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TOMFORD Jun 10, 2023 6:42 pm

What do these buying groups do with all these things we buy for them?

for MYS - I requested an echeck a week ago and still haven’t gotten anything. Anyone else have experience with its timeline?

radonc1 Jun 11, 2023 6:02 am


Originally Posted by TOMFORD (Post 35321355)
What do these buying groups do with all these things we buy for them?

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Gray market.
In USA, get a small discount from retail price.
In countries with high luxury taxes you sell without paying them.
Finally, in countries with import restrictions for whatever reason, you skirt them.

Clueless12 Jun 11, 2023 10:10 am


Originally Posted by TOMFORD (Post 35321355)
What do these buying groups do with all these things we buy for them?

for MYS - I requested an echeck a week ago and still haven’t gotten anything. Anyone else have experience with its timeline?

People are waiting over a month for payment.

TOMFORD Jun 12, 2023 4:31 am


Originally Posted by radonc1 (Post 35322168)
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Gray market.
In USA, get a small discount from retail price.
In countries with high luxury taxes you sell without paying them.
Finally, in countries with import restrictions for whatever reason, you skirt them.

Interesting how much trouble people will go through for this. It makes sense for large ticket electronic items, but some things like the Roku stick or Echo for $19.99 just seem to be so much hassle for so little.

igorjrr Jun 12, 2023 6:21 am

So you help feed gray market, indirectly or maybe intentionally committing a crime since you know what this is used for, wait a long time to be paid back (if they don't claim your package is lost).
You are literally selling and not paying any taxes.

and you want this world to be better.

Not sure this end up well in the long term.

Dcurt Jun 13, 2023 12:31 pm

I've been sending stuff to BFMR and TDB for about a year now without any issues. Recently I started sending stuff to MaxOut Deals and immediately they claimed an Apple Watch Ultra I sent was just an empty box. On the MaxOut discord channel it seems like I wasn't the only one told by Maxout that they received an empty box. How common is this? I've probably sent more than 200 watches to BFMR and TDB without issue and with MaxOut Deals it seems like they somehow had a run of getting empty boxes.

Obviously, I'm fairly suspicious of this claim by MaxOut deals. MaxOut doesn't send you pictures or any "proof" that they actually received an empty box. Plus, you are basically screwed once they tell you this. Amazon isn't going to refund you. I've stopped sending stuff to Maxout deals. They also take forever to pay and at this point I don't trust them.

bbsearchlight Jun 13, 2023 3:02 pm

How is Costco as far as cancelling orders shipped to maxOutDeals? Are they like Amazon where they generally go through, or are they like BestBuy where they usually cancel?

Clueless12 Jun 14, 2023 2:19 pm


Originally Posted by Dcurt (Post 35329174)
I've been sending stuff to BFMR and TDB for about a year now without any issues. Recently I started sending stuff to MaxOut Deals and immediately they claimed an Apple Watch Ultra I sent was just an empty box. On the MaxOut discord channel it seems like I wasn't the only one told by Maxout that they received an empty box. How common is this? I've probably sent more than 200 watches to BFMR and TDB without issue and with MaxOut Deals it seems like they somehow had a run of getting empty boxes.

Obviously, I'm fairly suspicious of this claim by MaxOut deals. MaxOut doesn't send you pictures or any "proof" that they actually received an empty box. Plus, you are basically screwed once they tell you this. Amazon isn't going to refund you. I've stopped sending stuff to Maxout deals. They also take forever to pay and at this point I don't trust them.

i’ve had a lot of watches go missing with BFMR. I no longer send them to DE or NH.

jay85 Jun 15, 2023 7:32 am


Originally Posted by Clueless12 (Post 35332529)
i’ve had a lot of watches go missing with BFMR. I no longer send them to DE or NH.

So which address you send stuff to them for all their purchases? I stopped but i am thinking to start at different address no the main one.

Clueless12 Jun 16, 2023 1:52 pm


Originally Posted by jay85 (Post 35334217)
So which address you send stuff to them for all their purchases? I stopped but i am thinking to start at different address no the main one.

I send to private groups that are in different states

Rcasti Jun 17, 2023 6:07 am


Originally Posted by Clueless12 (Post 35338105)
I send to private groups that are in different states

I know they're other for a reason so I don't expect you to list any here but, how did you initially find them?

Clueless12 Jun 17, 2023 9:08 am


Originally Posted by Rcasti (Post 35339447)
I know they're other for a reason so I don't expect you to list any here but, how did you initially find them?

most of them were initially public, and then they went private. Probably a lot easier for them. There was one group that I hadn’t sold to in a couple of years and they reached out to me.

SuperFlyBoy Jun 20, 2023 3:06 am

Has anyone had issues with e-mails with EMB checks not being received?

I have had 2 - and I'm getting no resolution despite following-up on WhatsApp...

parrotheadmjb Jun 20, 2023 3:20 am


Originally Posted by SuperFlyBoy (Post 35346768)
Has anyone had issues with e-mails with EMB checks not being received?

I have had 2 - and I'm getting no resolution despite following-up on WhatsApp...

Have you created an account with online checkwriter and tried to see if the check was on their website?

Exxman Jun 20, 2023 6:06 am

EMB soon will be losing your Items , they are the worst


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