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Old Oct 20, 20, 12:44 pm
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I will work on this on the next few days but most of the info is very old and outdated.


I have been using all of these the last 2 years and I will update what other people have started along with some tools on how to buy on multiple accounts if people want this info. This is just a quick first draft. I will clean up and add more details.

please dont .... up the work I will put into this. please message me and I can add more data and I have more buying groups that I can add
  1. Pointsmaker - pointsmaker.com - Notifies via email . You buy and upload tracking number - Payment comes pretty quick same day most often via echeck once item is checked in
  2. MYS Buying Group - mysbuyinggroup.com Notifies via email . You buy and upload tracking number - Payment comes pretty quick once item is checked in echeck
    MYS has the most complaints of all, from very late payment to not receiving items. Many people have given up on MYS.
  3. USA Buying Group - usabuying.group same as others regarding loading the tracking number. slowest payment of all. alerts come via whatsapp and email and response time is medium to issues
  4. YRCW - app.yrcwtech.com same as others alertss comes via whatsapp - payments can be slow. response time to issues are pretty quick via communication thru wahtsapp to owner
  5. Buy For Me Retail - The best. buyformeretail.com deals are posted on page. offers sent thru email. payment sent ach when they are checked i
  6. EMB - embdeals.com same as above - a great one as well. alerts via whatsapp. payments can be requested same day and will arrive same day. lots of offers last amazon prime.
  7. EMB - From late 2021 through August 2022, Several reports of missing packages, more complaints than most of the other groups. Buyers Beware.
  8. TheDealBuyer - thedealbuyer.com - Seems to be very new to the game. Not using whatsapp, but Pushover to send deals.
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Old Sep 14, 23, 1:46 pm
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Join Date: Dec 2020
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Originally Posted by PilgrimsProgress
PFS had a deal on Travis Scott tickets but after purchasing the tickets they are now saying we won't pay the commission or you have to wait indefinitely to be reimbursed and paid commission. Any feedback - are they a shoddy outfit?
Historically theyve been very good, but they rarely have any deals going on. Given the massive hit theyre likely going to take on these Travis tickets, Id get your money while you can.
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Old Sep 14, 23, 8:05 pm
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Join Date: May 2011
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Originally Posted by PilgrimsProgress
PFS had a deal on Travis Scott tickets but after purchasing the tickets they are now saying we won't pay the commission or you have to wait indefinitely to be reimbursed and paid commission. Any feedback - are they a shoddy outfit?
Why not sell the tickets on the resale sites like Stubhub, Vivid Seats, etc? Surely that would be more profitable if there is a sellout.
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Old Sep 15, 23, 6:33 pm
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I just cashed out. Too much of a distraction from real life for me to spend more time on this. I think the issue was they added more concerts making the tickets less valuable. It seems that resale is likely to happen closer to the concert date later in the year and I am traveling for most of that timeframe.
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Old Sep 19, 23, 5:01 pm
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PFS Buyers Club is offering a convoluted payment on Travis Scott tickets based on a calculation that assumes you were a partner and taking on the risk for the resale of the Scott tickets. Still, oddly we were never a partner in the rewards when they killed it on Taylor Swift tickets. I got their shadily worded email today.

!!! DO NOT DO ANY DEAL WITH PFS BUYERS CLUB !!!
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Old Sep 19, 23, 5:46 pm
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Originally Posted by LDoc
PFS Buyers Club is offering a convoluted payment on Travis Scott tickets based on a calculation that assumes you were a partner and taking on the risk for the resale of the Scott tickets. Still, oddly we were never a partner in the rewards when they killed it on Taylor Swift tickets. I got their shadily worded email today.

!!! DO NOT DO ANY DEAL WITH PFS BUYERS CLUB !!!
Weren't they paying a $50 bonus on Taylor Swift? Luckily, I did not log in on time for them to buy for me. I got 4 tix for $250ea and hope to make a killing selling them. I haven't spent it yet.
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Old Sep 19, 23, 7:50 pm
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Originally Posted by LDoc
PFS Buyers Club is offering a convoluted payment on Travis Scott tickets based on a calculation that assumes you were a partner and taking on the risk for the resale of the Scott tickets. Still, oddly we were never a partner in the rewards when they killed it on Taylor Swift tickets. I got their shadily worded email today.

!!! DO NOT DO ANY DEAL WITH PFS BUYERS CLUB !!!
Thought they were offering to pay back our buying costs by agreeing to forgo the commission. Was today's email sent for those who chose to wait for the tickets to sell and receive commission?
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Old Sep 21, 23, 11:07 am
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Originally Posted by njdealguy
Thought they were offering to pay back our buying costs by agreeing to forgo the commission. Was today's email sent for those who chose to wait for the tickets to sell and receive commission?
PFS Buyers Club is cherry-picking different ways to unethically and retroactively change the terms by defining a "Normal Ticket Cost" for each buyer and then offering a payout based on these new terms to eliminate/limit their losses.

I am sure people that got face-value tickets in the best locations (NYC, Chicago, Miami, LA) where tickets are reselling for over face-value don't even know there are a lot of fellow "buyers" getting screwed with new payout terms.
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Old Sep 21, 23, 3:33 pm
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Originally Posted by LDoc
PFS Buyers Club is cherry-picking different ways to unethically and retroactively change the terms by defining a "Normal Ticket Cost" for each buyer and then offering a payout based on these new terms to eliminate/limit their losses.

I am sure people that got face-value tickets in the best locations (NYC, Chicago, Miami, LA) where tickets are reselling for over face-value don't even know there are a lot of fellow "buyers" getting screwed with new payout terms.
Not sure what happened hearing all kinds of stuff including on another forum about someone who bought entire 35k worth of tickets and may be screwed unfortunately
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Old Sep 21, 23, 4:41 pm
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Originally Posted by njdealguy
Not sure what happened hearing all kinds of stuff including on another forum about someone who bought entire 35k worth of tickets and may be screwed unfortunately
PFS Buyers Club. Unethical and untrustworthy. Period.
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Old Sep 21, 23, 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by LDoc
PFS Buyers Club is offering a convoluted payment on Travis Scott tickets based on a calculation that assumes you were a partner and taking on the risk for the resale of the Scott tickets. Still, oddly we were never a partner in the rewards when they killed it on Taylor Swift tickets. I got their shadily worded email today.

!!! DO NOT DO ANY DEAL WITH PFS BUYERS CLUB !!!
Please share the text of PFSs email that you received today.

I opted to cash out the deal earlier this week, and I have already been paid 100 percent of what I had spent, but I had to forego the commission supplement. (I did the deal primarily for the miles, so the commission supplement was no big deal for me.)

Please share the details of their offer. Thanks!
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Old Sep 21, 23, 11:08 pm
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Originally Posted by Steve in Olympia
Please share the text of PFSs email that you received today.

I opted to cash out the deal earlier this week, and I have already been paid 100 percent of what I had spent, but I had to forego the commission supplement. (I did the deal primarily for the miles, so the commission supplement was no big deal for me.)

Please share the details of their offer. Thanks!
I am not going to share anything publicly as per the advice of our group's legal counsel.

The grift is real.
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Old Sep 21, 23, 11:46 pm
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Originally Posted by LDoc
I am not going to share anything publicly as per the advice of our group's legal counsel.

The grift is real.
PFS paid me 100 percent of what I paid for 24 Travis Scott tickets. That came to more than $5,000. I was made whole.

Are you being offered less than your cost? You claim that it is a grift. How so?
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Old Sep 22, 23, 12:03 am
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Originally Posted by Steve in Olympia
PFS paid me 100 percent of what I paid for 24 Travis Scott tickets. That came to more than $5,000. I was made whole.

Are you being offered less than your cost? You claim that it is a grift. How so?
Yes. I bought tickets per the terms of the deal (i.e. less than $300 per ticket before fees and at any venue). PFS can not resell the tickets for a profit so they are offering to pay less than the cost of the ticket. They redefined the terms of the deal where buyers need to absorb the loss. The data points seem to indicate that "buyers" who purchased tickets deemed unprofitably for resale by PFS are losing 200 to 250 dollars per ticket.

You were made whole because you're tickets were resellable for a profit by PFS because of locations (NYC, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami).
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Old Sep 22, 23, 10:22 am
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Originally Posted by LDoc
Yes. I bought tickets per the terms of the deal (i.e. less than $300 per ticket before fees and at any venue). PFS can not resell the tickets for a profit so they are offering to pay less than the cost of the ticket. They redefined the terms of the deal where buyers need to absorb the loss. The data points seem to indicate that "buyers" who purchased tickets deemed unprofitably for resale by PFS are losing 200 to 250 dollars per ticket.

You were made whole because you're tickets were resellable for a profit by PFS because of locations (NYC, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami).
Last week, PFS offered me two options:
(1) Get paid immediately 100 percent of the tickets price, but forego the $25/ticket bonus commission, or
(2) Wait until the tickets are actually resold, and receive the full value, plus the $25 commission.

I chose #1, and was paid immediately.

Did you receive this offer? Is PFS now claiming that they dont owe you the full price of the ticket? On what basis are they backing out? Very bizarre!
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Old Sep 22, 23, 10:42 am
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Originally Posted by Steve in Olympia
Last week, PFS offered me two options:
(1) Get paid immediately 100 percent of the tickets price, but forego the $25/ticket bonus commission, or
(2) Wait until the tickets are actually resold, and receive the full value, plus the $25 commission.

I chose #1, and was paid immediately.

Did you receive this offer? Is PFS now claiming that they dont owe you the full price of the ticket? On what basis are they backing out? Very bizarre!
Your tickets they can sell and either have a small loss or none at all. They offered me the option to get nothing and sell the tickets on my own or pay me about 60% what I paid and some kind of split in profit if they sell the tickets, which is a long shot they sell them for a profit.

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