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warreng24 Aug 17, 2019 8:17 pm
Originally Posted by Clueless12 (Post 31425109)
Did you submit the tracking number? Has the item been scanned and a PO assigned?
I filled out the Google Form before I placed the order. Once the order shipped, I submitted the tracking number and the order number in the order management screen.

Amazon shows that the item was delivered on 8/14. I keep checking my MYS account and I don't see anything on my dashboard screen.

warreng24 Aug 20, 2019 11:07 am
Just wanted to circle back. It took them about 6 calendar days to scan my item in.

Dennis Dayan Oct 10, 2019 5:13 am
Do you have a link to YRCW buying group? That’s a new one for me.
Originally Posted by Wish2BeAnonymous (Post 30790917)
I have tried the following clubs and here are my review
  1. Pointsmaker - Best in the business. Takes fewer risks. Consistent with somepayment times
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. Simtec (Closed) -
  5. YRCW - Handles everything through WhatsApp. Personally, I found it inconvenient. Lesser deals.
  6. 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.

matsmyth Oct 17, 2019 10:01 pm
anyone know a good place for info/discussion since the DD forum got deleted?

rxgeek Dec 30, 2019 4:15 pm
Pointsmaker Support
 
I lost my pw to pointsmaker.com and the site says it cannot be reset..."contact support". There is no link to do that. Anyone know the way?

mia Dec 30, 2019 5:10 pm
1 Attachment(s)
Try menu in upper left corner?

rxgeek Dec 30, 2019 7:35 pm
Nothing there. I got an email from them recently and found [email protected] at the bottom. Waiting for a reply.

mia Dec 31, 2019 6:51 am
Originally Posted by rxgeek (Post 31891190)
Nothing there....
Try a different browser. I used Chrome (on a Chromebook) to open the menu shown in my screen print.

igids1 Dec 31, 2019 1:55 pm
Any more data points on the buying groups, pointsmaker and buy for me retail?

rxgeek Dec 31, 2019 2:16 pm
Originally Posted by rxgeek (Post 31891190)
Nothing there. I got an email from them recently and found [email protected] at the bottom. Waiting for a reply.
This is a valid email address for help. I did get a response with a new password..

lmahmood Jan 8, 2020 6:53 pm
Originally Posted by jdhnyc (Post 30790487)
Hi everyone. I've been looking into buying groups as an easy, legal way to generate spend with reselling, similar to PFS Buyers Club but on a larger scale. I haven't seen any posts on FT, except for one by one of the companies. I'd like to hear about people's experiences- success/failures, best groups, how taxes work on reselling, etc. Any and all comments welcome. Thanks!

interestingly enough, I’ve been buying and selling for the gray market for years now. Business has slowed down due to these buying groups and people accepting less than retail as payment for the sake of points.

Using some of the strategies in this forum, I’ll be creating a buying group soon enough. Payment will be made in vgc from Simon but that’ll allow us to build in a margin so we can at least pay above retail. For the time being we will take delivery to our office in Virginia and pay on the spot. If anyone is interested they can dm.

beast7276 Jan 8, 2020 8:32 pm
Originally Posted by lmahmood (Post 31926354)
interestingly enough, I’ve been buying and selling for the gray market for years now. Business has slowed down due to these buying groups and people accepting less than retail as payment for the sake of points.

Using some of the strategies in this forum, I’ll be creating a buying group soon enough. Payment will be made in vgc from Simon but that’ll allow us to build in a margin so we can at least pay above retail. For the time being we will take delivery to our office in Virginia and pay on the spot. If anyone is interested they can dm.
Good luck! Why would anyone want to get paid in gift cards? The main benefit of buying groups is removing the need to liquidate. If you’re paying above cost, people are going to have to keep track of taxes, too.

lmahmood Jan 8, 2020 9:20 pm
I guess the main reason being so people can buy things with their amex and altitude reserve cards legitimately. Back in the day before Best Buy caught on I used to purchase their gift cards in bulk and then purchase items at bb for rz but we did it so much that bb changed all their rules regarding that. I’m sure if you’re buying 1250 dollar iphones with an Apple Card at 3% cash back and I pay 1225 (for example) with a vgc it may be worth someone’s while because apple also says those they won’t charge interest on iphones so you’ll get a 0% loan for 30 months.

beast7276 Jan 9, 2020 9:27 am
Originally Posted by lmahmood (Post 31926756)
I guess the main reason being so people can buy things with their amex and altitude reserve cards legitimately. Back in the day before Best Buy caught on I used to purchase their gift cards in bulk and then purchase items at bb for rz but we did it so much that bb changed all their rules regarding that. I’m sure if you’re buying 1250 dollar iphones with an Apple Card at 3% cash back and I pay 1225 (for example) with a vgc it may be worth someone’s while because apple also says those they won’t charge interest on iphones so you’ll get a 0% loan for 30 months.
they can already buy things with other buyers clubs "legitamately" with their altitude reserve and amex cards and get paid in cash. Your rates are going to need to be significantly better than the other clubs if you're going to pay in VGCs. That's a giant PITA.

lmahmood Jan 9, 2020 4:39 pm
Originally Posted by beast7276 (Post 31928610)
they can already buy things with other buyers clubs "legitamately" with their altitude reserve and amex cards and get paid in cash. Your rates are going to need to be significantly better than the other clubs if you're going to pay in VGCs. That's a giant PITA.
of course they can and for those items I’d probably pay the same in cash.. There’s nothing for sale you can buy now I’m those buying groups, I checked. I can buy a iphone pro max for 1225 which you can get through epp for 1224 and you can buy 10 from one store (although I’ve bought 50 at once but then got shut down) and get a lot of points for minimal work. I don’t need a lot of people doing it, but the ones who do may find it’s more worthwhile than buying a couple fire sticks for a couple points a year. And obviously I’d be asking for items that buying groups aren’t buying.


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