like to add my 2c for Buyformeretail (BFRG).
I have sold quite a bit to them, may be overall around 25K. They pay on time and excellent communication.
However for the last 2 deals they sent some stringent terms after accepting the deal. Basically very recently - after placing an order they pulled the deal and asked to cancel the orders. The seller (amazon) could not cancel as the items were already shipped. After some back and forth with BFRG they accepted my goods but asking people to cancel already placed orders does not make sense. In the original communication they said they will have to refuse shipments. Imagine you buying discounted amazon GCs and getting stuck with those on your amazon account.
Last year when they had a Macys deal for apple watches, macys went into back order situation and BFRG originally said we will accept back orders as well. After few weeks they made us go and cancel or return back to Macys and deal with the mess.
IMO they pay the quickest of any other groups but tread with some caution there.

Hi [MENTION=854886]Mari Bel[/MENTION],

I know you from the FB group. Firstly, thank you for all your efforts in that FB group.

What I shared is based on my personal experience. Can you provide me the link to your work which you feel that I have plagiarized?

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Originally Posted by Wish2BeAnonymous (Post 30810762)

which FB group?

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Originally Posted by winterpeas (Post 30857232)

which FB group?

MoMiles MoPoints

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Originally Posted by Wish2BeAnonymous (Post 30790917)

I have tried the following clubs and here are my review

Pointsmaker - Best in the business. Takes fewer risks. Consistent with somepayment times
MYS Buying Group - Pointsmaker & MYS use the same type of software. Next best. Comes up with slightly more deals than pointsmaker. Once they asked members to return an item. They compensated for the inconvenience.
USA Buying Group - Offers the same deals as MYS. Terrible communications and hardly respond to messages. They also asked to return the same item as MYS. I don't think it went well with the members
Simtec (Closed) -
YRCW - Handles everything through WhatsApp. Personally, I found it inconvenient. Lesser deals.
Buy For Me Retail - Very less number of deals. They offer a lesser amount than other groups for the same deal.

Stores:
Tax free state - If you live in a tax-free state, you will be able to participate in almost all deals. You will ship the products to your home and then ship it to buying groups. Usually buying groups provided shipping labels for qty of 5 or more.

Walmart - Always cancels the order to the buying group address
Best buy - All apple orders to the buying group address cancels. Most other products ships but off late, it has been hit or miss.
Amazon - The easiest. All orders ship.
Google Express - Once google shut google account of members (including Gmail) for shipping to buying groups.
Ebay - Many cases of a permanent ban. Once banned, you cannot create another one with same address.

How about Staples.com orders? Have they blacklisted the buyer groups address for all orders or do they cancel selectively?

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Originally Posted by skanchur (Post 30792538)

1) Not MS.
2) You are taking all risk and float and have no recourse if the item shows as delivered and the Buying Group claims it wasn't (it does happen).
3) These groups are not transparent with their finances so if they go bust you are SOL (remember TPM).

Just my 2c.

After experiencing TPM I am actively avoiding buying groups. Glad people are flashing the warning signs. Until these buying groups open up their books and be more transparent with their cash flow I would tread lightly.

Sorry I haven't tried Staples. The FB group has a lot of DPs. I think they are similar to Walmart.

Could I get an invite to the FB group?

I have been using PFS Buyers Club for about a year now. I have completed 3 deals for them. They pay quick and Aron replies to emails super quick. The directions are clear and I am happy for the extra MS opportunity.

Just signed up for an account for MYS Buying Group. Thanks for the information in this thread. We will see how it goes. First order was just delivered, just waiting for it to get scanned and to get paid.

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Originally Posted by warreng24 (Post 31417640)

Be careful with MYS. They refused to pay for me the full price when I did not enter my purchases on their Google sheets, only paid me 239 each for 249 iPads. Sometimes they also took a month to pay out after requesting payments.

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Originally Posted by Ayase (Post 31419416)

Yeah but that's the rule... you have to fill out form so they can track inventory. They tell you this every time, so if you didn't listen to instructions, that's on you for not getting the "full" payment you were never promised.

Totally on point with delayed payments, although they've been down to about 2 weeks ever since Prime Day.

For MYS, how long does it typically take for them to process a received item? I'm currently waiting for them to process my first Amazon.com order delivered to them. It was delivered 8/14.

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Originally Posted by warreng24 (Post 31421377)

For MYS, how long does it typically take for them to process a received item? I'm currently waiting for them to process my first Amazon.com order delivered to them. It was delivered 8/14.

Greatly varies, but I wouldn't submit a ticket or anything until it's been at least a week.

Did you submit the tracking number? Has the item been scanned and a PO assigned?